He sends money for a subscription for William Bender and the balance of $5 for Father Fidelis Stone, C.P.. He sends a picture of part of the coast together with three old faded photos for Hudson to view and send out as instructed. Father Francis X. Dutton, Elizabeth Harper and Hudson might add some notations for the edification of Sister Ignatius as well as Father Joseph Damien De Veuster's brother and sister. On December 25th at 4 A.M., the bells were rung for the first time for High Mass. He sends a dollar which he asks Hudson to forward to Father John Slattery, at St. Joseph Seminary, Baltimore. Dutton wrote to Father O'Callaghan urging him not to make any promises and to write him about Mr. R.'s disposition. The house for the Sisters at Kalowao is completed; they have 89 girls. There are 103 boys who are harder to manage. A band of nine sisters at Elyria, Ohio wrote Dutton they are anxious to come. Dr. Godwyn Swift took a photograph of the new altar and another of the old altar especially for Hudson. Harper, her sister Mary and her brothers who live at 88 Sand St., Brooklyn, received a special blessing from Pope Leo XII for their works of charity. Dutton sends Hudson the candle that De Veuster held when he died. His Godmother Mrs. B. J. Semmes claims that she found the application of a piece of DeVeuster's habit effective in the severe illness of her husband Mr. B. J. Semmes of Memphis. :: X-3-k A.L.S. 20pp. 12mo. 13