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...

Scope and Contents Sermons by Francis Beeston, SJ (1751-1809). Entered 1771; served in Maryland 1786-1809. Sources as noted.(1) 1787. No title. Text: Matthew 6:16. 2 pages. Imperfect: text and introduction (part) only. Notes on verso: "Col. Ash-Wednesday. On the fast of Lent. 1787--Deerfield Dom: Quinquag: Hane's Neck Die seq: Philadea. la. Dom: QuadrawL Warwick Dom: 2a., Quadrag: Dom: Quinq: 1792-Boha. Dom: Quinq: 1793-Boha. Dom. Quinq: 1794-Baltre." Based...

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Consists of transcripts of John Carroll correspondence. Shea used these transcripts to write 'Life and Times of Most Rev. John Carroll,' volume two of his four-volume history of the Catholic Church in America. The transcripts are arranged in rough chronological order.

Scope and Contents Francis Beeston (1751-1809) was born in Lincolnshire, England, and entered the Society of Jesus at Ghent in 1771. After the Suppression, he was at the seminary in Liege before emigrating to the US in 1786. He was at Bohemia Manor beginning in 1790 and eventually assigned to Old St. Joseph's (Philadelphia) and made rector of the cathedral in Baltimore, where he remained until his death in 1809. This folder contains two leaves from a Georgetown College account journal indicating his credits...

Scope and Contents Land and legal records:Notice (1800) of establishment of commission to mark and bound land tracts at Little Bohemia; Letter (Feb. 24, 1801) of Francis Beeston, S.J., to Hugh Matthews; Petition (Mar. 1, 1801) to the justices of Cecil County to mark and bound lands at Bohemia; Letter (Mar. 3, 1801) from Archbishop John Carroll to Fr. Beeston or Hugh Matthews; Order of Cecil County Court (1801) appointing commissioners to mark and bound Bohemia tracts; Official survey of Bohemia...

Scope and Contents Legal records: Indenture (1714) between Denis Nowland and James Heath; Survey of Skelton, Hocton and Sarah's Joynture has on reverse plat of Herman's Branch and Augustin's Creek; Indenture (1721) between James Heath and Thomas Mansell; Indenture (1728) between John Bennett and Peter Attwood; Indenture (1730) between Ephraim A. Herman and Vachel Denton; Indenture (1730) between Joshua George and Vachel Denton; Indenture (1731) between Joshua George and Peter Attwood; Indenture...

Scope and Contents Documents related to the assignment of power of attorney, including letters from Thomas Mulledy, S.J., to John McElroy, S.J., assigning POA when he was in Europe between 1840 and 1841 to handle outstanding financial matters, including details related to the 1838 sale:Extract from laws of Maryland Assembly governing conveyances of corporations by attorney (1822); Form model (1867) for letters of attorney; Letter of Attorney-Charles Sewall et alii to John Bolton (1797) for care and...

Scope and Contents Legal documents and correspondence regarding St. Joseph's Church:Decree (1841) by Francis P. Kenrick, Bishop of Philadelphia to Ignatius Combs, S.J.; Note (c. 1841) concerns history and property of Jesuits in Philadelphia; Indenture [Deed (1842)] between Peter Havermans, S.J., and Revs. John McElroy, Ignatius Comos and Benjamin A. Young, S.J., is attached to document [certificate] signed by Secretary of State Daniel Webster; List of standing debts of St. Joseph's Residence...

Scope and Contents Land and legal records with correspondence: tenant contracts arrange chronologicall (105V10); Letters between Bally and Lancaster describe sales of lands. Within this set, there is a letter requesting a middle-aged "colored woman" to replace the servant of the residence who needed to take care mother and was expected to become a Franciscan nun. (10V 1/2)Twelve letters (1864-71) of Augustine Bally, S.J., to Charles C. Lancaster, S.J.; Note (1867) concerns sale of woodland on...