After reading Lefevere's letters, De Preiter thinks Lefevere has been misinformed. De Preiter had spoken to Father Peter Andre the first time he saw him that he would give him all that was necessary for the altar, and before Lefevere's first letter, De Preiter had given him all that was required to say Mass and told him with a little patience he would have all that was necessary; he told the same to Arche Campeau. He also told a man in Ecorse Wayne Co. if he should come to Wyandotte this week to stop at his home to get articles for his church; De Preiter said that the bishop had acted oddly toward him and that he did not know what he had done to merit his disgrace, and that if he was unworthy to be in Lefevere's diocese that the bishop would very much oblige De Preiter to say so that he might leave. He asks Lefevere to tell him if he has done the least thing to offend him. He insists that he has bought nothing except for the church. De Preiter has just received Lefevere's letter today and he is so embarrassed that he now determines to explain his conduct to Lefevere. For a long time he has been accused of so many things and up to now he has not opened him mouth to defend himself. He is Lefevere's priest. He asks Lefevere to defend him as a father. All is well at Wyandotte except poverty due to the closed mill. He is negotiating for a cemetery and gives his note to Captain Ward :: III-2-i A.L.S. French 3pp. 8vo.