Broussard, Jean Baptiste, Broussard, Joseph
Attakapas, (Attacapas, Louisiana)

to Father (Antonio de Sedella vicar and ecclesiastical judge of Louisiana)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

Seven months ago their children went to the Hotel des Pieux to be married, but the priest found them related. They then asked Father Bernard (de Deva, O.M.Cap.) to write to the bishop but have not yet received an answer. They ask Sedella either to dispense or write to the bishop for a dispensation alleging as reasons the friendship of the couple and the danger to the honor of the families. P.S. Jean Baptiste Broussard explains the relationship between the young people.

IV-4-c A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo. (French)
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1788 Nov. 17

(Deva, O.M.Cap.), Father Bernardo (de)
Attakapas, Louisiana)

to Father (Antonio de Sedella, O.M.Cap.)
New Orleans, Louisiana

(Deva's ill health makes him beg the vicar-general to give his attention to the letters as well as to the pleas which he thinks justified. He tells Sedella of the esteem they showed on the only occasion that he met them when trying to get this dispensation. the bearer of this letter will inform him further about the relationship.

IV-4-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo. (French)
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