Badin acknowledges Brute's letters of March 15 and 18 and asks to be excused for his delay because of illness. By the delay he is able to send word of Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick who is to leave Lyons May 25. Fenwick's letter of May 20 Badin just received. He will lodge with Badin. Badin has not visited Lyons because he followed Brute's opinion but the Bishop of Metz thought he should and promised to give introductory letters. Badin has spent some time on his memoir to be presented to the minister of foreign affairs but would like to consult Brute and Fenwick before presenting it. Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget seems to agree with Brute about the Trappists in the United States and Badin thinks he should study theology before entering on the arts altough he believes piety is sometimes a substitute for learning. Father John Leo Champomier of Vincennes has written Badin an interesting letter. The Duke of Rohan is with the Duke of Luques. A letter from London informs Badin that a French Visitandine is at Avignon hoping to found an English mission. She was told 4 years ago that the foundation should be made by a bishop who since dies Badin thinks that there might be some question that the foundation would be made by Kentucky or somewhere else in the United States. She beleives in Provindence, arriving without passport, money, letter of her superior or any other ecclesiastical authority. She is about 46 years old and of a delicate constitution, well instructed in the rules of her state and of desirable piety. This is from a letter of May 18 of Father de la Porte. Badin asks what Brute thinks of it. Respecting the cure of Miss Carburey, Badin praises the prudence of Archbishop Ambrose Marechal. P.S. Badin has heard nothing of what Brute left in the carriage. The mail was sealed when he went to the post office. He has seen and heard Bishop John Cheverus and opens the letter to say that Father Moranville died May 15. The letter is written on the inside page of a printer announcement on the Mission of Kentucky which describes the diocese of Flaget and its needs, together with names of priests in Paris who may be approached on the subject. :: II-3-o - A.L.S. - English - 2pp.