Rese, as he has already announced, has received Badin's letters in New York. He has met at New York a Father Thomas H. Martin, O.P. who knew Badin in Kentucky, and they crossed the sea together. His boat arrived at the same time as the other boat which had set out from Havre some weeks before their arrival but he found the letters. Rese has written by Father William Quarter that he will have nothing to do with the convent at Pittsburgh because as Badin knows he has retransferred the property into the hands of the Mother Abbess Sister Mary Frances Vindevoghel. He would lose his head if he paid again the debts the Mother had contracted at Pittsburgh after so much trouble. Another boat has arrived from New York on which he expects to find the Mother Abbess but perhaps she has changed her opinion. Rese will set out today for Rome from where he hopes to return within a month. Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget has been well received at Vienna and Munich and is returning to America passing through Belgium. Rese sends his blessing to all his clergy and the members of his diocese whom he hopes are in good health. The bearer of this letter is a missionary Father Frederick Baraga. If Baraga has brought the money Badin would no longer be embarrasse. Edges of manuscript destroyed. :: III-2-g A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo