Bonnin-Matray, Mr., Chalon sur Saone, France, to Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perché, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1881 January 9

Bonnin-Matray, a practicing Catholic of the diocese of Autun, loaned to Father Alexander Marchand, a priest who in now in Perché's diocese, 5000 francs on December 8, 1878. Marchand promised to repay it in six months. The following October he wrote Marchand asking him to take steps to pay on December 8, 1879. Marchand replied that he would pay on January 5, 1880. Today he owes him 5,500. Bishop Adolph Louis Albert Perraud assured him that he would be repaid without delay. He has still not received anything and now Perraud blames him for not having pursued Marchand judicially. He could not do that because it would have cause a public scandal. He asks (Perché's) assistance. Perché should write to Father Netteaut, Bonnin's confessor. VI-3-c - A.L.S. - French - 4pp. - folio - {4}