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The Ursulines have a long history in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. As early as 1726, King Louis XV of France decided that three Ursuline nuns from Rouen should go to New Orleans to establish a hospital for poor sick people and to provide education for young girls of wealthy families. ==Arrival== Fourteen nuns took part in the long journey to New Orleans. The names of seven are known: * Sister Saint-Augustin (Marie Tranchepain, the mother superior), * Sister Angélique (Marie le Boullanger), * Dame Jude, all from Rouen; * Mother François-Xavier from le Havre, and * Madame Cavelier from Elbeuf. There were two postulant sisters: Sister le Massif from Tours and Marie-Madeleine Hachard from Rouen. There were also two nuns from Ploërmel and one from Hennebont in Britanny.〔Blondeau, Caherine. ''Étude normande: La vie littéraire à Rouen au 18ème siècle'': "Le Mississipy est en cet endroit plus large que n'est la rivière de Seine à Roüen", à propos de la ''Relation du voyage des dames religieuses Ursulines de Roüen à la Nouvelle Orléans'', p. 50.〕 Marie-Madeleine Hachard described their travel and their arrival at New Orleans in letters sent to her father who stayed in Rouen, and were published in 1728 by Antoine le Prévost from the same city.〔It was translated from French into English by Mildred Masson in 1974.〕 The trip lasted for five months, instead of three.〔Blondeau, p. 52.〕 They arrived at New Orleans in July 1727, and were temporarily housed in one of the larger houses of the young city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Ursulines in New Orleans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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