Faure, Father J.A., St. Etienne, France, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., Lyons, France, 1867 October 21

There is a young lady here who wishes to devote herself to the missions. She is 20, strong, can read and write, and is a good dressmaker. She wrote through the chaplain of the hospital where she works. She asks Odin to take her with him and place her in an order. If Odin wishes her to make her novitiate in France she will enter the house Odin names. If she does not suit Odin perhaps Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis could put her in his hospital at Galveston. On the 23rd some students will come to ask Odin to receive them. They are Vincent Fau, L'espinasse, John Dumas, Joseph Poisson and Eloi Rauch . Faure has given letters of recommendation to Dumas and Poisson. Dumas comes recommended by others; everyone tries to dissuade Poisson and only because he is too young; he will be 16 in December. Faure desires very much to have him received; he deserves Odin's favor. Faure waits for Odin's answer to see if Odin's judgment does not declare him to be right over an old pastor who wants Poisson to remain in his school 2 years longer without thinking of the poor mother who must support him and also whether he might lose his vocation in the meantime. As for the three others, they come to Odin of their own desire. Fathers Brunel and Massardier can inform Odin on their intelligence. About their conduct; several things rather bad are reported of the two first mentioned; Faure cannot say if they are true. All these young people have asked of themselves to go to Louisiana. :: VI-2-m A.L.S. French and English 4pp. 12mo.