Prayer book, 1869

This item is a bound black journal containing Mother Antonia's handwritten German prayers. It is dated May 15th, 1869, and titled "Chicago...St. Benedict et Schoasticas, Convent," with "St. Joseph, Minnesota" also written in the corner of the first page or flyleaf. A typed note included with the book states, "In the days before typewriters many Sisters filled composition books with their prayers, thoughts, letters, and poems they composed and copied. This book contains prayers in German."