Cuny, Father F. Christophe, Charenton, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1868 February 5

He was called, in the absence of Father Richard Kane, to perform a marriage between Miss Bessie Wafford and Jared Sandress, at the Wafford plantation which he had been told to make part of the Pattersonville congregation. The girl is a recent convert and the man has professed no religion at all, though he claims to have been baptized. His family are Episcopalians. The couple promises to raise their children as Catholics. Because everything was set for the marriage, Cuny married them then and there. He now asks Odin for the proper dispensation. P.S. The Christmas collection for the seminary brought in $10, which he will send at the next good occasion. :: VI-2-n A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.