Box 21

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Ordinationes Generalium toti societati communes et non impresses. Excerpts of directives from the Superior General regarding reports, account records, and other procedures of the Province, c. 1832- c. 1861.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_94_5.3; 502:0**

Scope and Contents Contains ALS from Roothaan to: Mulledy 6/2/1832; Kenney 1/7/1832, 1/20/1833; Mulledy 12/19/1833; Wm. McSherry 7 ALS spanning 6/18/1833-8/23/1834; Mulledy 6/11/1835.Contains ALS small sheet undated; 9 ALS from Roothaan to Dzierozynski spanning 7/25/1829-11/20/1830 (includes copy of Fortis' "De novis Opinionibus in Philosophia" 10/4/1823 with Roothaan's postscript, plus letter of 5/4/1830 describing caliber of student body at Georgetown); ALS from Roothaan to Peter Kenney 7/3/1830; 3 ALS from...

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Topics include the curriculum at Jesuit schools

**Former finding aid locations: 119_93_9; 500:73-500:76**

Materials on Slavery

This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding and to the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals.

Fr. Roothaan, S. J. lays out the conditions for the sale of slaves, 27 December 1836 [GSA86]

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Copy book of excerpted letters, with several concerning the fulfillment of the agreement of sale of enslaved people by the Maryland Province in 1838.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_93_10.2; 500:76A**

Materials on Slavery

This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding and to the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals.

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Contains bound letter book Excerpta ex litteras a Reverendi admodum Patris Generalis (copies of letters 1836-52, old catalogue number [411]). Also includes correspondence from Roothaan to: Mulledy ALS 8/18/1837; McSherry 2 ALS 7/13/1837 and 10/10/1837; Mulledy 2 ALS 10/10/1837 and 12/10/1837; Dzierozynski 2 ALS 9/15/1838 and 3/16/1838; McSherry 2 ALS 11/3/1838 and 9/11/1838; Mulledy 6 ALS spanning 3/10/1838-9/18/1838.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_93_10.1; 500:77-500:83**

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence from Roothaan to: McSherry 5 ALS spanning 1/23/1839-12/17/1839; Mulledy 3/4/1839 and 8/3/1839; ALS from Joseph Simme to Dzierozynski 1840; 7 ALS from Roothaan to Dzierozynski spanning 8/28/1840-12/22/1840; ALS from Roothaan to Lopez 5/5/1840; from Roothaan to Lucas 12/22/1840; AMs letter from Dzierozynski to Roothaan 1/1/1841; 6 ALS from Roothaan to Dzierozynski spanning 2/13/1841-8/24/1841.**Former finding aid locations: 119_93_11;...

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Contains correspondence from Roothaan to: Dzierozynski 8 ALS spanning 4/19/1842-11/18/1843; to Francis M. Lucas 10/11/1843 (re conducting of spiritual exercises in vernacular); Ryder 5/30/1844; Dzierozynski 5/27/1845 and 9/9/1845; Verhaegen 12 ALS spanning 5/27/1845-12/30/1847; Brocard 2 ALS 11/11/1847 and 12/30/1847.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_93_12; 500:92-500:101**

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Encyclica Generalium. Transcripts, printed letters, and translations of letters from Superior General

**Former finding aid locations: 119_94_5.4; 502:2**

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Contains 44 ALS from Roothaan to Ignatius Brocard spanning 1/11/1848-11/5/1850, many concerning Jesuit difficulties in Europe as result of upheavals of 1848, others concerning shortcomings of faculty and courses at Georgetown College 1849.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_93_13; 500:103-500:108**

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Index to letters from Superior General

**Former finding aid locations: 119_120_0.5; X**

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Contains ALS from Roothaan to Brocard 4/3/1851, 4/8/1851; 5 ALS from Peter Beckx to Charles Stonestreet spanning 4/18/1855-3/31/1858; 4 letters (including AMs translations) from Beckx to Burchard Villiger spanning 12/27/1859-12/18/1864. Includes PRN booklet containing text of letter of Beckx of 6/8/1856.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_93_14; 500:109-500:112**

Scope and Contents Contains ALS correspondence: from Giovanni Dassi SJ to Stephano Garbaria SJ 9/11/1833; from Jan Roothan SJ to: William McSherry SJ 1/31/1835; Thomas Mulledy SJ 6/6/1839; Ignatius Brocard SJ 5/23/1847; to Joseph Aschwandem SJ 10/31/1848; 4 to Brocard spanning 08/25/1849 to 7/20/1850 (including news of change in Society's position in Italy, and safety of German Jesuits at Georgetown); to Aschwanden 11/8(?)/1850; 10 to Brocard spanning 1/8/1851 to 4/6/1852 (including discussion of Province's...

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Contains 2 ALS from Roothan to Stonestreet 1/17/1853 and 1/25/1853; ALS from Pieter Beckx, SJ: 31 ALS to Stonestreet spanning 7/21/1853 to 5/15/1858 (includes outline of Society's official policy on political involvements 1/10/1855; continuing discussion of problems at Boston College); 4 ALS to Burchard Villiger, SJ spanning 5/18/1858 to 9/25/1858.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_120_2; 1A**

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Contains 27 ALS from Beckx to Villiger spanning 11/27/1858 to 2/28/1861. Discussions include promotions in status for Province clergy; dismissal of Frs. McGuigan, Hallinan, and Vetromile 11/5/1859; political participation of Jesuits (declaration of Felix Sopranis, SJ 4/3/1860).

**Former finding aid locations: 119_120_3; II**

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Letter regarding mission for African Americans in Baltimore

**Former finding aid locations: 119_120_4**