Lefevere regrets he could not send a definite answer sooner to DeNeve's letter about the administration of the American College, but it was necessary to consult Bishop Martin John Spalding about Father Peter Kindekens ' suggestions, and DeNeve's; Spalding has been absent from his diocese, and Lefevere's occupations explain the delay. Lefevere agrees that Kindekens should remain with DeNeve at Louvain, for some time, to help DeNeve in the work that has so happily been started. Lefevere also desires that Father August Durst, vice-president or director of the College, should come to Detroit as soon as possible to take charge of the German congregation of St. Joseph's in Detroit . De Neve is to tell Durst of Lefevere's desire. As Lefevere has no doubt that Kindekens will defer to replace Durst immediately; he leaves it to DeNeve's prudence to determine when and how to do so. Lefevere wants Kindekens to give him a short report on Lefevere's particular relations with the college, particularly as regards the subjects of the diocese of Detroit, his debt to the college, etc. :: III-2-i A.L.S. Copy French 4pp. 4to.