Lacouture, E., Bourbon, France, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., Ambierle, France, 1867 October 5

He has just received word from his sister, Mrs. Moulin, telling him that Odin is now at Ambierle with his family. He would like to go to see Odin, but Mrs. La Couture is in very poor health and he cannot leave her. He had asked Mrs. Mocelin? to inform him of Odin's arrival at Arfeiulles but his visit was too short. Odin is the hope of his unfortunate fellow countrymen and of their Catholic brothers of Louisiana. They await his return with impatience; he sees dark clouds over that distant country. His family has added a member since Odin's visit to Passy. His son married a girl whose family Lacouture knew in Virginia and whom he found again after 5 years last year in Paris. The mother who is now a widow is Mrs. Louise de Gouvais ?; the whole family returned to America; they live in Baltimore at Mrs. Forbes'. :: VI-2-m A.L.S. French 4pp. 12mo.