Feiner: Georgetown Letterbook (4 of 5), 1827 - 1828

File — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Identifier: 50

Feiner: Georgetown Letterbook (4 of 5)

Scope and Contents

This is the fourth of a series of five Georgetown letterbooks that contain copies of outgoing correspondence. These letterbooks provide resumes of letters sent, many of which were to parents and guardians asking for payment of student fees. This letterbook contains entries during the Georgetown presidency of Feiner.

Materials on Slavery

Contains materials pertaining to Jesuit slaveholding.

On January 21, 1828, William Feiner, SJ writes that an enslaved person (“boy”) would be sent to the college “for 2 or 3 months on trial.” He also writes of Lewis, Sam, and Hilary, enslaved individuals being sent to St. Inigoes. Feiner issues a pass to Lewis, Sam, and Hilary so they can travel to St. Inigoes.

Dates

1827 - 1828

Conditions Governing Access

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