Cretin, Bishop Joseph, St. Paul, Minnesota, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1852 January 26

A great rogue who remained a while in Blanc's city last year and who was sent here before Cretin's coming by Bishop Mathias Loras, left last Thursday with a good deal of money entrusted to his care by some poor Irish. He spoke of going to California; he may pass through New Orleans and see some of his acquaintances. No one ought to be afraid of the law in compelling him to restore the money. He is? Father? James Moran, expelled from Milwaukee, refused from all dioceses, and even from Ireland. Neverthe less, his countrymen had him as a great man, even some Protestants; he was a cunning hypocrite and flatterer. Nothing has yet transpired into the public on that subject. :: VI-1-c A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.