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I.A.1.a, Ledger A 1, 1789-1793

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I.A.1.a, Ledger A 1, 1789-1793
I.A.1.a, Ledger A 1, 1789-1793

Scope and Contents

Contains accounts for students, administrators, and faculty, 1791- 1796. William Gaston's (the first student to enroll in Georgetown College) account begins on page 2 and Jean-Edouard de Mondésir's (the first faculty member) begins on page 3. Accounts for Georgetown's first two presidents, Fathers Robert Plunkett and Robert Molyneux, and Charles Worthington, the College doctor, are also included. The first two pages list invoices from booksellers (Rice, Clark, Carey.) The last page notes the "terms of board, etc. at G. T. College". A personal name index is present. Contains references to the presence of enslaved persons on campus: including the hiring of Sukey from William Digges (page 110); medical visits to Georgetown College's enslaved community by Dr. Charles Worthington, May 1792 (page 41); the hiring by Ignatius Smith of "his man Nat" to Georgetown College between 1792 and 1795, to offset the costs of educating his two sons (page 19); the defraying by Clem Hill of the cost of his sons' education through the labor and sale of enslaved persons, 1792-1793; and the hiring by Georgetown College of the time of an enslaved woman named Milly from Judge Craik on May 1,1796.

Dates

  • From the Collection: 1791-1950

Extent

From the Collection: 22.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Archives Repository

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