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Baraga is sending a check to be cashed. The money is to be returned by express. He would prefer to base it in gold or at least in silver, if not either of it, than in Canada bills. The money should be sent to Saut Ste. Marie. Note in Lefevere's hand that the letter and draft were received July 20, 1858, and given to the Savings bank for negotiations. The draft was from the Propagation of Faith for 7600 francs on A. Cerbes, treasurer, Cassette Street, Paris. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Baraga is sending Mr. Erhard Buttner back to Bishop Lefevere, though he came with an excellent recommendation. Baraga was ready to go to the Lake Superior missions when Buttner arrived. Baraga intended to ordain him and employ him after he had returned. But on further consideration and consultation he found that no place in Baraga's poor diocese was suitable for Buttner. So he cannot receive him. Baraga asks Lefevere to put him into a German congregation. :: III-2-j A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Baraga acknowledges the receipt of the letter of May 23, 1866 and of the check for $200.00. It must have been detained somewhere as it reached him only June 20. :: III-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Baraga desires Purcell to return his copy of his Statutes because there has been established at Mackinac a printing press where he can have it printed. He also asks Purcell to forward a note to Mr. Peters since he does not know where he will stop. :: II-4-o A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Baraga informs Lefevere that with the permission of the Holy See he will transfer his episcopal see to Marquette, as soon as navigation opens on Lake Superior. This will cause him considerable expense Therefore he requests Lefevere to send him the $200.00 for 1866 early in May and direct it to Marquette, Lake Superior. Note of Lefevere: Answered on May 23,1866. :: III-2-k A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

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Yesterday Baraga received a communication from Mr. Manypenny, stating that Baraga's drafts in favor of Messrs. Morre and Poote have been paid. He asks Lefevere to draw the money and send it to him in gold by Fargo's Express. P.S. Baraga has just received Lefevere's letter of Oct. 10. He apologizes for his forgetfulness and acknowledges the receipt of the money. P.S. Baraga asks Lefevere to give to Mr. King $57.00 of the above mentionned money. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Baraga is worried about some receipts he sent in the fall of 1855 by Miss Mary Wendell with the request to present them for payment to Mr. Gilbert towards the end of December. The payment has been due almost 2 months. Baraga wrote to Gilbert but never received an answer. He hopes that Lefevere received the receipts and presented them to Gilbert. He asks Lefevere to go and see Gilbert personally. He also authorizes Lefevere to receive in Baraga's name the money for these receipts and to keep...

Scope and Contents Baraga hopes that Lefevere received his letter of Aug. 3 in which he requested him to cash a check of 8399 francs. He asks Lefevere to pay from that sum to Messrs. Eagle and Elliott for his coat and pants only if they do not charge him immoderately any more than others. He also asks Lefevere to give the enclosed letter to Father Timothy Darie' on his arrival in Detroit. He was obliged to send him away from Point St. Ignace and from the whole diocese on account of his bad behavior, of which...

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Baraga had been absent for nearly a month and received Lefevere's letter of Sept. 7 on the 25; also the money which was sent by express. Father Timothy Carie' has not yet returned and Baraga wishes that he would not come at all. It would same him trouble. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Baraga encloses a check on Mr. Charles Choiselat which he wants to be cashed for him. He would like to know how he could cash such checks without troubling Lefevere. He asks that Mr. John B. Palmes be paid $84.60 from his account and the balance be kept until Mr. Peter Barbeau calls for it. Should Lefevere leave before that, then the money should be left with Father Peter Paul Hennaert . Baraga would like to know more about Fathers Andrew D.J. Piret, John George Steinhouser, and C. Lemagie ....

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Baraga asks Lefevere to cash the enclosed check and send the amount by express, as much as can be in gold, the balance in good bills. Note in Lefevere's hand that he received the above letter Aug. 21, 1857, enclosed was a duplicate draft by 1st and 2nd bill of exchange at 60 days sight, for 7390 francs on Charles Choiselat, Paris. The draft was to be cashed by the Savings bank. :: III-2-i A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Baraga complains that Lefevere has not kept the agreement by which Baraga took the jurisdiction over the Indian Missions in the north of the Detroit Diocese. Lefevere agreed to cede to Baraga also all the temporal emoluments and benefits arising from the spiritual attendance of those missions. Baraga considers this an essential point, because temporal emoluments are strictly necessary for the proper administration of Indian Missions. Baraga has had nothing but trouble and expense from these...

Scope and Contents Baraga reminds Lefevere that he had written to him on Jan. 5 about the Indian missions in the northern part of Lefevere's diocese, requesting him to contribute a little towards the support of the 3 missionaries there. He has waited now for 3 months for an answer. Lefevere did the same when Baraga wrote to him about making restitution of the traveling expenses of Father M.M. Marco which were charged to Baraga and deducted from his allowance in Paris. Lefevere never answers letters in which he...

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Baraga asks Lefevere to inform the Right Rev. John Murdock, Glasgow, Scotland, about anything he knows about Father Thomas Carlisle, Scotland. This note is written on the following letter. A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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Baraga asks for information about a German theological student, Erhard Buttner, who states that he is living in Bishop Lefevere's house and who wants to be received into Baraga's diocese. As Baraga does not know him at all, he would like to have a sincere and conscientious report from Lefevere as to what kind of a man he is and whether Baraga should receive him. :: III-2-j A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

Scope and Contents When Baraga was in Detroit in the summer of 1862, Lefevere had told him that he had to dismiss a certain Irish priest, Father Michael McLaughlin from Detroit, because of his drunkenness. Baraga received him into his diocese and he behaved very well for 2 or 3 months. But lately he drank whiskey again secretly. Baraga dismissed him immediately not to let it come to a scandal. But as some persons were dissatisfied with this action, he asks Lefevere to give him a written statement about that...

Scope and Contents Baraga requests Lefevere to write to Father Ignatius Mrak, of Grand Traverse, and persuade him not to leave the Indian missions, Mrak had written to Baraga that next spring he intends to quit America and to go back to Europe. Baraga entreated him immediately not to do that. He proposed that he change missions, and take one of the two L'Arbre-Croche missions, if Mrak preferred them to that of Grand Traverse. Baraga told him that he could not leave the missions with a good conscience as he...

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Baraga asks Lefevere to let him have some of his Sisters of Charity for a large hospital at Portage Lake Houghton, Michigan. The patients are not very numerous so that 3 or 4 Sisters would be sufficient. Baraga would like to have them in this spring, and wants an answer immediately. :: III-2-j A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Father John de Neve had informed Baraga of the arrival of Father Francis Van der Bom in Detroit for Baraga's diocese. Baraga wants him very much for Saut Ste. Marie as he has no priest yet. He had Father Jeremiah Ryan, but the information he received about him from Sandwich, Canada, was such that he had to dismiss him immediately. If Lefevere persuades Van der Bom not to come to Baraga, he will do a great injustice. It is Lefevere's fault that Baraga is so miserable, because if he had not...

Scope and Contents Baraga had hoped as long as the boats were running, the priest Father Francis Van der Bomfor whom he had written to Father John de Neve by the advice of Father Louis Van der Driessche will come to his diocese. Whoever, dissuaded him from coming will have to share the responsibility of a premature ordination, as Baraga must have priests in certain places. His diocese is not like other dioceses, where the parishes are close together. His parishes are hundreds of miles apart and communication...

Scope and Contents Baraga sends Murray a formulary of the quarterly report for the Indian school kept at Cheboygan, Michigan, and explains to him how to fill it out. He is annoyed that Murray has not yet sent such a report, though Baraga had asked him to do so last Sept. 29. He was to report in the beginning of every March, June, September, and December. He demands 2 reports immediately one for the month of September, the other one for the 4th quarter, that is, from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 1856. He also wants to...

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Barbeau writes at the request of Captain Merrell, Commanding Officer at Fort Brady, Michigan to ask Lefevere if he would exchange the land across the road from the church at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan for a piece attached to the church, west, and of equal size. He wishes a prompt answer so that Merrell may write to Washington. :: III-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents About two months ago the Fathers of St. Thomas' sent McMaster $10 as a slight token of their esteem for him as a Catholic editor in the cause of "Religion and Truth." Though they do not desire their names mentioned publicly, they have been expecting some acknowledgment of the receipt of the money. He reassures McMaster of the high esteem they hold for him and hope that the sound principles he upholds will spread throughout the country, in an effort to restore the country to its former...

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The January and February numbers of the Ave Maria have been received with several duplicates of those containing the article "Miracles of St. Francis de Sales". In answer to Hudson's request, Sister sent a relic of St. Francis de Sales brought to this country by Bishop Simon Brute in 1837. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Sister inquires if Hudson received the manuscript she sent him five weeks ago on miracles by St. Francis de Sales. If the manuscript is of no value she asks that he return it. :: X-2-i A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Sister submits a translation of an article on the scapular for publication in the Ave Maria. Should Hudson publish it she requests a pamphlet containing it. The community was delighted with the visit of Sisters Eudoxia, C.S.C., and Prudentianna, C.S.C. :: X-2-h A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents Her brother's death leaves a great void. He died January 29 and 6 months later they lost their sister-in-law, the wife of their oldest brother. Alexander has made a very happy marriage. He was a widower for 4? years with a son going on 10. (Seton)'s letter saddened her when he spoke of his "misanthropic" feelings. Is there no one whose spirit can respond to his? Why not undertake a work to be published? The life of Seton's saintly ancestor which Barberey wrote gave her so much joy and she...

Scope and Contents Incomplete letter … since September 17. Barberey's husband does not know where she is. He writes often by the letters which the balloons bring them; the latest was written November 6. For several weeks, they have been expecting the enemy; it would take only 2 days' march to be upon them. She would have liked to remain in Paris with her husband; he said she could be a handicap or perhaps a danger to him. She returned to Mots'quon alone and has spent the days since in this solitude,...

Scope and Contents Seton's precious remembrance came several days ago. Time does not change their friendship. What happiness it would be to see him again. At least he is to write; she knows so little about him; almost nothing about his sisters and brothers. Is his saintly aunt still living? It has been a year since she received anything from Mr. Fillicchi ; he must be near 83. Their uncle, Baron de Corcelle will soon be 83; he is still interested in affairs of the Church and the country. They are all ...

Scope and Contents Two deaths have greatly saddened her. Patrizio Filicchi wrote her regularly and in his own hand made for her copies of all the letters in the correspondence between his father and Mother Elizabeth Bayley Seton. And when she went to Leghorn and Pisa he received her as one of his own. Eight months ago when Barberey's husband visited Filicchi he was failing. There is no doubt that his Ubaldo Filicchi's death was a terrible blow to him. Madame Laura Filicchi de Goracuchi wrote shortly ...