Correspondence, Stock, Disputes, Manumission, 1795 - 1817

File — Box: 97, Folder: 2

Identifier: 119_23_13

Correspondence, Stock, Disputes, Manumission

Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding capital stock and disputes with John Ashton. Letter to Francis Neale, S.J., (90T5) addresses the possibility of the manumission of enslaved people from Bohemia farm:

Indenture (1792) of Rev. James Jones; Assignment of Stock (1806) from Rev. John Rosseter to the Corp. RRC; Receipt (1815) by Rev. William Pasquet to Francis Neale, S.J.; Letter (July 7, 1806) from John Ashton to Francis Neale, S.J.; Letter (Jan. 30, 1810) from John Ashton, S.J., to Fr. Neale; Copy (1810) of Ashton's letter to Neale; Letter (Jan. 15, 1811) from Ashton to Neale; Money draft of James Walton to John Ashton (1795); Judgment from Anne Arundel County Court (1795); Account of John Ashton with the Corp.; Letter (Mar. 2, 1804) from Ashton to the trustees of the Corporation; Two letters (1804) from Ashton to Francis Neale, S.J.; Letter (Jul. 5, 1805) from Ashton to the Trustees of the Corp. RRC; Letter (Feb. 3, 1806) from Ashton to G.B. Bitouzey, S.J.; Letter (Jul. 28, 1805) from Ashton to Charles Neale, S.J.; Letter (Sept. 14, 1818) from Ashton to the trustees of the Corp. RRC; Accounts of Ashton with the Corp. RRC (1795-1814) and statement of these accounts to Oct. 15, 1815; Mr. Ashton's Chart; Letter (June. 19, 1816) from Notley Young, S.J., to the Corp; Letter (1817?) to Francis Neale, S.J., addresses the topic of the manumission of enslaved individuals at Bohemia farm.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_23_13; 90T1-90T5**

Materials on Slavery

This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding.

Discusses sale and manumission of enslaved individuals at Bohemia ("Family & family"). [GSA32]

Dates

1795 - 1817

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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 )