It is a long time since David wrote to Bruté and while he has promised to write a long letter to send by the Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget he is not sure that he will have the time. He has learned of the arrival of Father Ambrose Maréchal which affords welcome aid in the departure of Father William DuBourg. Maréchal brings with him a subdeacon and promises other clerics. He can also give the Bishop the latest news from France when the Bishop comes to Baltimore while David stays at home. They are making the bricks for their chapel and will finish that in a month, although they will build only the foundations in stone before the coming winter. They have 8 seminarians and are now on vacation. Two excellent subjects will soon join them and the institute for girls will begin this fall. Next Sunday there will be Confirmation for 99, all of whom have made their Communion because the Bishop will not confirm them unless they have their first Communion. The Bishop has confirmed over a thousand and if they have few missionaries they have had wide influence. October 6. He has received Bruté's English letter but notes that Bruté has not acquired an English style. He advises him to read more newspapers, the Spectator, The Rambler of Johnson, his Rasselas, etc. David has read them again and again and memorized phrases. The Bishop has gone. David bears the burden and he asks Bruté that the Archbishop not delay the Council so that the Bishop can return before Christmas. In the meantime he and Father Guy Chabrat are attending the congregations attended by the Bishop and Father Stephen Theodore Badin. David makes his visit especially on Thursday which is the recreation day for the seminarians, actually a day of work. October 13. He has received a letter from Father Jean Tessier who informs him that the council had been postponed. David had written to Flaget hoping to reach him at Chillicothe. He wrote in the care of Mr. Ditto at whose house the Bishop was to say Mass on October 2. David does not know whether the Bishop will go on or return. They begin their retreat the evening of the 4th Sunday of October. There are 10 or 11 seminarians. :: II-3-n A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to., 8