Bouchet, Father Jules, Paincourtville, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1865 June 2

For three weeks, Odin knows from Father Cyprian Veyrat, Bouchet has been forced from Pierre-Part by the flood. There are four feet of water in his chapel; the place is abandoned. He does not think he could return before two or three years as the people will be so poor. He has joined Veyrat in the parish where nearly all the people of Pierre-Part have come. The trustees were unanimous in asking him to stay on as an assistant and Veyrat wants him. Perhaps later he can go back to Pierre-Part. Bouchet was coming to see Odin, but Father Augustine Maréchaux fell ill, and for three weeks Bouchet has been attending his parish. Maréchaux is much better. :: VI-2-i A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.