Flaget received a letter towards the end of the previous year from the people of the Cote du Nord Est, a petition abounding in religious sentiments. Flaget answered them without reproach promising them a pastor and the establishment of a college on the property as soon as possible. He expected them to restore peace and union and such would have been the case if they had been sincere in their protestations. But since that time there have been continued troubles. They have organized a corporation, held sessions and issued decrees. One man has even raised his hand against Father Richard who has served them for 20 years. Such conduct is indecent and against the customs of society. Flaget is impelled by the duties of his office and the need of cutting away the scandals in accordance with the doctrines of Our Lord and of St. Paul in his epistle to the Corinthians. Relying on such authority he makes the following decrees: 1. The Church of St. Anne is to be built in Sec. no. 1 or an adjacent lot or any other selected by legitimate authority;, 2. The remains of the dead in the street of Detroit are to be removed and Catholics are forbidden to use this street until this has been done;, 3. The legitimate corporation of the Catholic Church of St. Anne of Detroit organized April 28, 1818 is authorized by him to exchange or sell any lot or property belonging to the Church of St. Anne and to assist in the construction of the new church;, 4. Father Richard is to announce these decisions during the sermon of the Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation. He is also to summon the 7 chiefs designated as forming the new corporation of St. Anne whom he now designates as schismatic. They are to be considered as interdicted, that is forbidden the sacraments of the living, attendance at the offices of the church and, if they die without atoning, Christian burial. This interdict will be incurred by the delinquents 30 days after the 3rd denunciation. Document is incomplete, of American Catholic Historical Records, vol.XII pp.88-89 :: III-2-f A.S. incomplete French 4pp. 8vo., 6