The trunk and box have arrived safely and the merchant will not take anything for its carriage. He has offered Mass in thanksgiving in which he is joined by the seminarians and the Sisters of Nazareth, for that is the name they bear. He has to complain about Father Jean Tessier who seems to have lost his memory and keeps asking the Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget for accounts of things received from Baltimore. David lists various exchanges of silver, spoons, altar linens, and vestments which have been exchanged between the various Sulpician houses. He says that Tessier has forgotten that their seminary is also a Sulpician house founded with the permission of the Superior General. It is one Sulpician seminary that gives to another. Father Ambrose Marechal was not at the seminary at the time and may have upset Tessier. There is every hope that their seminary will be adopted by the Sulpicians and thus it is not just to demand payment for what was given to the seminary. He has written to Tessier saying that the way he is treating the Bishop is unworthy of St. Sulpice of which he is one of the most illustrious ornaments. He asks Bruté to aid him in impressing Tessier. David does not know what to say of Millet. His efforts to gain his confidence have failed. At first he refused to confess to him but waited for the Bishop. He has confessed to him since and has even come for direction but his heart is closed. He said he was determined to return to Baltimore but then seems to have changed his mind. David does not think he will be a grand missionary. Anthony Ganilh does well; he has talent and applies himself. While his voice is not as good as Millet's he pronounces better. It is proper that Bruté should keep the life of Father Surin. David would like to read it when Bruté will send it to him. :: II-3-n A.L.S. French 3pp., 8