Beauprez, Father Peter Francis, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1845 May 20

Beauprez has waited for a reply to his letter of the 2nd. Here is what it contained. The new trustees, elected by a plot, decided to reduce the salary of the pastor, sacristan, and fees by 20 percent. They reduced the sacristan only 12½ percent. Beauprez lists here the fees for burials. His salary is reduced to $800 and the church has never had more money in the treasury, about $1600 and no debts. Marcellin Sicard, one of the trustees, can give Blanc the news. Since he has had two illnesses Beauprez thinks he needs a change of parish or to make a trip north. He has shown that he wished to leave because of the arbitrary conduct of the trustees. Father Jean?Martin came again, while Beauprez was in New Orleans, to perform a marriage without Beauprez's consent. Does Martin have jurisdiction in his parish? He never shares. Here is one of the oldest priests of the diocese who is the first to infringe on the rules of the Synod. P.S. Beauprez thinks it better to address this letter to Waterloo. :: V-5-c A.L.S. French 4pp. 8vo.