Laurent, O.S.F., Father, Monastery of Bel-Loc, France, to Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perché of New Orleans, Rome, Italy, 1880 February 12

He had written on New Orleans, but having learned from the "Univers" that Perché was at Rome he is correcting the error. He has been in the monastery of the Benedictine Fathers for two years. Four months ago he completed his noviciate and if he had his exeat, he would already have made his vows. His papers were in order, but he had sent his exeat to Archbishop Henry Edward Manning and it was either lost or stolen in the chancellery. He begs Perché to either replace it or attest to its existence. It would be useless for him to write to Bishop John Quinlan for reasons Perché knows. :: VI-3-b A.L.S. French 4pp. 12mo.