Faure, Father J. A., St. James, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1861 October 14

Father Paul E. Lecuru, the pastor of St. James, is very gravely ill of typhoid fever. Today he received all the aids of religion. Dr. Gotreau saw him but has little hope. According to the terms of the letters sent him, his powers were to cease at the return of the pastor. If Odin is disposed to prolong them he asks him to let him know. He also asks for the same for all Sundays and holy days of obligation, not only for the elder Mr. Valcoeur, but for all those to whom an early mass would make possible the fulfillment of the precept. He can affirm that the ministering of Confession has given him no trouble because of his ears. He does not know if Lecuru has made his will but all that he can have will be absorbed by debts. :: VI-2-e A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.