D'Héécourt, Father Charles Victor, Plaquemine, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1867 April 10

He arrived Sunday morning. He went immediately to the Sisters' house where he met Thomas Grace . He went, with Grace, to the church where he sang Mass at 10. Several of the people came to visit him after Mass. This post which Odin has given him is certainly a very difficult one, especially now during the flood. Tuesday he held a meeting of the trustees. They named him their president; Grace, secretary, and Michel Schlatre, treasurer. They discussed the means of paying the debt. D'Héécourt hopes for much during the mission. Schlatre is now busy combatting the water which threatens to invade his property. Grace has been commissioned to write Odin about one of the clauses in the title of the property which Odin asked D'Héécourt to have recorded. They object to the clause "to the use and advantage of the Roman Catholics of the Diocese" and say it should read "the Catholic Association of St. John, Iberville". :: VI-2-m A.L.S. French 4pp. 12mo.