Mittelbronn, Father Francois Christophe, Pointe Coupée, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1856 May

Blanc knows that for a long time their trustees have passed resolutions for the improvement of their churches but nothing is done. Right now it is no longer a question of repairing the churches or replacing the altars. It is a question of vestments. Since December they have done nothing more to the road except a plough hitched up to four oxen. Since Mittelbronn's trip to New Orleans they have carried out what Blanc advised them to do. They have not sung Mass in the churches. Blanc promised them a letter to be read in the pulpit; Mittelbronn believes the moment has come. Every time they speak of repairs the trustees begin with great zeal or, when they feel that Blanc is to make a pastoral visit they propose repairs until his back is turned. Mittalbronn believes that Blanc cannot put off any longer a decision to keep the trustees or make them act. There is always great indifference; only 2 or 3 vote. Terence Samson, Jr. has given his resignation as a trustee. Mittelbronn does not want Blanc to think he is assigning him a way to follow; he only wants to give an account of all that is happening. :: VI-1-j A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.