St. Joseph's Church (2 of 3), 1776 - 1880

File — Box: 59, Folder: 7

Identifier: 119_31_2

St. Joseph's Church (2 of 3)

Scope and Contents

Financial papers and other reports on St. Joseph's Church and plantation, including property inventories listing enslaved individuals and reports sent to Peter Kenney as the Jesuits considered the sale of enslaved individuals:

Subscription list (1848) for the Enlargement and Repair of St. Joseph's Church [Talbot County, MD]; Letter (Dec. 17, 1857) from George King, S.J.; An inventory of the property and stock on St. Joseph's Farm agreed upon and settled between and by Rev. John Ambrose Sauge and Mr. William Corkrill (1803) [includes enslaved individuals]; St. Joseph's General Charge and Discharge [annual accounts for 1830-31)]. Included among the accounts is a section concerning the residence and mission of St. Joseph's (1831). This section concerns a description and personal commentary upon the lives and mores of their enslaved individuals; Power of attorney (1880) from the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen to C.C. Lancaster, S.J.; Letter (c. 1839) to Peter Kenny, S.J., discusses morays and religious habits of enslaved servants; Letter (Dec. 2, 1867) from Edward Henchy, S.J., to C.C. Lancaster, S.J.; List of pastors (1876) of St. Joseph's; Two letters (1858) from Howes Goldsborough, S.J.; Postcard (1914) from E.I. Devitt, S.J., to Joseph Zwinge, S.J.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_31_2_1; 103.5W7-W16**

Materials on Slavery

This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding.

St. Joseph's farm Inventory, including the names, number, and age of slaves, 1803 [GSA153]

"The Value of the Slaves": State of the Farm and Mission of St.Joseph, June 28-30, 1831 [GSA154]

Dates

1776 - 1880

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Extent

From the Collection: 308 boxes (212 regular boxes, 25 oversized boxes, 58 restricted regular boxes, 13 restricted oversized boxes, plus 14 card catalog drawers )