Anstaett, Father Joseph, Galveston, Texas, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1868 July 12

He knew Mr. Cullen, who was a distant relative of Cardinal Paul Cullen, and attended at his death with Father Louis C.M. Chambodut . He has just written to Father Joseph Quérat in regard to Michael Ryan . It has been some time since he last received a letter from the son of Mrs. O'Brien . Father Charles Padey is in Galveston and resting. He says he married Doctor? Dallam to Fanny M. Segui, but he does not recall the date. He wrote to Halletsville, but the priest there could find no record. He said someone had destroyed one register. Anstaett had written to Father Augustine Gardet regarding the certificate of baptism but has not yet received any answer; Anstaett had written to John O'Brien regarding the church and school at Indianola . The letter was returned to him because of inadequate postage. He was not sorry since Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis has been Joseph Sheldon and Mr. Stockdel with whom he has made a a better deal. Father Padey has signed the certificate; Mr. Rodriguez, the Spanish Consul, will also sign and Mr. Fauconnet will ratify the act as soon as they arrive. Everyone is constantly asking for news about Odin. Quérat has written that he did not baptize young Miss Dallam. :: VI-2-n A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo. 18