Bohemia, Records Book, 1790 - 1882

File — Box: 82, Folder: 1

Identifier: 53_1_1

Bohemia, Records Book

Scope and Contents

Plantation Diary, July 1, 1790-July 26, 1799; Saw Mill statement, October 9, 1799-November 24, 1799; Notes of Provincials' visits, October 18, 1857-May 26, 1868; Last Vows, September 21, 1887; Free wage laborer accounts, 1796; Crop sales, July 1, 1797-August 28, 1799; Timber sales, July 31, 1797-March 20, 1799; Tenants Accounts, 1822-1841; Census of plantation residents, listing white and enslaved people,1798; Clothing provisions for enslaved people, July 5, 1790-1799; Enslaved people purchased and sold, January 5, 1794-April 28, 1796. The creator of these documents was the Sulpicians, as the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen (CRCC) had named them trustees of the property and authorized them to use profits for the Seminary of St. Mary’s and the diocese.

**Former finding aid locations: 53_1_1**

Materials on Slavery

This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding.

Inoculations at Bohemia, Feburary 22, 1791 [GSA299]

Garden patches at Bohemia, 1792 [GSA300]

Fr. Ambrose Marechal is advised not to give Ralph his freedom, July 1796 [GSA301]

Thomas O'Donald violently assualts Old Day, September 2, 1797 [GSA302]

This account from the Bohemia plantation registers the sale of nine enslaved persons and the purchase of four. These transactions include infants as young as 3 weeks old, as well as an the sale of an infant to an enslaved woman who remained at Bohemia plantation. [GSA304]

Census of "Black People" at Bohemia Plantation, 1798 [GSA305]

"The Yearly Allowance of Clothes" at Bohemia, c. 1790 [GSA306]

Distribution of shoes at Bohemia Plantation, 1792 [GSA307]

Winter clothes for the enslaved at Bohemia, 1795-1976 [GSA308]

The hire of free and enslaved men at Bohemia Plantation, 1790 [GSA309]

Census of "Black People" at Bohemia Plantation, 1801 [GSA310]

Distribution of blankets at Bohemia Plantation, 1787-1792 [GSA311]

Payments to the enslaved community at Bohemia Plantation, September 1795 [GSA339]

Winter clothes for enslaved community at Bohemia Plantation, December 1795 [GSA340]

Dates

1790 - 1882

Conditions Governing Access

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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 )