Hughes, Bishop John, New York, New York, to Bishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1845 November 24

When Hughes received Blanc's letter of May 6, he wrote a long article for the Courier and Enquirer which the editor promised to publish but which he afterwards omitted. The article not only vindicated Blanc but put the editor in an awkward position for indulging in the remarks of which Blanc complained. Business in the seminary, the reconstruction of some 35 congregations from which lay trustees had been ejected, sickness, etc. succeeded and it is only now he is answering the letter. He sails from Boston on the first of next month with poor Father John Harley, president of St. John's, Fordham . This voyage is his last hope for that dear and valuable young ecclesiastic. Hughes wishes to bring a colony of Christian Brothers from France or Ireland. He wishes to get persons to teach trades to orphan boys and girls to remedy the ruin that awaits them when bound out as at present. Hughes' seminary and church are now as good as finished; his temporal affairs all arranged for his absence. The College - the Religious of the Sacred Heart - are prosperous. His coadjutor, Bishop John McCloskey, enjoying Hughes' confidence and affection, fills his place. Blanc is to give Hughes' respects to Mr. and Mrs. Brandiger and tell them that Caroline Odile, and Camillus are behaving bravely. :: V-5-d A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.