Boullier, C.M., Father John, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1847 October 14

Since his last letter of the 10th they have had a meeting of their trustees. They approved the donation of the 7 arpents to the Sisters of Charity . Boullier asked the notary to make a copy of it and also of the map which had been surveyed some time before. Only two of the trustees are opposed to the hospital but Boullier has discontinued the subscription which had already amounted to $3000 besides Blanc's subscription and asked the editor of the Vigilant not to mention it in his paper. With Blanc's consent Boullier will accede to Father John Timon 's request and go to St. Louis next Monday. He has asked Father John Brands, C.M. to get him a boat to New Orleans. On his return he will work on the subscription and hopes to double the amount already subscribed. If Blanc can get a plan they will begin next spring. Boullier saw Mr. Rice at St. Michael; he does not approve at all of the plan they have. If Blanc prefers some other architect the choice is up to him. If possible the two sick rooms should be isolated as much as possible. In the meeting Boullier also asked the trustees if they would want to give the other 7 arpents for a major seminary. They adopted this proposal with joy and named a committee. Boullier has said nothing of the transfer of the property to the diocese of the Congregation Vincentians . Boullier's private opinion is that Donaldson will never have a seminary if Blanc does not consent to have the donation made in the name of the Congregation and if Father Mariano Maller, C.M. replaces Timon, for he is unyielding on this point. P.S. Blanc is to reply by Sunday's mail and to authorize Father Anthony Andrieux, C.M. , who is going to replace Boullier during his absence, to hear the Sisters' confessions. :: V-5-h A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to.