Legrand, Father F., Pont de Breaux. Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1848 August 3

He has just learned that Blanc will visit Pont Breaux on the 13th or 14th September. He is now preparing for Confirmation on the 14th. Mr. and Mrs . Chevalier Delhomme hope Blanc will accept their hospitality. Legrand hopes the presbytery will be finished but he would not be occupying it then. At Easter more than 200 made their Easter duty. He was very much satisfied for a new parish. There were 42 children and 10 adults in the First Communion class. Father Aloysius Rocoffort came to help him that day. So far he has met only one opposition; it was about the old cemetery. On Corpus Christi seven priests assembled at New Iberia for First Communion. There Legrand received the stoles Father Rousselon sent him. He has had a visit from Father James Fontbonne, and Father Julien Priour . Father Anthony Désiré Mégret? Meygret comes from time to time. Legrand wrote Rousselon in mid-April that having 30 piastres on hand and 50 promised by Father Louis Dufour, he has continued work on the cemetery and presbytery. On the eve of Dufour's departure he sent Legrand an order for $50 on the pastor of Opelousas for funerals within the limits of St. Martin's. Father John F. Raviol, to whom Legrand sent the order, replied that Dufour's claims were exaggerated and that this money would be sent when he returned. Enclosed is a list of church articles needed and two barrels of lime. :: V-5-j A.L.S. French 5pp. 4to.