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Scope and Contents Blanc sees that Chanche has not yet gone to Europe. He was stopped here by a severe spell of sickness. He proposes starting next Wednesday from Boston. Whether he will go to the continent or not is very doubtful. News from Rome is bad; that from France not much better. The state of his health makes it his duty to make some provisions for his diocese in case of his death. He has appointed Father Blaise Raho, C.M. administrator. Should Raho be recalled by his superiors before Chanche's return...

Scope and Contents Blanc's letter of the 2nd, concluded on the 10th reached Chanche in Baltimore making preparations to go south; he expects to leave about October 1. He rejoices that Blanc has hopes of seeing affairs in New Orleans agreeably terminated. The important thing now is to bring the trustees to a proper feeling; he is sure the people have been with Blanc all along. He is sorry to learn such bad news of their poor Brother of Texas; travelling during the summer is death in those countries. Father...

Scope and Contents Chanche sends this by Mrs. Waggaman who leaves next Saturday. She has procured everything for an altar and hopes Blanc will sometimes let them have Mass. Mr. Waggaman is preparing to build a church big enough for the whole neighborhood. Meanwhile Mrs. Waggaman has prepared a large room in her house for services. Could not Father Peter Vincent Plunkett begin his ministry in a budding parish? The Archbishop told them that Father Auguste Jeanjean was very ill. They hope he is entirely...

Scope and Contents Chanche cannot let Father Peter Vincent Plunket leave without telling Blanc how gratified he was to have him write upon his return to New Orleans. Blanc's stay on Chanche's side of the house renewed all the friendly feelings created many years ago in the company of one who was a Father to them both. While Chanche condoles with Blanc's loss of two of his clergy, he congratulates him on the health of his city. Ecclesiastical matters continue to flow in the usual slow channels. Archbishop...

Scope and Contents A few days ago Chanche received the Bulls appointing him Bishop of Natchez. His spiritual advisers think he cannot refuse. At his age and with his sedentary habits to leave a northern climate to go to a southern one cannot but prove detrimental. However he must go and he will. His friends have appointed March 14 as the day of his consecration. His future steps will depend a great deal on Blanc's advice. Should he go to Natchez this spring; would it not be exposing himself too much in the...

Scope and Contents Chanche will leave Baltimore on the 27th and go directly to Blanc by Wheeling and the Ohio. He intended going by way of Charleston and Mobile but he has been told it is not the shortest route. As he is very anxious to see Blanc before he goes to Natchez; he will take the boat for New Orleans, and if Blanc is visiting his diocese he will go where he is. He has no crozier so Blanc will have to supply one. They heard unofficially of the great loss Blanc has sustained in the death of his friend...

Scope and Contents Chanche has Blanc's letter of the 7th. All accounts corroborate Blanc's fears that the dreadful visitor will not spare them this year. Chanche had several conversations with Father Ignatius A. Reynolds; Bishop Guy Ignatius Chabrat has secured Reynolds' future services by appointing him his vicar general. He will probably be the general factotum of the diocese and a good choice it is. Father James M. Lancaster who said he had written Blanc about Natchez, still entertains the wish. Much as...

Scope and Contents He is still here, a distant looker-on of the afflicting scenes taking place in New Orleans and Vicksburg. To go down now would be folly. Ten days after he starts he will be in Natchez. He has not been able to obtain anybody from the North to accompany him. Bishop Celestin de la Hailandière has refused to grant Father Julian Delaune and Father Jean Claude Francois the permission they requested to labor in Chanche's diocese. Delaune would have suited very well. Chanche wrote a second time;...

Scope and Contents Chanche regrets exceedingly that Blanc was not at home when he was in New Orleans and that the uncertainty of where he was prevented Chanche from meeting him as he had intended when he left Baltimore. Chanche thought it well to come on here immediately and leave the information he so much needed to some future time. Father Joseph N. Brogard tells Chanche that Blanc will be in Natchez after Pentecost. Chanche is anxious to see Blanc before he returns to the north. Chanche finds the people...

Scope and Contents Chanche received Blanc's two letter of the 8th and 15th ult. on his way from New York whither he had gone for a few days after his consecration. He thanks Blanc for his good advice. He will leave Baltimore as soon after Easter ad he can proceed to Natchez. He will see Bishop John Baptist Purcell in Cincinnati and try if he cannot make good Blanc's suggestions in relation to Father S.H.? Montgomery and Father Ignatius A. Reynolds. Chanche has received letters from Father Joseph N. Brogard and...

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When Chanche last wrote from Natchez he mentioned he would probably request Blanc to transmit $500 to Father M.D. O'Reily. Since his arrival here he is induced to request $1000. Chanche arrived here Saturday in the "Baton rouge"; gave Confirmation to some persons O'Reily had prepared. Chanche will leave today in the "Meteor" for St. Louis. He expects to be in Baltimore by July 15. :: V-4-l A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

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He has made arrangements with his employers by getting another young Catholic man to take his place. He is now entirely at liberty. He asks Blanc to afford him an opportunity to enter the ecclesiastical state. He would like to learn this before Blanc starts north because he is informed that after the Council Blanc has designed paying a visit to Europe. Chandlery has written to Europe for his exeat. :: V-5-e A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Chandlery received Blanc's letter dated the 8th. He was not a little astonished at its contents, still more so at its philosophy. He plans to secure a situation as a teacher in one of the municipalities' schools. He is told that Blanc has great control over them and can be the cause of Chandlery's admittance. He would like to have a conversation with Blanc respecting the deplorable condition of things here, pending under Blanc's jurisdiction. As he has been so long idle, he would like an...

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Blanc's subject here is abusing Blanc to every one with whom he converses regarding Blanc's last letter. He is drinking very much. Prompt proceedings would be advisable. N.B. He told Chandlery he should write Blanc today to have an understanding whether Blanc would give him a place in New Orleans and if not request letters. This is signed Veritas :: V-5-f A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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If Dupuy has spoken to the Bishop Chandlery would like to know what to do. Father Joseph N. Brogard wants him to serve Dupuy's bishop; Brogard will write provided Dupuy has not arranged with him for Chandlery. It behooves him to cling to the vocation for which his conscience so often reproaches for not having yet embraced. The weather is so cold he can scarcely write. Brogard is well. A.L.S. French English :: V-5-f A.L.S. French English 4pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Chandlery, with many others, has been anticipating seeing Blanc at Vincennes on or before August 8, the time appointed for the consecration of the Cathedral. Their hopes have been frustrated by a letter specifying some account of Mr. Laucal. Chandlery desires to place himself under Blanc's protection as a person desiring to serve the Church. He has learned that Blanc is much in want of persons to serve some of his missions who speak English. Chandlery was desired by a priest from New Orleans...

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Chandron asks Rousselon's forgiveness for the long silence, because he knows what gratitude he owes Rousselon. He asks Rousselon to send a draft and some letters which the French consul forwarded, thinking Chandron was in New Orleans. They should be sent Mr. Carvalho, the Mexican Consul. They await news of Miguel Miramon's capture of Vera Cruz, at which time Chandron will return to Mexico. :: VI-2-a A.L.S. French 2pp. 8mo.

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He wrote some months ago to ask to join Blanc's diocese or to ask whether Blanc thought he would be accepted by Galveston. Since then, Chandrion accompanied a friend to Santiago where he learned from the papers that cholera raged in Blanc's city. God inspired him to offer his services to these unfortunates. He waits impatiently for a reply which is to be sent to the French consul here. V-5-k - A.L.S. - French - 2pp. - 4to. - {1}

Scope and Contents The French consul has given him Blanc's letter; he hastens to express his happiness that he gives some hope of being attached to his diocese. He wishes to have this favor because of Blanc's reputation for zeal and kindness and also because he hopes to be near one of his relatives, Father Jouve of Lyons, whom he would like to persuade to come to Blanc's diocese. A special grace seems to call him to the cholera victims, as was said in a letter in 1837 from the Bishop of Marseilles which he...

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Chandron is a priest of Valence diocese. For 11 years he has been in the missions of the French colonies. He wishes to go to Blanc's mission or Texas or Mexico, whose language he knows. He would like information about the last two countries. His cousin, Father Jouve, canon at Valence, has the same desire. Family misfortunes and the good of souls have inspired a taste for the missions. Chandron asks Blanc to reply to Father Thoué, assistant at the Fort. :: V-5-j A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.

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Chandy has just received a letter from Father Hector Figari, C.M. in which he says Rousselon has received $300 for Chandy. Rousselon's protéé Louis Courtin is a charming boy; Rousselon can tell his father he is doing well. Chandy hopes to see Rousselon again some time and perhaps before that to send him some products of the "Great West." :: V-5-n A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.

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Chandy would like to know whether Rousselon has received the money for the college. Several persons have promised to send Rousselon considerable sums during June and July. As his funds are very low, he would like to know before he writes to them. V-5-l - A.L.S. - French - 2pp. - 4to. - {1}

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He received a letter from Mrs. Gonzales informing him that she had given Rousselon $100 for Chandy. He has given John Lyons an order; will Rousselon give Lyons this sum. He has written several times but received no reply. V-5-l - A.L.S. - French - 2pp. - 4to. - {3}

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On the 24th just as Chandy was going to the chapel to hear confessions, he received Perché's letter of the 23rd advising him to accept the post at the orphanage. Perché's decision makes him suppose that Father Theodore Buffard has made charges against him. Since Buffard has refused to give him any reasons for the charge, he asks Perché for this information so that, if his conduct has left anything to be desired, he can profit from it. :: VI-3-c A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Chandy's brother, Father Peter John Chandy, C.M. , who died 5 or 6 years ago was in May 1850, treasurer at St. Vincent College, Cape Girardeau. It became urgent for his family to settle the inheritance he left. In the absence of a will settlement is impossible. They have obtained Blanc's address from his father, persuaded that Blanc will give them the place and date of Father Chandy's death and whether he left a will. If the will exists, Blanc is to send it to the person most favored, if it...

Scope and Contents Although he does not recall how he could have compromised himself in his last letter, he appeals to Blanc's indulgence by attributing his fault to an excess of zeal. Several persons having died without the sacraments, and being unable to have a priest come, people have asked the sacristan to come to say the prayers for the dying. This being repeated a number of times has made him lose about 10 pupils. Now a drunkard has got together four people to request the administrators of St....

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The news which Odin sent him caused him great sorrow and he will not be tranquil until he has sent him more recent news about the actual state of his nephew at the hospital. He asks Odin to care for him like a Father. Before informing the family he would prefer to know how he is because the correspondence will take so long. His nephew had often told him that cold baths helped him and he also took baths in the bayou. :: VI-2-e A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents This letter will be brought by a doctor of New Orleans, Dr. Saxon. His oldest daughter, wife of the judge of this parish, became a Catholic several months ago. Her sister, married now to J. O'Doherty soon followed her example. Then at last the doctor did the same. Chanrion required of him a simple submission to the decisions of the Church and the promise that he would never again attend the lodge of the Free Masons. He replied that if it was necessary to save a life he would be bound in...

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He answers in the name of the administration of the newspaper L'Univers accepting the conditions which McMaster placed in his letter of Feb. 4 and ask that the subscription begin Mar. 1, 1870. The price is to be sent to M. Gerant of the L'Univers who has an account with M. A. Lacordaire of Battersea. He writes as one of the editors of L'Univers. :: I-1-n A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Chapelle, former canon of the Cathedral Church of Monde, France, and Secretary of the bishopric, now chaplain and confessor of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in New York and Manhattanville. Since March 19, 1827, when Bishop Claude Joseph Brulley da la Brunière, then Bishop of Mende, asked him to publish the regulations of the Association of the Propagation of the Faith and to establish it there, Chapelle has longed to consecrate himself to the missions. After 30 years he has at last...