Badin acknowledges Bruté's letter of last May through Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget and praises the choice of pictures with which Bruté accompanied his letter. He asks for Bruté's prayers. He hopes that the company of the Bishop and the seminarians now in his house will prove beneficial to his own sanctification. Bruté is to tell Mr. Sinnot that since he is not ready to emigrate to Kentucky Badin cannot answer his questions because of the fluctuations in human affairs. But Badin will do all in his power to serve him. He sends his regards to Father Nagot and the other members of the faculty. :: II-3-n A.L.S. 2pp. 4to., 2