| Description | Letters primarily to and from priests; letters regarding the new Pope, Pius IX; statement from Propaganda Fide that Dugald MacDonald leaves the college for health reasons only; political storm gathering in the Papal States; the Menzies Trust and the bequests to highland chapels; feu for building church in Bute; numbers of communicants, baptisms, marriages and confirmations in Campbeltown and Glengarry in 1848; death of Rev Charles MacDonald; rent of the croft at Drimnin; circular letter regarding decisions come to concerning the sale of Blairs and the division of mission funds; statistics for 1849 covering all the Isles; letter of commendation from Propaganda Fide for three new priests; Menzies bequest for Highland chapels |