Hitselberger, Alexander, 1849 - 1880

File — Box: 215, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

Alexander Hitselberger (1805-1875) was born in Maryland and initially became a diocesan priest, attending Mount St. Mary's in Emmitsburg and later serving Norfolk and Petersburg, Virginia. He then entered the Society of Jesus in 1856, spending the majority of his Jesuit career teaching at Frederick (1859-1861), Boston College (1862, 1869-1875), and Gonzaga College/St. Aloysius Church (1864-1867). This folder includes:

a) Notes on European travel in bound notebook (1849)
b) ALS letter from J. B. Purcell to be used as a letter of introduction for Hitselberger in Europe (7-29-1852)
c) ALS A. H. H. to Hitselberger with poem by M. C. on Stonewall Jackson (Philadelphia, 6-15-1863)
d) ALS Angelo M. Paresce to Mother Mary Baptista (also known as Amy Hitselberger, 5-17-1869)
e) ALS Hitselberger to Mother Mary Baptista (incomplete letter, 2-4-1870)
f) ALS John McGill to Mother Mary Baptista from Rome (3-21-1870)
g) ALS John McGill to Mother Mary Baptista re: being delayed in Europe (5-25-1870)
h) ALS John Bapst to Mother Mary Baptista re: the death of her brother (3-3-1875)
i) ALS James Ward to Mother Mary Baptista re: a building fund (11-24-1880)
j) ALS John Bapst to Mother Mary Baptista re: her brother's death (2-13-1875)
k) ALS James Ward to Mother Mary Baptista (9-15-1880)
l) ALS Hitselberger to Mother Mary Baptista (undated)
m) Note providing Fr. Hitselberger with the ability to say Mass in Paris (8-30-1852)
n) Letter from John McGrill explaining that Fr. Hitselberger has permission to leave the Diocese of Richmond for one year to travel overseas because of his ill health (1852)
o) Certificate authorizing Fr. Hitselberger to perform Mass in the Archdiocese of Westminster (5-24-1853)

Dates

1849 - 1880

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Extent

From the Collection: 315 boxes (219 regular boxes, 25 oversized boxes, 58 restricted regular boxes, 13 restricted oversized boxes, plus 14 card catalog drawers )