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Bill of Sale of Enslaved Man Joseph Egiton from George W. Lowe to Hanson Dines

 Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 2 (Legal), Folder: 19
Identifier: GTM-20230629
Scope and Contents 1840 Bill of Sale of an enslaved man named Joseph Egiton. Egiton was sold from George W. Lowe (of South Carolina) to Hanson Dines (of Washington, DC) for $150. The transaction was witnessed by Thomas and Edward Mattingly, District of Columbia, Washington County. Materials on Slavery Please note: Our objective is to make collection material related to slavery and enslaved people as accessible as possible to researchers. Researchers may,...
Dates: 1840
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Joseph P. Mobberly, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS24
Scope and Contents The Joseph P. Mobberly, SJ Papers (1815-1827) consist of the remembrances, observations, and expositions of a Jesuit who worked principally as manager of St. Inigoes, a house and plantation in St. Mary’s County, and who taught at Georgetown College. Brother Mobberly wrote on a wide variety of topics: agricultural management, focusing particularly on the economic viability of enslaved labor and strategies for maximizing the production of wheat, corn, and other alternatives to tobacco...
Dates: 1815 - 1827
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Tilghman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-720803
Scope and Contents Correspondence, financial records, daybooks, ledgers, clippings and photographs pertaining to the Tilghman family of Eastern Shore, Maryland. References to noted members of the family, including Colonel Richard Tilghman and Matthew Tilghman, occur among the records. Also contained in the papers is a journal kept by Stedman R. Tilghman, describing his travels through the West in 1843, including detailed accounts of American Indian culture and language.See the External Documents...
Dates: 1712 - 1843
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Paul and Anthony Kohlmann, SJ papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS16
Scope and Contents The Paul and Anthony Kohlmann, SJ papers consist of a heavily annotated printed, bound volume with several pages of manuscript notes inserted. The bound item is a copy of volume one of Joannes Caspar Saettler's Theologia Moralis Universa (Strasbourg, 1776). Bound with it is a printed German catechism, several pages of manuscript notes in various hands, and a handwritten exhortation in English, circa 1815-1819. The exhortation, bearing the Latin title “Exhortatio ad nigros servos” (“An...
Dates: 1776; circa 1815-1819
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

John McElroy, SJ Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS23
Scope and Contents The John McElroy, SJ Papers contain diaries, correspondence, Golden Jubilee materials, retreat notes, biographical information and other writings, and some business and financial records from McElroy’s tenure as Procurator of Georgetown College. McElroy’s diary (1813-1821) documents enslaved people at Georgetown College and at several Jesuit plantations in Maryland. Materials on Slavery Some folders in this collection contain references to...
Dates: 1803 - 1905
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Joseph Mosley, SJ Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS25
Scope and Contents The Joseph Mosley, SJ Papers consist of sixteen letters written by Mosley to his family, and cover the period from 1757-1786. Fifteen of the letters are addressed to “Mrs. Dunn Junior,” Mosley’s sister (living in Northumberland, England); one letter is to his brother, Michael Mosley, SJ (living in Shropshire, England). The letters contain commentary on the environment, politics, and residents of colonial Maryland, and on Jesuit life in the Maryland region, especially in relation to the...
Dates: 1757 - 1786
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Thomas F. Mulledy, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS26
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers documenting the spiritual ministry and correspondence of Thomas Mulledy from the time of his entry in the Society of Jesus in 1815 until his death in 1860. The papers include sermons, 1829-1860; discourses, exercises, instructions, and lectures, 1834-1860; mass intentions, 1824-1860; and verses, 1817-1859. They also include two manuscripts: "Liber Manualis Sacerdotum" ("Priest's Manual"), 1815-1828, and "Vade Mecum" ("Go With Me"), 1815-1822....
Dates: 1815 - 1860; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1860
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

David Landers Peruvian Manuscripts Collection

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS458
Scope and Contents The David Landers Peruvian Collection contains fifteen autographed legal documents, dated 1566 to 1626, in addition to a listing of hospital patients from 1776 and an Incan quipu. The documents are linked at times by a common witness, or notary public, along with other signatures from those involved in the particular exchange. The Peruvian documents demonstrate the importance placed by the Spaniards in maintaining a written record for a wide variety of transactions during the colonial era....
Dates: 1566-1776; Majority of material found within 1566-1626
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Stephen Dubuisson, SJ - William Feiner, SJ collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS50
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters, diaries, and other writings of Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson, S.J. and William Feiner, S.J. Because the two men served as successive Presidents of Georgetown College in the 1820s, and because both made entries in the letterbooks in this collection, these materials have been grouped together. Dubuisson’s materials consist of loose letters (including several pertaining to students at Georgetown College) and three bound items (a diary, a...
Dates: 1818 - 1842
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

William H. Duncan, SJ Papers

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Identifier: GTM-GAMMS52
Scope and Contents The William H. Duncan, SJ Papers contain journals he maintained throughout his Jesuit vocation; financial ledgers regarding the estates of his father John and sister Margaret; and several pieces of correspondence. Of note are entries related to the sale of enslaved persons in Lowndes and Autauga, Alabama, in 1860 (folder 7). Materials on Slavery This collection contain references to slaveholding. Relevant materials have been noted on the...
Dates: 1854 - 1894
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Patrick F. Healy, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS57
Scope and Contents The Patrick F. Healy, SJ Papers consist of diaries, academic notebooks, correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, and other personal papers written by or concerning Healy and his family. The materials cover the period from 1841-1983; the bulk of the materials date from 1877-1906.The twelve diaries in the collection primarily record appointments. The correspondence consists of a single folder of materials written by Healy (1871-1903), as well as two folders of correspondence...
Dates: 1841 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1877 - 1906
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Matthews Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-730917
Scope and Contents Correspondence, documents, manuscripts, diaries and clippings concerning the Matthews family of Missouri. Early material includes leaves from a diary, describing frontier life in Missouri from 1818-1833, a land grant signed by John Quincy Adams in 1827, and bills of sale from 1855 for two enslaved people. Later material includes correspondence and manuscripts from Florence Calvert Thorne, Director of Research for the American Federation of Labor, and research material of Ralph A. Anderson...
Dates: 1812 - 1976
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-000119
Scope and Contents The Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus covers the period from 1630-2004; the bulk of the materials date from 1800-1875. The collection documents the establishment of the Jesuit order, and of the Catholic Church more broadly, in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Also referred to as the Maryland Province Archives (MPA), it consists of the organizational records and papers of the Province in its various iterations: the Mission of Maryland (1634-1773), the...
Dates: 1630-2004
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts

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