Mosley, Joseph, 1731-1787

Scope and Contents Sermons by Joseph Mosley, SJ (1731-1787). Entered 1748; served in Maryland 1756-1787. Woodstock College Archives.(1) 1752. Title: "A Sermon for ye 6th Sunday after ye Epiphany." Text: 1 Thessalonians 1:6. 15 pages. (2) 1759. Title: "on St Ignatius." Text: 1 Corinthians 1:2. 12 pages. Note at head: "Newtown 1759. Newtown 1760." (3) 1759. Title: "On Mass. 1st Discourse." Text: Malachi 1:11. 12 pages....

Scope and Contents Sermons by Joseph Mosley, SJ (1731-1787). Entered 1748; served in Maryland 1756-1787. Woodstock College Archives, except when noted.(6) 1761. Title: "On St Ignatius." Text: Isaiah 43:7. 12 pages. Note at head: "Sakia 1761 Portobacco 1763." (7) 1763. Title: "On ye Ascension." Text: Acts 1:9. 11 pages. Note at head: "Sakia 1763 Sullivans. 1766. Wye. 1766. Brownings 1766. Brownings 1772. Wye 1772. Home 1782. Home...

Scope and Contents The Joseph Mosley, SJ Papers consist of sixteen letters written by Mosley to his family, and cover the period from 1757-1786. Fifteen of the letters are addressed to “Mrs. Dunn Junior,” Mosley’s sister (living in Northumberland, England); one letter is to his brother, Michael Mosley, SJ (living in Shropshire, England). The letters contain commentary on the environment, politics, and residents of colonial Maryland, and on Jesuit life in the Maryland region, especially in relation to the...