If Father Jean Tessier worries him in the next six months as he has during the past year Flaget will lose his life or his head. Bruté knows how he has made him suffer over Father Jean David. After that he had some money in his hands that belonged to Flaget and with which he made Flaget pay for some things which friendship should have allowed. Now he comes to engage Father Guy Ignatius Chabrat, demanding him without regard to Flaget's claims. Chabrat adopted Flaget's diocese at subdiaconate and promised him obedience when he was made a priest. He feels he has rights to Chabrat and wants to keep them. He admits that bishops in France allow priests to become Sulpicians and go to other dioceses but that is not true in this country. Chabrat is his eldest son. He can follow his vocation as Sulpician there as well as in Baltimore. If he gives him up no one will come to take his place. He will not cede to Tessier. That is why he ordained Chabrat., P.S. He sends his letter to Tessier because he thinks these are the deliberations of Tessier, H. Harent, and Ambrose Maréchal. If that is so he asks that the enclosed be communicated to his other confreres and ask for a general assembly because it means depriving of the means of doing his task. He would like to know the conduct of their friend Father Jean Dubois if Tessier talked of taking Hickey away without replacing him. Tessier would have two theologians near him to help him but this bishop has none. He asks that Father Pierre Babade be his advocate in the case. :: II-3-n A.L.S. French 2pp. 4to., 8