Box 217

Scope and Contents John A. Morgan (1838-1906) was born in St. Mary's County and entered the Society of Jesus at Frederick in 1857. After being a scholastic at Loyola College (1860-1864) he studied philosophy at Georgetown College (1866-1869) and theology at Woodstock College (1869-1872). After teaching at Gonzaga College and Georgetown (1873-1875) he was assistant to Fr. Bernard Maguire, then a missionary with a field along the eastern seaboard from New Brunswick to Florida (1876-1884). Later in life he was...

Scope and Contents Francis Neale (1756-1837) was born in Port Tobacco and attended the Colleges of Bruges and Liège, where he was ordained a priest. Neale returned to the US in 1788 and became pastor at St. Thomas Manor, after which he oversaw the establishment of Holy Trinity in Washington, DC (1790). Neale entered the reorganized Society in 1806 and became acting president of Georgetown College in 1808 and later its president (1809-1812). He was then rector at Holy Trinity (1810-1815); Master of Novices...

Scope and Contents Leonard Neale (1746-1817) was born near Port Tobacco and was educated in Europe where he entered the Society of Jesus in 1767. Neale then became a missionary in Guyana in 1779, spending four years there and returning to Maryland in 1783. He was at White Marsh (1783-1793) before becoming pastor of Old St. Joseph's and Old St. Mary's (Philadelphia) as well as vicar general for Philadelphia and the northern states. Neale was president of Georgetown College (1799-1806), during which he...

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Joseph O'Callaghan (1824-1869) was born in Waltham, Massachusetts and entered the Society of Jesus at Frederick in 1844. After his early studies he was at the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, 1848-1852), Georgetown College (1853-1858) before becoming rector of Loyola College (1860-1863) and rector at Frederick (1863-1869). He was killed returning from Rome when his ship capsized (1-21-1869). This folder includes his diary (11-27-1855 -- 4-30-1857).

Scope and Contents Joseph O'Callaghan (1824-1869) was born in Waltham, Massachusetts and entered the Society of Jesus at Frederick in 1844. After his early studies he was at the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, 1848-1852), Georgetown College (1853-1858) before becoming rector of Loyola College (1860-1863) and rector at Frederick (1863-1869). He was killed returning from Rome when his ship capsized (1-21-1869). This folder includes:a) ALS O'Callaghan to a fellow Jesuit notifying him to expect a...

Scope and Contents Joseph O'Callaghan (1824-1869) was born in Waltham, Massachusetts and entered the Society of Jesus at Frederick in 1844. After his early studies he was at the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, 1848-1852), Georgetown College (1853-1858) before becoming rector of Loyola College (1860-1863) and rector at Frederick (1863-1869). He was killed returning from Rome when his ship capsized (1-21-1869). This folder includes:a) AMs diary of O'Callaghan, "no. 7" (4-24-1852 --...

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Basil Pacciarini (1816-1884) was born in Montone (Perugia), Italy, and entered the Society of Jesus there in 1834. In 1846 he traveled to the US and, after missionary work in Maine, he was stationed in Boston and Philadelphia before being at St. Inigoes for twenty years. He was transferred to Fordham in 1882 where he died in 1884. This folder includes a farewell letter (draft) from Paccarini to the St. Joseph's and Mechanicsville parishes before leaving for New York (1882).

Scope and Contents John Pallhuber (1822-1890) was born in Anterselva (Bolzano), Italy, and entered the Society of Jesus' Austria-Hungary Province in 1842. He arrived in the US in 1849 and served Old St. Mary's in Richmond (1851-1852) before being stationed at Georgetown College (1853-1855). By 1857 he was part of the mission in southern Australia near Adelaide (Sevenhill, Jamestown, etc.), where he died in 1890. This folder includes:a) ALS Pallhuber to Mr. Clopper at St. Rose's Church re: a need for...

Scope and Contents Angelo Paresce (1817-1879) was born in Naples and entered the Society of Jesus there in 1833. He was a professor of mathematics and physics at the College of Benevento (1840-1844) before being recruited by James Ryder to the Maryland Province. Beginning in 1845 he was studying at Georgetown College (1845-1848) and became rector and master of novices at Frederick (1851-1861), provincial for Maryland (1861-1869), and founder, rector, and president of Woodstock College (1869-1875). Paresce died...

Scope and Contents Charles Plowden (1743-1821) was born at Plowden Hall, Shropshire and studied at the Jesuit college at St. Omer. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1759 and was ordained in 1770; at the suppression of the Society in 1773 he was minister of the College of Bruges. The Austro-Blegic government, due to the suppression of Jesuits, kept him imprisoned for some months after the school was closed. After his release he was at the College of Liège (-1784) before returning to England where he became a...

Scope and Contents Robert Plunkett (1752-1815) entered the Society of Jesus at the English College of Douai in 1769 as part of the English Province. Because of the Jesuit Suppression he was initially ordained a secular priest and received permission in 1789 from the Vicar Apostolic of the London District/Propaganda Fide to be a missionary in the US. Plunkett was stationed at White Marsh in 1790 and became president of Georgetown College (1791-1793). Thereafter he was pastor for congregations in Montgomery...

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Thomas Poulton or Pulton (1697-1749) was born in Northamptonshire, England, and made his humanities studies at the Jesuit College of St. Omer, entering the Society of Jesus in 1716. In 1738 he was sent to the Maryland Mission where he eventually became Superior (1740-). This folder contains a bound manuscript entitled "Tractus de Horographia," covering astronomical and horography or the art of constructing time-keeping instruments (c. 1728).

Scope and Contents Jacques or James Perron (1818-1890) was born in Authon, Loir-et-Cher, France. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1846 and was eventually sent to Laval, Quebec, to be the minister at the scholasticate there (1857-). Subsequently he was Spiritual Father and Minister at St. Francis Xavier's in New York City (1860-) and Master of Novices at Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal (1862-). Perron was then Superior of the Canadian Mission (1866-1869); Socius of the Canadian Mission (1869-1872); instructor at...

Scope and Contents Jacques or James Perron (1818-1890) was born in Authon, Loir-et-Cher, France. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1846 and was eventually sent to Laval, Quebec, to be the minister at the scholasticate there (1857-). Subsequently he was Spiritual Father and Minister at St. Francis Xavier's in New York City (1860-) and Master of Novices at Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal (1862-). Perron was then Superior of the Canadian Mission (1866-1869); Socius of the Canadian Mission (1869-1872); instructor at...

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Likely John/Jean Murphy/Murphey (1792-1826) who was born in Ireland and entered the Society of Jesus in 1816 as part of the Mission of the Federation of America. He was stationed at Georgetown College between 1818 and 1819 when the content of this folder was written and died at St. Inigoes in 1826. This folder contains a bound manuscript entitled "Variety or a selection of narratives in prose and verse" (1818).