Legendre, Father Edward E., St. John Baptist, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853? August ?

St. John Baptist is under a great calamity; they bury 10 to 15 whites a day. Thanks to his horse and carriage, he administers to 10 to 20 dying during the night. The confidence of even the irreligious families console him and give him courage. He travels during the night; he finds abandoned whites. By day he rests and goes to the other side. At first no one called him; now he is in request. The science of the doctors is powerless against God visited on these poor Creoles without virtue. If Legendre succumbs he asks only to remain for the good of their parishioners up to the end of the epidemic. :: VI-1-f A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.