Labatut, Isidore, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853 January 24

Labatut submits the enclosed letter by the reporter of the finance committee of the trustees of St. Louis Church, regarding a stipulation made by the bank with which the committee is negotiating for a loan. This bank wishes to have assurance that the good relations between the clergy and the trustees is of a permanent nature. It is Blanc's province to attest that all has gone according to the stipulations made in 1844 for the return of the clergy to the Cathedral. Labatut asks Blanc's help so that they can pay the debt contracted for the rebuilding of the Cathedral. The fabrique will also, by this means, do more justice to the clergy and repay the employees more, as they had done before the reduction made necessary last year. A.L.S. Enclosure: