Spalding thanks Lefevere for the letter of Father Peter Kindekens Kindekins which he has sent on to Bishop John McCloskey . Spalding does not like his "threatening" them in case they do not choose to pay down at once. When Spalding hears from the Cardinal, Englebert Sterckx of Mechlin he will know better the probabilities of the College being permanently established. What he suggests now and what he has suggested to Bishop McCloskey is that all together they pay $1000 now, each one third and pay the remainder in September or when they receive definite information. Or, they might defer all payment until they hear farther. He has no doubt that the information contained in the printed extract was furnished by Bishop Michael O'Connor whose enthusiasm soon cools on any project. He was the warmest of all before leaving America, but he soon cooled off. As his brother Benjamin Spalding says "he won't do to tie to." What if through his influence at Rome they should write to Belgium not to start the College for the present. Before they part with their money they ought at least to wait until Kindekens will hear from Msgr. di Merode at Rome. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.