Blin, Father J.E., New Iberia, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Kouisiana, 1851 May 8

Blin sends an inventory of Father Julian Priour 's furniture. Widow Burk asks Blin to ask Blanc to permit her to remain in the house given by LaClaire Fuseiller to Priour. She wants to live there gratis which will hardly suit Segre Darby who looks for money wherever he can find it. Blin has said nothing of the embarrassment they could have about the legal possession of the land on which the presbytery stands and according to Mrs. Goujon Gougeon, that on which stands the house which she occupies, authorized by Widow Duperrier and her son. If there is no title and if the taxes have not been paid for 10 years, any action would be useless. In the meantime, the nephew is becoming more and more detestable and the niece Carlo is taking a very bad turn. The husband is still scandalous. Construction of a chapel is going on at Isle Piquant ; Blin thinks it will be finished before winter. It would be good to see the same at Fausse Pointe . Blin is untroubled but the pastoral burden does not fit here any better than at L'Anse. On the enclosed list of articles left in the sacristy and church of St. Mary, in Charenton when he left the last day February, 1951, Blin notes that he left everything in good order. If Father Nicholas Francais has not rendered account to Blanc, he has done Blin an injustice. Blin left Francais all his furnishings and provisions in the presbytery; he has not been paid. :: VI-1-a A.L.S. French 4pp. folio 12