Correspondence to Fr. Early (A-K), 01/01/1849-12/31/1872

Topics referenced include the Civil War, its impact on Georgetown College, and the availability of Catholic priests to minister to prisoners of war held by the South. Correspondents include: Joseph Aschwanden, S.J., Georgetown, July 27, 1852; C.H. Alden of the Surgeon General's Office who writes on August 31, 1862 to requisition campus buildings to provide hospital accommodation; Peter Beckx, Superior-General of the Society of Jesus, Rome, March 19, 1859, August 30, 1859, September 17, 1859, April 6, 1861, September 20, 1862, May 28, 1864, October 19, 1864, and April 17, 1868 [in Latin]; J. C. Biedeman, New York City, November 24, 1863; Ignatius Brocard, S.J., Georgetown September 22, 1850 and May 21, 1851 [in Latin]; Henry F. Brownson, March 22, 1952; Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, Washington, August 17, 1859 who provides an introduction for [C. J.] Fox Consul of the United States at Asinwall [Panama?]; Ignatius Ciampi, S.J., Rome, September 16, 1857; Richard H. Clarke, May 25, 1861; Michael Corcoran, Colonel of the 69th New York State Militia who writes on May 4, 1862 to notify the College of the 69th's imminent occupation of campus "until further orders"; Henry B. Coskery, Baltimore, June 2, 1864; J. W. Cummings, New York, April 15, 1861 and October 28, 1861; C. H. Davis, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, May 6, 1863 who apologises for not being able to accept an invitation; Jefferson Davis, Washington, March 15, 1859 and Senate Chamber, March 1, 1860 who writes in reference to two Georgetown students, John Tarpley and Master Balfour; Mariano Degollado, Georgetown Union Hotel, March 13, 1860 who references working with the Secretary of the Mexican Legation on "the treaty with Mexico", "reading at the Library of our College", and settling his account "for the time (2 months) I took my food in your house"; John J. Doyle, New York, who introduces Mr. James B. Williams and his wife who wish to visit the College; Francis Dzierozynski, S.J., St. John's College, Frederick, April 12, 1850; William Henry Elder, Bishop of Natchez, Vicksburgh [sic], Mississippi, April 11, 1864 and Fair Oaks near Natchez, June 11, 1864; Lizzie Fenbroeck, Paris, June 3, 1860; Edward Fitzgerald, Bishop of Little Rock, August 14, 1871, introducing Mr. and Mrs Bernay and their son, Philip; John B. Fitzpatrick, Bishop of Boston, August 24, 1849; John French, S.J., Rome, February 26, 1871; Julius Peter Garesché, [1862] and July 22 [1861 or 1862] about a lack of Catholic priests to minister to Union soldiers captured by the Confederate Army; William A. Hammond, Surgeon General, U.S.A., Washington City, August 30, 1862, writing to requisition "Georgetown Catholic College" buildings and campus for hospital accommodation "in view of the present emergency" [copy] and April 28, 1863; James A. Healy, October 30, 1872; Patrick F. Healy, S.J., College of St. Francis Xavier, New York, May 22, 1871 introducing the father of a prospective Georgetown College student; Joseph S. Henry, San Francisco, California, July 20, 1859 explaining that the wife of Colonel Samuel P. Inge was leaving San Francisco with her two sons and was traveling to the east coast with the intention of enrolling them in Georgetown College; Joseph W. Henry, Washington, February 6, 1861; H. Hoban, S.J., October 15, 1858, Loyola College; George P. [Proctor] Kane, Fort Warren, 1862; U.S. Representative Francis Kernan, House of Rep [Representatives], Washington, April 27, 186[4?]. Included is a letter dated July 8, 1849 [signature illegible], written from Georgetown College to Father Early at Holy Cross, with reference to the College's mathematics department, cases of cholera in Washington, D.C. ("9 were fatal"), and the fact that "the cornerstone of Trinity Church is to be laid this evening." Also present, a four page petition from the Class of Philosophy [Senior Class] of Georgetown College asking permission to leave the College and return home, April 10, 1861.