Baraga, Frederic Bishop of Sault St. Marie, Sault St. Marie, Michigan, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860 August 23

Baraga asks if his missionaries can wear a beard since their facilities for shaving are bad. If Baraga will wear a long beard, the missionaries say they will too. Baraga has seen priests of the Benedictines, of Father Edward Sorin, and others in Wisconsin, Indiana, and elsewhere with beards and asks Purcell what he would say if he, Baraga, appeared at the Third Provincial Council of Cincinnati with a long gray beard. :: II-5-a A.L.S. 1pp. 8vo.