André, Father John B., St. Nicholas' Church, Louisiana, to Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perché, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1881 January 3

After receiving Perché's letter of December 18, he was able to meet with Father Jean Pierre Ponchon and Father Claude Jacquet only on December 19th at Father Hyacinth Gonellaz's silver jubilee. He informed them of Perché's letter. Jacquet replied that his boundaries were the same, running over Bayou Perché to the estate of Devésin Olivier for his line with Father John D. Flanagan. André's boundary with Jacquet runs in a straight line to the flat prairies. For Flanagan, there is the large marsh extending from the Devésin Olivier estate, then up the Bayou to the estate of Louis Grévemberg where it meets Ponchon's boundaries. André is taking the large part, passing by the Morési estate to Agricolo Grévemberg in order to join the Cypremort forests as far as the Callery residence. Cypremort proper belongs to Ponchon and the forest has been conceded to André by Ponchon as ordered by Perché. The area between Cotes Blanches and Cotes de Weeks extends about twelve miles and includes seven estates upon which a large number of Catholic families work. Because of the distance of the churches these poor people live without the assistance of religion. Therefore, he asks permission to build a chapel in the Cypremort forest in order to serve them. VI-3-c - A.L.S. - French - 4pp. - 12mo. - {11}