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Scope and Contents It is absolutely necessary to settle the requests of Cavailhez and Victor Boete so that they will have time to prepare for the next court. Cavailhez asked Foltier to show Rousselon his titles; the papers have been sent to Rousselon. O'Brien, who is a scoundrel, brought opposition at the last court for revenge. Boete has justifiable complaints against the Abbeville plan because it takes away part of his land. Could Rousselon authorize him not to pay for the one-fourth arpent which he bought...

Scope and Contents Letters from Oswego have advised him that the money Foltier had sent was received and distributed to those entitled to it. He thanks Blanc for his trouble. Foltier learns that the estate of Father Anthony Désiré Mégret cannot be probated? in this court. Mr. Filheul can give Blanc the reasons. Foltier was surprised not to find in Filheaul's hands the necessary papers to support the claim of Mr. Cavailhez which Foltier had given to Father Rousselon in January. Cavailhez wishes to have them to...

Scope and Contents Foltier received Blanc's letter of he 19th about Abbeville and the collection to be made. Foltier sees that it is impossible to leave because of the works he has undertaken. He has borrowed 1500 piastres for the church at Lafayette. He still owes 500 piastres for the church and presbytery at Abbeville. His revenues are smaller here than at Abbeville. He sees that this church is a sinkhole that swallows up twice the revenues of the one here. Foltier built a church in the north; he built a...

Scope and Contents From St. Martin, where Foltier came to visit the pastor, Foltier waited to answer Blanc's letter of the 3rd in which Blanc says that the lumber was paid for to Mr. Corso. Blanc's letter inspired Foltier to give Blanc exact information about the church confided to his care. He had already sold the lumber and the money used to pay the Broussard debt of 218 piastres, besides the 122 which Fathers Hubert Thirion and Francis Mittelbronn had given. There was a small difference in the amount of...

Scope and Contents Foltier writes from St. Martin, where he has gone to help Father Ange Marie for First Communion, to inform Blanc of a decision taken last week and already announced to his parishioners last Sunday. Fatigue forces him to leave Abbeville . Making long trips to say Mass, building a church with his own money, living in a house hotter than the prairies, with no rest at night because of the drunken people, it is too much to bear. He will pay his debts and collect what is owed to him. Even the note...

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The bearer of this letter is Mr. Corso who sold the lumber for the projected church. As Blanc knows the situation as well as Foltier, he will limit himself to a few words of introduction. P.S. He received Blanc's letter of the 23rd yesterday. :: VI-1-e A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to.

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Incomplete Foltier informs Blanc of the creation of a St. Joseph Society affiliated with that of Thibodeaux. He is at last going to renovate the residence?. The convent of the Sister of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has good reopening of school; the number may reach forty pupils. :: VI-1-m A.L.S. French Incomplete 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Foltier did not think it necessary to have Blanc's approval in the appointment of counsellors as it was not yet official; he intended to tell Father Rousselon. Foltier told the counsellars that the revenue from the pews, cemetery, and collections would be used for the church; the fees would suffice for Foltier. They are new men who have not been involved in the old fights, except Valerian? Martin. Foltier believes Martin will not accept, for reasons; his father would take his place. As to...

Scope and Contents Father Jean Francois Abbadie, S.J. wrote recently, altering again the concessions which Foltier had made, and moving back the limits which they were to accept by common accord. But since Foltier wrote Blanc, things have changed. 1. The people do not want to consent to a change of parish, except for 2 or 3. A petition will be presented to Blanc at Grand Coteau. 2. It is proved by surveying that from the church tower to the bridge at Carencrow Carencro it is nine miles. 3. When Foltier gave...

Scope and Contents Valerien Martin, who is going down to the city, plans to see Blanc about a school run by the Brothers of Christian Doctrine. Everyone seems to want it; there is a large house here, known as Academy, owned by the corporation, which would be easy to have for the Brothers. Foltier is sure that the richest and most influential in the parish would unite to guarantee what would be needed. The real difficulty is to have Brothers who would teach only English. They want only that language,...

Scope and Contents Not having seen Blanc again on his return from Grand Coteau, Foltier writes the news of Abbeville . Father Jean Arthur Poyet was certainly welcome. If the sight of the ruins of the church and the village gave him a painful impression, the people consoled him by their devotion and generosity. Foltier took him to all the families and Thursday the men met at the rectory. A subscription was opened amounting at 605 piastres for the town alone. Blanc subscribed 500; Foltier and Poyet 200; so the...

Scope and Contents He hopes Blanc will not attribute his delay in answering Blanc's letter of February 17 to a moment of bad humor. He has needed to get some information and the distance of the two villages and the duties of Lent have not allowed him to act more quickly. He hopes Blanc will listen to Foltier's defense of the accusation. The people of Vermillion have never had the thought of refusing Foltier the offering due all priests who do their duty. Father Jean Arthur Poyet, alone, with the aim of having...

Scope and Contents In Blanc's last letter he talks of not selling any more plots in the new cemetery. Foltier will follow this order until Blanc comes for his pastoral visit but there is no longer room for burials in the old cemetery. The dissatisfied parishioners are making their burials elsewhere. Pressure was brought? to open a new cemetery in the land to the south bought by Father Mégret. There are 4 country cemeteries in this parish although the longest distance is 15 miles. One is at Rodaire?, one 6...

Scope and Contents For a long time there have been Free Masons here; they even once had a lodge. Foltier had occasion to let his congregation understand that even the Fathers of the Council of Baltimore had forbidden that absolution be given to those who persist in remaining in such associations. To say that Alexander Mouton and many of the Moutons are supporters of Free Masonry is nothing new to Blanc. What astonishes Foltier is to see Valerien Martin even more partisan. What methods could be used to remedy...

Scope and Contents In Blanc's last letter he asked for a drawing of the church and cemetery land. Blanc shall have it and it will be an official drawing made by one of the surveyors who up to now has not had time to make it. Foltier will add a picture of the church taken by ombratype. Foltier thanks Blanc for his advice which he will follow. Foltier will talk to Blanc about the limits of his parish when Blanc comes. Foltier knows that one cannot prevent people from going to one church or another but more and...

Scope and Contents Foltier received Rousselon's latest letter; from the money he sent, Foltier should have 12 instead of 10 Annales. Foltier sent 40 piastres; he owes only 36 from May 1858 to May 1859. He asks Rousselon to send 3 ordos for 1859 and a Catholic Almanac. Foltier is going to send B. ? éris his sacristan to learn how to put on southern fire-proof roofing; it is arranged with Mr. Coleman . It will take 2 or 3 days and he will send the materials to Vermillionville and will make their church like new....

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Foltier asks for a dispensation for Roche Mouton and Emilie Latiolais who wish to marry on February 3. :: VI-1-n A.L.S. French 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Miss C. O'Riordan who accepted the place of English teacher at the convent had not yet arrived on February 1. Has she changed her mind? Rousselon is to send a messenger to Father Jeremiah Moynihan, pastor at St. John Baptist, who knows her home. It is urgent since Mrs. Ragazzoni has left. The Sisters of Mount Carmel have 40 pupils of whom 21 are boarders. If Miss O'Riordan cannot come they must send them one from Thibodeaux. P.S. Foltier has written to the Archbishop on the subject of the...

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Foltier has asked Francis Arcenaux to give Rousselon the collection for the seminary. Foltier forgot, when he gave Arcenzux the letter, to give him this amount of $23.80. It is an April-fool joke. :: VI-1-n A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.

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Mr. Rignes, president of St. Joseph's Society and member of the church council, will give Rousselon 23.50 piastres collected on Easter. Foltier had forgotten to give this sum to Francois Arcenaux . Rignes is a novice but fervent. :: VI-1-n A.L.S. French 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Foltier received the paint, nails, glass, oil, turpentine, the organ, and the zinc. He presumes that all the money is spent as he had asked Rousselon to send him some white sugar, coffee, and an overcoat. Rousselon is to let him know as he cannot get to New Orleans. he must supervise the workmen. He believes workmen that Father Jean Arthur Poyet should have all the resources necessary for the building of the church. It cost Rousselon dearly not to have followed the advice of a rustic who...

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Foltier asks Rousselon to give Father Paul Guérard, pastor of Algiers, 50 piastres from the funds he has in hand. :: VI-1-k A.L.S. French 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Foltier asks what Mr. Robert has done with all the documents of the estate. Foltier has seen Mr. O'Brien Daniel O'Bryan who has informed Rousselon of his acceptance and who even came here to give his security. The Irish Sister of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel? arrived; it is too bad that they cannot have a more capable teacher. All these changes increase the unpopularity of the convent which just now has great competition. P.S. Has Mr. Périer ? found a music teacher? Mr. Michon has not yet sent the...

Scope and Contents Foltier has just heard that Rousselon has sent in his resignation which Onesime? Mouton has asserted will be accepted after a minute rendering of accounts. It seems they suspect Rousselon of feathering his nest. The pastor of Abbeville accuses Foltier of getting rich. Will O'Brien Daniel O'Bryan ? be Rousselon's successor? The church tower at Lafayette is going up; it is a yawning chasm for money. Foltier has only one workman and he is the sacristan, all for 36 piastres a month. They are...

Scope and Contents Foltier did not want to write for a few days in order to give Rousselon news of the court at Lafayette this week. But another circumstance forces him to write before he has complete information. Sister St. Vincent, O.Carm . has received an order from her superior, Sister Ste. Théèse Chevrel, O.Carm . to leave the convent. Sister St. Paul notified St. Vincent and Foltier had a long talk with her but coud not induce her. For fear of giving the public room to talk, Foltier preferred to write to...

Scope and Contents Foltier received Rousselon's letter at the end of last month. Sister St. Paul Aucoin, O. Carm . is going down to the city with the person in question. Foltier thinks that Mother St. Thèèse Chevrel, O. Carm . might well let Sister Victoria, O. Carm. come with St. Paul to take care of the first class of children. Sister St. Gabriel, O Carm. is succeeding well. Sister Ste. Marie ?, O. Carm. is not making progress with the children; she lacks order and method. She would be good for the linen...

Scope and Contents Foltier received Rousselon's letter of May 12 which indirectly explains Sister St. Paul Ancoin, O. Carm .'s prolonged stay at New Orleans. By now Rousselon will have received the 1000 piastres allocated by law to the convent, have paid the most pressing debts and bought the things they talked of for the study of cosmography. About the estate and the silence about Rousselon's resignation, Foltier asked the clerk of court if he had not received Rousselon's letter. Eraste Mouton, brother of...

Scope and Contents Foltier has just placed Rousselon's official resignation in the hands of the clerk of court, C.H. who promised to record it. Foltier has written Rousselon's decision to Daniel O'Bryan O'Brien. He has asked William Mouton who is to go to Abbeville to stop all business concerning the estate. Rousselon is to take Alcibiade de Blanc who can hold his own against Mouton. But he must be paid as he does not live in the parishes where the affairs are dealt with. The Mother Superior of the Sisters of...

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The Mother Superior of the Sisters of Mount Carmel ? has offered Foltier 100 piastres on the sum she owes him. As Foltier has a debt to Gueyrouse and Langedorff for supplies, Foltier asks Rousselon to pay the 100 piastres to Gueyrouse and Company. :: VI-1-l A.L.S. 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents A lawyer whom Foltier asked to give his attention to what went on at the Abbeville court in regard to the estate of Father Anthony Desiré Mégret has reported that affairs had been set back to next December after the court at Lafayette. The judge, at the request of Daniel O'Bryan O'Brien and others has ordered a survey not only of the village but also of the areas above and below Abbeville. In any case, Rousselon having resigned, will not be troubled by this difficulty. It would be well to...