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Scope and Contents He would have replied earlier to Dicharry's letter of the 24th, but he was prevented by the arrival of a new associate sent to Moreauville by Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, Father E. Reynes of the diocese of New Orleans. Father Paul E. Simon is well at Marksville. Leray asks if he is certain that Father F.X. Guay is guilty. Yes, he is a wretch of the worst sort. As for the dispensation, Simon has it. Chauvin does not know who the relative is, but he sees in his marriage register that the man...

Scope and Contents Since Blanc's last letter from Lyons several days before departing for America, Chavaete has heard nothing of his health. He hopes that the indisposition he complained of was not of long duration and that he made the ocean crossing without danger. However, God permitted Blanc to be tried in another way. The papers have informed him that Blanc's seminary was consumed by fire. All goes well here. At the hospice there are 50 persons, comprising the Sisters. However, it is hard to get supplies...

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Chavaete authorizes Blanc to sell the house in Toulouse Street which belonged to the late Father Peter Francis Beauprez who died in America, the proceeds to be used for the intention Chaevate has manifested. :: VI-1-b A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to.

Scope and Contents Chavaete received Blanc's letter of August 21; after reading it he was completely discouraged. He did not expect such crushing news. He had hoped to be able to meet the expenditures he has already made. The house looked as if it would be a great help, giving 300 piastres a year and now Chavaete can no longer count on it. Blanc had said this house was worth 6500; Chavaete does not know if the 115 shares of the association are included. Now Blanc says the repairs would amount to 3500 piastres....

Scope and Contents Chavaete replied to Blanc's letter of August 21 and has received since another of September 13. Blanc said that one of his friends had found a tenant offering $?45 a month for the house in question and that she agreed to a lease for 13 months without the expense of repairs. This consoled Chavaete as he thought at first there would be an enormous loss which would have interfered greatly with his undertaking. Blanc's advice to loan? money here at 4 percent is very reasonable since one can...

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Chavaete had counted on having a visit from Blanc this year. But seeing there is an obstacle to his trip to Europe, Chavaete writes to inform Blanc that unexpectedly he will not need the income from the estate for the new year. He has been able to procure a sum which he will use in its place. He asks Blanc to invest this income as advantageously as possible and to put it with the capital at the time of the settlement. :: VI-1-f A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Chavaete received Blanc's letter of September 27 about a month ago. He had seen in the papers here that the yellow fever had had many victims at New Orleans but did not think it had reached such a point. Chavaete recalls that Blanc mentioned that he had been advised that 10 per cent was to be paid on everything sent to a foreign country. While Chavaete does not know the American law, he will give Blanc his opinion on this subject. On reading the will, Chavaete finds no foreign heir; Blanc is...

Scope and Contents Chavaete received Blanc's two letters of February 14 and March 4 with the papers asked for. He did not reply at once as he saw that Blanc had not yet received his letter. Blanc says he has sold the certificates of the Canal Bank as well as those of the merchants to pay the legacies in the United States. As for Blanc's offer of the 30,000 francs from this sale, to be used up to the end of the year, Chavaete wants as much as possible to use the other certificates in order not to reduce the...

Scope and Contents Chavaete received the letter of exchange for 7470 francs, due on February 27. This will pay some debts. For some time the house he built has been occupied by the Sisters and they have 8 orphans. He will put off the other construction until a more suitable time. The land and building has cost 52,000 francs. Blanc wrote in June that he had received a dividend of 1725 francs from the Union Bank and had placed this sum at 6 percent interest. He hopes Blanc will continue to act in like manner. He...

Scope and Contents Chavaete received Blanc's letter at the end of April; it was not dated but he presumes it was written in March. Blanc writes that he did not receive a letter since he sent Chavaete the draft. Chavaete sent a letter as soon as he received the remittance. The draft arrived very opportunely. Last year Blanc sold some shares for almost 30,000, to pay the legacies in America. Chavaete does not know whether this sale included the legacy to the poor of Woumen and whether this amount was sent in the...

Scope and Contents Chavaete received Blanc's letter of May 1. This year the sum indicated in Blanc's letter will be sufficient. Their establishment is prospering. Chavaete has read in the papers about America's financial crisis which made him understand that their interests would have suffered more or less. He has also learned of the misery caused by the flooding of the Mississippi; he begs Blanc to be careful of his health. In Belgium, the Liberals are in the majority just now. The Bishops have forbidden the...

Scope and Contents Chavaete has received the draft which Blanc sent last November. He writes now to inform Blanc that this year he will not need the money so it can be invested. He and the Sisters at the hospice have obtained a sum of money and since the profits in America are greater, he has advised them to use this money here in place of what would come to them this year from the estate of Father Pierre Francois Beauprez . Blanc once wrote that he could place it at 6 percent or more. The money for the last...

Scope and Contents Chavaete wrote last April or May that probably this year he would not need money because a Sister at the hospice counted on receiving a certain sum from her family which he could use. But it was not realized and so Chavaete asks for an even greater amount than last year. A short time ago he acquired land enough so that each year their harvests are sufficient. So he asks Blanc to send at least 5 or 6000 piastres including last year's revenue. He will need the funds around the new year. ::...

Scope and Contents It was with great sadness that he received in Blanc's letter of September 29, the news of the death of Father Peter Francis Beauprez. In Beauprez's last letter he seemed very happy in his new post. Chavaete told Beauprez's family. Chavaete was surprised that Blanc wrote that he did not have Beauprez's will, as he had written a holograph in triplicate. One was to be deposited with Blanc, one with Chavaete, and the third he kept in his portfolio. This is what Chavaete finds on the envelope of...

Scope and Contents Chavaetre received Blanc's power of attorney and his letter of December 5 as well as the one of December 20. He also received the lawyer's letter with an excerpt from the will and codicil. Chavaete will sell the houses as soon as possible but his notary says that Blanc must send him a special power of attorney like the sample inclosed no enclosure to pay the rights of succession at the registration which will amount to 5 percent. He also needs an extract from the will only as to what relates...

Scope and Contents The money Blanc sent last year was used to buy lend which is presently being cultivated to meet the needs of the hospice. The personnel is increasing and they receive new requests from the poor. He does not want to go too fast but there is nothing to fear about its solidity. This year there has been some trouble because of a law concerning charities which the government proposed and which would give a little more freedom to individuals to make charitable bequests and to administer them...

Scope and Contents Beauprez's cousin told him the contents of Beauprez's letter, received several days ago. Chavaete also received the letter from Beauprez dated May 23. Chavaete has been waiting for definite news on this question which is still pending. He was surprised to learn that Beauprez suffers from the cold in his new post; the lakes must be responsible. Beauprez wrote that Mr. Ryan had sent a letter to Chavaete's brother-in-law about an arrangement with his family and that he had given him full power....

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Regretting that he was not able to join the splendid welcome for Odin on his return from the Eternal City, he would not want to miss the customary gathering at the Bishopric for the New Year. P.S. Not being able to write much he sends his best wishes to Father Perché, Chalon, and Raymond. :: VI-2-m A.L.S. French 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents He takes advantage of the kindness of the assistant at St. James to send his respects. ` P.S. He also sends greetings to Fathers Rousselon and Chalon. Is there the custom in Odin's diocese, as in most dioceses of France, of gaining a plenary indulgence on feasts even though one confesses only every 2 weeks? If not, he asks Odin for the privilege. ` P.S. Chavas regrets that Father Leon F. Denis, S.M. is absent. He also could have sent a letter with the collection for the seminary. :: VI-2-i...

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As an old but devoted priest, Chavas offers his annual tribute of homage and as the chaplain of Sacred Heart, asks Odin's blessing. :: VI-2-l A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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He writes relative to his son John Cheevers whom Blanc took under his protection up to the time of his leaving Springhill College owing to ill health. He has been a burden to Cheevers with eight in the family to support. He has not the necessary means to get for John the medicines he requires for the restoration of his health. Even the clothes Blanc gave him are worn out and were it not for a charitable young man he would be naked and not able to get employment. :: VI-1-m A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

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Bill for 18 francs 25 centimes for accomodations and meals. :: VI-3-b A. Bill French 1p. 12mo.

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Blanc's silence increases Chenal's miseries. He is not under any sort of suspension. If he had the money he would have gone to New Orleans long ago. Father Annet? Lafont wrote a malevolent letter concerning him. By one word Blanc can draw him back into the workers in the Vineyard. P.S. He is in extreme need, he owes four weeks rent, and his clothes are in poor condition. :: VI-2-a A.L.S. French 6pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents If Blanc could see Chénal's burning desire to work in his vineyard, he would call him to be among his priests. Blanc knows Chénal's sad position. His papers are in perfect order and if he had the money to get his trunks which contain them he would already have left to place himself at Blanc's feet. Without shelter or food and far from his family, he hopes Blanc will not abandon him. P.S. If Blanc refuses his plea, Chénal asks him not to refuse him the means to return to France where he has...

Scope and Contents Chénal received Rousselon's letter of August 10. Chénal does not know Rousselon but he will repay his charity and good advice by a deep affection. He will repay the Archbishop's goodness by a boundless devotion. Bishop John Martin Spalding of Louisville read Chénal a letter dated August 24 from which he understood that Rousselon asked Spalding to keep Chénal. The reasons were the yellow fever and the absence of the Archbishop. Spalding imposed one condition, that of showing his papers....

Scope and Contents It is almost two weeks since Chénal answered Rousselon's letter of October 4. Not receiving a reply, necessity forces him to make another appeal to Rousselon's charity. Privation and cold made him ill but he has recovered. The Archbishop and Rousselon will see how much Chénal wishes to work in the Lord's vineyard. Chénal owes 4 weeks' board and room and does not have a cent. Father John H. Bekkers Baker gave Chénal $2 which enabled Chénal to pay for his laundry. If Father Walter S . Coomes...

Scope and Contents If Blanc has the annals of the Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the conversion of sinners, he will find Chenal's history there. It is the history of a sinner who went to Notre Dame du Gard in 1847 under the direction of Father Francois M.P. Libermann of sainted memory, the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Holy Heart of Mary. It was to the prayers of the late Bishop Truffat of Callipolis who was his mentor, and prayers of Father DesGenettes, pastor...

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A copy of "The Lepers of Molokai" is requested. :: X-3-b A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Father Eleazar Vignonet, their pastor, learned that Odin received a letter from the convent signed Louis Birite and he surprised Chenet by asking if he were the author. He is not. The author of the letter Odin received ought to be too despicable for anyone to bother with. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.

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She sends compliments of the Season. XI-2-h Postcard, signed