Boursetty, Jules de, Paris, France, to Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perché, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1878 February 10

Boursetty replies immediately to Perché's letter of January 24. Father Leneuf can be very useful in Burgundy, his native area, and in the neighboring areas where he is well known. He will begin the campaign as soon as Father Joseph Marie Millet arrives. In order to replace Leneuf, Monsignor Eiliberto Michele Termoz presented Father Jouez, a missionary from Toulouse, who was already given to a station in Canada. The name of Mr. Roth will be added to the list of bankers. Two documents are indispensable: a mortgage and a resolution of the council. Boursetty has felt out the bankers as Perché proposed: to take a lease on everything; no one will consent to that. Perché should not disillusion himself. It will not be possible to place the loan in a single house. It will be necessary to send out circulars to the clergy, Catholic capitalists, small bankers, etc. Everything is ready and will be initiated if Perché has sent him the mortgage. Boursetty must leave for Rome. He will try to prepare negotiations and, if the mortgage arrives in time, he will raise something. Perché knows with what kindness Pope Pius IX treated Boursetty. He will arrive Thursday and assist in the funeral ceremonies. The pastor of St. Eulalie has just telegraphed that Boursetty should wait for him, but as he is always late, Boursetty can hardly count on him. :: VI-3-a A.L.Incomplete French 4pp. 8vo.