Chevallier, Father L.A., Auch, France, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1864 March 8

Chevallier asks Odin to have the enclosed letter forwarded to a religious. She wrote that ^Odin had permitted her to send her letters under Odin's address in order to avoid the misfortune which has happened to so many sent from France to Liberty. Sister St. Ambroise says that Odin is to advance1000 for their most pressing necessities for the trip, etc. The easiest way to honor this debt is that which they have taken for several years, to draw on Chevallier for 1000 francs. If the two Sisters decide to set out for France and need more, Odin is to advance a like sum. Chevallier has so many things to ask Odin about these affairs which have come to such a deplorable determination. What particularly afflicts them is the hostility of these poor daughters against diocesan authority. All they have to do is to return to Auch; Odin is to give them similar advice. They will be received with joy. :: VI-2-h A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.