Correspondence, 07/20/1853-06/29/1867

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: 19181

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Bernard A. Maguire, S.J. Papers include correspondence (mainly letters to Father Maguire) during both of his tenures as President of Georgetown College, although not all of the content pertains to College affairs. Also present are: notes from a diary he kept between 1839 and 1870 which references events in his life and happenings on campus, including the impact of the Civil War; clippings relating to his death and funeral; and handwritten notes relating to theology lectures he attended in the late 1840s and early 1850s. Although Father Maguire was known as a gifted public speaker, unfortunately only one text of a speech he wrote survives in these papers, for an undated commencement speech he gave at his alma mater, St. John's Literary Institution in Frederick, Maryland.

Dates

07/20/1853-06/29/1867

Collection-level Access Restrictions

All published documents housed in the University Archives are open for use. Unpublished documents are governed by the following use restrictions: unpublished material dating from 1971 and later may only be consulted with the permission of the office which created it; unpublished material dating from 1970 or before may be used with the permission of the Archivist or the creating office, unless otherwise restricted.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains letters to Fr. Maguire, arranged alphabetically by writer. Correspondents include: Micael L. Accolti, S.J., San Francisco, November 30, 1866, with reference to obtaining a patent for a rifle invented by Dr. Tomasi; Joseph C., Mallow, County Cork, Ireland , June 29, 1865; John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York, New York, September 11, 1865, introducing Madame Fanny Burgess who is working to gain the release of her brother, a banker, who is imprisoned in Sing Sing; P.L. Miller, St. John's College, July 24, 1853, recommending Mr. Pillsbury; R. Ould [Robert Ould?], Richmond, Virginia, June 29, 1867; Father Perrone, S.J., Rome, December 16, 1853 [in Italian]; Felipe Poey, Havana, Havana, January 28, 1857 [in Spanish]; Joshua A. Ritchie, November 10, 1856, and November 28, 1856, with reference to the expulsion of his sons; Martin J. Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore, Baltimore, January 11, 1866, appointing Father Maguire as President of the Washington Conference of Clergy; Charles H. Stonestreet, S.J., Georgetown College, March 12, 1855, with reference to abolishing "in Stationibus Missionum Patribus S.J. creditorum " and the toleration of women as domestic servants; and Angel de Yturbide [Iturbide], Washington, March 8, 1853

Included are a printed circular from the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, accompanying three packages of the works of Thomas Jefferson in nine volumes, May 17, 1855; and a Civil War pass issued by Army of Northern Virginia allowing Father Maguire passage through Confederate lines, September 9, 1862.

Also present are two letters written by Father Maguire: on August 13, 1854, from St. Joseph's, Philadelphia and on August 1, 1871 from St. Aloysius.