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This receipt from November 10, 1838 records a payment by Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy of fifteen and a half dollars for "supper, lodging & breakfast, horses, and servants."

From the date of the transaction, it is likely that the exchange is related to…

This receipt from November 12, 1838 records a payment by Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy of $57.50 to Capt. John Gibson for transporting an unspecified number of persons. It includes fees to a Dr. James Roach.

This receipt from November 23, 1838 records a payment by Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy of seventy five dollars to Francis Herbert for transporting thirty two enslaved persons from Newtown to Alexandria.

A transcription of a register of baptisms at the Jesuit plantation White Marsh from 1818 to 1822. This register includes many names of children born into slavery and free people of color.

In 1818, Fr. John Henry, the manager of the Jesuits' Bohemia farm sold five enslaved people to a neighbor involved in the interstate slave trade. However, a Methodist judge put the enslaved men in jail to prevent them from being illegally transported…

Report on the operations and income generated by the Jesuit plantation Newtown in 1833

A report by Father McSherry on the operations and income of the Jesuit plantation at St. Thomas Manor in 1833.

Report by Father McSherry on the operations and income generated by the Jesuit plantation St. Inigo's in 1833.

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…

In 1809, the Corporation of Roman Catholic Clergymen resolved to apprehend Tom, a runaway slave from the White Marsh plantation.