Folse, S., President of the Trustees, Thibodaux, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1840 November 8

At a meeting held today at St. Joseph's rectory, Folse was asked to write to Blanc about their critical position. Today, Father John Audizio offered him resignation giving as the formal reason that he could not pay his assistant out of his own revenues and said that it was their duty to do so if they could. Their financial situation does not permit them to do so. They are already in debt and fear lawsuits. The cotton crop is almost nothing. Folse asks Blanc for himself and his fellow citizens to leave Audizio among them. They have been attached to him for a number of years. It is not that they do not appreciate the merits of the assistant; they believe him worthy of respect and praise. But they repeat their request for Audizio who has aided them since their childhood. :: V-4-k A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.