Jewels from Jane, July 12

Portage Lake, Michigan, 12th July 1864

Rev. Mother St. John [Facemaz]
Peace of Christ

I already wrote to Rev. and most amiable Mother Leonie to find out if any of your zealous sisters could soon be sent to Sault Ste. Marie and on what conditions; but as Rev. Father Tellier will take the affair in hand I shall not interfere.

Another affair. Rev. Fathers Jacker and Sweeney, of Portage, desire to have a community on their mission. You might bring up three or four Sisters with you. Be assured that all your reasonable demands shall be readily granted. Bishop Baraga gives his consent.

If you prefer to visit the place first, all your expenses shall be paid by these reverend gentlemen, even if you were not to accept the place.

You may leave Detroit or Chicago and make for the Sault Ste. Marie, thence to Portage Lake, Lake Superior, Michigan.

I shall soon return to Sault Marie. You may direct a letter to Rev. Richard Bascter, S.J. Care of L. P. Trempe Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. Or you may write to Rev. Edward Jacker Portage Lake, Lake Superior, Hancock, Michigan

Yours in Christ
Richard Bascter, S. J.

Rev. Mother St. John
Carondelet
Near St. Louis
Missouri

St. Mary's, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan opened in 1866. It closed in 1873 because of an inability to be self-supportive.

St. Anne's, Hancock, Michigan opened in 1866 and closed in 1871 because of a financial depression. In 1877 it reopened as St. Patrick Parish which was also staffed by our Sisters.

The attachment shows a picture of the Sisters who were missioned at St. Anne's in the year 1870-71. The picture of the Sister at the lower left shows clearly the plain front which our habit used to have.