| Description | Letter confirming Rev John Chisholm's authority as Vicar General over Rev Allan McLean; the Barra problem cannot be solved until some promising students, namely Archibald Chisholm and Valentine Chisholm reach ordination; hopes that the priests will elect good candidates in the forthcoming elections; explains the efforts to gain reductions on the duties payable on wood for the chapels Catholics are building; informs Rev Chisholm in strict confidence that Colonel Gordon of Cluny has asked the Bishop to persuade some of his sub-tenants to cooperate in changes he intends to make on his land |