Williamson, a reader of the Freeman's Journal for 25 yrs. has been censured and taken to task for expressing the opinion that he did not regard Thanksgiving Day as a holiday, and did not recognize the right of a governor or a president to proclaim it such. In the Catholic Church the daily celebration of Mass made every day a day of thanksgiving. He looks upon Thanksgiving Day as an institution of Puritan Prejudice and bigotry to detract and degrade the Catholic Christmas, for he knows the old Puritans were against anything Catholic. As evidence he quotes from Irving's "Sketch Book" as passage in which Irving quotes from the "Flying Eagle" of Dec. 24, 1652, the story of how the Puritan Parliament abolished Christmas day. He asks McMaster to say some words on the subject, and reminds him that his letter was not written for publication, and that, because he works for a New England firm, publication of his name might be considered an insult. :: I-2-g A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo.