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Scope and Contents Br. John Sheehy (1811-1848) was born in Ballintaguirt, County Kerry, Ireland, and immigrated to Quebec in 1837. Soon thereafter he was a teacher of mathematics on a US vessel for a few years and then went to teach at the parochial school of Georgetown College. He entered the Society of Jesus at Frederick in 1848 and was a teacher there and at Georgetown until he developed dropsy (edema) and moved to Frederick (1880). After a long period of illness he died there in 1891.This...

Scope and Contents Edward Slaughter (1655-1729) was born in Herefordshire, England, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1673. Around 1677 he began teaching Hebrew at the Liège Jesuit college, expanding later to mathematics and theology. Slaughter was rector at Liège (1701-?) and later at the Jesuit schools in St. Omer and Ghent. This folder includes the following undated material on language, grammar, and mathematics:a) AMs "Abrege de la grammaire hebraique" (abridged Hebrew...

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Felix Sopranis (1799-1876) was born in Genova/Genoa, Italy, and entered the Society of Jesus at Rome in 1818. He was sent by the Jesuit Superior General to visit and report on all stations in the US and visited Loyola and Georgetown Colleges in 1859. This folder contains:

a) ALS Felix Sopranis re: discrepancies in the accounts of Georgetown College vs. that of the provincial (11-8-1863)
b) AMs an account of Sopranis' 1859 visit to Frederick and Georgetown by Francis Barnum

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Martin John Spalding (1810-1872) was a diocesan priest who became Bishop of Louisville (1850-1864) and then Archbishop of Baltimore (1864-1872). This folder includes:

a) A bound booklet, including a transcription of his "Introductory Address to the Rt. Rev. Bishops," given to Spalding by the scholastics of Georgetown College (5-17-1849)
b) Order signed by Spalding forbidding all members of religious orders, including Jesuits, from bearing arms (10-2-1864)

Scope and Contents Nicholas Steinbacher (1796-1861) entered the Society of Jesus in 1832 and was at Goshenhoppen (Pennsylvania, 1833-1838, 1842-1844) where he was also Superior (1838). Goshenhoppen (1842-1844). While there he founded the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) in 1842. He also served at Newtown (1847-1848), where he was Superior, and St. Mary's Church (Erie, Pennsylvania, 1848-1853). He died in Boston in 1861.This folder contains manuscript sermons written...

Scope and Contents John S. Sumner (1819-1880) was born in Baltimore and entered the Society of Jesus in 1856. He was professor, librarian, and chaplain at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia), the College of the Holy Cross, and Georgetown College before being transferred to Gonzaga in 1880. At Georgetown, he was founding editor of the Georgetown College Journal. This folder includes several manuscripts written by Sumner including drafts of "Early History of Georgetown...

Scope and Contents James Oliver van de Velde (1795-1855) was born in Flanders and immigrated to the US in 1817, entering the Society of Jesus the same year. He was a teacher at Georgetown College (1827-1829) and worked at Rockville and the Rock Creek mission (1829-1831) before being stationed at St. Louis University (1831-1843) where he was also president (1840-1843). Afterwards he was vice-provincial, socius, and procurator of the vice-province of Missouri (1843-1849) and led the establishment of the Osage...

Scope and Contents Theodore Thiry (1823-1889) was born in Metz, Alsace, and entered the Society of Jesus at St. Acheul (Province of France, later Province of Champagne) in 1843. He immigrated to the US in 1847 and completed his theological studies at Fordham, after which he was prefect at St. Francis Xavier (-1858). In 1858 he was briefly at St. Mary's College, Montreal, before returning to St. Francis Xavier where he stayed until his death in 1889. This folder includes:a) Correspondence from Thiry...

Scope and Contents Francis Vespre (1783-1860) was born in Lyon and entered the Society of Jesus in Maryland in 1819. He was stationed in Rome (1817-1833) and returned to the Maryland Province as provincial procurator (1834-1836, 1839-1843) and socius (1839-1843) while residing at Georgetown College. Next he was the procurator for Frederick (1843-1844); the overseer of the Philadelphia residence (1845), Georgetown College procurator (1846-1848), Washington Seminary procurator (1848-1852), and St. Joseph's...

Scope and Contents John or Jean Tessier (1758-1840) was born in Chapelle-Blanche, France. He joined the Society of Priests of Saint-Sulpice and became a Sulpician. Tessier was superior at St. Mary's Seminary (1810-1829) and vicar general to the first four archbishops of Baltimore. He was also dean of the Provincial Council of Baltimore (1829) and participated in the Synod of Baltimore (1831). He died there in 1840.This folder includes a manuscript entitled "Facts concerning the Seminary of St....

Scope and Contents George Thorold (1670-1742) was born in Berks, Pennsylvania, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1691. He was chaplain at Michaelgate, Bar Convent (New York) before being sent to the Maryland Mission in 1700. Thorold was superior of the mission (1725-1734) and died in Maryland in 1842.This folder includes a bound volume with a header "Index eorum quo in hoc secundo tomo controversiam continentur" ("The list of those in which the controversy is contained in this second volume"). A...