| Description | Letter replying to the matters raised in MacIntosh's letter of 16 November; he has decided against sending MacIntosh's defensive letter to the Inverness Herald; he will make a final offer to Rev Neil MacDonald of a sum based on MacIntosh's examination of the Barra inventory; MacIntosh is to give over to the Trustee the items from Barra which were found in the priest's house in Keppoch, keeping a careful and fully witnessed Inventory; the treatment of persistent sinners is a subtle process, adapted for individuals, and excommunication must not involve ostracisation from the community; he formally confirms the appointment of MacIntosh as Vicar General for the mainland areas of the Western Vicariate; he explains how the Marquis of Huntly's financial disaster was due to his reliance on a dishonest agent, Mr Farquhar Gordon, who has now fled the country; the Scottish Mission has lost 1000 but is not irreparably damaged |