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Plowden Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-400531
Scope and Contents

The collection contains property leases, deeds, legal briefs, copies of wills, letters, family records, warrants, land surveys, charts, notes, and "fragments". The records primarily relate to property in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

See the External Documents section below for the collection's inventory.

Dates: 1660 - 1916
Found in Creators:  Plowden Family
Found in Notes:  Clifford Lewis Jr., Clifford Lewis 3rd, and Miss Agnes Plowden.
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Plowden Family Papers
Found in Finding Aid Filing Title:  Plowden Family Papers

John Carroll Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-760101
Scope and Contents The John Carroll Collection contains original and transcribed correspondence; two religious manuscripts; biographical notes and news clippings; and miscellaneous documents related to the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and the first archbishop of Baltimore. Of note are transcriptions of letters exchanged with Fr. Charles Plowden in folders 1, 2, and 6.This collection has been digitized and is available to view online in ...
Dates: 1770 - 1976
Found in Notes:  Of note are transcriptions of letters exchanged with Fr. Charles Plowden in folders 1, 2, and 6.

This collection has been digitized and is available to view online in DigitalGeorgetown.

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

Plowden, Charles.

 File — Box 22: Series 1272 [Barcode: 39020030746732], Folder: 33
Identifier: 80215
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains documents comprising the personal manuscripts collection of John Gilmary Shea. This series consists of Boxes 21 and 22 and is arranged alphabetically by individual.

Dates: 01/01/1700-12/31/1892
Found in Notes:  PLOWDEN, CHARLES - REFERENCE (UNDATED): Other Types

Plowden, Charles.

 File — Box 13: Series 1541, Folder: 25
Identifier: 97253
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Arranged alphabetically by individual.

Dates: 07/23/1778-07/23/1778
Found in Notes:  Plowden, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed to William H.

Plowden, Charles

 File — Box 217: [Barcode: 39020031854519], Folder: 13
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...
Dates: c. 1817
Found in Notes:  Charles Plowden (1743-1821) was born at Plowden Hall, Shropshire and studied at the Jesuit college at St.

Plowden, Edmund I.

 File — Box 18: Series 1542, Folder: 10
Identifier: 97425
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Oversized Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Arranged alphabetically by individual.

Dates: 03/09/1854-03/09/1854
Found in Notes:  Plowden, Edmund I. Document Signed by U.S. Secretary of State William L.

Interview: Plowden (transcript).

 File — Box 3: Series 1019; Series 1020; Series 1021; Series 1022, Folder: 78
Identifier: 66699
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Contains the transcripts for the interviews conducted by Colin Campbell with officials from the British government.

Dates: 01/01/1976-12/31/1981
Found in Notes:  PLOWDEN, ? - CAMPBELL INTRWV W/ RE CPRS (UK): Typescript

CAMPBELL, COLIN - INTRV W/ PLOWDEN RE CPRS (UK): Typescript

CPRS (UK) - CAMPBELL INTRV W/ PLOWDEN: Typescript

PLOWDEN, ?

Correspondence, Carroll-Plowden (1 of 7)

 File — Box 171: [Barcode: 39020030732864], Folder: 14
Identifier: 119_57_4
Scope and Contents Carroll-PlowdenOn general situation of ex-Jesuits and property, religious liberty in states 2/28/1779; on death of George Hunter, SJ, desire of Robert Molyneux, SJ to come to Maryland from Philadelphia 4/27/1780; on possibility of Society's restoration, administration of mission 2/20/1782; inquiring about Jesuits in Italy 5/18/1783; on arrival of Leonard Neale, SJ, plans for college and seminary, Propaganda's efforts to take over Society property, Society in Russia 9/26/1783; on...
Dates: 1779 - 1785
Found in Notes:  Carroll-Plowden

On general situation of ex-Jesuits and property, religious liberty in states 2/28/1779; on death of George Hunter, SJ, desire of Robert Molyneux, SJ to come to Maryland from Philadelphia 4/27/1780; on possibility of Society's restoration, administration of mission 2/20/1782; inquiring about Jesuits in Italy 5/18/1783; on arrival of Leonard Neale, SJ, plans for college and seminary, Propaganda's efforts to take over Society property, Society in Russia 9/26/1783; on Society in Russia and prospects for restoration, on note to Congress re Propaganda's desire for Society property (includes transcription of note) 4/10/1784; on apostasy of Charles Wharton 9/18/1784; on national character of clergy, Carroll's appointment as bishop, founding of two colleges in Maryland and hope for establishment of seminary, religious liberty, Wharton controversy 2/27/1785; on Carroll's move from Rock Creek to Baltimore 6/29/1785.

Correspondence, Carroll-Plowden (2 of 7)

 File — Box 171: [Barcode: 39020030732864], Folder: 15
Identifier: 119_57_5
Scope and Contents On vicariate-apostolic and independence of national clergy, conversations with B. Franklin, hopes for establishment of College 12/15/1785; on lack of priests, deaths of German ex-Jesuits in Pennsylvania 7/11/1786; on sending of Irish Capucins to Kentucky settlement, hopes for school and seminary, interest in extending missions to Southern Virginia and Carolinas 11/13/1786; [on plans for Academy at Georgetown, prospects of restoration of Society and its property 2/28/1787]; on application for...
Dates: 1785 - 1787

Correspondence, Carroll-Plowden (3 of 7)

 File — Box 171: [Barcode: 39020030732864], Folder: 16
Identifier: 119_57_6
Scope and Contents On problems with Irish and German Capucins, commencement of construction of "the Academy" 3/1/1788; on independence of English clergy, problems with Irish and German clergy, Molyneux at Bohemia 5/26/1788; on continuing progress on Academy, arrival of Francis Neale, SJ 11/12/1788; on grant of ordinary Bishopric 3/20/1789; on establishment of See of Baltimore 5/8/1789; on Carroll's reluctance to assume Bishopric 7/12/1789; [on further problems with Capucins 10/23/1789]; on problems with German...
Dates: 1788 - 1789