| Description | the need for greater discipline and improvements to the quality of priestly training at Crook Hall, negotiations with Sir Edward Smythe over the Ushaw estate, his willingness to resign his office to Mr Daniel once plans for a new college are underway, Christmas indulgences, baptism of Catholic converts, Catholic priests purchasing investments, the apology of the Staffordshire clergy and Edward's (his brother) retraction of the Creed and Appeal, attempts to persuade Rome to appoint a pro-Cisalpine bishop, seeking his advice on the education of priests, and Wilk's appeal to Propaganda |