Cuitré, Alix de, Paris, France, to Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1882 March 24

Cuitré counts on the double assurance given in Leray's letter of February 28 that she would be reimbursed for her claim of 27,000 francs. She has refused to join in the process in which E. D'Aquin has engaged the creditors to make. But because of her ill health and advanced age it is impossible to leave her money in a loan which does not offer all the guarantees possible for a charitable establishment. This sum is assigned to an establishment of Sisters who have a school and who visit the sick in a country parish. Without this payment this establishment of 26 years would have to dissolve. She has written in this vein to Rome, where she knows Secretary, of Propaganda, Masotti. She sent a copy of Leray's letter there adding that Jules de Boursetty was also a close friend of the Cardinal Prefect. She signs To the care of Denpit? Rochereau :: VI-3-d A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.