In answer to Betty Ann's question, "Does a list of the attendees of this school exist? If so could you let us know where we might find it?" This is the information I got from the archivist at Notre Dame. You could write to him at archives@nd.edu. --- Carolyn Long --- carolynlong@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: Archives of the University of Notre Dame <archives@nd.edu> > To: <carolynlong@earthlink.net> > Date: 04/22/2008 3:54:42 PM > Subject: Madame Annette Praz, RSCJ, Letters to Abp. Anthony Blanc > > Today I put your photocopies in the mail. In your note, you ask the > location of the school mentioned in these letters. The implication of > the letters is that the school is in St. Michael, and I have confirmed > this by checking the Metropolitan Catholic Almanac and Laity's Directory > for the Year of Our Lord 1851, which lists on page 178: > > "CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART > AT ST. MICHAEL'S, SIXTY MILES ABOVE N. ORLEANS > There are 31 religious, 120 boarders, 10 orphans in the institution. > Madame Pratz, Superior." > > You might be interested in this web page: > http://www.ash1818.org/history.htm > > You can cite the letters in this form: > > Madame Annette Praz, RSCJ, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, 14 August 1850, > Archdiocese of New Orleans Collection, V-5-n, Archives of the University > of Notre Dame. > > Thanks! > > -- > Wm. Kevin Cawley, Ph.D. > Archivist and Curator of Manuscripts > Archives of the University of Notre Dame > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1398 - Release Date: 04/25/2008 2:31 PM