Boullier, C.M., Father John, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1848 April 25

Boullier preferred to wait several days to reply to Blanc's last letter. He has bought a barge load of sand and 200 barrels of lime for the house of the Sisters of Charity . The 200,000 bricks will soon be ready so the architect could come when he is ready. After paying for everything he has bought, Boullier has about $800 in the treasury. He hopes to be able to pay for the bricks but that is all he could collect this year. Their church also must be enlarged; if there were 50 or so pews more they would all be sold. The pews amounted to $4000. He would like to know whether Blanc could come this year for Confirmation. A visit from Blanc would do much good if he could make it coincide with the laying of the first stone for the Sisters' house. :: V-5-i A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.