Follot, Father Francis C., Plaquemine, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1866 June 1

He asks for a dispensation for Ernest Marionneaux, son of Norbert Marionneaux and Marcelite Brasset of Iberville, and Emma Orillion, daughter of Theodore Orillion and Victoire Rolland also of Iberville. Two other persons were married by a Protestant minister: Henri Brockhoeft is Protestant and Uranie Cointement is Catholic. They wish to have their marriage blessed. No doubt Odin has heard that they lost the lawsuit about the land belonging to the Church. Mr. Désobry, Michael Schlatre, and Mr. Hébert have appealed to the Supreme Court. They will send Odin the necessary papers and ask him to get a lawyer for the case. Their side of Iberville parish is ruined by the flood. It is useless to think of making collections; they must help the most needy. In five months he has had 4 burials, of which two were paid, five marriages, a few baptisms and that is all. Only half the church pews were rented not exactly because of a lack of money but because of so few people. :: VI-2-k A.L.S. French 3pp. 8vo. 11