Chauvin, Father J.E., Mansura, Louisiana, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1881 April 18

After receiving Leray's letter of April 8, Chauvin took energetic measures to meet the insolence and pride of certain individuals at Moreauville who have obliged two good priests to leave that parish. He places a notice in the two Moreauville newspapers which he hopes will protect the church property clipping enclosed. What Father E. Reynes wrote him about the continuation of the church was exact. All the church property at Moreauville is closed. Chauvin knows they violate the fences of the cemetery and awaits Leray's orders in this regard. He regrets that Reynes left. Reynes had begun a fine church and directed the work with taste. Chauvin thanks Leray for what he sent. Reynes also thanks him, having received some money from his family. :: VI-3-c A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.