This annotation made by Joseph Zwinge, S.J. registers the final payment received by the Jesuits of Maryland for the sale of 272 persons in 1838.J.R. Thompson paid $11,918.64 plus a 6% interest and a premium for late payment that amounted to $908.90.…
In this letter from April, 1852, John R. Thompson -the new owner of 140 enslaved persons sold by Jesuits of Maryland in 1838- thanks Rev. Charles Stonestreet, the Jesuit provincial in Maryland, for allowing him to delay the payment of his debts.…