De Montaubricq, Father A., French Village, Illinois, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1866 April 21

Fatigued by a French mission to which he was called by the Bishop of Chicago several years ago and exhausted by the rigorous climate, he must seek a warmer climate. Cannot Odin give him work in his diocese, so largely French. His papers from France and those from Chicago are perfectly in order. The Bishop of Alton has just asked him to come to attend several French families here, near St. Louis. It does not offer the means for a resident priest and the climate would be entirely unsuited. He can stay only a few weeks. Odin is to favor him with a reply. His family was very close to one of Odin's predecessors, Bishop du Bourg. This is what gave him the desire to consecrate himself to the American missions. :: VI-2-k A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.