Attwood, Peter, 1682-1734

Scope and Contents Sermons by Peter Attwood or Atwood, SJ (1682-1734). Entered 1703; served in Maryland 1712-1734. Woodstock College Archives.(1) No date. A) No title. Text: Luke 1:30. 12 pages, numbered 486-497. B) Title: "On the Assumption of our Lady." Text: Canticles 8:5-6. 6 pages, numbered 497-500, 500-501. A very few emendations to the first sermon and a long, unrelated passage on the final blank leaf in the hand of Rev. Arnold Livers. (2) No...

Scope and Contents The papers of Peter Attwood, SJ contain bound volumes of treatises copied down by Attwood throughout his Jesuit formation. Some of the original authors are identified (e.g., James Gooden, Edward Slaughter, and Richard Vaughan) and topics covered include geometry, astronomy, and theology. There is also a treatise written by Attwood circa 1720 entitled “Liberty and Property,” in which he contends that British royal governors should have no say in the legislation or local affairs of Maryland...