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Runaway Ad for Isaac and Moses from White Marsh, 1803
This set of advertisements in the Maryland Gazette illustrates Rev. John Ashton's attempts to capture Isaac and Moses from White Marsh after he was released from his duties as plantation manager in 1801. In response to Ashton's advertisement from…
Runaway Ad for Harry Shorter, 1810
On March 23, 1810, G.B. Bitouzey, the manager of White Marsh plantation posted a runaway slave advertisement for Harry Shorter, a 25 year-old man, in the Maryland Gazette.Bitouzey lists the neighberhood of Georgetown as a possible destination for…
Runaway Ad for Charles and Patrick Mahoney, 1798
On January 8, 1798, Rev. John Ashton, the manager of White Marsh plantation, posted a runaway slave advertisement for Charles and Patrick Mahoney in the Maryland Gazette. In 1791, Charles Mahoney, along with his siblings Patrcik and David, filed…
Rev. Thomas Mulledy, S.J. accepts new terms of payment, March 31, 1844
In this letter written six years after the sale of 1838, Fr. Thomas Mulledy notifies Henry Johnson that he accepts the new payment arrangement negotiated with Johnson by Mulledy's agent, Edmund Forstall, a prominent New Orleans banker.
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Rev. Leonard Neale purchases Charles from Rev. Sewall SJ, July 1787
After hiring Charles from Rev. Sewall in 1786, Rev. Leonard Neale bought him in 1787 for 130£. At the time Neale was Manager of St. Thomas' Manor and Sewall the pastor of St. Ignatius at Chapel Point.
Rev. Joseph Mosley's record of baptisms in St. Joseph's and St. Mary's County, 1760-1799 (transcription)
Transcription of record of baptisms from 1760-1799 performed by Rev. Joseph Mosley SJ in St. Joseph's and St, Mary's County, Maryland. This record includes numerous baptisms of children born into slavery and free people of color.
Rev. John Ashton's Will, 1810
In his 1810 will, Rev. John Ashton, the former manager of the White Marsh plantation bequeathed property to Charles and Elizabeth Queen, the children of Susanna Queen, a woman who had been enslaved at the White Marsh plantation and probably became…
Rev. Eden receives the profits of the sale of three enslaved persons, June 1811
At a meeting held at Georgetown College in 1811, the members of the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergy decided to grant to Fr. Joseph Eden the profits from the sale of three enslaved persons: a girl sold by the Rev. Beeston, and two black boys sold…
Resolution to apprehend Tom, June 1809
In 1809, the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen resolved to apprehend Tom, a runaway slave from the White Marsh plantation.
Report on the Maryland Provincial Congregation, 1835.
A report on the eight postulates proposed during the Maryland Provincial Congregation, and the decisions regarding each. Postulates six and eight deal with a proposal to sell the Province's slaves and indicates the sharp debate among the Jesuits over…