Xavier, S.M., Sister M., Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, Chateaugiron, Ile et Vilaine, France, 1880 July 9

She asks his prayers for her sister Melanie who died after a short illness. She does not know how maman can bear the charge of five little orphan children. They are nearly all at home except Sister Vincent, S.M., and Sister Magdalen S.M., who are still in Jackson. She is afraid Sister Margaret Mary, S.M., will not be with them very long. She is more and more delicate and hardly ever leaves the Infirmary. The Sisters of Mercy are all well and ask to be remembered. A.L.S. :: VI-3-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo. 16mo.