Father James Croke letters, 1853-1874

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Father James Croke letters, 1853-1874

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Father James Croke (1827-1888) was a Catholic missionary priest who served in Oregon in the 1850s. The collection consists of 23 typed transcripts of letters from Croke to Francis Blanchet, the archbishop of Oregon City, concerning the details of his missionary work (the original letters are held privately). The Father James Croke letters date from Croke's missionary expeditions of 1853-1857 and 1858, primarily in Jacksonville, Or., and surrounding mining camps; other Oregon communities and mining communities around Yreka and San Francisco are also represented. Croke described the economic, religious, and moral conditions of these locations, paying special attention to the plight of Catholics in such a predominantly Protestant state. He also detailed the difficulties of traveling in such undeveloped locales, and commented on the progress of the Rogue River Indian War which interrupted his travel, although his own work among the Rogue River tribes is only briefly mentioned. The last four letters in the collection are fragmentary, one dating from Croke's later career as Vicar General of San Francisco, the final three not written by Croke at all.

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