It is indeed a gratification for Shea to receive a letter from one so near to his late friend. About this time last year Shea received a letter from Father Edward Jacker in which he said he would send to the United States Catholic Historical Society a pocket missal long carried on the mission by Bishop Frederic Baraga. This Shea reported to the Society, and the donation was announced at a meeting and printed in the proceedings. This made Shea anxious to prevent its being lost, but placed where Father Jacker intended. It is, Shea has no doubt, that which Mr. Jacker describes. Shea is very much indebted to Mr. Jacker for the letters of Bishop Baraga, whose portrait drawn by Father Jacker is one of Shea's greatest treasures. Father Jacker's manuscripts on the Chippewa language are of great value, and Shea trusts they will be kept together. Father Jacker understood the language far better than Bishop Baraga, and his critical notes are important. If there is any treatise by him that seems an independent article, Shea will gladly have it printed in the magazine. Shea has been waiting for material to prepare a sketch of Father Jacker's life for the April or July number. His letters to Father Joseph M. Finotti and to Shea give much as to his later life. Shea finds it hard to get local pamphlets, synods, statutes, pastorals, controversies, Indian catechisms, and praverbooks printed out West. Anything of that kind, especially of Father Gabriel Richard's time, Shea would be glad to purchase to incorporate in his History. Shea would like to borrow Father Jacker's Register of Mackinaw if it is available. :: II-2-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.