Tanner, Martha Ann, Mackinac, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1844 December 29
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Miss Tanner sends a statement concerning her school and gives Lefevere an idea of the attitude of the Catholic parents. She returned to Mackinac the last day of October and prepared to resume school on November 2. An additional number of Protestant children attended. Because of the behavior of some of the older pupils at lunch time, Miss Tanner gave orders that all scholars over 10 years of age should go home to their dinners. She also asked that each family give a small quantity of wood. She was answered abusively and told that she drew her pay from the bishop and with it she must buy firewood for the school. She turned to the Indian Agent, Dr. Rice and other Protestants who immediately sent her wood. With her little salary she has been obliged to buy, where the cost is great, all firewood for the school, and to make all repairs. She lives a secluded life and to earn the absolute necessities she has had to sew in most of her time outside of school. She has suffered in silence for two years. She waits impatiently for direction. :: III-2-h A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.
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- Creation: 1844 December 29
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