Box 168

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Letter from John Londey (or Londy) to Superior of the Maryland Mission Fr. Michael Foster regarding missed connections. Londey would later leave property to the Church at the mouth of the Wye River. This folder also contains later notes from archivists on the origin of the letter, which had been discovered in the walls of the chapel of Georgetown Convent in 1915.

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Bound volume of Annuae Litterae submitted by each house. Indexed.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_82_6; 336**

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Annuae litterae submitted by each house. (Loose papers)

**Former finding aid locations: 119_82_6; 336**

Scope and Contents Documents pertaining to Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. Items of interest include: Conditiones propositae ab illus. Dno. Caecillo Barone Baltemore, Domino.... [New conditions on Plantation. Numbers 5 & 6 against tenure of land in Mortmain]; Extracts (c. 1642?) from Mr. Lewger's diary and letters to Lord Baltimore [Governor Leonard Calvert and Lewger go to the Jesuits with proposals re: Mortmain and Bulla Coenae]; Four points (1641) submitted to the English...

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Charter of Maryland copy, printed c. 1706 by Reading at Annapolis, Maryland. Docketed on back by William Hunter, S.J.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_3_3; 3Z1**

Scope and Contents Contains excerpts from Fr. Generals letters 1638-45; note from Fr. Pennington requesting pills; fragment with B. Joseph Del'Vaux's autograph (1703?); memorandum from Peter Attwood to James Carroll requesting books Aug 1716; 3 pp. ordination of Rev. F. Mansell under autograph of George Thorold, SJ, concerning residence 6/8/1725; note from Joseph Marshall re indulgences 11/21/1727; AMs thoughts of George Hunter, SJ, including his reflections on the treatment of slaves ("Charity to Negroes")...

Scope and Contents Superiors' Documents:Contains AMs list of pledges to Blessed Sacrament Aug 1768; letters from Fr. Rivers to John Bolton, SJ 9/8/1768 and 4/10/1769; AMs brief from ministers of the Crown of Bourbon to the Holy See requesting suppression of Society of Jesus 1769; letter from C.H. Wharton to George Hunter, SJ 2/13/1770; letter from Leonard Neale, SJ to his mother 2/15/1770; letter from Hugh Hemersley to Robert Eden re safe passage of George Hunter SJ 3/21/1770; fragment of note date...

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Colonial documents: Items of interest include Petition to Lord Baltimore's Governor, the King, Charles Calvert and Others [re: unjust laws promulgated against Catholics]; Copies of correspondence (1756) of Charles Carroll.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_3_11; 5S1-5S2**

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Bohemia Diary recording daily events of John Lewis, August 1, 1775-June 1776; Lewis was stationed at Bohemia.

**Former finding aid locations: 119.1_74_1; 6.3b**

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Eulogies, obituaries, and biographical accounts of various Jesuits, dating from 1712-1895. Items include: Biographical Memoir of Sebastien Rasles, S.J.; In funere R.P. Theodori Schneider, S.J. (1764); A Funeral Sermon for the Rev. Ferdinand Farmer, S.J. (1786); An Obituary for Jacobus Frombad, S.J. (1895); Vita et mors gloriosa illustrissimi D. Oliverii Plunkett.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_5_8; 7S1-7**

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A brief history (1822) of Maryland and various acts imposed against the freedoms originally promised to Catholics in Maryland.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_3_9; 5P1**

Scope and Contents Colonial legal documents: Items of interest include: A Case Whether the Penal Laws of England be in Force in This Province, by an Act [An Act delcaring several Acts of Parliament in England to be inforce in Maryland. Reference to laws and pages where found provided]; Com. of Aggrievances & Cts. of Justice [Rep. of Assembly with charges against Popery; Jesuits increase of plantations, Catholics youths sent to St. Omer's Mass houses; Letter with Memorial to Earl of Halifax citing charges...

Scope and Contents Pigskin manual by Superior of Maryland George Hunter (c. 1747-1779) containing faculties and privileges for Superiors of Maryland mission**Former finding aid locations: 119_3_15; 6.1** Materials on Slavery This folder contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding.Abraham runs away, November 16, 1767 - In this journal entry from 1767, Rev. Ignatius Matthews recorded that on November 16, Abraham ran away from St....

Scope and Contents "Old Records Book" - memoranda book compiled by George Thorold, Peter Attwood, George Hunter Book consists of copies of letters and deeds as well as accounts. This includes rules and regulations for the mission, description of real estate, list of entrants and deaths of British province members. There is a list of enslaved children born at Port Tobacco between 1755-1777. Includes later, undated notes on the contents of the memoranda book.Children born into slavery at Port...

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A memoranda book that includes spiritual writings, notes on medicine for sick animals and horse breeding; list of books lent by Newtown, expenses for missionaries

**Former finding aid locations: 119_3_15; 6.1**