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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.

Scope and Contents The Catholic Historical Manuscripts Collection is an artificial collection containing documents generated by significant Jesuits associated with Georgetown University in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. It includes correspondence, handwritten documents, financial account information, and bound manuscripts. Noteworthy individuals include Simon Brute, Joseph-Pierre de Cloriviere, Pierre Jean DeSmet, Alphonsus Donlon, Louis William DuBourg, Francis Dzierozynski,...

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The John Carroll, SJ 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.

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

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Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Arranged alphabetically by individual.

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Oversized Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Arranged alphabetically by individual.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.