Chauvin, Father J.E., Mansura, Louisiana, to Father P. Felix Dicharry, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1880 June 3

He would have replied earlier to Dicharry's letter of the 24th, but he was prevented by the arrival of a new associate sent to Moreauville by Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, Father E. Reynes of the diocese of New Orleans. Father Paul E. Simon is well at Marksville. Leray asks if he is certain that Father F.X. Guay is guilty. Yes, he is a wretch of the worst sort. As for the dispensation, Simon has it. Chauvin does not know who the relative is, but he sees in his marriage register that the man and woman had been dispensed from consanguinity in the 3rd degree by Father Nicholas Francais in 1842. Simon is supposed to perform the marriage and will question them. Father L. Julian Gallop perhaps has enemies; Chauvin often receives complaints about him. He drinks too much. In the present situation at Avoyelles, after the Guay affair, they ought to be more prudent than ever. VI-3-b - A.L.S. - French - 4pp. - 12mo. - {8}