The affairs of the Diocese of Detroit were in such a predicament when Lefevere undertook its administration that Purcell anticipated the trials Lefevere would have to endure. Compliance with such an order was as meritorious as martyrdom. The two Fathers Vincent F. and Stephen T. Badin stayed so short a time in Cincinnati that Purcell could not find time to speak to them about the subject of Lefevere's letter of December 1. But Purcell's brother Father Edward Purcell did, and Vincent Badin wrote to his lawyer to refrain from bringing suit against Lefevere. Purcell fears that Vincent Badin kept the money that Father John B. DeBruyn had for ^Father Emanuel Thienpont. American bishops are very much isolated and have need of faithful and enlightened counselors, as well as smaller and more compact dioceses, and their temporalities placed on a more solid footing. If Lefevere has more embarrassments of one kind, some of his neighbors have more of another. Purcell finds consolation in meetings, such as the one to which all bishops are summoned by Archbishop Samuel Eccleston in Baltimore in May, though these are expensive and inconvenient. He would submit to remaining longer in Baltimore this time, if they could remedy existing evils and enforce the canons of former councils more effectually. Purcell hopes to see Lefevere soon, at least when Lefevere is on his way to the council, and probably travel together with some of the Western and Southern bishops to Baltimore. :: III-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.