Abbadie, S.J., Father J. Francis, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1858 June 16

Abbadie has several doubts to submit. 1. After a baptism, can he refuse to have it registered if they do not wish to pay for it when able? 2. In the distant missions, Abbadie finds hardly any marriages except by the judge. Although they are valid because of the distance he generally blesses them. But then is it necessary that the couple and witnesses sign or can Abbadie state that he married them in the presence of witnesses So and So? 3. When these marriages are null because of an impediment, can Abbadie dispense? He would like to know if the parish limits are definitely fixed. On the side of Lafayette Father Foltier says he will accept Abbadie's plan of the two coulées. Abbadie would like a copy of the statutes of the synod and the sermon. They had 1100 Paschal Communions. :: VI-1-n A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.