Cavailhez, Baptiste, Abbeville, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1857 December 21

Cavailhez confirms his last letter about the subscription for the church at Abbeville which has just become the object of a judgment to Cavailhez's detriment at the last court. He had hoped that Blanc would intervene; it would have saved 70 piastres of expenses not counting those to the justice of the peace. It is not his intention to go back on his donation; he will pay Blanc or Father Jean Arthur Poyet 's successor. His subscription was not made to an individual who dispersed a congregation which was the envy of its neighbors. Cavailhez asks Blanc to do what he can for Cavailhez to avoid this payment while Poyet is at Abbeville. Cavailhez will pay the expenses of the suit which will be more than 100 piastres. The recent disorders between the two parties, the one of the pastor, the other of the people have brought about 12 to 15 warrants of arrest. These disorders have brought about the resignation of the mayor and aldermen. Only Blanc can restore order. P.S. Cavailhez's lawyer was called to the presbytery but the speech he had prepared remained? unspoken. Cavailhez remains satisfied today with his silence but not with the 6? piastres he took for the speech. :: VI-1-m A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to.