Bissey is negotiating with Bishop John McCloskey of Albany for a parish in that diocese. He is advised to communicate with Bishop Pierre Adolphe Pinsonneault of Sandwich, Canada. However, McCloskey will be satisfied if Lefevere recommends him. Lefevere has known Bissey since his arrival in Sandwich where he was president of the college, then pastor at Amherstburg. He quotes in his favor a letter of Bishop de Charbonnel who mentions Bishop John Farrell of Hamilton. Bissey proposes to Pinsonneault to submit all difficulties to the Bishop Peter Flavian Turgeon of Quebec. Bissey writes at length on the financial situation of the parish of Irishtown, and says Rome will have to give the final decision. He asks Lefevere to write in his defense to Bishop McCloskey. :: III-2-k A.L.S. French 8pp. 12mo.