Mégret, Father Anthony D., Vermillionville, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1844 February 18

In his letter of January 28 Mégret told of the change in E.T. Guégnon toward Mégret and received Blanc's reply. This editor has asked for several interviews in which he proved worthy of confidence. The controversy was instigated by persons Blanc knows. The governor himself furnished Guégnon with a discourse between a Protestant minister and Bishop John Baptist Purcell to reply to Mégret. The letter written to Blanc by the President of the trustees had been ordered done by the express request of the governor to the editor who showed Mégret the text copied by Ed. Mouton, president. Mégret does not doubt that these same persons may have much to do with the persecutions at New Orleans. Mégret went to Pont Perry to say Mass the first Sunday of this month. They have plenty there and the leading citizens urged Mégret to offer some land for a court house as they wished the future village to be on church property. Mégret agreed and at a meeting on Monday they named the place Abbeville . So it is no longer St. Mary Magdeleine of Pont Perry but St. Mary Magdeleine of Abbville. Several days ago Mégret saw Father Stephen Theodore Badin whom he invited to spend Lent with him. Badin said he would. Mégret hopes to go after him at St. Martinville in a few days. Blanc will recall that Mégret submitted a copy of a new hymn for their parishes. Everything is ready but since they will soon see each other at the retreat, Mégret will wait until then to confer with Father Rousselon to whom Blanc referred him. :: V-5-a A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to.