Flaget says that his letter to Father Jean Tessier which Bruté thought sensible received a peremptory answer which demanded that if Chabrat remained with Flaget he would no longer be a Sulpician. Nothing like that would ever be written by Father Emery or Father Olier. Despite this, Father Guy Ignatius Chabrat has decided to remain with him, hoping that the brethren in Paris will be considerate and not erase his name from the Sulpicians. Since the matter will be sent to Father Antoine Duclaux Flaget asks that his letter to Tessier be sent there also, at least a copy. Flaget thinks this is the machinations of the devil who is disturbed by the success of Chabrat. The seminary progresses well, Millet has changed for the better, and Flaget thinks he will ordain him subdeacon along with another from Kentucky. Another will be made deacon and Derigaud will be made a priest to say Mass. Another will receive tonsure and 2 others minor orders. At the September ember days four Dominicans were ordained priest. One of them preached before him yesterday, and before a large crowd including Protestants. His pronunciation was so much better than that of the French priests. The Dominicans are not as useful as his own because they are to work in their college. Flaget sent through Bruté a letter to the Archbishop of Bordeaux. If Bruté writes to the Archbishop he should inform him and the Bishop of Cahors about the conduct of Mr. Ganilh and Mr. Millet. The young man who seemed so attached to Flaget's diocese now says he will serve the diocese twenty years and then return to France. This has aroused the suspicions of Father Jean David. Flaget hopes that Bruté will also write to Duclaux to see that justice is rendered to him., P.S. Archbishop John Carroll left him a sum of money but Flaget does not know who is the executor or the amount. He asks that Bruté try to find out., P.S. He sends his regards to Babade, DuBois and the Elders. There is a note in another hand on the back: Arrived this instant I have not read it all. :: II-3-n A.L.S. French 4pp. 4to., 8