| Description | Letter regarding Chisholm's recent illness; reports on bad harvests everywhere and bewails the shortage of priests and the plight of remote communities; again warns about the autocratic Colonel Gordon and gives diplomatic advice about the Protestant reaction to the Catholic church bell; rejoices that his negotiations about feu conditions have given secure and permanent possession of church property to the missionaries in Arisaig, Glencoe, Fort William and Glengarry; reminds Chisholm of the need to send soon the information demanded by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith |