Tucson, Arizona Territory, March 1, 1870
To the Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Madame:
I have the honor to write you these few words to announce to you that Monseigneur Salpointe is sending to you eight hundred piastres to help with the preliminary expense occasioned by the departure of your good Sisters whom you deign to send us. Bishop Salpointe must have told you in his letter of last week that this sum is going to you from here to San Francisco, and from there it will reach you.
I hope, therefore, that we will at last have the happiness so desired of having your dear Sisters come at the earliest possible date to Tucson to take charge of this interesting part of our population. I have no need to tell you that they will be welcomed. It is still feared that they will not come; hasten therefore as much as you can their departure, conforming however with the letter of His Excellency, who left last Saturday for Fort Yuma and should return for Holy Week.
Your devoted servant who recommends himself to your good prayers,
Theo Jouvenceau
Vicar General
Translation of letter written in French to Mother St. John Facemaz
To the Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Madame:
I have the honor to write you these few words to announce to you that Monseigneur Salpointe is sending to you eight hundred piastres to help with the preliminary expense occasioned by the departure of your good Sisters whom you deign to send us. Bishop Salpointe must have told you in his letter of last week that this sum is going to you from here to San Francisco, and from there it will reach you.
I hope, therefore, that we will at last have the happiness so desired of having your dear Sisters come at the earliest possible date to Tucson to take charge of this interesting part of our population. I have no need to tell you that they will be welcomed. It is still feared that they will not come; hasten therefore as much as you can their departure, conforming however with the letter of His Excellency, who left last Saturday for Fort Yuma and should return for Holy Week.
Your devoted servant who recommends himself to your good prayers,
Theo Jouvenceau
Vicar General
Translation of letter written in French to Mother St. John Facemaz
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Thank you so much for doing this! I am currently working on some fiction that touches on schools run by CSJs in both Kansas City and Tucson, in the 1880s-1900s. Found you in a search for the Academy of Saint Joseph in Tucson. Any recommendations you might have for original sources on the American work of the CSJs in the 19th century would be appreciated!
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