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In this letter to another Jesuit priest in June 1838, Fr. Mulledy, SJ discussed his negotiations with potential buyers over the price of the people that the Maryland Jesuits intended to sell. He reports that he had been having trouble selling them…

Rev. John McElroy comments on the instruction of black students at Trinity Church in Georgetown in 1819.

On a visit to Talbot City, Rev. John McElroy S.J. alludes to "some negroes" who "pretended to claim their freedom."

Rev. John McElroy, S.J. observes mass at Trinity Church with an interracial congregation

Rev. John McElroy, S.J. records the total number of people at Georgetown at the end of 1814, including "servants."

Fr. Miguel leaves an unnamed "Negro Woman" at the College in July 1814.

Rev. John McElroy records in his journal on Jan. 29, 1814, that Isaac ran away from the College. The entry for the following day, Jan. 30, notes that Isaac was captured and put in jail in Baltimore. Rev. Neale, who was in Baltimore, then sold Isaac…

Rev. John McElroy takes a census of Georgetown College, including "12 Servants" out of 102 people in all.

Rev. John McElroy notes in his journal that everyone in the College is celebrating the Feast of St. Xavier "except the Servants."

Rev. McElroy's count of "the number of our family" includes "13 Colored Persons."