Slovenian-born Roman Catholic priest (1797–1868) who earned the moniker “Snowshoe Priest” for his energetic missionary work in the winter climes of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He worked actively on behalf of the Ojibway Indians and published a still-used dictionary and grammar of the Ojibway language. A Michigan town, county, and state park are named in his honor. LS signed ““Bishop Baraga,” one page, 6.25 x 8, March 22, 1867. Baraga writes to Archbishop Spalding of Baltimore. In part: “My state of health is always the same, ever since I received the stroke of apoplexy in your house in Baltimore, of which I did not recover since. Every morning I get up, and sit down on a chair almost all day. I am getting so weak, that I can scarcely speak. I feel entirely unfit for every business and wish that my Coadjutor should soon come, when the busy season commences. Pray for me, my dearest friend, that God Almighty may give me patience in my sickness and a happy death….” In very good condition, with wrinkling, scattered soiling, small edge tear, and ink spot to blank portion. The signature is clear and dark . R&R COA.
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