Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents Correspondence sent to or regarding Fr. Pise; predominantly letters of recommendation or introduction.Includes an invitation from Mary Carroll and Richard Caton (1828); a letter from Elizabeth Carroll Tucker to Lady Stafford recommending Fr. Pise for a position in Paris (1832); three letters of introduction for Fr. Pise from Fr. Samuel Barber, Daniel Desmond, and James Rooney (1842); letter from James V. Stoute (1843); letter from Bolivian bishop Guy Ignace Chabrat re: his...