Egan writes Purcell in the beginning of February by the packet ship Bonasse. He enclosed a bill of exchange on a London house for $200. Father Simon Gabriel Brute sent a duplicate of the bill to Mr. Legro at Havre. They have heard nothing from them. They are pleased at the news of his coming in May. He quotes a letter of Archbishop Ambrose Marechal a passage concerning Purcell about completing his year of retreat with Father Mollevaux. The Archbishop said that he had no objection if those at the Mountain agreed. Egan asks if this means that Purcell has become a Sulpician. From Purcell's letter of November 4 Egan drew no such conclusion. Egan will not believe this until he hears it from Purcell himself. His purpose in writing is to urge his return to them at the seminary of the Mountain. The Archbishop has left the matter to them and they will feel the keenest disappointment and loss if Purcell is not with them at the opening of school in August. Egan is pleased to see Purcell enjoy the peace of the Solitude but that is different than the other proposal. The letter has been interrupted but he renews it with the same ideas. The boys are to make their first communion on the second Sunday after Easter. The number of seminarians is about 30. Andrew Topper came back to study for the church. McCloskey will also return after vacation. Dickshill, Gartland, Fournier and Richard Whelan are students of theology. P.S. He writes in haste Purcell's letter to Brute of Feb. 25 has arrived but he still wants Purcell's immediate return. :: II-3-o - A.L.S. - English - 2pp. 4to. 3