Cheverus blushes at the unanswered letter of Brute of St. Ursula's day. He hopes that Mother Elizabeth Seton will be left many years yet for her children his Ursulines pray for that favor. He can never think of the mountain without emotion. The two novices he brought from Canada have made their solemn vows on the feast of St. Ursula. A great number of Protestants were there. He took for his text from A Cor 6,9,10 Quasi morientes et ecce vivimus. "The Community consists of four persons and a lay person. The Ursulines teach more than a hundred young girls in the forenoon and in the afternoon. They do not yet receive boarders but have day scholars. He thought he was in the cenacle when he visit the Sulpicians in Montreal. The canadian clergy were very edifying. Abbe Calonne is an apostle. Bishop Burke who died in Halifax November 29 is a great loss. He had just began to build a cathedral. In Boston they are going along slowly. They had 700 Communions at Christmas. Catholic in Massachusetts are as acceptable as are Hews and Mohametans etc. Cheverus asks Brute to transmit the two notes enclosed. He has a small relic of St. Vincent De Paul with its authntication if Brute wants it. He sends his regards to Father Jean Dubois. :: II-2-o - A.L.S. - French - 3pp. 4to. 3