Georgetown College pays to capture Spalding, a runaway slave, 1805
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Title
Georgetown College pays to capture Spalding, a runaway slave, 1805
Subject
Slavery--Fugitive slaves; Jesuits--History--19th century; Georgetown College
Description
In a letter from 1805, Leonard Neale, President of Georgetown College, wrote to his brother Rev. F. Neale that Spalding had ran away. The following entries from the College Cashbook register payments for "going after A. Spalding," and paying "Constable for Spalding."
Creator
Georgetown University Archives
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
1805-08-9,17
1807-09-01
1807-09-01
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza, Cory Young
Rights
Georgetown University Library
Relation
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Financial Records
Identifier
GSA243
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
| 1805 August | ||
| ………………… | ||
| …………………. | ||
| 9 | To Cash paid for Sundryes $1.20 ½ | 1.20 ½ |
| To Cash paid Gloyed for going after A. Spalding … | 3. … |
| 1805 August | ||
| ………………… | ||
| …………………. | ||
| 17 | To Cash paid in Market 37 ½ | ----. 37 ½ |
| To Cash paid the SConstable for going for A.Spaldy $ | 3. … |
| October 1807 | ||
| Oct 1st | Paid Constable for Spalding…. | 3.25 |
| …………………. |
Original Format
Financial Records
Files
Collection
Citation
Georgetown University Archives, “Georgetown College pays to capture Spalding, a runaway slave, 1805,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed January 22, 2025, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/265.