The writer urges the recipient to read this letter, as there is a chance that he might pick up something. The Archbishop said the consecration of the Archdiocese of New York must take place Dec. 8 1873, the recipient had half of it on Dec. 7. The Pastoral Letter said all should received the Sacraments before the ceremony, but because the recipient did not say this none but the writer and his family and six or eight others did. He was commanded to read the Pastoral Letter on two Sundays before Dec. 8. and did so only on one Sunday. He had better beware of his Gallicen friends or they will treat him as they did his predecessor, by publishing an article about him in the Protestant news and calling him a second Henry and Beecher, which they considered a great honor. This place is called the "flower of the Hudson". Whatever the recipient may think of it, this article is true. The recipient also said it was none of his business to find money to educate Catholic children…. In the James Alphonsus McMaster papers :: I-2-h Lincomplete 2pp. 12mo.