Brute assures him that he will have the life of St. Vincent in English. He does not know how to thank Brute and the good Sisters of Charity, who copied it. It should be sent to Bishop Dubourg in New Orleans who can send it to him at the Barrens. He hopes to find the means to have the book printed by subscription. He will write to a printer he knows in St. Louis to see if he can get the subscriptions to pay for the printing. He thinks there will be many from the priests of the diocese of whom there are fifty. He will write to Bishop Jean D.M. David in Kentucky and hopes that Brute can find more in Maryland. Thus Americans will know of Saint Vincent. He has some engravings that will fit the book. He will send to New Orleans a book of prints of St. Vincent and Christ which Brute can give to the Sisters and to his friends. He will send the box to the Superior of the seminary in Baltimore for him. Rosati has a letter from Bishop William Louis Dubourg in which he says that he will return to Missouri during the month. He will spend some day with them before going to St. Louis. They await the return of Angelo Inglesi with some ecclesiastics. He hopes there will some priests of his congregation. Brute probably learned with pleasure that Father de la Croix, the flemish priest whom Brute probably saw at Baltimore with Bishop Dubourg has been preparing the way for missions to the Indians. He goes after Easter to the Osage. Their chiefs are known in St. Louis, they visit Bishop Dubourg whenever he is there. The object to the trip of de la Croix is to find places for the missions. Inglesi is to bring some subjects with him and he hopes that Inglesi will bring some Jesuits with him. Another institution is being founded in New Orleans. Father Michael Portier, a young priest of talent is establishing a school, lancastrian, in which he has two hundred students who receive instruction in good morals while they study letters. The Bishop distributes the prizes or Pere Antoine de Sedella. The papers are filled with news of the scandals of Philadelphia. They can only pray that God will remedy the disorders. :: II-3-o - A.L.S. - French - 2pp. 4to. 6