CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. 1797-1816.

Ancestry — Parentage — Birth — School days — Lessons in gardening — Early feelings about the disabilities of the Irish Catholics — The family resolve to emigrate Page 9

CHAPTER II. 1816-1820.

Arrival in America — The family at Chambersburg — John works for a gardener in Baltimore — At Emmitsbnrg — Received at Mount St. Male's College 19

CHAPTER III.

Sketch of Mr. Dubois — Foundation of Mount St. Mary's College — Sketch of Mr. Brute 26

CHAPTER IV. 1820-1826.

College Life — First published Controversy — Letter to Mr. Brute — Newspaper Poetry 88

CHAPTER V. 1826-1827.

Ordination as Deacon — Letter from Father Hurley — Journey with Bishop Conwell — "The Cuckoo Sermon" — Answer to Nine Objections — Ordained Priest — At St. Augustine's Church — At Bedford — Called to Philadelphia — Troubles of St. Mary's Church 46

CHAPTER VI. 1827-1829.

Intimate lelations with Mr. Brut6 — Reply to Dr. Bedell — Letters to Mr. Heyden — Establishment of a Tract Society — Andrew Dunn — Converts at St. Joseph's — Death of Mr. Lynch — Letter to Thomas Heyden, Sr 72

CHAPTER VII. 1829-1880.

St. John's Orphan Asylum — Catholic Emancipation — Controversy with Dr. Delancey — Mr. Hughes recommended for Bishop — Letters to his sister and Mr Purcell — Rev. F. P. Kenrick appointed Bishop of Philadelphia — Miscellaneous Correspondence — Letters to The Protestant 89

CHAPTER VIII. 1880-1882.

Journey with Biahop Kenrick — More trouble at St. Mary's — Foundation of St. John's church — Death of Mr. Hughes's mother — Letters to Ellen Hughes and Mr. Purcell — Article on the will of Stephen Girard — Dedication of the new church and removal from St. Joseph's — Mr. Hughes at the synod — Fourth of July celebration at St. John's — Letters to Ellen Hughes Page 110

CHAPTER IX. 1882-1885.

First Controversy with Breckinridge — Establishment of The Catholic Herald — Review of Bishop Onderdonk on the Rule of Faith — Father Hughes's position in Philadelphia — Nominated Bishop of Cincinnati — Letters to Sister Angela, Mr. Brute, and Bishop Purcell — Letters to Rev. Henry M. Mason on Infallibility 184

CHAPTER X. 1885.

Oral Discussion with Breckinridge — Death of Mr. Mayne — Proposal to publish a Catholic Annual — Affairs of St. John's — Contemplated visit to Mexico. 158

CHAPTER XI. 1885-1888.

Project for translating Bishop Kenrick to Pittsburg — Mr. Hughes nominated his successor in Philadelphia — Correspondence with Bishops Kenrick, England, and Purcell — Death of Mr. Hughes's father — Letter on the use of the Bible as a school-book — Mr. Hughes appointed coadjutor to the Bishop of New Tork — Letter from Bishop Dubois — Letter to Bishop Purcell — Letter from Bishop England — Consecration 166

CHAPTER XII. 1888-1889.

Condition of the diocese — Health of Bishop Dubois — Foundation of a seminary at Lafargeville — Trouble with the trustees of the Cathedral — Their final overthrow — Bishop Hughes appointed administrator — Foundation of St. John's college 186

CHAPTER XIII. 1889-1840.

Voyage to Europe — Letter from Rome — Letter to the Leopoldine Society — Interview with O'Connell — Letters from Dublin 206

CHAPTER XIV. 1840-1842.

The School question — Injudicious efforts of the Catholics to obtain a portion of the school fund — The Bishop enters the lists — Petition to the Board of Aidermen — Debate before the Common Council — Memorial to the Legislature — The Secretary of State proposes a plan of sehool reform — The Bishop supports it — The question postponed — Candidates for the Legislature pledged to oppose any change — The Bishop advises the Catholics to nominate an independent ticket — Mr. Maclay's school-bill passed — The Bishop's house attacked by a mob — Establishment of Catholic schools — St. John's College opened, 228

CHAPTER XV. 1841-1844.

The Church Debt Association — First diocesan synod — Controversy with David Hale — Difficulty with the trustees of St. Louis' church, Buffalo — Rules for the administration of churches without trustees — Visitation of the diocese — Visit to Europe for the purpose of railing money — Odd miitake of an English officer — Incident at Liverpool — The Empruni Catholique de E York — Lectures in New York — Bishop McCloskey appointed coadjutor Page 254

CHAPTER XVI. 1844-1846.

The Native American movement — Biota in Philadelphia — Excitement in New York — The Bishop ready to fight for his churches — Letters to Mayor Harper and Colonel Stone — Third voyage to Europe — Reflections on the state of society abroad — Visit to his birthplace — Sisters of Mercy and Jesuits brought to New York — The diocese divided — The Bishop refuses a diplomatic mission to Mexico — Intimacy with statesmen 27

CHAPTER XVII. 1846.

Division of the Sisterhood of Charity — Correspondence with the Very Rev. Mr. Deiuol 289

CHAPTER XVIII. 1847-1850.

Young Ireland — The Irish insurrection of 1848 — The Bishop's speech at Vauxhall Garden — Letter to Mr. Emmet — Letters against Mr. McGee — The temporal power of the Pope 803

CHAPTER XIX. 1847-1848.

Sermon before Congress — Letters to Kirwan — Multitude of calls upon the Bishop's time — Letters of religions advice — Government of the clergy — Characteristics of his preaching — Personal appearance — Manners — Pride in his humble origin — His friends — Social qualities — Failing health — Daily occupations — Disorderly habits — Fondness for children — Kindness of heart — Generosity — Ignorance of money affairs — Income — Residence 316

CHAPTER XX. 1850-1852.

Dr. Hughes appointed an Archbishop — Visit to Rome — Project for making him a Cardinal — Letter on Toleration — Letter about Kossuth — Lecture on the Catholic Chapter in the History of the United States — Letter from Clement C. Biddle — Catholicism and the American people — The Auxiliary Church Building Association — Settlement of the affairs of St. Peter's church, and end of the trustee system 837

CHAPTER XXI. 1853-1855.

Arrival of a Papal Nuncio in the United States — Project of a permanent nunciature at Washington — Voyage to Cuba — Letter on the Madiai case — Controversy with Gen. Cass — Letters of Philo Veritas — First provincial council of New York — Visit to Rome — Definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception — Controversy with Senator Brooks — Letters to Terence Donnelly and Cassius M. Clay on political alliances 856

CHAPTER XXII. 1855-1858.

Visit to Newfoundland — Lectures in Baltimore and Pittsburg — Essay on the Catholic Press — Attack upon the Archbishop in the Timet — Report to the Propaganda on his administration of the diocese — Curious scene at the Tabernacle — Letter on the death of an old friend — Letter on the consecration of two bishops — Alleged rivalship between the sees of New York and Baltimore — Primacy of honor conferred npon Baltimore at the request of Archbishop Hughes — Letter to Bishop McNally Page 880

CHAPTER XXIII. 1858-1869.

The Archbishop talks about resigning — Applies for a coadjutor — Foundation of the American College in Rome — Letter on Ecclesiastical Education — The new St. Patrick's Cathedral begun — The Atlantic Telegraph — Death of Archbishop Walsh — Miscellaneous letters 898

CHAPTER XXIV. 1859-1860.

Letters on the Roman question — Provincial council — Address to the Pope — Pastoral letter on the Pope's temporal power — Its reception in Rome — Trip to Florida — Apostasy of Dr. Forbes — Proposed mass meeting to express sympathy with the Holy Father — Letter to Bishop Dupanloup — Collection for the Pope — The Archbishop and the City Inspector — Sermon at Chapel Hill University, North Carolina — Letters to the Rev. Bernard Smith 415

CHAPTER XXV. 1861.

Sentiments on the slavery question — Review of Brownson on Emancipation — Letter to Mr. Seward — Letters to Southern bishops — Advice to the Government on the conduct of the war — Interview with a Southern lady — Letter from President Lincoln 484

CHAPTER XXVI. 1861-1862.

The Archbishop accepts from the Government a special mission to Europe — Letters to Cardinal Barnabo — Correspondence with Mr. Seward — Arrival in Paris — Interview with the Emperor and Empress — Embarrassment of the American minister — Goes to Rome — Letters to Mr. Seward — Letters to his sisters — Canonization of the martyrs of Japan — Visit to Ireland — Sermon at the laying of the corner-stone of the Irish University — Speeches in Dublin — Enthusiastic reception — Address from Irish Nationalists — Letters to the Mayor of Cork, the Archbishop of Dublin, and the Bishop of Clogher — Return home — Visit to Mr. Seward — Promotion suggested to the Holy See 448

CHAPTER XXVII. 1862-1868

Sermon on the war — Displeasure of the Archbishop's Southern friends — Controversy with The Catholic Mirror — Letters to Father Smith — New seminary at Troy — Declining health — Daily life — Meeting for the relief of Ireland — Last sermon — Death of Archbishop Kenrick — Draft riot in New York — The Archbishop's speech to the mob — Last sickness — Death — Funeral — Conclusion 487