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We have eight sisters of charity settled heare permenantly
they have purcased a house or houses for the accomodation of
themselve and pupils. You will know all by reading
their prospectus, which you will find in the Intelligencer
I am happy to tell you that those nuns will be well
paternised in this City, and I hope it will be the
meanes of removing the prejudice that
exist in this place, by those that do not under-
stand [understand] the catholick doctrin.

We have in contemplation to build another
church more in the center of the City, and sell
the old one. If this can be accomplished we will by
the help of Gov have a respectable standing heare
yet. Mr Mc Maon is from home at this time
on a mission, he will be back the last of this
week. He requested me to give you his respects
when I wrote to you.

Mr Christy has opened an auxion and com-
mision [commission] house, he has got the house, formerly
occupied my Boswell and Cooper. They are boar-
ding [boarding] yet at Susans, But I expect when your
Aunt Fanny comes they will prefer residing
with her. We expect her soon. Mr Christy
will take Henry in the store. Elizabeth Ray
is no more. She died of a white sweting on her
leg. The Doc. has but two children living