Hardey, Father Richard B., Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1853 June 7

Hardey feels greatly relieved by the receipt of Blanc's letter of the 2nd. It accords perfectly with his own views. Hardey has written to Blanc in strong terms of Father Stephen B. Montgomery' s conduct. It has been perplexing to Hardey and injurious to religion; he has often felt disposed to exercise great rigor. Yet he has exercised patience. Hardey would like to have an assistant to do full justice to a large congregation. He has the consolation that all those friends of Montgomery who were accustomed to approach the Sacraments have made their Paschal Communion. Hardey has brought a large lot where he hopes to live and where he hopes to establish a school. :: VI-1-e A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.