Key, Maria L., Bayou Maringouin, Louisiana, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1860 March 16

Key asks Blanc to place them under the care of the parish priest of Baton Rouge. They are entirely cut off from all the advantages of a church. Plaquemine is 30 miles distant. When Father August? Chambost visited them he took a steamboat at Plaquemine, came to Baton Rouge, and from there to Grosse Tete on the cars. She has not seen Father Francis C. Follot since the 8th of April. The only means of receiving the Sacraments is to go to Baton Rouge, and remain 2 days or 3 with her little daughter and nurse at a hotel. If Blanc will permit, Father Darius Hubert will come to them regularly, and the congregation will adopt the means necessary for building the church immediately. :: VI-2-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.