Hiring "servants" at the College, February 1805
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Title
Hiring "servants" at the College, February 1805
Subject
Slave hiring; Slave labor; Georgetown College
Description
This entry in the Procurator ledgers of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus indicates that the Jesuits' general fund financed the hire of "servants" for Georgetown College in 1804. The reference to "servants" most likely refers to enslaved people. Georgetown received two payments, one for 120 dollars and another one for $185. The payment for hiring servants is paired in the cashbook with payments for horse food.
Creator
Maryland Province Archives
Publisher
Georgetown Slavery Archive
Date
1805-02
Contributor
Elsa Barraza Mendoza
Rights
Maryland Province, Society of Jesus
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
GSA377
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
| 1805 | Amount brought forward …… | 1916.6 ½ |
| February 26 | By cash paid for the hire of servants to George College for the year 1804 ……… | 120.00 |
| By Ditto pd for horse food its Dtto ….. | 45.00 | |
| By Ditto paid College for hire of Servts & horse food for the year 1804 …… | 185.00 |
Original Format
Manuscript
Files
Collection
Citation
Maryland Province Archives
, “Hiring "servants" at the College, February 1805,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed January 22, 2025, https://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/422.