Mégret, Father Anthony Désiré, Vermillionville, Louisiana, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1849 April 9

Mégret received Blanc's letter of April 3. He thought no more of the reply about the Trappists. He would like to talk of them and the Sisters from another point of view. Learning that Blanc is to leave the 22nd he will hurry and begin with Louis Lucien Arcenaux. Mégret was very much annoyed to see him return to the old; he had forbidden him to leave the seminary for such a slight cause as that asked by his family. He came to Mégret's house accompanied by Father Julien Priour. After spending 2 weeks at Mégret's, occupying himself with the affairs of his sister, he left to complete them, see his mother and return to the seminary. Last Saturday several people from Carancro said he was at Plaquemine Brulée at his mother's house where he seemed to be held because of fear of the cholera. Mégret knows that Arcenaux was tired of La Fourche seminary because of its regularity and studies and wanted to go elsewhere to finish. Mégret received a letter from Father Marie Eutrope Proust and Mégret replied that he would give him $133 this month and not before. He told Eutrope he would talk to Blanc about his project. He has no property suitable for this; he is about to buy a lot on the Mermento river, in St. Landry parish which would be suitable. P.S He has had many conversions. On Holy Thursday the church was filled. No cholera. V-5-k - A.L.S. - French - 4pp. - 4to. - {5}