Badin, Father Stephen Theodore, Lafayette, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1844 April 27

Badin wrote Blanc a week ago about the attempts of the trustees at St. Martinville . He learned this morning that they decided last Sunday to wait only 2 weeks to carry out their plan. They seem to want to force the clergy to officiate in the new building without episcopal authorization; one supposes they are following the spirit of the trustees of the Cathedral. Badin hastens to write these lines which should leave tomorrow from New Iberia hoping they will be received before his clergy leaves. When Father Anthony Désiré Mégret Meigret returns, Badin will leave for Grand Coteau. He read Blanc's report with great satisfaction; if it were printed in pamphlet form in French and English the results would be more far reaching. P.S. Badin has more to say, but face to face. :: V-5-a A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.