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 Sermons by John Carroll, SJ (1735-1815). Entered 1753; served in Maryland 1774-1815. Maryland Province Archives, except when noted. Descriptions make reference to pages in Thomas O’Brien Hanley’s three-volume series The John Carroll Papers (1976).(1) 1786. No title. No text. 2 pages. Incomplete: conclusion only, of a sermon preached at the consecration of St. Peter's Church (New York) 4 November 1786. Printed in Hanley v. 3 p. 461-462. (2)...