Dumartrait, Adrien, St. Martinville, Louisiana, to Father Etienne Rousselon, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1849 May 4

On the 28th Dumartrait received Rousselon's letter delivered by a sister from Lafayette. Judge Ed. Liaw? has been back in New Orleans for a month and Rousselon could get in touch with him to receive the $950 he received from the purchaser of Father Louis Dufour's servant. The judge lives on Esplanade Street at Dauphin and if he is not at home, his office is on Royal Street in the same building as that of Jules Mossy. On April 20, Dumartrait received a letter from Dufour, dated Paris, March 22. He said he had written to Rousselon on January 13. Dumartrait intends to go to New Orleans on the 15th or 18th and will reply to Dufour then. Dumartrait has been commissioned to receive collections from Valsin Veasey and Alfred Bienvenu. Valsin brought only $23 of the $240 and promised to see that the rest was paid soon. Dufour's notes amount to $427 and Dumartrait has received only $54. So he has only $77 to send to Dufour. But he believes Rousselon would do well to advance the $950 received from the Judge. V-5-k - A.L.S. - French - 3pp. - 4to. - {6}