Hughes, Archbishop John, Hutchinson's Island, Florida, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1854 April 10

The accounts of the weather at New York have determined Hughes to prolong his stay in the south for a week or two. This island, about 50 miles south of Charleston, belongs to a convert lady of New York. She has built a little chapel, has a priest sent by Bishop Reynolds and is doing all she can to make her slaves Catholic. Being at the consecration of the beautiful Charleston Cathedral, she claimed the fulfillment of a promise he made her some years ago to visit her island; he will spend Holy Week here. Hughes encloses a letter from Father Leon Fillion respecting a clergyman now in Blanc's diocese and who is, unfortunately, but too well known in the state of New York. He was stationed for some time at Oswego from which he ran away leaving scandal and debts. Hughes thought it his duty to put Blanc on his guard. Hughes's health continues good although he took a bad cold in the cars between Montgomery and Savanah. He sends respects to Fathers Perché and Rousselon. A.L.S. Enclosure: