Chevrel, O. Carm. Sister Thérèse, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Father Stephen Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1849

Mr. Robert, from whom she had asked a receipt for the 200 piastres, came this morning and said that when he asked for this receipt from Father Anthony Désiré Mégret he replied that Sister had a notarized paper which sufficed, since the portion for which they paid $200 was in the 4th lot of ground. So it amounts to this: Mégret in 1847 sold them what he had given them in 1846! These $200 and the 507 Sister Elizabeth, O. Carm. gave is a considerable sum for a poor house. Sister Elizabeth should have sent some money; she had 16 or 17 pupils. Elizabeth repeated that she owed nothing, that she had a very productive garden, a poultry yard, and that the parents often gave gifts. How could she then, knowing the expenditures they have made for Vermillion for three years, not send them something? P.S. Enclosed is a letter for Elizabeth; if Rousselon thinks it apropos he is to mail it. On the letter in another hand: Martial Sarrus, St. Martin. V-5-k - A.L.S. - French - 3pp. - 4to. - {6}