Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This series contains material about Jesuits and Jesuit life.

Scope and Contents Series 2, the Records of the Procurator, includes financial and legal documents related to the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, and covers the years 1633-1968. The Procurator - effectively the treasurer of the province - had oversight of finances, and the records in this series reveal the emergence of a tobacco-centered economy in the mid-Atlantic region in the seventeenth century, its diversification beginning in the late eighteenth century, and the decline of agriculture in...

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Contains correspondence, clippings, announcements, publications, and other material re all aspects of campus life, including student events, elections, organizations, protests, and activism. Reference is made to civil rights activity, as well as to protests against the Vietnam War. Material relating to the National Student Strike of 1970 and the May Day demonstrations of 1971 is included.

Arranged chronologically.

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Papers related to Southern real estate:

Map of Irwin County, Georgia; Letter (Feb. 22, 1849) from C.C. Lancaster, S.J., to General A.H. Brisbane; Three letters (1849) from General Brisbane; Grant (1730) from Thomas Lord Fairfax per Robert Carter to Alexander MacCarty.

**Former finding aid locations: Former finding aid locations: 119_38_7; 109P-109S1**

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Commission merchant statements documenting produce sales, including tobacco, corn, and wheat (Lancaster procurator):

Contains receipts for commission sales of tobacco, corn, and wheat raised by Province.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_92_8; 418**

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Commission merchant statements documenting produce sales, including tobacco, corn, and wheat (Lancaster procurator):

Contains receipts for commission sales of tobacco, corn, and wheat raised by Province.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_92_8; 418**

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Correspondence of Francis McAtee, S.J., a Catholic Chaplain during the Civil War, as well as correspondence of C.C. Lancaster, S.J.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_10_4; 11.1**

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Charles Lancaster to Barber, 1855-03-19

**Former finding aid locations: 119_75_1; 223A1**

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These items were pulled from a scrapbook including manuscript letters written by Charles Lancaster and John McElroy, reports on St. John's Literary Institute

**Former finding aid locations: 119_118_7; 573:48**

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House diary written in part by Charles Lancaster, S.J.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_15_4; 50Z4**

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Contains ALS from Enders to Stonestreet on misc. at Conewago, including reports of death threats against F. De Neckere 10/22/1854. Also includes ALS from Lancaster to Stonestreet on Conewago misc.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_74_23; 222J**

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Contains ALS to Paresce from: Bp James Wood approving purchase of 17th St. lot in Philadelphia 9/29 & 10/22/1866; Bp O'Connor on same 10/17, 11/3, & 11/12/1866; Lancaster on construction of Woodstock 11/8 & 12/1/1866.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_77_2; 227B1-227B7**

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Woodstock College Grounds and Vicinity (1872); Receipt of Expenses on new farm at Woodstock (1881); Bill (1881) for legal services of James B. Green, Esq.; Cockey's part sold to Woodstock attached to Letter (Apr. 12, 1866) from Edward Herbert to C.C. Lancaster, S.J.; Receipt of services of Charles B. McClean for survey plat; Record of land tracts bought and sold.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_21_9; 61R1, 61R3-61R5, 61S2, 61T1**

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Receipts and Expenses recorded by Charles Lancaster, S.J. Includes expenses and receipts for entire province including missions, schools, and novitiates located outside Maryland in addition to income from the sale of plantation produce as well as expenses for servants and laborers.

**Former finding aid locations: 119.1_70; 190F**

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Record of tenants' rental payments listed by individual tenant on each plantation. Also includes accounts with laborers and contracters, terms of rental agreements, and draft of eviction notices. Recorded by Charles Lancaster, S.J.

**Former finding aid locations: 119.1_80_1; 195D**

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Receipts, contracts, and other paperwork surrounding the procuring of and payment for supplies to construct Woodstock. Includes some related correspondence to Procurator Charles Lancaster, S.J.

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Receipts, contracts, and other paperwork surrounding the procuring of and payment for supplies to construct and manage Woodstock. Includes some related correspondence to Procurator Charles Lancaster, S.J..

Scope and Contents Letter (Dec. 23, 1858) from C.C. Lancaster, S.J., to Augustine Baly, S.J., concerns the succession of Wills from Henry Neale to the present; Certificate (1916) verifies the registration of the Will of Timothy Brosnahan; Letter (May 11, 1916) concerns Estate of Timothy Brosnahan; Will (1868) of James Curley; Petition (1904) of Patrick Healy to have Fr. Curley's Will probated; Letter (Apr. 5, 1902) from D.A. Merrick, S.J.; Letter (Apr. 4, 1902) from Michael J. Scanlan, Esq.; Will (1891) of...

Scope and Contents Contains ALS: from Beschter to Dzierozynski on preaching activities in Baltimore, visit of Bp Fenwick 6/16/1826, on same 6/28/1826, on Marechal's plans to visit Richmond, apptmnt of Dubois as Bp of NY 6/30/1826; from Abp Marechal to McElroy on dispensation 6/23/1826; from Dzierozynski to Beschter on Society successes in Lancaster and Goshenhoppen, disposition of St. George's Island, Barber's successes in New Hampshire 6/24/1826; from Dzierozynski to McElroy on correspondence with Marechal...

Scope and Contents Contains ALS: from B. Fenwick to G. Fenwick on Indian mission, ME 9/3/1833; from Kenney to Wm. McSherry on misc. 9/13/1833; from Wm. McSherry to McElroy on misc., including Frederick income 9/11/1833, on arrival of items for Missouri mission 9/18/1833; from Kenney to McElroy on former's arrival at Liverpool 9/13/1833; 2 copies from Scholastics of MD to Scholastics of Rome 9/19/1833; to Charles Lancaster on misc. news 9/17/1833; from A. Kohlmann to McElroy letter of friendship 9/20/1833....