Andrieu, C.M., Father Anthony Assumption Seminary,, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1854 March 31

This morning about five o'clock, their parish had a terrible storm. They had nothing blown down except the chimney of the bakery, some trees, and fence. But at Paincourt, the church was entirely collapsed. Since they must have a new church, of brick, Andrieu asks permission to build two or three miles higher up. It will be more central for the people of Brusly and even the upper banks of the Bayou and they will be rid of the proximity of the taverns and the billiard halls. There will no doubt be opposition because the cemetery is at Paincourt and the fabrique has the right to rebuild on the site of the blown-down chapel. It would be for the good of the town to close the cemetery; those in the neighborhood must have cisterns. They had to fill in one well and a baker near there could not sell his bread. In the meantime, Andrieu asks Blanc to authorize them to arrange for a house for mass at Paincourt. :: VI-1-g A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.