Dénéce, Father John Marie Joseph, Petit-Caillou, Louisiana, to Archbishop John Mary Odin, C.M., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1868 June 14

He has never in his life seen such misery as is rampant this year. It has been 3 and ½ years since he came to this post, and although life has been difficult, he is not hard to please. He hopes little by little to pay off the debts on the church he had built at Terrebonne . He has not received any response to his last two letters and asks Odin to notify him a month in advance if he is coming for Confirmation. He performed a mixed marriage on June 13 between Francis Viguerie, son of Jean Viguerie and Bertrande Baselque, and Georgiana Metcalfe, daughter of Georges Metcalfe and Maria E. Hornsby . There was no time to secure a dispensation. :: VI-2-n A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.