Scope and Contents Related to mortgages that financed 1838 purchase of enslaved people from Maryland Province:Georgetown College account with E.J. Forstall (attorney representing Province v. Henry Johnson), New Orleans, September 4, 1844Brander Williams to Francis Verspre, S.J., April 9, 1844Petition by Jesse Batey for release from mortgage, [1851]Henry Johnson to Charles Lancaster, S.J., January 28, 1851**Former finding aid locations: 119_40_5;...

Scope and Contents Notes about enslaved people paid on mortgages: 9 documents**Former finding aid locations: 119_40_6; 112R2** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding and to the 1838 sale of approximately 300 enslaved individuals.List of slaves remaining on Estate and exchanged, no date [GSA56]"Only slaves transported to Louisiana out of the 84 slaves lot." undated [GSA380]...

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Other documents related to slavery:

Bishop Spalding, Louisville, to Provincial, March 21, 1830 (112W12)

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Correspondence (Oct. 17, 1834) describes conditions in Liberia and addresses the emancipation and possible migration of enslaved peopled in America to Liberia

**Former finding aid locations: 119_13_4; 17R1**

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The Liberia Option [GSA36]

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Letter from Thomas Brown, an enslaved person transferred from Maryland to Missouri to work with Peter Verhaegen, S.J. Requesting to purchase freedom of his wife: Thomas Brown to [William McSherry??], October 21, 1833

**Former finding aid locations: 119_40_5; 112B1**

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Thomas Brown letter, 1833 [GSA34]

Scope and Contents Documents pertaining to indentured servants as well as to the sale and manumission of enslaved individuals. Items include: Indenture (1812) between Benedict Greenwell and Francis Neale, S.J., allows Greenwell's sons [Wilfred and Cornelius, indentured servants] to apprentice a trade under Fr. Neale. Document also attests to manumission in 1824 of Cornelius Greenwell; Papers pertaining to sale of enslaved woman and her child by Dorothy Digges (1803); Papers (1816)...

Scope and Contents Census inventory of the enslaved people that the Jesuits intended to sell in 1838; grouped by plantation; and within that, by family.This is the original list of people from the Jesuit plantations compiled in preparation for the sale in 1838. It lists enslaved individuals by name according to the plantation where they lived, identifies family groups, and records which ship (1, 2, or 3) they were shipped in. It also notes people who had run away, and those who had been "married...

Scope and Contents Land records: Cheney's Plantation Survey (1722); Cheney's Plantation granted to James Carroll (1723); Assignment of right and title (1722) to James Carroll; Bond (1765) of Howard Duvall to John Lewis, S.J.; Survey and plat of Wilson's Plains; Indenture (1765) between James Green and George Hunter, S.J., for three acres called "Strife"; Bond of conveyance of property (1737) of James Carroll to George Thorold, S.J.; Small book (1763) contains copies of grants, deeds, surveys of...

Scope and Contents Reports by Peter Kenney, S.J.: Frederick, 1831-02-28; White Marsh novitiate, 1831-06; Conewago, 1831-05-08; Ordinationes regarding rules and regulations at Conewago, n.d.; notes on Goshenhoppen, including finances and its rules, 1833-05-24; Instructions for Bohemia, including notes on family practices of enslaved people, June 1831**Former finding aid locations: 119_126_4; XP1-XP5** Materials on Slavery This folder contains...

Scope and Contents Contains PRN "Mission du Kentucky" (extracts of letters); AMsS agreement between Bp DuBourg and Charles Neale re Indian Missions in Missouri 3/19/1823 plus AMs copy of same; AMsS indenture of Bp DuBourg to Society in the name of Francis Neale 3/25/1823; AMsS agreement between Bp DuBourg and Francis Neale 3/25/1823; undated AMs list of property belonging to Society given by DuBourg; ALS from DuBourg to F. Neale 11/27/1823, to Dzierozynski 9/15/1824 and 7/10/1825.**Former finding...

Scope and Contents Letterbooks: Copy book of letters sent. 1833-1836, 1839-1843: letters concern the sale of land, standards set for hired help, relations with tenants, interest payments; and attempts to secure payments from Jesse Batey and Henry Johnson, who purchased enslaved people from the Province in 1838. Includes a transcript of a letter written by John McElroy on Eliza who was withheld from the sale and others who ran away before it was completed. A letter dated October 16, 1834 written to John McElroy...

Scope and Contents Annual Reports of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen compiled in 1909 by Joseph Zwinge, 1802-1840, 1849, 1860-1865, 1869-1893. These reports include a record of land transactions, tobacco receipts, income and expenses of tenants, investment income, expenses for students and members, and the purchase and sales of enslaved people. There is also a transcript of 1835 letter from the Procurator General regarding the debts of the Province in 1835 and notes on the sale of enslaved people...

Scope and Contents Accounts of the Procurator-Agent of the CRCC including houses, other provinces, California and New York and missions. Includes accounts for purchasers of the people sold by the Jesuits to Henry Johnson and Jesse Batey.**Former finding aid locations: 119.1_68_3; 191A** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding and to the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals.May 20, 1862: The...

Scope and Contents Receipts and expenses recorded by Procurator (agent of the CRCC), including cash receipts from plantations, payments to lawyers, and cash advances to schools and plantations.**Former finding aid locations: 119.1_69; 190A1** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding.A payment for Alexius, August 15, 1796 [GSA374]The sale of Frank, January 1804 [GSA375]The...

Scope and Contents Receipts and expenses recorded by Procurator (agent of the CRCC), including cash receipts from plantations, court fees, interest payments, and income from the sale of enslaved people. (See September 23, 1812 for cash received for sale of Ned)**Former finding aid location: 119.1_69; 190B** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding."Balance due in full for Negro Ned...,"...

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Receipts and expenses recorded by Procurator (agent of the CRCC), including cash receipts from plantations, payments to lawyers, and cash advances to schools and plantations.

**Former finding aid locations: 119.1_69; 190C**

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Scope and Contents Procurator-Agent of CRCC Daybook (1834-1838); Cash book (1834-1839); Monthly expense and receipts statement for Province compiled by Joseph Zwinge, S.J. (1834-1839)**Former finding aid location: 119.1_68; 190D** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding and to the 1838 sale of approximately 300 enslaved individuals.The sale of four enslaved women at St. Thomas' Manor, July 1835...

Scope and Contents Account statements, receipts, and financial statements documenting transactions of the CRCC. Includes transactions related to the sale of 1838.**Former finding aid location: 119.1_69** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding and to the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals."Received of Mr. Mullin for Mr. Mullady ten dollars for taking negro to Alexandria and depositing him...

Scope and Contents Bohemia Daybook and Account Book: Includes accounts of tenants and laborers; 1735 account of Sampson who built a tobacco house and took wages to earn his freedom.**Former finding aid locations: 119_OS1; 174A** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding.The Jesuits of Bohemia purchase Tom, April 1756 [GSA245]The Jesuits of Bohemia purchase Charles, April 1761...

Scope and Contents This folder consists of the day book for Bohemia (1790-1871). The creator of these documents were 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: 119_49_3; 174C** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding....