John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) was the leading American Catholic Historian of his era. A prolific writer and editor, Shea's crowning achievement was the publication of a four-volume history of the Catholic Church in the United States.
John Gilmary Shea was born on July 22, 1824, in New York City. The son of James Shea, an Irish immigrant and school principal, and Mary Ann (Flannigan) Shea, John graduated from Columbia Grammar School in 1837. Admitted to the New York bar in 1846, he entered the Society of Jesus and continued his studies from 1848-50 at St. John's College, Fordham. From 1850-52, Shea was associated with Jesuit historian Felix Martin at St. Mary's College in Montreal. In 1852, Shea left religious training and pursued a career of writing and editing.
In 1854, Shea married Sophie Savage. They had two daughters.
Shea produced an astounding number of books, articles, and pamphlets while working as an editor for several periodicals. His writings amount a veritable library of works, focusing mostly on American Catholic History and important topics such as Native American linguistics. In 1852, Shea published "Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley," which he dedicated to Jared Sparks and for which he won admittance into several prominent historical societies. In 1854, he compiled "History of the Catholic Missions Among the Indian Tribes of the United States, 1529-1854." Meanwhile, he published articles in "U.S. Catholic Magazine," "Catholic World," "U.S. Historical Magazine," and "American Catholic Quarterly Review." From 1855 through 1867, Shea worked on the "Historical Magazine." From 1858 through 1890, he edited Sadlier's "General Catholic Directory." From 1860 to 1874, he edited the valuable "Library of American Linguistics." He worked for a time for the publishing house of Frank Leslie. From 1887 to 1889, Shea served as editor for the U.S. Catholic Historical Society, an organization which he founded. Between 1886 and 1892, Shea published his "History of the Catholic Church in the United States," the four-volume capstone to his distinguished career.
Shea also published "History of Georgetown College" (New York: P. F. Collier, 1891) in honor of the school's centenary celebration in 1889. Georgetown awarded Shea an honorary degree (LL.D.) and a medal for his service in 1889.
John Gilmary Shea died in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on February 22, 1892. In that year, his books, manuscripts, periodicals, and personal papers were donated to Georgetown College. In return, Georgetown College purchased 500 sets of Shea's "History of the Catholic Church in the United States."
Shea's carreer is chronicled in more detail by his biographer Peter Guilday in "John Gilmary Shea: Father of American Catholic History, 1824-1892" (New York: United States Catholic Historical Society, 1926).
The preeminent American Catholic historian of his day, John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) amassed an extraordinary collection of correspondence, manuscripts, and research materials. The John Gilmary Shea Papers preserved in the Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division provide valuable documentation of both American History in general and American Catholic History in particular. The papers are contained in 26 boxes (11.5 linear feet).
Along with a small amount of outgoing correspondence from Shea, most of which was sent to Edmond Mallet, the John Gilmary Shea Papers include a large quantity of incoming correspondence to Shea, most notably letters deriving from his editorship of "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly." Many prominent individuals corresponded with Shea, and this collection includes letters from the likes of Frederick Douglass, Thomas Edison, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Shea's correspondence provides key insights into nineteenth century America.
In addition to his rich correspondence, Shea's papers feature a substantial amount of documents relating to Native American linguistics and history. Scores of original documents in Native American languages, most dating to the 1800s, are preserved in this collection. Many grammars, vocabularies, and other written records of Native American languages exist within this archive. Original letters and papers of Lewis Cass, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, and William Wadden Turner are retained.
As a large portion of the collection highlights American Catholic History, letters and documents to and from notable figures; such as Frederic Baraga, Pierre Jean DeSmet, John Joseph Hughes, and Elizabeth Ann Seton; are preserved. One box alone consists of transcripts of Archbishop John Carroll correspondence, the source material for Shea's writings on America's first Roman Catholic bishop. The research material in the Shea Papers documents the early history of the Catholic Church in America and includes original documents from the colonial period from Canada, Louisiana, New York, Florida, northern Mexico, and other regions. The research files served as the basis for Shea's monumental four-volume work "The History of the Catholic Church in the United States" (1886-92) and his other prolific writings.
Moreover, Shea's personal manuscript collection holds original documents of historical significance. Documents signed by Patrick Henry, Louis XIV, Anthony Wayne, and others show the breadth of his collecting interests.
The manuscripts and primary sources in the John Gilmary Shea Papers complement the library of John Gilmary Shea, which is also housed in the Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division. Over 5,000 printed books, journals, newspapers, and pamphlets once belonging to Shea are available to researchers. In many cases, individuals appear as both authors of books in the Shea Book Collection and correspondents in the Shea Papers. Taken together, Shea's books and manuscripts provide a thorough record of his career. Georgetown University Library owns over 60 books authored or edited by Shea, some of which are stored in the Georgetown University Library main stacks. Others are located in the Special Collections Division.
The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. holds some papers related to John Gilmary Shea. That institution retains the papers of Shea's biographer Peter Guilday.
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Gift of Sophie S. Shea and Elizabeth Shea, 1892.
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Contains outgoing correspondence from John Gilmary Shea. Mostly letters to Edmond Mallet. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
1 ALS (copy) dated 10/23/1889 from John Gilmary Shea to J. Dunn, S.J., acknowledging the receipt of two packages.
1 ALS dated 5/13/1858 from John Gilmary Shea to Michael Flood, in reference to a comment by Flood in a letter to E. Dunigan & Brother. Sent from New York.
4 ALS (photocopies) dated 1883 from John Gilmary Shea to Martin I. J. Griffin, with references to Henri de Courcy, Bernard U. Campbell, Charles I. White, and Archbishop John Carroll. Note: the originals of these letters are found in the Martin I. J. Griffin Papers in the Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division.
17 ALS and 1 ACS dated 1883 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet (1842-1907), mostly discussing their respective research. Shea provides bibliographical and archival suggestions. Much discussion of French Canadian settlement in America for Mallet's book "Discours Sur la Situation des Canadiens aux Etats-Unis" (1881). References include Charles Hawley, Joseph Tasse, Elbert Herring, the sale of Rev. Joseph M. Finotti's books, Rev. Ferdinand Farmer, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Shea's Cramoisy Press series, Frederic Baraga's Chippewa dictionary, and Canadian History. Almost all letters sent from Elizabeth, New Jersey.
9 ALS dated 1880 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, regarding each man's historical research. Includes references to Charles I. White, the death of Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Shea's translation of Louis Hennepin's "A Description of Louisiana" (1880) [along with enclosed 1-page printed advertisement of Shea's work on Hennepin (1880)], the Prince Society's "Voyages of Samuel de Champlain" (1878-82), George Bancroft, Rev. Francois Seguenot [whose 1728 letter Shea believed to be the first Catholic work printed in the United States of America], the death of Frank Leslie and resulting tumult at his publishing house, and Queen Catharine Montour. Most letters sent from Elizabeth, New Jersey. One letter written on letterhead of Frank Leslie's Publishing House.
3 ALS dated 1881 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, discussing historical research. Includes references to Benjamin Sulte, Shea's translation (1881) of Christian Le Clercq's "First Establishment of the Faith in New France," and Charles Guiteau and the Guiteau family. The folder also contains 1 photocopy of the title page of Mallet's "Discours Sur la Situation des Canadiens aux Etats-Unis" (1881) inscribed by Mallet to Shea [the copy of the book Mallet presented to Shea is in Georgetown Special Collections, call#: SPC Shea E184.F85 M344 1881].
13 ALS dated 1882 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, regarding historical research. Includes references to "Heathen Chinee," Francis Parkman, Pierre Margry, Benjamin Sulte, a paper by Bishop John Baptist Lamy, Pierre Toussaint, the Church of San Xavier del Bac, Don Diego Dionisio de Penalosa, Archbishop Juan de Zumarraga, discussion of Francis Parkman's "Discovery of the Great West: La Salle," Giaovanni da Verrazano, George Bancroft, Jacques Cartier, the "Fair Gazette," and Estevanico el Moro. The folder also contains 1 AM (3 pages) by Shea titled," An Humble and Forgotten Explorer: Estevanico el Moro," written for the "Fair Gazette."
3 ALS dated 1883 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, with discussion of historical research. The 3/28/1883 letter has references to Benjamin Sulte and compares the experiences of the Jesuits in Canada, Maryland, and California. The 5/16/1883 has a reference to a pamphlet by Rev. John B. Brouillet. The 5/27/1883 letter has much discussion of Sulte's book and contains references to the Recollects in Canada.
8 ALS and 2 TEL dated 1884 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, regarding historical research. Discussion of a Propaganda note by Shea, a manuscript by Pierre Esprit Radisson, and the articles of capitulation signed by George Washington at Fort Necessity. Includes references to the election of Grover Cleveland, the death of Bishop Francis Norbert Blanchet, Pierre Margry, a letter from Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan, Charles Gayarre, the registers of Vincennes, Antoine Drouet Sieur de Richardville, and the Prince Society.
2 ALS dated 1/10/1885 and 2/15/1885 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, discussing historical research. Includes references to Archbishop Francis Norbert Blanchet, archives in Quebec, and Mallet's catalog of the Carroll Institute Library.
8 ALS dated 1886 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, with discussion of their respective historical research. Includes references to Pierre Esprit Radisson, Andrew Arnold Lambing, Pierre Margry, Bishop Peter Joseph Baltes, early priests in St. Augustine (Florida), Daniel Carroll, Frederic R. Coudert, and Henri Raymond Casgrain. One of the letters was written on Frank Leslie's Publishing House stationary.
8 ALS dated 1887 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, with discussion of historical research. References to M'Glynn, Pierre Gibault, Auguste Carayon, the Brent Papers, Henri Raymond Casgrain, Archbishop Francis Norbert Blanchet, Martin I. J. Griffin, a memoire from Archbishop John Carroll to George Washington, President Grover Cleveland's handling of an application by Mallet for a post, Bernard J. McQuaid, Frederic R. Coudert, the papers of John Carroll, and a photograph of John's Carroll's mother.
7 ALS dated 1888 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, regarding historical research. Includes references to Henri Raymond Casgrain, Elzaer Alexandre Taschereau, a paper by Andrew Arnold Lambing, Mallet's appointment as Indian Inspector, laying the cornerstone at Catholic University of America, General William Starke Rosecrans, the marriage of John Mary Chartier to Sally Robineau, Shea's delays in getting out his history of Archbishop John Carroll, and Adolph Francis Alphonse Banelier.
4 ALS dated 1889 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, with discussion of historical research. Includes discussion of Frank Leslie's Publishing House, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Shea's financial woes, and Mallet's removal from a post. Also, 1 ALS dated 1889 from S.S. Shea to Mallet, regarding John Gilmary Shea's poor health.
1 ALS dated 10/1890 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, discussing historical research. Includes references to the Carroll Institute and Notre Dame. Sent from Elizabeth, New Jersey.
3 ALS dated 1891 from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, regarding historical research. Includes references to Claudio Jannet, Francis Xavier Blanchet, Francis Norbert Blanchet, and Shea's four-volume history of the Catholic Church in America.
7 undated ALS from John Gilmary Shea to Edmond Mallet, regarding historical research.
9 ALS (photocopies) dated 1889-1890 from John Gilmary Shea to Rev. Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., President of Georgetown College, regarding Shea's work on his book "History of Georgetown College" to commemorate the centennial of the college. Also, 2 ALS (photocopies) dated 1889 from J. Fairfax McLaughlin to Shea, regarding Shea's research for the book.
1 undated ALS from John Gilmary Shea to "My dear Doctor," regarding the "Society," with references to "His Grace" and Monsignieur Quinn.
1 ALS dated 7/18/1856 from Adolphe, Bishop of London, to the editor of the "Catholic Citizen," lamenting recent disputes in the Catholic press. References to the "Catholic Mirror" and the "True Witness."
Contains incoming correspondence to John Gilmary Shea. Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent.
1 ALS dated 6/16/1865? from Samuel Austin Allibone to John Gilmary Shea, acknowledging receipt of a letter and an article: "Where Are the Remains of Columbus?"
1 ALS dated 12/17/1872 from Jane G. Austin to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a paper.
1 empty envelope postmarked 10/21/186? from Henry Bowen Anthony to John Gilmary Shea. The letter is not retained. Postmarked Providence, Rhode Island.
1 ALS dated 11/7.1882 from Charles W. Baird to John Gilmary Shea, with ample discussion of historical research. References to DeMonts' 1604 expedition, King Henry IV, and Samuel de Champlain. Sent from Rye, Westchester County, New York.
1 ALS dated 11/12/1883 from Peter Joseph Baltes, Bishop of Alton, Illinois, to J.D. Sadlier & Co., with lengthy discussion of the census of the Catholic population of the United States. Includes discussion of Catholic population of the diocese of Alton. Sent from Alton, Illinois.
1 brief ALS dated 11/25/1856 from Frederick Augustus Porter Banard, President of Columbia College, to John Gilmary Shea. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 4/6/1852 from George Bancroft to John Gilmary Shea, returning a map of Marquette and making reference to Mr. French; addressed "Rev. John D. Shea, S.J.;" sent from New York. Also, 1 ALS dated 4/5/1866 from Bancroft to Shea, informing him he does not have a particular book; addressed "Mr. Shea." And, 1 envelope signed by Bancroft addressed to Shea postmarked 12/21/[no year], sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 10/24/1854 from John Bapst, S.J. to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of the anti-Catholic uprising at Ellsworth, Maine. Sent from Bangor, Maine.
1 ALS dated 9/19/1854 from Frederic Baraga, Bishop of Amyzonia and Vicar Apostolic of Upper Michigan, to John Gilmary Shea, discussing works written by Baraga and giving the Native American names for his works. Sent from "Saut St. Mary," Michigan. Also, 1 ALS dated 12/26/1855 from Baraga to Shea, stating that he is stationed in Little Traverse Indian Mission, also known as Arbre Croche, which was his first mission in 1831. Sent from Little Traverse Bay, Emmet County, Michigan.
1 ALS dated 12/30/1876 from Edwin A. Barber to John Gilmary Shea, enclosing an autograph manuscript article by Barber for publication. Sent from West Chester, Pennsylvania. The enclosed autograph manuscript (3 pages) article is titled "Pottery of the Moquis." Includes 7 pencil sketches of Moqui pottery.
1 ALS dated 8/21/1878 from Bishop J.M. Barbero to "Messrs. Sadlier and Co.," in reference to the Catholic Directory.
1 ALS (in Spanish) dated 6/17/1882 from Jose Maria, Bishop of Barcelona, to John Gilmary Shea. Sent from Barcelona.
1 ALS dated 9/14/1885 from S.L.M. Barlow to John Gilmary Shea. in regard to a letter. Written on company letterhead of Shipman, Barlow, Larocque & Choate, No. 35 William Street, New York.
1 ALS dated 5/17/1864 from Phineas Taylor Barnum to Frank Leslie, asking Leslie to send his artist to sketch Barnum in his office. Written on Barnum's American Museum letterhead, which includes a lengthy advertisement for the museum on the left-hand side of the page.
1 undated ALS from E. Barrett to John Gilmary Shea.
1 ALS dated 2/13/1861 from William Barry, secretary of the Chicago Historical Society, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a paper Shea submitted and discussion of the origin of the word "Chicago."
1 ALS dated 3/8/1854 from John Russell Bartlett to John Gilmary Shea, in regard to Bartlett's book "Dictionary of Americanisms." Also, 1 ALS dated 6/8/1859 from Bartlett to Shea, enclosing a copy of the latest edition of Russell's "Dictionary of Americanisms."
1 ALS dated 3/15/1865 from William H. C. Bartlett, to Mr. Rennie, regarding corrections to a written work. Sent from West Point, New York.
1 ALS dated 3/15/1888 from James Phinney Baxter to John Gilmary Shea, regarding research on the early colonization of Maine. Includes references to Monsignor Urbano Cerri, Arundell of Wardour, and James Rosier. Sent from Portland, Maine.
1 ALS dated 5/5/1853 from James Roosevelt Bayley to John Gilmary Shea, informing him of notes on the history of the Catholic Church in New York City. References include Father Damien, Archbishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, and Father Anthony Kohlman, S.J. Sent from New York City.
1 ALS dated 5/20/1854 from Theodoric Romeyn Beck to John Gilmary Shea, enclosing a copy of the "Instructions of the Regents [of the University of the State of New York], 1853." "Instructions..., 1853" not retained. Sent from Albany, New York.
1 ALS dated 11/28/1874 from Thomas Andrew Becker, Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, to D.& J. Sadlier and Co, regarding the Catholic almanac and reporting the death of a priest. Sent from Wilmington, Delaware. Also, 1 ALS dated 5/14/1891 from Becker to John Gilmary Shea, discussing the history of the diocese of Savannah, Georgia. References to Francis Xavier Gartland, D.D. Edward J. Sourin, John Barry, and Edward Barron. Sent from Savannah, Georgia.
1 undated ALS from Park Benjamin to Frank Leslie's Publishing House, enclosing a poem for publication. The autograph manuscript poem (2 pages), also retained in this folder, is titled, "A Drop of Water."
1 ALS dated 11/10/1876 from Henry Bergh, of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Frank Leslie enclosing a poem for publication. The poem is not retained.
1 ALS dated 10/8/1874 from Lewis Bishop to John Gilmary Shea.
1 ALS dated 9/26/1858 from Francis Norbert Blanchet, Archbishop of Oregon City, to "Messrs. Col.? Dunigan & Brother," stating that he does not know the Catholic population of his diocese for the Catholic almanac of 1859 and giving his opinion about the almanac.
1 ALS (in French) dated 8/22/1854 from Florimond J. Bonduel to "Mon Bien Cher Monsieur," with lengthy discussion and analysis of the language of the Menominee, a Native American Indian tribe. Sent from Milwaukee. Also, 1 ALS (in English) dated 3/23/1859 from Bonduel to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of the Menominee language and the Menominee mission. Reference to Bonduel's book "Souvenir Religieux D'Une Missione Indienne" [retained by Georgetown Library Special Collections Division in Shea book collection]. Sent from Green Bay.
1 ALS dated 12/28/1886 from Joshua Bodfish to John Gilmary Shea, regarding past correspondence.
1 ALS dated 12/1/1887 from Thomas Bonacum(?) to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., in response to an inquiry for the Catholic Almanac and Directory. Sent from Lincoln, Nebraska.
1 ALS dated 9/20/1861 from Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte to John Gilmary Shea, thanking him for his useful service. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 12/10/1863 from David Bradley, Lieutenant Colonel of the 20th Illinois Volunteers, to Frank Leslie, describing the Civil War battle of Raymond, fought May 12, 1863. References to fighting at close quarters, the 8th Illinois reinforcing the 20th Illinois, and casualty statistics for the 20th Illinois. Sent from Headquarters of the 20th Illinois Volunteers, Big Black, Mississippi.
1 ALS dated 6/12/1878 from Henry A. Brann to John Gilmary Shea, providing autobiographical information. Also, 1 ALS dated 6/12/1878 from Brann to Lawrence G. Goulding, providing information on the history of the Catholic Church in New York City. Includes references to St. Elizabeth's Church and St. John's Church of Fort Washington Parish.
1 ALS dated 9/5/1867 from Daniel Garrison Brinton to John Gilmary Shea, acknowledging receipt of a note and referring to a translation of a work. Sent from West Chester, Pennsylvania.
1 ALS dated 4/18/1857 from John Romeyn Brodhead to John Gilmary Shea. 1 ALS dated 2/1/1863 from Brodhead to Mr. Richardson. 1 ALS dated 11/1/1865 from Brodhead to Shea. All brief notes. All regarding historical research.
1 ALS dated 5/1879 from ? Brody to John Gilmary Shea. Sent from Albany, New York on State of New York Assembly Chamber letterhead.
1 ALS dated 1/11/1858 from James Carter Brown to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a publication.
1 ALS dated 6/17/1884 from Douglas ?, of the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding Shea's inquiry about the articles of capitulation of Fort Necessity. It was unknown by the correspondents where the original articles were archived.
2 ALS dated 10/24/1877 and 10/7/1878 from John Cameron, Archbishop of Arichat, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., returning information to the Catholic Almanac.
1 ALS dated 12/27/1858 from Charles Campbell to John Gilmary Shea, discussing the alleged discovery of the Chesapeake Bay by the Spanish. Sent from Petersburg, Virginia.
1 ALS (in French) dated 12/9/1889 from Henri Raymond Casgrain to John Gilmary Shea, regarding Casgrain's "Collection Des Manuscripts Du Marechal Levis" (1889-95) [vol. 1 and 2 retained in Georgetown University Library Special Collections, call 3#: LAU SPCOLL Shea E199 .L66; other volumes in main stacks at Georgetown University Library]. Sent from Quebec.
2 ALS dated 7/15/1878 and 7/29/1878 from Luigi Palma Di Cesnola to "Sir" [presumably Frank Leslie], offering to write an article for the "Monthly" on Cyprus. Sent from Greenwich, Connecticut.
1 ALS dated 11/24/1875 from S. M. Chatard to John Gilmary Shea. Sent from Rome.
1 ALS dated 5/28/1879 from John L. ? to John Gilmary Shea, with brief reference to education among the Cherokees. Sent from Tahlequah, Indian Territory.
1 ALS dated 11/1/1861 from James Freeman Clarke to John Gilmary Shea, with reference to W. L. Putnam. Sent from Boston.
1 ACS dated 3/15/1880 from Richard Henry Clarke to John Gilmary Shea, providing as address for a delivery.
1 ALS dated 6/30/1883 from W. F. Clarke, S.J. to John Gilmary Shea, regarding newspaper extracts and photographs. Sent from Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland.
1 TL dated 8/5/1878 from Thomas Colgan, President of the National Printing Company, to "Rev. Dear Sir," regarding proofs of a sketch of a church for Goulding's History of the Catholic Churches in New York, prepared by John Gilmary Shea. On the back of the letter are handwritten notes about St. Louis.
1 ALS dated 10/8/1883 from Oscar W. Collet to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of the origin of the word "Louisiana" to describe the Mississippi River Valley. Reference to Pierre Le Monyne d'Ibervile.
1 ALS dated 7/15/1872 from Richard H. Collins to John Gilmary Shea, complimenting him for a recent article about Fr. Armand de la Richardie and trying to determine the first European to set foot in Kentucky. Includes references to Jacques Marquette, Louis Hennepin, and Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle. Sent from Covington, Kentucky. On letterhead bearing the mark "Office of Collins' History of Kentucky."
1 ALS dated 9/4/18?? to John Gilmary Shea from a correspondent in Georgetown, Colorado. Reference to Joseph Maria Finotti and the sale of a library.
1 ALS dated 11/23/1864 from Archbishop Thomas Louis Connolly to "My Dear Sir" [presumably John Gilmary Shea], regarding the history of the Catholic Church in Acadia. Includes a reference to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Evangeline." Sent from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1 ALS dated 9/12/1884 from Bishop John Joseph Conroy to John Gilmary Shea, agreeing to speak with Shea at some point and to provide him with a photograph.
1 ALS dated 1/17/1881 from Clarence Cook to John Gilmary Shea, asking for the date of the death of Orestes Augustus Brownson to help find an article about Brownson by George Ripley.
1 ALS dated 8/22/1863 from Joel Cook to John Gilmary Shea, thanking him for his interest in Cook's work on General John Pope. Sent from Philadelphia.
1 ALS dated 1/19/1864 from Theo. P. Cook to Frank Leslie, enclosing a poem [not retained]. Sent from Fort Richmond.
1 ALS dated 11/16/1859 from John Esten Cooke to "Dear Sir," with references to a publication. Sent from Richmond, Virginia.
1 ALS dated 1/23/1880 from Bishop Michael Augustine Corrigan to John Gilmary Shea, complimenting him on the new Catholic Directory and expressing his desire for a history to be written of the Catholic Church in New Jersey. Sent from Newark, New Jersey. Also, 1 autograph document: "Extract from the Records of St. Joseph's Church ... Now Called "Echo" Lake," with references to Rev. Charles French and Rev. Francis O'Donaghue. And, 1 AD dated 9/18/1884 with reference to Corrigan.
1 ALS dated 7/19/1883 from Patrick Corrigan to John Gilmary Shea, with a reference to Corrigan's book "Episcopal Nominations." Sent from Hoboken, New Jersey.
1 ALS dated 10/22/1883 from Henry Cosgrove to D.& J. Sadlier & Co. Also, 1 ALS dated 8/29/1884 from Cosgrove to John Gilmary Shea. Both letters sent from Davenport, Iowa.
1 ALS (w/ envelope postmarked 11/2/1884 and 11/6/1884) from L. Lindley Cowen, U.S. Navy, to the editor of Frank Leslie's "Magazine," enclosing a book "The French at Foochow" (Shanghai, 1884) by Cowen and James F. Roche. The book is retained in the Shea book collection at Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division. Sent from Chefoo, China.
1 ALS dated 5/25/1863 from Edward E. Cross to the editor of Frank Leslie's requesting a copy of the biography about him. Signed "Cm 1st Brigade, Hancock's Division, 2d corps."
1 typed document signed by Michael Cunningham regarding Catholics in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with references to Rev. Canon Walsh and Bishop David W. Bacon.
1 ALS dated 5/7/1890 from Charles Currier to John Gilmary Shea, providing a brief biographical sketch of Rev. Christian Kander. Sent from Boston.
1 ALS dated 3/21/1870 from John Curtis to Rev. Joseph Maria Finotti. Sent from Bishop's Home, Omaha, Nebraska.
1 ALS dated 11/4/1861 from George W. Curtis to John Gilmary Shea, sending a photograph [not retained in this folder]. Sent from North Shore, Richmond Co., New York.
1 ALS dated 1/31/1862? from ? Curtt(?) to John Gilmary Shea, and 2 ALS from unidentified people to unidentified persons.
1 brief undated ANS from Frederick Daniel to John Gilmary Shea. Shea was using this slip as a bookmark in one of his books.
1 ALS dated 4/12/1862 from William Darlington to John Gilmary Shea, with a reference to the work "The Battle of Crooked Billet" by William Watts Hart Davis. Includes references to the American Civil War regiment of the 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers (commanded by Davis), Revolutionary War General John Lacey (d. 1814, father-in-law of Darlington), Bucks County (Pennsylvania), the Battle of Germantown, Thomas J. Rogers, and Charles B. Richardson. Sent from West Chester, Pennsylvania.
1 AMS dated 8/19/1868 from David Davidson to John Gilmary Shea, "Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln: The Martyred President of the United States of America." The letters of the words spelling that title across the page are composed, in turn, of smaller words describing Lincoln's second inauguration. Dedicated to Shea by Davidson.
1 ALS dated 7/21/1883 from John Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mrs. Frank Leslie, regarding a request for a copy of the signatures attached to the Definitive Treaty of Peace with Great Britain. Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 8/6/1886 from Henry Barton Dawson to John Gilmary Shea transcribing a letter from Horatio Gates. Gates' letter (in Dawson's hand) dated 2/22/1779 is addressed to Major General John Sullivan and informs him that a French Augustine Priest, Father De la Motte, will be sent to do missionary work in Machias and perhaps bring the Native American Indians in Nova Scotia to the American cause; sent from Boston.
2 ALS dated 6/23/1862 and 6/30/1862 from John Ward Dean to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. References to David McLane, Henry T. Beckwith, and Walter R. Danforth. Sent from Boston.
1 ALS dated 9/13/1880 from B. F. De Cota to John Gilmary Shea, regarding early European explorers to New France.
1 undated ALS from John William De Forest to "Dear Sir" [presumably Frank Leslie] offering to provide a novel for serial publication. The novel was about reconciliation between the North and South after the American Civil War. Also, 1 AMS by De Forest titled "Memoranda Concerning J. W. De Forest" providing a biographical sketch of De Forest, a list of his publications, opinions from the press about his work, and reference to his military service during the Civil War in the 12th Connecticut. References to General Nathaniel Banks, General Benjamin Butler, General Philip Sheridan, Port Hudson[, Louisiana], Freedmen's Bureau, "Overland," "Kate Beaumont," and the "Wetherel Affair." And, 1 ALS dated 10/13/1884 from De Forest to Frank Leslie's Publishing House stating that he does not have a manuscript novel at hand.
1 ALS dated 4/12/1890 from James H. Defouri to John Gilmary Shea, regarding research on martyred priests in New Mexico. References to 40 martyred priests who died between 1533 and 1731. Includes short biographical sketches of each one. Sent from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2 ALS dated 9/29/1875 and 9/22/1880 from P. F. Dicharry to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing information about the Diocese of Natchitoches for the Catholic Directory. Sent from Natchitoches, Louisiana.
1 ALS dated 10/15/1864 from Charles Diane to John Gilmary Shea, in reference to the papers of Robert C. Winthrop. Sent from Cambridge.
1 ALS dated 11/9/1863 from Bishop Michael Domenec providing updated information for the Catholic Almanac about the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
2 ALS dated 9/27/1875 and 10/19/1882 from James Donnelly to D.& J. Sadlier & Co. Sent from Monaghan, Ireland.
1 TL dated 10/14/1886 from J. Owen Dorsey to John Gilmary Shea, in regard to a linguistic question dealing with the Comanche language.
1 ALS dated 12/17/1879 from Frederick Douglass to N. Robinson, expressing satisfaction with an interview published in "the [Frank Leslie's Illustrated] weekly" and with a picture of him apparently accompanying the interview. Douglass fancies himself more attractive than the picture shows, but is nonetheless pleased. Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 9/14/1881 from Patrick Duggan to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., enclosing a report [not retained].
1 ALS (in French) dated 4/23/1859 to Edward Dunigan & Brother from the Bishop of St. Boniface, providing information about the diocese of St. Boniface. Sent from Riviere-Rouge.
1 very brief ALS dated 8/5/1878 from Bishop P. P. Durien to D.& J. Sadlier & Co. Sent from New Westminster, British Columbia.
1 ALS dated 2/7/1865 from Evert Augustus Duyckinck to John Gilmary Shea, discussing proofreading and offering to help with the magazine.
1 ALS dated 2/12/1878 from Thomas A. Edison to Frank Leslie, informing him that he has the phonograph running and discussing terms to have an artist from Leslie's Publishing House draw a sketch of it. Edison states that he expects to have another phonograph completed in the next few days and that he will photograph that one. Sent from Menlo Park, New Jersey, on "Edison's Electrical Pen and Duplicating Press" letterhead.
1 ALS dated 7/5/1881 from Bishop William Henry Elder to John Gilmary Shea, thanking him for a book. Sent from Cincinnati.
1 brief ALS dated 11/25/1879 from Bishop James Etheridge to "Dear Sir."
1 ALS dated 1/6/1863 from Alfred W. Ellet to John Gilmary Shea, offering to provide a biographical sketch and photograph of Colonel Charles Ellet. Sent from Headquarters, Mississippi River Marine Brigade, Bunker Hill, Illinois. Also, 1 ALS dated 1/31/1863 from Alfred W. Ellet to Shea, enclosing the biographical sketch, which is not retained in the Shea Papers. Sent from Headquarters, Mississippi River Marine Brigade, St. Louis, Missouri.
1 ALS dated 2/14/1878 from William Maxwell Evarts, U.S. Secretary of State (1878) under Rutherford B. Hayes, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding the distribution of the papers of Pierre Margry. Sent from Department of State, Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 10/2/1862 from Edward Everett to John Gilmary Shea in reply to a request to prepare a memoir of Col. Webster. Everett stated he was currently preoccupied with many other projects. Sent from Boston.
1 ALS (in French) dated 4/10/1857 from Jean Baptiste Antoine Ferland to "Cher Monsieur" [presumably John Gilmary Shea], regarding historical research. Discussion of books. Sent from Quebec.
1 ALS dated 6/26/1875 from Frances C. Fisher to John Gilmary Shea, offering to send a manuscript.
1 ALS dated 12/1/1870 from Bishop Thomas Foley to "M Dear Sir" [presumably John Gilmary Shea]. Sent from Chicago.
14 ALS and 1 AMS dated 1872-1879? from Joseph Maria Finotti to John Gilmary Shea. Mostly regarding their respective research. Reference to Finotti's book "Bibliographia Catholica Americana" (1872) [available in Georgetown University Library Special Collections].
2 ALS dated 12/13/1865 and 1/18/1866 from Peter Force to John Gilmary Shea, requesting several issues of the Historical Magazine. Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 10/2/1863 from Major General John Gray Foster to William H. Neligan in New York, in reply to a note of 9/23, welcoming a visit promised by Neligan. Sent from Head Quarters, Dept. of Virginia & North Carolina, Fortress Monroe, Va. Signed "J. G. Foster, Major General Comd'g."
1 ALS dated 1?/10/1862 from James Barnett Fry to John Gilmary Shea, in reply to a request for information about George Douglas Ramsay. Reference to Ramsay's family members. Sent from Louisville, Kentucky.
1 ALS dated 11/22/1876 from Michael(?) Gannan(?) to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing corrections to the lists of priests in the diocese of Halifax. Sent from St. Mary's, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1 ALS dates 4/15/1886 from James Gibbons to John Gilmary Shea, asking where he put a bound copy of an Apostolic Bull; sent from Baltimore. 1 ALS dated 11/4/1875 from Gibbons to the editor of the Catholic Directory providing corrections to his report to the Catholic Directory; sent from St. Peter's Cathedral, Richmond, Va. 1 ALS dated 12/24/1890 from Gibbons to Shea, in regard to an archival search; sent from Cardinal's Residence, Baltimore.
1 ALS (in French) dated 5/4/1868 from Juaquin Garcia to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. Reference to a letter of Hernan Cortes. Sent from Mexico.
1 ALS dated 7/29/1886 from Charles Gayarre to John Gilmary Shea, in reply to a request to write an article in memory of Paul Hamilton Hayne. Gayarre suggests that Joseph A. Hill has more material and is better suited to write such an article. Sent from New Orleans.
1 ALS dated 3/18/1886 from Henry George to the editor of Frank Leslie's Monthly, stating that he was unable to write anything for him at the moment because of other engagements. Sent from Brooklyn, New York.
1 ALS dated 5/26/1880 from William Hamilton Gibson to John Gilmary Shea, offering to provide him with some illustrations. Reference to Frank Leslie. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 10/31 from George Gibbs to John Gilmary Shea, with a reference to "American Linguistics" and to the Smithsonian Institution. Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 9/1/1884 from Bishop Louis de Goesbriand to John Gilmary Shea, enclosing a photograph [not retained] and providing a brief biographical sketch. Sent from Burlington, Vermont.
1 ALS dated 10/28/1882 from Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Grace, Bishop of St. Paul, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing information for obituary notices. Sent from St. Paul, Minnesota.
1 ALS dated 1/2/1865 from James Duncan Graham, Colonel of Engineers U.S. Army, to John Gilmary Shea, editor of the "Historical Magazine," requesting back issues of the magazine. Reference to a loss by fire sustained by the "Historical Magazine." Sent from Boston, Massachusetts.
1 ALS dated 6/20/1883 from Charles W. Greene to Major W. J. Walthall, inquiring about the Alabama Indians. Greene wonders if they are extinct, as claimed in an article by Walthall. Greene points to evidence in Johnson's "Cyclopedia," Appleton's, and the Texas almanac. References to Polk County, Texas; the Creek Indians, the Coushatta [i.e. Koasati] Indians, and Professor Robert Ellis Thompson. Sent from Philadelphia. Also, 1 ALS dated 7/31/1883 from Greene to John Gilmary Shea, regarding his research on the Alabama Indians. Sent from Philadelphia.
1 brief, undated ALS from Alfred Hudson Guernsey to John Gilmary Shea.
1 ALS dated 10/21/1879 from Eusebio Guiteras to John Gilmary Shea, sending a volume to him. Sent from Philadelphia.
1 ALS dated 8/13/1877 from L. Gueguen to John Gilmary Shea, regarding the observation of Holy Days. Sent from Vincennes, Indiana.
1 undated ALS from John Habberton to John Gilmary Shea, in regard to a copyright question. Sent from Brooklyn.
1 ALS dated 12/7/1856 from Daniel Haignere to John Gilmary Shea, in regard to historical research. References to research on the birthplace of St. Patrick. Sent from Boulogne-sur-mer.
1 ALS dated 5/9/1880 from Edward Everett Hale to "Gentlemen," regarding a manuscript article. Sent from Roxbury, Massachusetts.
1 ALS dated 2/22/1883 from Horatio Hale to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of the Tutelo Indians. Includes reference to Hale's book "Tutela Tribe and Language" (1883). Sent from Philadelphia.
1 ALS dated 11/14/1877 from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing church statistics. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 12/3/1885 from the Bishop of Hamilton to an unidentified correspondent. Sent from Hamilton, Ontario.
1 ALS dated 10/8/1864? from Henry Harrise to John Gilmary Shea. Reference to S.L.M. Barlow and to "Notes on Columbus." Sent from New York University Building.
1 ALS dated 9/21/1885 from Charles Hawley to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. Reference to the Iroquois Indians. Sent from Auburn, New York.
1 ALS dated 2/19/1879 from John Henderson to John Gilmary Shea, informing him of a copy of a book by Frederic Baraga for sale. Sent from the office of the clerk of the court of Scott County, Winchester, Illinois.
2 ALS dated 12/3/1874 and 10/12/1885 from Thomas F. Hendricken, Bishop of Providence, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., requesting proofs for the Catholic Directory. Sent from Providence, Rhode Island.
1 ALS dated 10/9/1855 from Joseph Henry to John Gilmary Shea, asking whether Shea received the Dakota Dictionary he sent him; sent from Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Also, 1 ALS dated 5/10/1862 from Henry to Shea, acknowledging receipt of the Yakama Grammar, enclosing correspondence [not retained], and making reference to a Mr. Taylor; sent from Smithsonian Institution.
2 ALS dated 12/30/1861 and 5/29/1862 from John Howard Hickcox to John Gilmary Shea, regarding proofs and an exchange of published materials. Sent from Albany New York on New York State Library stationery.
1 ALS dated 12/22/1878 from T. Hoelscher, Chancellor of the Diocese of Buffalo, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding diocesan statutes. Reference to Jason A. Lanigan. Sent from Buffalo.
1 ALS dated 12/3/1888 from Bishop John F. Hogan to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., requesting proofs of the report of the diocese of Kansas City. Sent from Kansas City, Missouri.
3 ALS dated 1890 from M. A. F. Holmes to John Gilmary Shea, giving his opinion of the first two volumes of Shea's "History of the Catholic Church in the United States." Holmes complements Shea on the volumes; questions him about possible errors in several footnotes; provides biographical data about Mrs. Ellen (O'Connor) Grant and Mr. John O'Connor of Auburn, New York; and asks about the earliest Catholicity in Auburn, New York. Sent from Macedon, New York.
1 ALS dated 3/15/1865 from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. to "Dear Sir" [presumably John Gilmary Shea], requesting that his subscription to a magazine be stopped. Sent from Boston.
1 printed pamphlet (15 pages) by Henry A. Homes: "The Pompey, (N.Y.,) Stone: With an Inscription and Date of A. D. 1520, An Address before the Oneida Historical Society" (Utica, NY: Ellis H. Roberts & Co., 1881). 1 ALS dated 7/18/1881 from Homes, Librarian of the New York State Library, to John Gilmary Shea, enclosing and discussing the pamphlet. 1 ALS dated 11/29/1883 from Homes to Shea, regarding books and historical research.
1 ALS dated 10/26/1865 from E. J. Horan, Bishop of Kingston, to D. & J. Sadlier & Co., providing information about changes in the list of clergy in the diocese of Kingston. Sent from Kingston.
1 ALS dated 2/18/1891 from Eben Norton Horsford to John Gilmary Shea, acknowledging receipt of a translation and sending a copy of a paper about Norumbega [not retained]. Sent from Cambridge.
1 ALS dated 12/23/1881 from Oliver Otis Howard to Frank Leslie's Publishing House, enclosing a photograph of a requested heliotype [not retained]. Signed "O. O. Howard, Bat. Maj. Genl, U.S.A." Sent from Headquarters, Department of the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska.
1 undated ALS (and 1 photocopy of the letter) from Archbishop John Hughes of New York, approving and recommending the version of the Douay Bible edited by John Gilmary Shea.
1 ALS dated 5/14/1854 from Jedediah Vincent Huntington to John Gilmary Shea, acknowledging a payment and discussing an article by Shea; sent from Baltimore. 1 ALS dated 4/23/1855 from Huntington to Shea, inquiring about articles by Henri de Courcy; sent from Leader Office, St. Louis.
3 ALS (in French, with one lengthy excerpt written in Huron language and one lengthy excerpt written in Abenaki language) dated 3/1/1888, 4/13/1888, and 5/13/1859 to John Gilmary Shea from an unidentified correspondent. One excerpt in the language of the Huron Indians is titled "Voeu a La Sainte Vierge de la Nation des Hurons en Langue Huronue." The excerpt in the language of Abenaki Indians the is titled "Voeu de la ?[unknown word] Abnaquis en Leur Langue." Sent from Chartres.
1 undated ALS from Ges. Hurtrel to John Gilmary Shea, regarding research on Capuchins in Paris. Sent from Paris.
1 ALS dated 8/27/1855 from Levi Silliman Ives to "Dear Sir" [presumably John Gilmary Shea], regarding a list of published Bibles. Sent from New York.
2 ALS dated 9/1/1884 and 5/4/1886 from J. Janssens(?) to John Gilmary Shea, providing a biographical sketch of Rt. Rev. Bishop and records. Sent from Alton, Illinois.
1 ALS dated 5/10/1879 from T. L. Jamet, Postmaster of New York City, to John Y. Foster, editor of "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly," regarding correspondence and a plate used in a recent issue of the weekly. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 10/3/1882 from Aegiduis Junger, Bishop of Nesqually, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., returning information about the diocese of Nesqually. Sent from Spokane Falls, Washington Territory.
1 ALS dated 10/14/1876 from A. M. Keeley to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a set of sketches. Sent from Richmond, Va.
1 undated ANS by W. Keene: "I am very much obliged for the American." Written on stationery of Dr. Keene, 34th Street and Prospect Avenue, Georgetown [Washington, D.C.].
1 ALS dated 4/27/1873 to W. L. Kehoe from the Archbishop(?) of Newark, regarding a book by John Gilmary Shea. Kehoe wrote a note to John Gilmary Shea on the letter, asking him to respond to the letter.
2 ALS dated 4/19/1856 and 3/7/1858 from John Kelly to John Gilmary Shea, regarding exchange of books and documents. Reference to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 3/11/1859 from Francis Patrick Kenrick, Archbishop of Baltimore, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding the publication of his book: "The Book of Job, and the Prophets" (Baltimore: Kelly, Hedian & Piet, 1859) [retained in Shea book collection in Georgetown University Library Special Collections]; sent from Baltimore. Also, 1 ALS dated 12/30/1862 from Kenrick to Shea, regarding research into early Franciscan missions in Pennsylvania, including references to Rev. Theodore Brauer, Rev. Patrick Lonergman, Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania], Greensburg [Pennsylvania], Waynesburg [Pennsylvania], John Carroll, Rev. Maurice Whelan, Rev. A. Nugent, Gabriel de la Rebourde, Rev. Michael Egan, rev. Antonio Sedilla, DuBourg, Ambrose Marechal, Cardinal Lorenzo Litta, Rev. Charles Bonaventure McGuire, and Very Rev. Louis DeBarth; sent from Baltimore.
1 ALS dated 4/29/1872 from Peter Richard Kenrick, Archbishop of St. Louis, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a revised edition of the Douay Bible. Sent from St. Louis.
1 ACS dated 11/22/1888 from N. Kersten to D. & J. Sadlier & Co., requesting proofs.
1 ALS dated 9/5/1877 from S. I. Kimball, of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, to G. I. Hagan, promising to send him some material.
2 ALS dated 4/20/1878 and 5/8/1878 from I. W. King (?), chief engineer of the Steam Engineering Department of the U.S. Navy Yard in Boston, to Frank Leslie, regarding an article on war ships of the world. Sent from Boston.
1 ALS dated 1/8/1863 from Elisabeth Kelly to unknown correspondent, providing information about her deceased husband Major J. Kelly, of the "4th Infantry of Regulars." Sent from Plattsburg, New York.
1 ALS dated 10/15/1859 from the Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing corrections for the Catholic almanac. Sent from Kingston.
1 undated ALS from Mary A. Ladlin (?) to John Gilmary Shea, asking where she could find certain biographical notices.
1 ALS dated 10/15/1882 from L. N. Lambert to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing updated information about Covington, Kentucky, for the Catholic Directory. Sent from Covington, Kentucky.
1 ALS dated 1/8/1883 from Rev. Andrew Arnold Lambing to Rev. A. Wirst, in regard to the career of Rev. Henry Lemcke. Also, 1 TLS dated 6/29/1891 from Andrew Arnold Lambing to John Gilmary Shea, regarding sets of periodicals. Lambing compliments Shea on his labors as a historian of the Catholic Church in the U.S. Sent from Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
1 ALS dated 1/1/1886 from Andrew Lang to "Dear Sir," regarding a reprint. Sent from London.
1 AMS dated 6/3/1861 by Benson John Lossing, regarding his historical research, with extensive discussion of his career, books, and other publications. Page 3 may have been written by Lossing. Pages 1 and 2 not retained. Pages 4, 5, 6, and 7 seem to be by someone else.
1 undated ANS by John P. Leahy making reference to changes in the clergy of his diocese.
1 ALS dated 9/25/1877 from the Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co. Sent from Leavenworth.
1 ALS dated 11/16/1863 from "Lebrun" to Frank Leslie, enclosing a caricature [not retained]. "Lebrun" asks for a job illustrating for Leslie's publications. The author says "Lebrun" is his artist's name, not his real name. Reference to Napoleon III. Sent from Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.
3 ALS dated 6/12/1861, 6/25/1861, and 7/22/1861 from Charles Kander to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of Micmac language translations and manuscripts. Also, 1 brief ANS: "Micmac Hieroglyphics: Father . . . LeClercq . . . ."
2 ALS dated 7/15/1857 and 11/28/1860 from James Lenox, to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of Bibles. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 1/21/1886 from Francis R. Lercey, Archbishop of New Orleans, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding church records. Reference to Charles Gayarre and Pointe Coupee. Sent from New Orleans.
1 ALS dated 2/5/1864 from Theodore Lichtenhein, Major 58th Regiment of New York Volunteers, to Frank Leslie, enclosing a sketch of a general [not retained] and making reference to Colonel Kriss(?) Lanowski. Sent from Broadway.
1 ALS dated 3/15/1881 from Robert Todd Lincoln, U.S. secretary of war, to John Gilmary Shea, promising to send a report of the secretary of war and instructing him to write to the secretary of the interior for a report on the United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pennsylvania). Sent on War Department stationery, Washington City.
1 ALS dated 7/29/1879 from P. N. Lynch to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of the history diocese of Charleston, South Carolina. Sent from New York.
6 ALS from unidentified correspondents whose last names appear to begin with the letter "L." 3 letters appear to be to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., mostly regarding gathering information for the Catholic Directory. The other 3 letters appear to be to John Gilmary Shea.
1 ALS dated 10/20/1875 from John MacCarthey, Bishop of Cloquee, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., regarding proofs.
2 ALS dated 9/12/1879 and 11/8/1880 from Angus MacDonald to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing information for the Catholic Directory. Sent from Oban.
1 ALS dated 9/25/1881 from John MacEvilly (?) to D.& J. Sadlier & Co.
1 ALS dated 10/29/1884 from Joseph Protectus Machebeuf to John Gilmary Shea, providing a biographical sketch of himself and information about the city of Denver. Sent from Denver.
1 ALS dated 10/22/1863? from Bishop Colin F. MacKinnon to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. Sent from Nova Scotia.
1 ALS dated 3/13/1876 from Camillus Paul Maes, pastor of St. John's, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding pamphlets, with reference to Joseph Maria Finotti; sent from Monroe, Michigan. 1 ALS dated 3/15/1885 from Maes, Bishop of Covington, to Shea, asking if he had seen an essay by John A. Russell; sent from Covington, Kentucky.
1 ALS dated 10/23/1857 from Bishop Louis Maigret to E. Dunigan & Brother, thanking them for sending books. Sent from Honolulu.
1 ALS dated 11/25?/1884 from T(?). Manogue to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing information about changes to the diocese in California. Sent from Baltimore.
1 ALS dated 9/3/1875 from Bishop Augustus M. Martin to D. & J. Sadlier & Co.
1 ALS dated 12/4/1887 from Nicholas Matz to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., regarding changes in the Catholic clergy of Colorado.
1 ALS dated 4/15/1867 from Brantz Mayer to John Gilmary Sea, discussing an exchange of books. Reference to Mayer's "Memoir of Jared Sparks, LL.D" [retained in Shea book collection in Georgetown University Library Special Collections]. Sent from Baltimore.
2 ALS dated 4/27/1863 and 11/15/1864 from Thomas D'Arcy McGee to John Gilmary Shea, sending a proof [not retained] of an essay on Samuel de Champlain's recently recovered manuscript, asking if there will ever be a monument to Isaac Jogues, and introducing Mr. R. A. Leach. Sent from Quebec and Montreal, respectively.
2 ALS dated 9/28/1863 and 11/18/1881 from Peter McIntyre, Bishop of Charlottetown, to John Gilmary Shea, asking him if he would be interested in writing a history of the Catholic Church in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. McIntyre believed Shea was the best person to write such a history. Sent from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
1 ALS dated 8/15/1878 from L. Meurin to D.& J. Sadlier & Co. Sent from Bombay.
1 ALS dated 9/22/1877 from P. Moran to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., enclosing a list of churches and clergy in his diocese. Sent from New Zealand.
1 ALS dated 1/15/1862 from J. W. Moss, Colonel in the 2nd Virginia Volunteers, to John Gilmary Shea, describing the military service of Lieutenant Alfred Sickman, who was recently killed in the action at Allegheny Summit on 12/13/1861. Reference to Lt. Sickman's father, Samuel Sickman, of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Sent from "Head Quarters 2nd Va, Reg., Cheat Mountin Summit."
1 ALS dated 12/17/1875 from Joel Munsell, printer and publisher, to John Gilmary Shea, sending a payment. Sent from Albany, New York.
2 ALS dated 9/30/1876 and 10/5/1876 from Blanche Murphy to "Dear Sir" [presumably John Gilmary Shea], sending along materials for publication. Reference to Frank Leslie.
3 ALS from Henry Cruse Murphy to John Gilmary Shea. Includes discussion of early Brazilian saints. Dated 12/9/1873, 12/5/1876, and 1 undated. Letters sent from Brooklyn, New York.
1 ALS dated 10/14/1878 from an unidentified correspondent to John Gilmary Shea, with reference to the Buffalo Historical Society. Sent from Buffalo.
3 ALS dated 12/1/1880, 10/9/1884, and 9/17/1885 from M. Naughten, Bishop of Roseau, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing information for the Catholic Directory. Sent from West Indies.
1 ALS dated 7/25/1887 from H. Neilson to John Gilmary Shea, regarding manuscripts. References to Abbe J. Sasseville and John Neilson. Sent from Neilsonville, P. Quebec, Quebec County.
1 TLS from W. Nelson to John Gilmary Shea, inquiring about the origin and meaning of Acquackanonk in New Jersey. References to Passaic River and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. Sent from Patterson, NJ.
1 typed form letter dated 1/1857 from the New York Historical Society, asking for funding.
1 ALS dated 3/22/1887 and 1 ACS dated 11/7/1888 from Henry Pinckney Northrop, Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, to D.& J. Sadlier's & Co., providing information for the Catholic Directory. Sent from Charleston, South Carolina.
2 ALS dated 12/6/1885 and 2/29/1888 from C. O'Brien, Archbishop of Halifax, to John Gilmary Shea, providing biographical information. Sent from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
5 ALS dated 1859-1873 from Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. References to a portrait of General Peter Stuyvesant, Holland documents, a Bible printed by Duffy, and Shea's book "The Fallen Brave" (1861). Sent from Albany, New York.
1 AL (transcribed, not original) dated 3/30/1871 from M. O'Connor, S.J.; sent from New Orleans. 1 AL (transcription) dated 3/14/1871 from J. Enders, S.J.; sent from Conewago.
2 ALS dated 10/22/1859 and 11/8/1885 from James O'Connor to John Gilmary Shea, providing information about the diocese of Omaha, Nebraska. Sent from Omaha.
1 ALS dated 4/23/1858 from Charles O'Conor to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a lawsuit. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 12/28/1861 from Henry Onderdonk, Jr., to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a recent controversy in the "Historical Magazine." Sent from Jamaica, Long Island.
1 ALS dated 5/9/1887 to John Gilmary Shea from the Bishop of Oregon, regarding historical research and impressions of the diocese of Oregon. Reference to Augustine M. A. Blanchet. Sent from Jacksonville, Oregon.
1 ANS dated 1876? to John Gilmary Shea from an unidentified correspondent.
1 undated ALS from Francis Parkman to John Gilmary Shea, inquiring about a parcel of books. Also, 1 ALS dated 10/11/1874 from Parkman to Shea, indicating that he may write the history of New England one day; sent from Boston.
1 ALS dated 1/16/1874 from James Parton to John Gilmary Shea, informing him that he cannot take on further work as his time is fully occupied. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 6/19/1882 from George Pax to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing information for the Catholic Directory. Sent from Williamsville, Erie County, New York.
1 ALS dated 3/30/1864 from L. H. Peirpoint to "Sir," expressing his hope that the rebellion will be crushed and the Union restored. Sent from the Commonwealth of Virginia, executive Department, Alexandria, Virginia.
1 ALS dated 4/19/1863 from Colonel E. Livingston Price to Frank Leslie, enclosing a sketch [not retained] with lengthy caption [retained in this folder] for publication in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" and paying for a subscription to the paper, which is to be mailed regularly to Col. Price via Washington, D.C. The sketch [not retained] shows the camp of the 145th Regiment New York Volunteers. The long caption discusses the formation and history of the regiment, with references to its organizer late Colonel William H. Allen, the improvements made to it by Col. Price, General Henry Warner Slocum, "Camp Jackson," General N. J. Jackson, and General A. L. Williams. Current officers are listed. Sent from Headquarters, 145th Regiment New York Volunteers, Second Brigade, First Division, Twelfth Corps, near Stafford Court House, Virginia.
1 ALS dated 11/22/1884 from Ignatius Persico to John Gilmary Shea, enclosing a detailed autograph manuscript autobiographical sketch by Persico [retained in this folder]. Sent from Sora, Italy.
2 ANS dated 11/10/1858 and 10/1/1880 providing information on the Catholic community in Peterborough, Ontario, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., for the Catholic Directory.
1 ALS dated 11/9/1882 from Benjamin Perley Poore to John Gilmary Shea, agreeing to write an article. Sent from Indian Hill Farm, near Newburyport.
1 ANS dated 10/4/1878 from Rev. John Power to D.& J. Sadlier & Co. 1 ALS dated 11/12/1881 fro Rev. John Power, Bishop of Waterford, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., in regard to the Catholic Almanac. Sent from Waterford.
1 ALS dated 1/17/1881 from Edmund Farwell Slafter, of the Prince Society, to John Gilmary Shea, informing him that he will be receiving a copy of volume I of "Voyages of Samuel de Champlain" (Boston: Prince Society, 1878-82) [retained in Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division, call#: LAU SPCOLL F1030.1 .C493 1878]. Sent from 18 Somerset Street, Boston.
1 ALS dated 3/4/1887 from Richard Anthony Proctor to "My dear Sir" [presumably John Gilmary Shea], in reference to changed vowel and consonant sounds in English and Irish. Sent from St. Joseph, Missouri.
1 ALS dated 3/19/1882? from Le Baron Bradford Prince to John Gilmary Shea, with a reference to the Pueblo Indians. Also, 1 printed pamphlet dated 2/20/1882 by Prince: "New Mexico: A Defense of the People and Country, A Reply by Chief Justice Prince to a Slanderous Letter in the New York Times" (4 pages).
1 ALS dated 4/26/1876 from John Baptist Purcell, Archbishop of Cincinnati, to John Gilmary Shea. Reference to James Callaghan. Sent from Cincinnati.
1 ALS dated 1/28/1884 from the Secretariat of Quebec to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a collection of letters. Sent from Quebec.
1 ALS dated 11/4/1882 from D. J. Quigley, Administrator of Cathedral Chapel in Charleston, South Carolina, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., requesting proofs. Sent from Charleston.
2 AL (transcriptions; in Spanish) from Estevan Quinones. 1 dated 9/22/1792. Transcribed by John Gilmary Shea.
1 ALS dated 8/24/1889 from Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., President of Georgetown College, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding the manuscript for Shea's "History of Georgetown College." References to J. Fairfax McLaughlin and Rev. Francis A. Barnum, S.J. Sent from Georgetown College, Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 2/22/1881 from Mayne Reid to Frank Leslie's Publishing House, regarding a new newspaper enterprise, "The Boy's Illustrated News." Reference to "Illustrated London News."
1 AL (fragment) from John Joseph Keane, the Bishop of Richmond, Virginia to D.& J. Sadlier & Co.
1 ALS dated 10/31/1876 from ? Rochford to John Gilmary Shea, in response to a research question.
1 ALS dated 10/17/1874 from James Rogers, Bishop of Chatham, to John Gilmary Shea, providing information for the Catholic Almanac produced by D.& J. Sadlier & Co. Sent from Chatham, New Brunswick.
1 ALS dated 6/8/1857 from S. H. Rosecrans and Edward Purcell to John Gilmary Shea, inviting him to visit the "Catholic Telegraph." Sent from Cincinnati.
1 ALS dated 4/2/1883 from Adrien Rouquette to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a poem published by Rouquette. References to Catherine Tegahgouita and "Propagateur Catholique." Sent from New Orleans.
1 very brief, undated ANS from Archbishop Patrick Ryan of St. Louis.
1 ALS dated 3/11/1888 from Rev. James Ryan, Pastor of St. Columba's, Ottawa, Illinois, to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of Rev. Benedict Joseph Spalding. Sent from Ottawa, Illinois. Found in a copy of "Reflections at the Month's Mind of Father Benedict Joseph Spalding" by Ryan (see Shea book collection call #: LAU SPCOLL Shea BX4705.S71 R9 1887).
1 ALS dated 5/25/1859 from S. O. Ryan to John Gilmary Shea, requesting a subscription to the "Univers."
7 ALS and 1 ACS dated 1874-1886 to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., from various correspondents. Mostly regarding the Catholic Directory.
1 ALS dated 3/18/1889 from John Baptist Salpointe, Archbishop of Santa Fe, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding early church records in New Mexico. Sent from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1 ALS dated 7/7/1853 from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to John Gilmary Shea, with discussion of locality, expulsion, and names of Native American Indian tribes. References to Iroquois, Senecas, Eries, and Shawnees. Also, 1 ALS dated 7/25/1854 from Schoolcraft to Shea, regarding books; Schoolcraft compliments Shea on taking up the history of the Iroquois. Reference to Wyandots. Letters sent from Washington, D.C.
2 ALS dated 11/19/1875 and 9/22/1881 from Thomas Sears to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., regarding proofs and information about his diocese.
1 ALS dated 3/31/1869 from Robert Seton to John Gilmary Shea, thanking him for his assistance; sent from Madison, New Jersey. Also, 1 ANS dated 1/4/1893 from Seton to Miss Isabel Shea, providing the address of his brother in New York; sent from St. Joseph's Rectory, Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.
1 undated ALS to John Gilmary Shea from his wife, asking him to answer an advertisement.
2 ALS dated 6/26/1881 and 9/19/1882 from H. H. Sibley to John Gilmary Shea, regarding items for publication. Sent from Fredericksburg, Virginia.
1 undated ALS from John Langdon Sibley, librarian of Harvard College, to C. B. Richardson, sending a copy of Nathaniel Byfield's "An Account of the Late Revolutions in New-England" [Georgetown University Library has this item on microfilm]. Also, 1 ALS dated 4/2/1863 from Sibley to John Gilmary Shea, regarding an exchange of materials, with references to books in the language of the Delaware Indians. Sent from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1 ALS dated 3/30/1864 from Pierre Jean De Smet, S.J. to John Gilmary Shea, requesting that two Catholic Almanacs be forwarded to Belgium, informing him that he might leave for another missionary trip among the Native Americans of the upper plains of Missouri, and asking to be kept in friends' prayers. Sent from St. Louis University.
2 undated ALS from Buckingham Smith to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. References to George Gibbs, Giovanni Da Verrazzano, and Hernando d' Escalante Fontaneda.
1 ALS dated 6/4/1873 from E. P. Smith, Commissioner at the Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1872. Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 12/19/18?? from General Francis H. Smith, of the Virginia Military Institute, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding a set of proofs. Sent from Lexington, Virginia.
1 ALS dated 4/26/1860 from Joseph Smyth to John Gilmary Shea, regarding payment of a balance. Sent from New York.
1 TL dated 11/30/1889 from Edward E. Sorin, Superior-General of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, reporting the death of Rev. Ephrem Edward Murphy. Sent from Notre Dame, Indiana.
1 ALS dated 11/27/1891 from John Lancaster Spalding, Bishop of Peoria, to John Gilmary Shea, complimenting him on his history of the Catholic Church in America and requesting that a copy of the 3rd volume be sent. Sent from Peoria, Illinois.
1 ALS dated 12/17/1864 from Martin John Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore, to John Gilmary Shea, requesting a subscription to the "Historical Magazine." Sent from Baltimore.
1 ALS dated 4/30/1855 from Jared Sparks to John Gilmary Shea, thanking him for sending a book to him, congratulating him on his recent bit of research, and discussing Sparks' views on missionaries. Also, 1 ALS dated 10/6/1859 from Sparks to Shea, acknowledging receipt of 8 volumes. Sent from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1 undated ANS from James Speed, U.S. Attorney General, indicating that Mathew B. Brady may have photographs of him.
1 ALS dated 6/9/1872 from Ephraim George Squier to Charles A. Dana, editor of the "New York Sun," complaining that he is currently overworked. Also, 1 manuscript fragment labeled: "Key to Ch. Dana's Ms Cat."
1 ALS (fragment) dated 12/6/1882 from St. Joseph's Cathedral, East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co. Includes lithograph image of the cathedral on church letterhead.
2 ALS (in French) dated 4/26/1860 and 5/12/1860 to John Gilmary Shea from an unidentified correspondent. Reference to Etienne Michel Faillon. Ample references to North American Indian tribes. Sent from St. Charles College.
1 ALS dated 7/9/1864 from William Starr to John Gilmary Shea, requesting a meeting. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 10/24/1858 from Henry Stevens to John Gilmary Shea, in reference to Juan Augustin Morfi's book "History of Texas." Reference to James Lenox. Sent from Parker House, Boston.
1 ALS dated 4/8/1861 from Charles Pomeroy Stone to John Gilmary Shea, in reference to Stone's pamphlet "Notes on the State of Sonora" [retained in Shea book collection at Georgetown University Library Special Collections]. Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 10/1/1887 from Harriet Beecher Stowe to "Dear Sir" [presumably John Gilmary Shea or Frank Leslie], acknowledging receipt of photographs. Reference to "Pearl of Orr's Island."
1 undated ALS from John Sweeney, Bishop of St. John, New Brunswick, providing a list of churches and clergy in the diocese.
1 ALS dated 7/23/1876 from an unidentified correspondent to John Gilmary Shea, in reference to a new historical magazine. Sent from New York.
1 ALS (in French) dated 7/22/1885 from Elzear Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. Sent from Quebec.
1 ALS (in French) dated 3/28/1858 from Edouard Terwecoren, S.J. to John Gilmary Shea, removed from Terwecoren's "Collection De Precis Historiques" (Shea book collection: LAUSPCOLL Shea BX850 .C64 1856). Sent from Brussels.
1 ALS dated 10/3/1877 from Augustus Maria Toebbe, Bishop of Covington, to D.& J. Sadlier & Co., providing new information about his diocese for the Catholic Almanac. Sent from Covington.
1 AL dated 12/7/1885 providing biographical data about Rev. John Joseph Lynch, Archbishop of Toronto.
1 ALS (in French) dated 12/4/1885 from Louis Francis Lafleche, the Bishop of Trois-Rivieres, Provence of Quebec, providing biographical data on Rev. Louis Francois La Fleche.
1 ALS dated 4/25/1859 from William Wadden Turner to John Gilmary Shea, requesting a set of Shea's "Library of American Linguistics." Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS (in French) dated 5/8/1864 to John Gilmary Shea from Universite Laval, regarding a course in zoology.
1 ALS (in French) dated 9/21/1856 from Modeste Demers, Bishop of Vancouver, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding his interest in the study of the missions. Sent from Victoria.
1 ACS dated 12/21/1880 from Christian Adrian Verweyst to John Gilmary Shea, sending him a copy of his book "Mikana Gijigong Enamong" (1880) [retained in Shea book collection, call#: LAU SPCOLL Shea BX2128.035 V47 1880]. Sent from Superior City, Wisconsin.
1 ALS (in French) dated 3/14/1857 from Jacques Viger to John Gilmary Shea, regarding payment of a bill. Sent from Montreal.
1 ANS bearing the date 1878, from an unidentified correspondent to John Gilmary Shea. Reference to the Relation of the Sisters of Charity.
1 undated AC to D.& J. Sadlier & Co. from Edgar P. Wadhams, Bishop of Ogdensburg.
1 ALS dated 2/12/1864 from Louis Wagner, Colonel in the 88th Pennsylvania Regiment, to Frank Leslie, agreeing to comply to a request, with reference to preparing for a reception for the 88th regiment. Sent from Philadelphia on letterhead bearing the title: "Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments." Also, 1 ALS dated 2/20/1864 from Wagner to Leslie, enclosing his photograph [not retained in this collection] and a sketch of his life and the regiment [not retained], with reference to Wagner's broken right hand. Sent from Headquarters, Camp "William Penn," Chelten Hills, Pennsylvania.
1 ALS dated 4/22/1863 from John William Wallace to John Gilmary Shea, promising to bring a copy of a facsimile of a letter by William Bradford.
1 ALS dated 3/7/1871 from William Walsh, Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. Sent from Halifax.
2 ALS dated 4/22/1888 and 4/23/1888 from J. A. Walter to John Gilmary Shea, regarding the history of Catholicity in Washington, D.C. References to Georgetown, Greenleafs Point, Georgetown College, Barrz's Chapel, St. Mary's Church, and St. Patrick's Church. Sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 7/6/1883 from W. J. Walthall to John Gilmary Shea, in regard to an article by Shea entitled "Creeks" in the "American Cylopaedia." References to Alabama Indians, Charles W. Greene, Robert Ellis Thompson, and the Creek Confederacy. Walthall claims the Alabama Indians had long been extinct as a separate tribe. Sent from Biloxi, Mississippi.
1 ALS dated 8/18/1859 from unidentified correspondent to C. B. Richardson, enclosing a biographical sketch of Colonel Seth Warner for possible publication. The detailed autograph manuscript biographical sketch of Warner (6 pages), written by an unidentified person, is retained in this folder and includes references to Ethan Allen, the Green Mountain Boys, Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Richard Montgomery, the Battle of Bennington, General John Stark, and General John Burgoyne. Sent from New Milford.
1 ALS dated 3/23/1879 from Thurlow Weed to "Dear Sir" [presumably Frank Leslie], agreeing to write an article for publication. Sent from New York.
1 ALS dated 1/25/1862 from Gideon Welles, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, to John Gilmary Shea, informing him of the place of residence of the late Second Lieutenant Robert Emmet Hitchcock. Sent from Navy Department.
1 ALS dated 6/28/1860 from Henry Benjamin Whipple, Bishop of Minnesota, to C. B. Richardson, regarding payment of a bill.
3 ALS dated 3/11/1853, 8/21/1855, and 5/4/1862 from Charles Ignatius White to John Gilmary Shea, regarding historical research. Includes references to Shea's "Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley (1852)" and White's "Life of Mrs. Eliza A. Seton." Discussion of writing history of Catholic Church in America.
1 ALS dated 5/2/1862 from James Grant Wilson to John Gilmary Shea, enclosing a brief (1 page) manuscript sketch [retained in this folder] of General W. H. S. Wallace. References to Shea's book "The Fallen Brave" (1861) [retained in Shea book collection at Georgetown University Library], and the siege of Fort Donelson (Tennessee). General Wallace's signature, sent with this letter from Wilson to Shea, is also contained in this folder. Sent from Chicago. Also, 1 ALS dated 5/12/1863 from Wilson to Shea, enclosing a copy of Wilson's "Sketches of Illinois Officers" [not retained in this folder], with references to De Soto County, Fort Pickering, and "The Fallen Brave." Sent from Headquarters, 15th Illinois Cavalry, Camp Ward, Memphis, Tennessee.
1 ALS dated 12/20/1876 from D.& J. Sadlier & Co. to James F. Wood, Archbishop of Philadelphia, in reference to a request by Rev. James A. Darragh of Villanova University to have his name returned to the list in "Sadliers' Catholic Directory and Almanac." Sent from New York.
12 ALS dated 1856-88 to John Gilmary Shea from unidentified correspondents.
7 undated ALS from unidentified correspondents found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea.
Manuscript scraps found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea. Some in Shea's handwriting. Others in unidentified handwriting.
Contains manuscripts, correspondence, and other documents relating to Native American linguistics and history. Includes many original documents. Numerous grammars and vocabularies are retained. Arranged alphabetically by name of Native American language/tribe. This series comprises boxes 7-11 of the Shea Papers.
1 AMS dated 6/19/1859 by Rev. Eugene Vetromile: "Communication Read Before the Maine Historical Society on the Abenaki Language." Portland, Maine. 7 pages. Lengthy discussion of Abenaki language. Includes references to Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Rev. David Zeisberger, John Gottleib Heckerwelder, and the Delaware (Lenni Lenape) Indian language.
1 AMS (in French) dated 8/29/1715 by Jean Loyard, S.J.: "Plan de l'eglise proposee pour la mision des Abenakis a la riveiere St. Jean." 4 pages. Includes 4 drawings of the proposed church.
1 autograph manuscript note, seemingly in hand of John Gilmary Shea. Brief notes on history of Alabama Indians. Reference to their settlement in Polk County, Texas.
Proof sheets for "Grammar of the Language of the Mission of San Antonio, California." From the papers of Rev. Buenaventura Sitjar. 14 pages. See also: "Vocabulary of the Language of San Antonio Mission, California" (New York: Cramoisy, 1861) [call #: LAU SPCOLL Gen 94A25].
Confessionario. Manuscript in Antoniano and Spanish, 16 leaves, quarto [Monterey, California, second half of the eighteenth century?] Unbound. The manuscript provides language a priest would employ in asking a penitent member of his Native American flock about the precise nature of his sins. The language of the manuscript is that of the tribes in the area of the San Antonio mission, Monterey, where this manuscript and others like it were gathered by Alex S. Taylor in 1853-56. Also vocabulary; parts of the body [4 pp] at the end; other prayers, etc.
1 unbound manuscript, a copy by Alexander S. Taylor of the vocabulary of the Indians of San Antonio Mission, pages 1-153, in Antoniano and Spanish. Original vocabulary (not this copy) in the hand writing of Rev. Buenaventura Sitjar and Rev. Miguel Pierras. Dated 1771-1797. Also, 1 AMS by Alex S. Taylor providing background and historical information on the vocabulary. See also: John Gilmary Shea Papers, Box 7 Folder 6.5, for pages 154-287 of Sitjar and Pierras' lengthy Antoniano vocabulary.
Sitjar vocabulary, pages 154-287 (and 3 additional pages), continued from Box 7 Folder 6 in the John Gilmary Shea Papers.
1 AM baptismal record/ journal in the Salinan language, Antoniano dialect, undated, 24 pages. Also, 1 AM (copy?): "Male and Female Names of Indians of San Antonio by Pa. Pedro Cabot, about 1816," 5 pages (including front matter).
American Ethnological Society, Circular No. 1, Indian Languages of America, June 1852. Vocabulary of Antoniano language, recorded at the Mission of San Antonio, California, 4 pages.
2 fragments of an autograph manuscript in the Antoniano language of the San Antonio Mission, Monterey County, California, found by Alex S. Taylor in 1859. Present is a copy (7 pages) of the manuscripts and the originals (2 pages).
1 undated manuscript, numerals in Apache, Cuchana, and Ipai, by John Lawrence Le Conte (1825-1883).
American Ethnological Society, Circular No. 1, Indian Languages of America, June 1852, vocabulary of the Arawak Indians, 4 pages, information seemingly provided by John Davies of Queen's College. Also, 1 AMS by Davies, regarding Arawakan, 3 pages.
Manuscript "List of Athapascan vocabularies," 1 page. Manuscript: "Athapascan Verbal Affinities," 1 pages. Manuscript notes on Athapaskans of Canada, 2 pages.
Transcript: "Prayers and Catechism in the Language of the Mission of Santa Barbara, California, by Rev. F. Estevan Tapis, O.S.F. and an Act of Faith by F. Uria," in hand of John Gilmary Shea, 36 pages, undated.
1 printed page: "Blackfoot Our Father" and "The Hail Mary and Glory," 1 page, undated.
1 transcript (in Spanish and Campan) in hand of John Gilmary Shea: "Vocabulario de la Lenga de los Campas en los Pampas del Sacramento an el Peru," 7 pages. Copied from original belonging to Manuel Ames, Governor of Andamarca in 1833, communicated by M. Andrews Mathews 1835.
1 undated autograph manuscript presumably in hand of C. C. Trowbridge, describing the tribes, history, marriages, dances, language, and customs of the Cherokee Nation, "ex libris" Lewis Cass (1782-1866), 56 pages; includes extensive information on vocabulary and grammar. Also, 1 ALS dated 7/6/1852 from Samuel Austin Worcester to William Wadden Turner, enclosing a copy of the Lord's Prayer in Cherokee [retained in this folder] and discussing the Cherokee language, 6 pages, sent from Park Hill, Cherokee Nation.
1 AMS from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866): an account of the Chippewa language in reply to Governor Cass' second set of queries, 40 pages. Lengthy discussion of Chippewa vocabulary and grammar.
1 undated AMS (in Chippewa and English) by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864): "Translation of the Last Words of a Young Ogibway Indian Who Died at White Fish Point in Lake Superior on His Return to His Native Land," 2 pages. 1 AMS by Schoolcraft: "The Lord's Prayer [in Chippewa]," 2 pages. 1 undated AM: "Census of the Indians of Grand Portage, Sub-Agency of La Point," listing the names of men, women, and children, 2 pages.
1 undated AMS by Rev. Thomas Hurlhurd on Chippewa grammar, 68 pages. American Ethnological Society, Circular No. 1, Indian Languages of America, June 1852, Chippewa Vocabulary, 2 copies (4 pages each, show some variations).
1 undated AM vocabulary of the Choctaw language, 20 pages.
1 undated vocabulary in a Muskogean language, probably Choctaw, 5 pages. 1 AMS dated 6/10/1858 by an unidentified person, a vocabulary in a Muskogean language, probably Choctaw, pencil hand is a later 19th century linguist, 12 pages. 1 undated AM grammar, probably in Choctaw language, 10 pages.
1 undated AMS by Rev. Cyrus Byington (1793-1868): "A Grammar of the Choctaw Language," 48 pages. See also: Byington's printed work "Grammar of the Choctaw Language" (Philadelphia: McCalla & Stavely, 1870) [call #: LAU SPCOLL Shea PM872 .B9 1870].
1 undated AMS by Rev. Cyrus Byington: "Choctaw Grammar," 54 pages.
1 undated AMS by Rev. Cyrus Byington: "Choctaw Grammar," 24 pages.
1 undated AMS by Rev. Cyrus Byington: "Byington's Grammar" of the Choctaw Language, 40 pages.
1 undated AMS by Rev. Cyrus Byington: "Byington's Grammar," 86 pages.
1 ALS dated 7/5/1853 from Cyrus Byington to William Wadden Turner, with lengthy discussion of the Choctaw language, especially pronouns; sent from Eaglestown P.O., Choctaw Nation. 1 AM dated 8/9/1853: "Sketch of Letter to Byington," regarding the Choctaw language. 1 undated AM vocabulary: "Choctaw," 1 page. 1 undated AM vocabulary: "Choctaw Language," 6 pages, with reference to John Pickering.
1 AM with drawings of rock inscriptions in Chumashan language discovered in 1875 in California during the Wheeler expedition, near Benton, California. Drawn by Oscar Loew, chemist on the trip, 2 pages. See also: Campbell Grant "Rock Art of the North American Indians" [Cambridge University Press, 1983].
1 AM by S. S. Haldeman: "Numerals in Comanche," 1 page. 1 AM in hand of John Gilmary Shea: notes on Comanche Indians.
1 undated AM in hand of John Gilmary Shea: "Catechism of the Mission of Soledad," most likely in Costanoan dialect, 3 pages. 1 undated AM grammar/ verbal paradigm, most likely in Costanoan language, in hand of Shea, 9 pages.
1 undated AM syllabary in Cree language, 1 page. 1 undated AM "Lord's Prayer" in Cree language, 2 pages.
1 undated AM vocabulary of the Dakota Language titled "Dakota," 44 pages. Possibly by Stephen Return Riggs (1812-1883).
1 undated AM vocabulary of the Dakota language titled "Dakota," corrected version of Dakota vocabulary in Shea Papers, Box 7 Folder 32, 36 pages. Possibly by Stephen Return Riggs (1812-1883). The interpreter was Thomas S. Williamson, M.D., and he probably penned this manuscript.
1 AMS dated 1852 by Stephen Return Riggs, a vocabulary in the Dakota language, titled "Dakota, 180 Words," 10 pages. Presented to the American Ethnological Society on 3/27/1852.
1 undated AM: "Dissertation on the Dakota Language," 56 pages. Possibly by Stephen Return Riggs (1812-1883).
1 undated AM vocabulary in the Dakota language titled: "Sioux," 5 pages. (Kiowa, Minitari, and Upsaroka).
1 printed advertisement dated 1880s: "J. B. Bailey's Price List, Yankton Agency, D. T., 188_." Long list of goods for sale in English and Dakota equivalents. Labeled "J. B. Bailey, Trader." 1 page (approx. 8"x20").
1 AM vocabulary of the Delaware Indians of Salem, New Jersey, in the hand of John Gilmary Shea, with reference to David Zeisberger, 4 pages. 1 undated AM with references to the Delaware Indians, in hand of Shea, labeled "Notes for Thomas," 2 pages.
1 undated AM (in French) in hand of John Gilmary Shea, regarding the Fox Indians, titled "Divorces, Garuages at Mariages en Face de Couvertes," 9 pages.
1 undated AMS by Washington Matthews (1843-1905): "Grammar and Dictionary of the Language of the Hidatsa (Minnetarees, Grosventres of the Missouri) with an Introduction by Washington Matthews," 16 pages (some pages missing). 1 undated AMS by Matthews: vocabulary of Hidatsa language, 4 pages.
1 AM (in French and Huron): vocabulary of the Huron language, 8 pages (excerpts numbered 77-100).
1 undated AM Huron grammar (in Huron, Latin, and French), in hand of John Gilmary Shea, 24 pages. 1 undated AM Huron grammar (in Huron, Latin, and French), in Shea's hand, 25 pages. Possibly both are transcripts.
Undated AM (in French and Huron) in hand of John Gilmary Shea regarding Huron grammar. Multiple manuscripts, 27 pages in all.
1 AMS by C. C. Trowbridge: a lengthy and detailed account of the history and customs of the Wyandots [Hurons], "ex libris" Lewis Cass, 86 pages, dated 2/5/1822 2/7/1822.
1 AM titled "Ancient Belts & Speeches" regarding Wyandot Indians, 1 page. 1 AL from Black Hoof to Governor Lewis Cass, 3 pages. Both documents circa 1822.
1 undated AM by C. C. Trowbridge, an account of Wyandot legends, "ex libris" Lewis Cass, 26 pages.
1 AM vocabulary of Wyandot language, 4 pages. 1 AMS by B. F. Stickney, addressed to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), bearing wax seal of Stickney, 4 pages. 1 AMS by B. F. Stickney, an account of the Wyandot language, 44 pages. 1 AM: "Wyandot History," 64 pages. 1 AM regarding the traditions of the Wyandots, 10 pages. Documents probably "ex libris" Cass, circa 1820s.
1 AM: "A Statement of the Circumstance of the Removing [of] the Wyandots from Brownstown by the British Government in the Month of July 1812," 4 pages. 1 AM "In the month of August 1813, while the army under the command of Major Gen. W. H. Harrison was encamped at . . . Ohio, Gen. Harrison requested the Crane, the then head chief of the Wyandot nation, to send a Deputation . . . to Brownstown in Michigan Territory . . . and there offer them terms of peace . . . . upon the condition that they withdraw from the service of the British Government . . . ." 8 pages.
1 AM vocabulary and grammar of the Wyandot and Menominee languages, 229 pages. A note dated 9/12/1846 indicates that these texts, which appear to be in the hand of John Kinzie, were sent to J. W. Gibbs of New Haven by Lieutenant Davies(?) of Fort Winnebago.
1 undated printed prospectus of the French-Illinois dictionary of Jean Baptiste Le Boulanger, incomplete (8 pages only). [See James Constantine Pilling (1846-1895) under Le Boulanger and John Gilmary Shea].
1 undated printed prospectus: "French-Illinois Dictionary: From a Manuscript of the Early Part of the Eighteenth Century," written by John Gilmary Shea, 1 page. Reference to Rev. Le Boulanger, S.J.
1 undated AM grammar of the Kalispel language. Copy of the grammar of Rev. Gregory Mengarini by Rev. Christian(?) Hoecken, missionary among the Kalispels, 79 pages.
1 AMS dated 5/1860 by Lewis H. Morgan: "Degrees of Relationship in the Language of the Kan. or Kansas Nation," 8 pages.
1 AM dated 1872-1880 in hand of John Gilmary Shea titled "Kiowa," providing notes on Kiowa Indians, 1 page. 1 AM: "American Ethnological Society, Circular No. 1, Indian Languages of America, June 1852," vocabulary of Kiowa language, 4 pages. 1 AM vocabulary of Kiowa language, 8 pages. 1 AM vocabulary of Kiowa language labeled "Hale's N. West Vocabularies," 5 pages. 1 AM vocabulary of Kiowa language, 1 page (fragment?).
1 AMS dated 5/1875 by Albert Samuel Gatschet: "Words of the Modoc language, taken from Donald McKay . . . . ," 1 page. Also, 1 AM dated 1847-1873 in hand of John Gilmary Shea: notes on Modoc Indians, 4 pages.
AM vocabulary of Kutenai language, probably in hand of Pierre Jean De Smet (1801-1873), 24 pages.
5 title pages for Native American Bibles, including Cherokee Nation. Possibly from James Constantine Pilling's catalog. Also, 1 AM sheet.
Documents in and about various Native American languages. Includes vocabularies of the following: Pawnee, Riccaree, Wichita, Kichai, Hueco, Kutchin, Apache, Kenai, Kolcan, Kiowa, Shoshonean, Caddo, and Choctaw. Also, 1 ALS dated 5/10/1851 from William Wadden Turner to George J. Adler, notifying him that he was elected a member of the American Ethnological Society; sent from New York. Documents in this folder total 28 pages.
1 AM vocabulary in the following: Wyandot, Iroquois, Algonquin, and Illinois, 2 pages. 1 newspaper clipping by Rev. Louis Napoleon St. Onge titled: "Lord's Prayer in Ten Indian Languages," in the following: Yakama, Chinook, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, Montagnais, Abenaki, Mareschite, and Shohomish; references to Eugene Vetromile, Sebastien Rasles, and J. B. Romagne; 2 pages. 1 printed clipping: "The Blessing in Three Indian Dialects," in Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Flathead. Also, 1 AM fragment regarding Native Indian languages.
John Gilmary's Shea's bound manuscript copy of Nicholas Perrot's "Memoire Sur les Moeurs, Costmes et Religion des Sauvages de l'Ameriqu Septenrionale." [See also the published work by same author and title: call #: LAU SPCOLL Shea E77 .P45 1864].
1 undated bound manuscript: "Indian Vocabulary Polyglot," in the following: Delaware, Shawnee, Choctaw, Kichai, Hueco, Caddo, Comanche, Chemehuevi, Cahuillo, Navaho, Kiowa, Acoma, Zuni, Pima, Mohave, Cuchar, and Diegueno; 48 pages. With index of words loosely tipped in, 3 additional pages. Possibly in hand of William Wadden Turner.
1 undated bound manuscript regarding the division of North American Indians into linguistic groupings. Also, several documents tipped in loosely.
1 undated AM: "Vocabulary of 200 Words of the Mackaw [Makah] Indians of Oregon from a Chief at San Francisco," 4 pages.
1 undated AM vocabulary of the Menominee language, "ex libris" Lewis Cass (1782-1866), 24 pages.
1 AM transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) of Fray Francisco de Avila's "Arte de la Langua Mexicana (1717)."
Documents regarding Abenaki Indians in Maine. 1 AM: John Gilmary Shea's notes on Abenaki almanac, 2 pages. 1 AM titled "Watts' Catechism in Micmac language, 2 pages. 1 AM in Micmac language with pencil drawing of village attached, 2 pages. 1 AM in Micmac language titled "The Commandments," 2 pages. 1 song and 2 printed pieces of Micmac, 1 dated 1866, 5 pages. 1 printed Abenaki temperance oath, with 2 drawings urging Abenaki Indians to follow Christianity and avoid alcohol, 1 page. 1 printed newspaper article: "The Indian Missions in Maine," with references to Rev. Eugene Vetromile, S.J., 2 pages.
1 AM dated by Eugene Vetromile, S.J.: "Wewessi Biblian Elit'biklang'sa K'tchiulameu hanganal," religious work in Abenaki or Micmac, 112 pages.
1 AM: "A British Proclamation" denouncing actions of British troops in Michigan Territory. References to General William Hull, the Indian allies of the British, and General William Henry Harrison. Begins, "A proclamation has been issued by the Governor General of the British Provinces, dated Quebec, January 12, in which he attempts to justify the barbarity and the depredations on private property committed by the troops under his command on the north-western and northern frontier," 2 pages. Signed "Whig," Circa 1814.
1 printed almanac: "Indian Almanac, for 1860," 1 page. Note on back indicates it came from Rev. E. Jacken of Pointe St. Ignace and was made for the use of the Indians on Lake Superior.
1 bound AM hymnal in Micmac Language. Some sheets in hand of Eugene Vetromile, S.J. (1819-1881). Also, 3 loose sheets regarding Micmac Indians.
1 bound AM grammar of Micmac language (in French and Micmac), 184 pages. Also, 41 manuscript pages which were loosely folded into the grammar, following the last page of the grammar, regarding the Micmac language.
1 bound manuscript vesper book in Micmac language. 2 letters tipped into the book are preserved in the Shea Papers, Box 9 Folder 9. One of those letters is dated 1858.
1 ALS (in 2 fragments) dated 11/18/1858 from C. Kander to John Gilmary Shea, regarding the Micmac language. Also, 1 AN in Micmac language: "Our Father, copied by an Indian girl." Both items were tipped into Micmac manuscript vesper book retained in the Shea Papers, Box 9 Folder 8.
1 AM Holy Bible in Micmac language by Eugene Vetromile, S.J., 116 pages. Also, 1 AMS dated 8/1858 by Vetromile regarding the Micmac and Abenaki languages, written in Bangor, Maine, 3 pages.
1 AM transcript by John Gilmary Shea of Rev. Edmond Louis Demillier's "Essaie de Grammaire Miquemaque" (Nov. 1836), 17 pages written on. 1 undated AM in Micmac language: "The Our Father," 2 pages. 1 undated AM in Micmac language: "The Apostle's Creed," 4 pages.
1 [untitled] manuscript in Mohawk and French, 123 leaves, octavo [Canada? ca. 1700 or perhaps a little earlier]. Apparently a fair copy of a French-Mohawk vocabulary, but with numerous emendations, some in a later hand (or hands). The hand of the principal writer is very similar to that used by the creator of the manuscript "Racines agnieres" of Rev. Jacques Bruyas, S.J., and Bruyas was known to be a Jesuit in the Canadian missions most deeply involved with the study of the language of the Mohawks of the St. Lawrence River area. John Gilmary Shea bookplate on front pastedown. Bound in early calf.
1 AMS by Jacques Bruyas (1635-1712): "Racines Agnieres," a vocabulary of the Mohawk language, possibly the original manuscript of latter half of the 17th century.
1 [untitled] manuscript in Mohawk, 59 leaves, quarto [Canada? ca. 1700]. Volume containing prayers, hymns, and the Catholic liturgy in the language of the Mohawks living along the St. Lawrence River, most probably either at Sault St. Louis (St. Regis) or Caughnewaga. The manuscript is attributed to Rev. Jacques Bruyas, S.J., although the actual writer of the document is not known for sure. Emendations in the text suggest that the manuscript was in actual use during most, if not all, of the eighteenth century. Shea bookplate inside upper cover. Bound in contemporary calf with metal clasps, the entire volume is in very decrepit condition. Probably created for the use of Mohawk catechumens. Harking back in its one polychrome illustration to the glories of European liturgical manuscripts.
1 undated AM bound transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea of Jacques Bruyas' "Racines Agnieres," Mohawk vocabulary.
1 undated bound AM: Jacques Bruyas' "Racines Agnieres," Mohawk vocabulary, 146 pages.
1 AM (copy): "Vocabulary of the Chalon Indians of Soledad Mission in Monterey County, Cal. found at San Antonio Mission. Sent by Alexr. S. Taylor, March 1860," 7 pages written on. 1 AM (the original manuscript) circa 1819 by Rev. Vincent Fio de Sarria: "Catechismo de la lengua Chalona de la Soledad," 2 pages.
1 ALS dated 1816 from Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta to Pablo Vicente de Sola. 1 ANS by Alexander S. Taylor "for the Mutsun Vocabulary (published by Shea in 1862) or some other Cal[ifornia]. work by Mr. [John Gilmary] Shea," largely containing biographical information on Felipe Arrayo de la Cuesta. 1 AM: "American Ethnological Society, Circular No. 1, Indian Languages of America. June 1852," vocabulary of Mutsun language, 4 pages. 1 AM "Vocabulary of 180 words" of Mutsun language, 2 pages.
1 AMS dated 10/10/1862 by Alexander S. Taylor: "The Indian Languages of Santa Barbara, California," mixture of English, Latin, and some Indian language [probably Salinan or Chumash], 8 pages. 1 AM (copy) dated 10/10/1862, titled, "Mission of Santa Ynez in Santa Barbara County by Alex. S. Taylor. From the old 'Ritual Romano' of the Mission used by the old missionaries," presumably Ineseno Chumash, 4 pages.
1 undated typed manuscript (proof pages) grammar of the Nisqually language by George Gibbs, never completed, intended to form part of John Gilmary Shea's American Linguistics, 5 printed pages.
1 printed pamphlet: "A History of a Stone Bearing Hebrew Inscription, Found in an American Mound" by N. Roe Bradner, Jr., dated 7/25/1873. Also, 1 printed item: "Copy of Letter and Answer, etc., Relating to the Inscribed Stone Relic from a Mound in Ohio," with extracts written by Bradner and Samuel B. Barlow. 1 printed item: copy of stone inscription.
1 undated AM vocabulary of Omaha Indians, 12 pages. Also, 9 pages of AM vocabularies, probably of Omaha or Osage Indians.
1 AM Osage prayer book, 10 pages; the first page of which is an ALS from Paul Mary Ponsiglione, S.J. to Pierre Jean De Smet, with discussion of the Osage language, sent from the Mission of St. Francis of Jerome, North America Osage Nation, 2/9/1867. 1 AM Osage prayer book and short catechism from Mission of St. Francis of Geronimo among the Osage Indians, 1862, 37 pages. 1 AM Osage prayer book and short catechism from Mission of St. Francis Geronimo among the Osage Indians, 1862, 62 pages of text; with 4 introductory pages consisting of an ALS dated 12/8/1862 from Ponsiglione to De Smet, with lengthy discussion of Osage language, sent from the aforementioned mission.
1 undated AM transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea, in Ottawa language, with reference to Arbre Croche, 1 page.
AM transcripts (in French), dated 1778-1797, in hand of John Gilmary Shea, of letters to the Passamaquoddy Indians of Maine at Machias, St. John River. Includes letters written by Francois-Antoine Matignon, De Valnais, Jacques St. Omer, and F. H. De la Motte(?); with references to Louis XVI of France, 16 pages in all.
1 undated AM: "Pawnee [vocabulary]," 2 parts, with ANS by William Wadden Turner, 38 pages. Also, 1 ALS dated 7/4/1877 from John Gilmary Shea to the editor of the "Saline County [Nebraska] News," in response to an article criticizing his article on the Pawnees in "Appleton's American Encyclopedia," 8 pages. The printed version of the letter, which was published in the "Saline County Union" on 7/26/1877, is also retained in this folder, 1 page.
1 undated AM in hand of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864): "Answers to Queries contained in Gov. [Lewis] Cass'[1782-1866] Book by certain chiefs of the Potawatamie Tribe of Indians, the queries numbered according to the order in which they stand in the book," 36 pages. Discussion of the tribe's traditions, wars, music, poetry, religion, games, dances, customs, hunting, feats, fasts, dress, belts, relations with other tribes, astronomy, mathematics, and family and social relations.
1 AM: English-Potawatomi dictionary. Copied from a manuscript at St. John's College, Fordham, possibly by John Gilmary Shea. Undated.
1 AM: "Dr. Wolcott's Account" of the language of the Potawatomi Indians, "ex libris" Lewis Cass (1782-1866), 42 pages. Undated.
1 ALS dated 7/30/1858 from John J. Jones to William Wadden Turner, regarding a word list for Potawatomi language, 3 pages. 1 ALS from J.B. Duernick, regarding aid for a school, sent from St. Mary's Mission among the Potawatomies via Leavenworth Fort P.O., 2 pages, undated. 2 AM: "Pottawatomi" language vocabularies (1 a rough draft of the other), 62 pages in all, undated.
1 AM dated 3/10/1868: "Relacion de las Fabulas y Ritos de los Ingas hecha por Christoual de Molina cura de la perroquia de N. Sa. de los Remedios de el Hospital de los Naturales de la ciudad de el Cuzco dirigida al reuerenaissimo. Senor Obispo don Sebastian de el Artaum del conselo de su Magestad," 82 pages.
1 AM: "American Ethnological Society, Circular No. 1. Indian Languages of America. June 1852," vocabularies of the Quechua language of Peru and the Moxos language of Bolivia, 4 pages. Compiled by Johann Jakob Von Tschudi. Received at the Smithsonian Institution in September 1856 and copied by William Wadden Turner on 10/10/1856.
1 AM: "Saki," a vocabulary of the Sauk Indians, 24 pages (numbered 1-11). Probably William Wadden Turner, Washington, DC, 3/1858. Only 6 pages with words filled in. 1 AM note on blue paper.
1 AM (copy): "Tradition of the Sauks," 28 leaves, folio [St. Louis? 1822?], title from top of first leaf, "Shea Coll." stamp on first leaf, sewn, in three sections. 1 AM (copy): "An Account of the manners and customs of the Sauk & Fox Nations of Indians" [1827]. Manuscripts probably "ex libris" Lewis Cass (1782-1866).
1 AM: grammar in an Iroquoian language, "ex libris" Lewis Cass (1782-1866), undated, 65 pages.
1 AMS "Lord's Prayer" signed Watamika. S.J.," date unknown, 2 pages. 1 AM brief vocabulary in a Native American language [probably Iroquoian, most likely Huron] and French, 1 page. 1 AM "Vocabulary of 60 words," from a manuscript at St. John's College Fordham probably "Algonquin of the Lake of the Two Mountains," 1 page, E. Ojibwa or Ottawa.
1 AM: "American Ethnological Society, Circular No. 1. Indian Languages of America. June, 1852," vocabulary of the Totonac Indians, 4 pages.
1 AM in Iroquoian, apparently Tuscarora texts in the hand of John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt, titled "Traveler's Jokes" and "The Boy & His Grandmother," 4 pages (numbered 1, 3, 6, and 7).
1 AMS: "Comparative Vocabulary" of the Warm Springs Indians on the Des Chutes River, recorded by Donald McKay on 5/26/1875, 20 pages.
1 AM by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864): "Traditions of the Win-nee-baa'-goa [Winnebago] nation of Indians:," undated, 178 pages (a few not written on). The second half of the text is titled "Traditions of the Mun-noa-min-nee [Menominee] nation, inhabiting Fox river and Green Bay." Copies of C. C. Trowbridge manuscripts.
1 AM (copy): "Dictionary of the Yakama or Pshwanwappam Language by The Rev. Father D'Harbomey[,] Society of Oblats," undated, 28 pages (including a few not written on). The name D'Harbomey is stricken out in pencil and the name "[Marie Charles]Pandosy" is written in pencil on the title page.
1 AM: poetry in unidentified Native American language, undated, 2 pages.
1 image of stone markings in unidentified Native American language, undated.
1 AM: lengthy dictionary in an unknown Native American language and French, undated. Identified as French-Illinois dictionary, copy, incomplete at beginning and end.
Contains correspondence, manuscripts, transcripts, and other documents pertaining to U.S. Catholic Church History. Boxes 12 and 13, which deal with notable individuals in U.S. Catholic History, are arranged alphabetically by last name of individual. Boxes 14 through 20 contain documents which focus on the history of Catholicism in particular geographic places in America, and they are arranged alphabetically by geographic area.
1 AM (copy) by Peter Attwood, S.J. (1682-1734): "Liberty and Property," undated, 72 pages (some numbered). 1 ALS (copy) from John Gilmary Shea to Edward I. Devitt, S.J., regarding the manuscript, which was possibly copied by William Hunter, S.J. [original of this ALS in Edward I. Devitt, S.J. Papers, Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division]. See also: Peter Attwood, "Liberty and Property" [NY, s.n., 1891] (call #: LAUSPCOLL Shea F181.5 .A88 1891).
1 AL transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea from Stephen Badin (1768-1853), dated 6/7/1805. 1 AM by Badin: "Supplications to the Divine Attributes," undated.
1 AMS: "Agreement between the Rt. Rev. Bishop [Frederic] Baraga, and the Carpenter Nicholas Grasser," on the construction of a church at the Cliff Mine, dated 10/12/1858, signed "+ Frederic Baraga, Bishop of Saut-Sainte-Marie" and by Grasser, with wax seal of Baraga, 1 page.
1 ALS (in German) from Frederic Baraga to an unknown correspondent, dated 1860, sent from "Saut-Sainte Marie, Mich."
1 AM regarding Frederic Baraga's arrival in Hancock, 2 pages.
1 AM: "Phrenological Character of Bishop Frederic Baraga Given by Prof. O. S. Fowler, Phrenological Author, Editor and Lecturer. Aug. 26th 1865, Rockland, Mich.," 8 pages.
1 ALS dated 11/27/1865 from Bishop Frederic Baraga to an unknown correspondent, sent from "Saut Ste. Marie," Mich., 1 page.
1 ALS dated 4/14/1866 from Bishop Frederic Baraga to Martha Tanner, in reference to a request for information about her late brother John Tanner; sent from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.
1 AM: "Bishop [Frederic] Baraga's Last Lines," undated, 2 pages. Born in 1797, Baraga died in 1868.
Printed item (2 copies, 1 bearing hand-written notes in hand of Frederic Baraga): "Otchipwe Nagamon. (National Hymn of the Otchipwe Indians on Lake Superior.)," in English and Ojibwa language, 2 pages each. Also, 1 TM: Ojibwa vocabulary, 4 pages. See also: Shea Papers, Box 7 Folder 19 for a 4-page Chippewa vocabulary in the hand of Baraga.
1 ALS (in French) dated 3/27/1848 from Bishop John S. Bazin to Rev. Gabriel Chalon; sent from Vincennes, Indiana.
1 ALS (in French) dated 7/5/1859 from Antoine Blanc (1792-1860), Archbishop of New Orleans (1850-60), to "Mon Cher Abbe," sent from New Orleans.
1 ANS dated 4/25/1876 in the hand of Francis Norbert Blanchet. 1 ALS (copy) dated 9/26/1858 from F. N. Blanchet to Edward Dunigan & Brother; sent from Oregon. 1 AM biographical sketch of Augustin M. Blanchet, 4 pages.
1 brief ALS dated 7/19/1837 from Simon Brute, Bishop of Vincennes (Indiana), to an unidentified correspondent.
1 ALS dated 9/14/1794 from Rev. Edmund Burke to John Troy, Titular Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland; sent from Quebec.
1 ALS dated 1849 from John Charles White to his mother Mary Ambrose White and 1 ALS in same document from George A. Carrell, S.J. to Mary Ambrose White, his niece, both regarding family news; sent from Purcell Mansion. 1 ALS dated 1849 from White to his mother and 1 ALS in same document from Carrell to his niece; sent from Purcell Mansion. 1 TL (transcript) dated 8/16/1858 from Carrell, Bishop of Covington, to Rev. Villiger, S.J., requesting a lecturer; sent from Covington, Kentucky.
1 ADS: "Extracts from the books of Baptisms, Marriages & Burials of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Cross in the Town of Boston State of Massachusetts," signed by John Cheverus, Bishop of Boston, with his wax seal, dated 6/16/1814, 2 pages. Also, transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea of Cheverus correspondence, dated 1800?-1838?, 51 pages. 1 printed newspaper clipping: "A Timely Charity Sermon," regarding a sermon by Cheverus, 1 page.
1 AM regarding life of Richard L. Concanen, O.P. (1747-1810), the first Bishop of New York (1808-1810), 2 pages.
Correspondence to and from Henry Conwell (1748-1842), consists of some originals and some transcripts, letters dated 1820-30. Correspondents include James Whitfield.
1 ALS dated 3/1/1853 from Joseph Cretin (1799-1857), first Bishop of St. Paul (1851-7), to Colonel Haverty, regarding school funds for the Winnebago Indians; sent from St. Paul to St. Louis.
2 ALS dated 3/11/1828 and 11/29/1828 from John J. Chance to Count DeMenou, in reference to Jean Louis Marie de Chevigne. 1 ALS (in French) dated 1828 from Benedict Joseph Flaget to DeMenou. 2 ALS (in French) dated 1828 from Simon Gabriel Brute to DeMenou.
1 ALS (in French) dated 1/31/1829 from John Dubois to Count DeMenou. 1 ALS dated 3/4/1829 from Benedict Joseph Flaget to Count DeMenou. 1 ALS dated 6/9/1829 from John J. Chance to Count Demenou, in reference to Jean Louis Marie de Chevigne. 1 ALS (in French) dated 4/19/1830 from Flaget to Count Demenou.
1 undated ALS (in French) from John Dubois, Bishop of New York, to Count DeMenou.
1 AM (possibly a transcript) by Modeste Demers (1809-1871) providing information about the diocese of Vancouver Island, 5 pages.
1 ALS dated 6/21/1858 from D.C. Buell to Pierre Jean DeSmet, S.J. 1 printed item: letter of Father DeSmet dated 12/1/1861 appearing in the "Central Magazine," vol. 1, no. 4, 12/1872, p. 196-201, providing lengthy discussion of the Skalzi [Kutenai] Indians.
1 MS about the life of Anna Hanson McKenney Dorsey (1815-96), prepared from family papers and her journal by a friend, possibly Rev. Joseph Maria Finotti, undated.
1 photograph of AL by Gabriel Dreuillette, S.J. (1610-81), in regard to missionary work in Canada, 17th century, 1 page.
1 ANS dated 11/23/1822 by John Dubois, S.S., regarding the payment for Francis D. Murphy at Mount St. Mary's Seminary, 1 page.
Correspondence (transcripts) of John Dubois, S.S. and notes about him. Much of the material in hand of John Gilmary Shea. Dated 1822-38.
1 ALS dated 9/12/1842 from Samuel Eccleston, in reference to an autograph letter by Charles Carroll of Carrollton; sent from Baltimore, 1 page. 1 printed item: "Clero Catholico in California Superiori," 1 page.
1 ALS dated 5/16/1814 from Michael Egan, Bishop of Philadelphia, concerning Denis Carroll Of Queen's Town, who wished to be ordained in the Diocese of Philadelphia.
1 ALS (transcript) in hand of John Gilmary Shea of letter dated 2/19/1811 in hand of Michael Egan, in regard to St. Mary's property. 1 ALS (transcript) by Shea of letter dated 10/8/1811 from Egan to Archbishop John Carroll, with discussion of Catholics in the Pittsburgh area, with reference to Demitrius Augustine Gallitzin.
ALS (transcripts) dated 1803-1814 from Michael Egan, Bishop of Philadelphia, to Archbishop John Carroll, 30 pages.
AM in unidentified hand: extracts from "United States Catholic Miscellany," regarding Bishop John England and other matters, dated 1822. The full document dates from 1822-46 and is contained in the Shea papers: Box 12 Folders 34-39.
1 AM in unidentified hand: extracts from the "United States Catholic Miscellany," regarding Bishop John England and other matters, dated 1826-9.
1 AM in unidentified hand: extracts from the "United States Catholic Miscellany," regarding Bishop John England and other matters, dated 1829-31.
1 AM in unidentified hand: extracts from the "United States Catholic Miscellany," regarding Bishop John England and other matters, dated 1831-2.
1 AM in unidentified hand: extracts from the "United States Catholic Miscellany," regarding Bishop John England and other matters, dated 1833-8.
1 AM in unidentified hand: extracts from the "United States Catholic Miscellany," regarding Bishop John England and other matters, dated 1839-46.
1 ALS (transcript, in hand of John Gilmary Shea) dated 3/2/1778 from Ferdinand Farmer, S.J.; with reference to the British raising a regiment of Catholic volunteers to fight in the American Revolution; letter apparently copied from "Woodstock Letters" XIV p. 196. Also, 1 AM (transcript) in Shea's hand: notes from Farmer's Register, 1744-82. 1 printed pamphlet by John F. Quirk, S.J.: "Father Ferdinand Farmer, S.J.: An Apostolic Missionary in Three States."
1 AM in hand of John Gilmary Shea: notes about Bishop Edward D. Fenwick (1768-1832). 4 ALS (transcripts) of letters from Fenwick, dated 1822-9.
1 AM: "Translated from the Life of Bp. [Edward D.] Fenwick [1768-1832]," regarding Fenwick's life, 9 pages.
1 ALS dated 9/26/1871 from George R. Fagan to Rev. Joseph Maria Finotti, with a reference to Thomas Fitzsimons and John Fagan; sent from Philadelphia. 1 printed item: "Admission Ticket. Lexington Catholic Fair, June 7, 1875. Fifteen Cents. J. M. Finotti."
Manuscript note cards listing books, probably listing library of Rev. Joseph Maria Finotti. Most notes in hand of Finotti. Some in hand of John Gilmary Shea.
Printed matter, mostly regarding books.
manuscript notes in hand of John Gilmary Shea regarding books, probably from the library of Rev. Joseph Maria Finotti.
1 AM transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea of diary of Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick (1812-1866), 21 pages.
1 ALS dated 1/14/1825 from Benedict Joseph Flaget to Mr. Badolet, 4 pages, folio. Flaget, as Bishop of Bardstown, writes to Badolet, a magistrate in Vincennes, Indiana, regarding the difficulties experienced by Father John Leo Champonier with the trustees of his congregation. Flaget's embarrassment at seeking the assistance of a Protestant in this matter is pronounced. So far as is known, Champonier's pastorate survived this confrontation.
Correspondence of Benedict Joseph Flaget. 5 ALS from Flaget, dated 1820-30. 2 AL (transcripts) dated 10/18/1808 and 10/24/1808 from Flaget to John Carroll. 1 AL (transcript) dated 10/10/1814 from Flaget. 4 AL(transcripts in Latin) of Flaget letters, dated 1820-32. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea) dated 3/25/1824 from Flaget to Rev. John Leo Champonier. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) dated 1/18/1825 from Flaget to Mr. Badolet.
1 AM (in French): "Notes sur Mme. Elizabeth Galitzin," dated 1843, 2 pages. 1 AM about the life of Elizabeth Galitzin, dated 1855, 4 pages.
1 ALS (copy) dated 8/7/1741 from Daniel Horsmanden (1694-1778) to Christopher Colden.
1 ALS dated 10/3/1832 from Rev. John Joseph Hughes to Rev. John Breckenridge. 1 ADS by Hughes dated 10/23/1832, regarding Catholic-Protestant controversy. 1 ALS dated 11/12/1832 from Hughes to Breckenridge. 1 ALS dated 9/4/1848 from Hughes to B. Mayer. 1 ALS dated 12/13/1848 from Hughes to the "Catholic Clergy & Laity of the Diocese of New York, and of the United States." 1 undated ANS by Hughes.
3 ALS dated 10/13/1832, 11/7/1832, and 12/3/1832 from Rev. John Breckenridge to John Joseph Hughes.
1 ALS dated 1/5/1832 from Rev. John Breckenridge to Rev. John Joseph Hughes.
1 ALS (copy) dated 12/6/1834 from "A Citizen of Baltimore" to John England, regarding a lecture by Breckenridge. 1 ALS dated 2/12/1835 from Rev. John Breckenridge to "the Editor of the Gazette." 1 AD dated 12/4/1832 regarding Rev. John Breckenridge.
1 printed letter: "Letter of Archbishop [John Joseph] Hughes on the School Question, 1841," to John C. Spencer from Hughes.
1 printed pamphlet: "Reflections and Suggestions in Regard to What Is Called the Catholic Press in the United States," by Rev. John Joseph Hughes, Archbishop of New York [New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1856], 16 pages.
1 AM by Joseph F. King, S.J.: poems and fables, 14 pages. Titles: "The Farmers wife and the raven," "The Fishers dream," "The Battle of Kilkenny Cats," "Babylon," "Rome," "The Resurrection of J.C.," "Translation of Horace, Ode XIV," "The Star of Empire Travels West," and "The Philosopher."
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea of letters of Anthony Kohlmann, dated 1808-28.
1 AN dated 1/11/1836 informing Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph that Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick is unable to accept an invitation. 1 ADS by Kenrick dated 1862, regarding a baptismal record; also signed by Thomas Foley. 1 ALS (transcript in Hand of John Gilmary Shea) dated 1/29/1845 from Kenrick to Bernard U. Campbell. 1 printed letter from Kenrick, Bishop of Philadelphia, to "the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Philadelphia," regarding the building of a cathedral, circa 1849.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea of correspondence of Thomas C. Levins (1789-1843). Also, notes by Shea about Levins. 52 pages.
1 AM: "The Glengarry Highlanders: A Sketch by the Right Rev. and Hon. Dr. [William John] Macdonnell [1814-1893], Bishop of Kingston [Ontario]," 48 pages.
2 extracts (copies) of letters from Jacques Marquette, dated August 1667, copied circa 1800s?. 1 ALS (copy) from Claude Dablon to Jacques Marquette. All documents in this folder are in French.
1 brief ALS dated 11/11/1871 from John McGill, Bishop of Richmond, to Mother Maria Baptista, thanking her for the precious water from our Lady of Lourdes.
1 ADS (part printed, part manuscript) by Ambrose Marechal, Archbishop of Baltimore, dated 12/30/1817. 1 ALS dated 12/15/1815 from Marechal to Charles Carroll, in regard to a visit to Carroll manner, with reference to Simon Gabriel Brute. 1 ALS dated 4/13/1821 from Marechal to William Gwynn, thanking him for providing a valuable paper.
1 ADS "United States Loan Office. (No. 1507) State of Massachusetts. 13th Dec. 1799. Be It Known, That there is due from the United States of America, unto Francis Antony Matignon of Boston, D.D. or his Assigns the sum of Seven hundred and fifty Dollars, sixty six Cents . . . "
Correspondence (transcripts?) of letters from Francis Matignon to John Carroll (1799-1801).
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea of 4 letters from Francis Matignon to John Carroll; 2 dated 10/14/1800, others dated 3/19/1801 and 7/3/1801.
1 AM in hand of John Gilmary Shea about the life of Antonio de Motesino, 4 pages.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea of 16 letters of Leonard Neale, dated 1801-1817.
Transcripts of letters of Leonard Neale, dated 1814-1817. Correspondents include Archbishop John Carroll and Rev. James Lucas.
1 MS (copy) by Robert Parsons, S.J.: "My indegment about transferringe English Catholiques to the Northern partes of America for inhabiting those partes and convertize those barbarous people to Christianitie," 4 pages.
1 ADS by Luis Ignatius Penalver y Cardenas (1749-1810), Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas (1793-1801), 2 pages, in Spanish.
AD (transcripts): reports from Louisiana to Spain, dated 1787-89, 7 pages.
1 printed extract from "Propagateur Catholique:" "Esquisse Biographique de Napoleon Joseph Perche, Archeveque de la Nouvelle-Orleans," 5 pages.
Printed newspaper obituaries of Napoleon Joseph Perche, Archbishop of New Orleans (1870-83), dated 1883-84, 8 pages.
1 ALS dated 4/16/1841 from John Baptist Purcell, Bishop of Cincinnati, to Lewis J. Cist. 1 ALS dated 7/23/1856 from Purcell. 1 printed poem in honor of Purcell's 78th birthday, dated Cincinnati, 2/25/1878, 1 page.
Papers of William George Read. Letters dated 1826-1845.
1 ALS dated 1/30/1834 from Frederic Rese, Bishop of Detroit, to Mr. Benson, Cashier of the U.S. Bank at Cincinnati, Ohio, regarding funds for Native American schools under Rese's direction.
1 ALS dated 9/22/1852 from Ignatius Aloysius Reynolds, Bishop of Charleston, to Father Ryan.
1 AM: "Conversion de Mr. John Richard racontee par lui-meme," dated 1847?, 13 pages.
2 autographs by Joseph Rosati. One dated 1826; the other dated 1827.
1 ALS dated 4/10/1865 from Sylvester H. Rosecrans; Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio; sent from Cincinnati. Also, AM transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea: diary of Rosecrans, dated 1847-52, 5 pages.
Contains correspondence (all photocopies) of Elizabeth Seton (1774-1821). Letters date 1803-1821. Correspondents include Rev. John Hickey and Rev. James Bayley.
1 AM: notes on Seton family with references to William Seton, dated 1794-1834, 1 sheet.
8 ALS (originals) dated 1818-1820 from Elizabeth Seton to Rev. John Hickey, addressed to St. Mary's College, Baltimore (1 undated). Please use photocopies in Shea Papers: Box 13 Folder 21.
1 AM: "Epitaph of Mother [Elizabeth] Seton," dated 1/7/1821, 1 sheet. On reverse side: ALS dated 6/1849 from James R. Bayley.
1 AM: letters of Elizabeth Seton (transcripts) dated 1804-21?, 36 pages. Manuscript belonged to Rev. James R. Bayley. Please use photocopies of these letters in Shea Papers: Box 13 Folder 21.
1 ALS dated 1820 from Elizabeth Seton to Rev. Fenwick of Baltimore. 1 ALS dated 7/1/1813 from Seton to Mr. Harper of Baltimore. Please use photocopies in Shea Papers: Box 13 Folder 21.
1 AMS by Martin John Spalding: "Dissertazione sulla guerra cicile Americana," dated 1863, 31 pages.
Printed newspapers clippings about Chata-Ima's poem "Catherine Tegahkwitha," 7 pages of clippings.
1 AM (in French) labeled as follows: "A copy of the original manuscript of M. Remy cure of La Chine, recounting the miracles wrought by Catherine Tehgakwita," copied from document dating 3/12/1696, 49 pages.
1 AM (transcript, text in French) labeled as follows: "The Following is extracted from a manuscript life of Catherine Tegakwita by Father Cholonec at the Jesuit College in Montreal," 58 pages.
Printed newspaper clippings: articles and poems about Catherine Tegahkwitha, undated, 10 oversized pages.
1 AM (copy) by Jacob Thiery: "Short Catechetical Exposition of the Most Remarkable among the Exterior Practices of the Catholic Church," copy dated 1869, 90 pages.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea of 1 ALS dated 4/5/1865 from Augustin Verot (1805-1876); Bishop of Savannah, Georgia (1861-70); to "Mrs. Robins," regarding the remains of Bishop Francis X. Garland (1808-1854), who was Bishop of Savannah from 1850-1854.
1 ALS dated 2/1841 from Richard V. Whelan (1809-1874), Bishop-elect of Richmond, to B. T. Sanders, of Baltimore, regarding a bill. Sent from Martinsburg.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea of AM notes by Charles Ignatius White: "Project of a History [of the Catholic Church in America] by Rev. Dr. Charles I. White," 6 pages. Essentially an outline for a proposed book. See: John Gilmary Shea, "History of the Catholic Church in the United States," vol. 1 [1886], p. vii-viii.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea) dated 4/29/1809 with a reference to James Whitfield. 1 ALS (copy?) dated 12/11/1810 from Rev. P. Plunket to Whitfield at Lyons. 1 ALS (Shea transcript) dated 1830? to Whitfield.
Alabama Mobile Roman transcripts dated 1823-35?
Transcripts and notes by John Gilmary Shea on the history of the Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama. Date span: 1700-1892?
1 AM (copy): "The Present State of the Catholic Mission Conducted by the Ex-Jesuits in North America," by Rev. Patrick Smythe, dated 3/22/1755, 57 pages.
1 bound AM notebook by John Gilmary Shea: notes on the history of the Catholic Church in America. 1 TLS dated 5/18/1933 from Peter Guilday, Shea's biographer, to Coleman Nevils, S.J., President of Georgetown University, donating Shea's notebook to the Georgetown University Archives; with reference to Isabelle Shea.
1 AM (transcript): "Trial of John Ury," 57 pages.
AM notes regarding certain knights, date span 1660-1833.
Miscellaneous manuscripts regarding American Catholics and the History of Catholicism in the United States.
1 undated AM regarding the life of Colonel George Roberts (b. 1828?) of Vermont, who fought for the Union in the Civil War. References to Ship Island, General Benjamin F. Butler's expedition to New Orleans, and Vicksburg.
1 undated ADS praising Rev. John B. Clemson, an Episcopal minister.
1 AM list: "American Catholic Authors," 4 pages, 1800s?
AM notes regarding John Gilmary Shea's pamphlet "Pope Day in America." See also: LAU SPCOLL Shea BX1780 .S45 1888 for the pamphlet.
1 AM (transcript): "Proceedings of the Legislature, 1843. . . . Dr. Green's [?] speech," regarding the Catholic religion.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History. Mostly citations from "Woodstock Letters."
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History. Shea's notes on the Catholic Directory?
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1 TM list of Jesuits in America, 1632-1894, 18 pages.
California Roman transcripts 1849-1869?
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on Hubert Howe Bancroft's "History of California."
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on Californian Catholic History.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea, in Spanish) dated 8/15/1783 from Francisco Palou (1723-1789) to Jose de Galvez (1720-1787).
1 AD (in French): "Parrottes des Abenakis," dated 1706, 1 page.
1 AM almanac (in French): "Index Perpetuel pour les Evangiles et les Epitres de tous les Dimanches de l'anee a l'usage de l'Eglise Catholique, Apost. et Rome," dated 1812-39?, 3 pages, includes chart.
AM (transcript) with references to Jacques Bigot (1644-1711).
1 AM (copy, in French): "Le Sieur de Lamotte Cadillac au fort de Buade, Sur l'Isle de Missilimakima, le 9 aout 1695," 9 pages.
1 AM (transcript): "Extrait des Registers de la ville de St. Malo [France] . . . Naissance du pere de Jacques Cartier 1458 . . . Naissance de Jacques Cartier 1494 . . . Mariage de Jacques Cartier [1519] . . . ," 1 page.
1 AM (transcript): "Sir Alexander Cumming of Cutler and the Four Kings of Canada," dated 1730, 20 pages.
1 AM by Degannes: "Observations sur les erreurs de la relation du siege du port-royal de laccadie, en la nouvelle france; faitte sur de faux memoires par le reverend pere charlevoix de la compagnie de iesus," folio, dated 5/1745, 3 pages. The author, who claims to have been present at the seige in 1707 and who is apparently writing in Montreal, has not been traced. Contrary to Charlevoix, he places the blame for French mismanagement of the defense of Port-Royal squarely upon the governor of the place, de Subercase, and accuses him of attempting to buy off criticisms that might have been brought against him after the fact.
AMs regarding Rev. Gabriel Dreuillette (1610?-1681). Also, 1 newspaper clipping regarding a work on Dreuillette endorsed by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
AM (transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea): letters from Charles Garnier, S.J., 1636. Also, 1 bound AM letterbook (transcripts?): letters of Charles Garnier, dated 1630?-1650?
1 ALS (fragment, transcript, in French) from Jacques Gravier (1651-1708), with reference to Kaskaskia Indians, undated.
1 AM (in French, transcript?) regarding villages of the Huron Indians, 14 pages written on.
1 AM (transcript): "Defaite et fuite des Hurons, chasses de leur pays," 54 pages.
1 AM (transcript, in French): "Journal du Voyage fait par deux Frigattes du Roi, La Badine Commandee par Mr. D'Iberville et Le Marin par Mr. Lechevalier de Surgeres," 131 pages.
1 AM (transcript, in hand of John Gilmary Shea, in French): "Memoires divers de M. l'Abbe Jean Cavelier [1636-1722], frere du Siuer Robert Cav. de LaSalle [1643-1687] touchant le dernier voyage de son frere," 37 pages.
1 AM (transcript): "Voyage de Monsieur de la Salle a la riviere Missisipi," circa 1681, 12 pages.
AM transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea, on early Catholic History in Canada, with references to LaSalle (1643-1687).
1 AM (transcript, in French): "Relation d'un voyage aux Etats-Unis, par Monseigneur Joseph-Octave-Plessis Eveque de Quebec, en 1815. (l'original est conserve aux Archives de l'Archeveche de Quebec.)," 30 pages.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea, regarding missionaries sent out from Quebec, 1787-93. Also, printed periodical clippings (circa 1800s) about missionaries, mostly about Isaac Jogues, 1642-43.
AM (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea): "Quelques details sur les Missions de l'Acadie etablies ou soutenues par le seminaire de Quebec," deals with dates 1684-1751, 20 pages.
1 ALS dated 5/4/1665 from Paul Ragueneau (1608-1680) to an unnamed correspondent. Ragueneau returned from active missionary work in Canada to France in 1662, becoming procurator of the Canadian Jesuit missions. In that capacity he writes seeking the issuance of two needed official papers, a passport for the export of some church silver from France to Canada, the other, letters patent for the continued shipment of provisions and other necessities to those working in the Canadian missions. Sent from Paris.
Canada Roman transcripts 1618-67.
1 AM (transcript) regarding Sauvole de la Villantray, with references to Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Comte de Surgeres, and the frigate "Le Marin."
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea: "R. P. Leonard de Chartzel. Custode des Missions du Canada," dated 1649, 2 pages; "Letter from a Romish Priest in Canada," dated 1729, 3 pages; and "Extrait de la lettre ecritte a M. le Marquis de Beauharmais par le R. P. Guignas, missionaire de la Compagnie de Jesus," dated 1728, 11 pages.
AM (transcripts) regarding Catholic Church in Canada.
6 documents (some originals, some transcripts) regarding Catholic History of Canada.
1 AM (transcript): "Certaine Voyages Containing The Discoverie of the Gulfe of Saint-Laurence to the West of New Foundland, and from thence to the river of Canada, to Hochelaga, Saguenay, and other places . . . . The first relation of Iaques Carthier of S. Malo, of the new land called New France, newly discovered in the year of our Lord 1534," text deals with 1534-43, 115 pages.
Manuscript notes, obituaries, and documents relating to the Catholic Directory.
1 AM by John Gilmary Shea about creating a Catholic Historical Society, 3 pages.
AM: "Catalogo de los antiguos diassertivos en el ditrito del Arzobispado de Santiago de Chile," 9 pages. Printed item: "Nos el Dr. D. Rafael Valentin Valdivieso, por la garcia de Dios y de la santa sede Apostolica, Arzobispo de Santiago de Chile etc.," 11 pages.
1 AM by Joseph Protectus Machebeuf: "Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado," describing the Catholic Church in the region, 6 pages.
AM (transcript) by John Gilmary Shea: notes on Catholic Church in Conewago, Pennsylvania, 1741-1876, 8 pages. Headings of text: "Priests at Conewago," Lily Family [records]," and "Register at Conewago."
Cuba Roman transcripts 1560?
AM (transcripts, in Spanish) Cuba History of Catholic Church, 1595?-1797?
Correspondence (transcripts, in Spanish) of Luis Ignatius Penalver Y Cardenas (1749-1810), dated 1773-1789.
AM (transcripts): Cuba Catholic Church History, 1700s. 1 printed newspaper clipping: "Investigacion Historica," on same subject, dated 5/30/1884.
1 AM in hand of John Gilmary Shea: notes on Catholic Church in Delaware, 2 pages. 1 printed newspaper article from Catholic Standard: "Historical Sketch of the Catholic Church in Delaware," 1 page.
1 manuscript: copies of official documents in Spanish and in the Apalachee and Timucua languages, circa 1688, 10 typed pages, 4 handwritten pages. Correspondents include Diego de Quiroga Y Lossada, Fr. Marcelo de S. Joseph, Alonsso Solana, and Fr. Franco de Roxas. Copies given by Buckingham Smith to John Gilmary Shea on 1/9/1860.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Juan Ponce de Leon, 1512-21, copied from archives in Seville.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1524-26.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1548-50.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1549.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1565-69.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Flordia, 1601-1609. Includes description of baptism of a Timucuan Indian chief.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea regarding Florida, 1697-1843.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) regarding Florida, 1735-55.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Pensacola, Flordia, 1781-1868. Includes lists of parish priests, army chaplains, marriages, and burials in Pensacola.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892), regarding Florida, 1567-1698.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1701-36.
Transcripts in Hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1675-1724.
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida (1550?-1800?).
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida Catholic History, circa 1550-1800.
1 AM (copy, in Spanish): "Peticion de Fr. J de Montoya de la Orden de San Francisco Provincia de Santa Elena de la Florida."
1 AM (copy, in Spanish): "Real Cedula: Abril 1786. Sobre el Convento de San Agustin de la Florida. Provincia de Santa Elena de los Religiosos, Orden de San Francisco."
1 AM (copy, in Spanish): "Memorial de Fr. J de Montoya sobre Capitulos . . . , Orden de San Francisco y fabricar el Convento de San Agustin de la Florida."
1 AM (in Spanish): "Noticias relativas a la Iglesia Parroquial de San Agustin de la Florida, desde su fundacion en Euero de 1594 hasta 1763 . . . . Habana Agosto 31 de 1885."
Transcripts (in Spanish) regarding Florida Catholic History, circa 1792-1811. Correspondents include Fr. Franco Roderiguez Capote, Joseph Antonio Cornelo(?), and Pedro Acuna.
Transcripts (in Spanish) regarding Florida Catholic History, circa 1735-1886.
4 AD (originals?) dated 1781-1786 in reference to Florida Catholic History.
1 AL dated 8/7/1841 from Stephen Elliott, Bishop of Georgia, thanking Archd. Wilkins of Savannah.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92). Correspondents include Gibault, Jean Baptiste Antoine Ferland, and others. Date span: 1768-92.
Transcripts (in French) in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Lettre du Pere Mermet au Pere Marest Mission des Illinois vers 1706, traduit du Latin, par le Pere Felix Martin" and "Lettre du pere [Jacques] Gravier au R. P. General Paris 6 Mars 1707, traduite du Latin par le pere Felix Martin."
2 AM notes: "Diocese of Chicago" (1 page) and "Chuschin[?], Illinois." (1 page). Date span: 1719-1873.
1 ALS (transcript) dated 1787: "Lettre des Kabitans des Cahos a Mr. Lavaliniere, aux Kaskaskas." 1 ALS (transcript) dated 1815 from Benedict Joseph Flaget.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Illinois Catholic History, 1798-1814. Correspondents include Jacques Gravier and others.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Registre de . . . Ste Anne sise pres du Fort de Chartres."
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Registre de l'Eglise Paroissiale de L'Immaculee Conception de Notre Dame des Kaskaskias," 1695-1727.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): Catholic Church records Illinois ample references to Father Gibault, 1700s?
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): Catholic Church records Illinois 1700s, many references to Father Gibault.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): Catholic Church records Illinois 1700s, references to Father Gibault.
Notes and transcripts Illinois Catholic History 1700?-1850?
1 typed list: "List of Priests on the Mission along the Mississippi River. They generally resided at Praire du Rocher; but occasionally at Kaskaskias or Cahokias," 1683-1844.
Newspaper clippings regarding Illinois Catholic History. References to Kaskaskia. Also, 1 printed bill: "H.R. 344. In the House of Representatives. December 21, 1885. . . . A Bill concerning lands in the State of Illinois ceded by France to the Seminary of Quebec, and to indemnify the grantee thereof;" introduced by John R. Thomas.
Indiana Vincennes Roman transcripts 1841-1847.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Indiana Catholic History, 1783-90. References to Father Gibault and the Illinois Indians.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Registre des Morts dans la Paroisse du poste Vincennes," 1750-70?
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Registre des mariages pour les sauvages du poste Vincennes," 1749-75.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Registres du Baptismes Pour les Sauvages du poste Vincennes," 1749-69.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Registres des baptimes mariages et sepultures . . . eglise paroissale de Fr. Francois Xavier . . . poste Vincennes . . . " 1808-14.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): Indiana Catholic History, 1700-1850?
1 AM (transcript): "Early Catholicity in Indiana," 1675-1804.
1 transcript: "Aux Habitans de Vincennes qui m'ont fait des plaintes sur la conduite de Mr. Champiommier Salut et Benediction," 1824.
AD (transcripts) regarding Vincennes, Indiana Catholic History, with reference to Simon Brute, 1807.
1 AM transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Dominicans. Kentucky and Ohio. from the Order in Kentucky," 1801-71.
1 AM transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Copia di Lettera scritta . . . [Joseph] Rosati della Congregatione della Missione dal Seminario di S. Tomaso presso Bardstown . . . Kentucky," 2/7/1818.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Kentucky Catholic History, 1833-48?
AM transcripts regarding Kentucky Catholic History, 1804-10.
1 ALS dated 3/5/1722 from Bruno de Laugier (?), Superior of the Mission of Louisiana.
1 ALS (in Spanish) dated 1803 from Pedro Junin (?) to Joseph Hassette (?).
ADS dated 4/1804, signed by Patrick Walsh (d. 1806).
1 ALS (in Spanish) dated 5/1/1804 from Diego Maxwell to Thomas Hassett of Louisiana.
1 deed dated 5/17/1823: from the "President & Selectment of the City of Natchez" to the "President & Trustees of the Roman Catholic Society of Natchez and its vicinity."
Louisiana Roman transcripts 1764-1827.
Louisiana Roman transcripts 1826-34. References to Joseph Rosati.
Louisiana Roman transcripts 1844.
Louisiana Roman transcripts 1854-1856.
Louisiana Roman transcripts 1862-1863.
Louisiana Roman transcripts 1864-1865.
1 transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "relation d'un voyage du fort d'Orleans sur la riviere du Missoury aux Padoucas. Par Mr. de Bourgmont, Chevalier de l'ordre militaire de . . . Louis, Commandant de la riviere du missoury et sur le chant de celle deas Arkansas.," 1706-1722.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Archives of Archeveche and Seminary, Quebec Mississippi Mission. Used in Vol. I." 1663-1728.
1 transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Relation du annalles veritable, de ce qui s'est passe dans le pais de la Louisiane de 1699 a 1721," 217 pages. References to Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Count de Surgere, warfare between the French and Native Americans, Native American society, D'Artaguiette Diron, and the geography of Louisiana.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Extraits resumes des registres de l'eglise catholique St. Francois de la Pointe Coupee," 1728-1865.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Father Watrin's Memoir on the Louisiana Mission with memorandum added in the Propaganda," 1770?
Transcripts Louisiana 1772. From Archives of Simancas and Seville. Mostly regarding Catholic Church matters. References to Don Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga, Father Cirilo de Barcelona, and Father Santiago Hechevarria.
Louisiana transcripts 1779-1873. In Spanish.
Transcripts Louisiana 1785-1796. Reference to Luis Penvalver y Cardenas.
Transcripts Louisiana 1780s? Mostly regarding Catholic History. References to Miami Indians and Father Watrins.
Transcripts Louisiana 1799-1815. Correspondents include Luis Cardenas Y Penalver, John Carroll, and others.
1 printed invitation for the "Annual Celebration of American Independence" by the Literary Society of Loyola College, 1858.
AM transcripts: excerpts from the "Annapolis Gazette," 1745-1795?
AM transcripts: excerpts from the "Annapolis Gazette," 1745-95?
AM transcripts: excerpts from the "Annapolis Gazette," 1745-95?
AD: "General Description of Metropolitan Province of Baltimore, 1800?, 8 pages.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Bull erecting See of Baltimore, 1789."
1 printed item: "Baltimore City's 150th Anniversary. Programme for a Week of Spectacle and Festivity," 3 pages.
ADs (transcripts?): "Francis X. Brosius vs. Casarius Reuter," dated 5/1805, 8 pages. Also: transcripts of the same documents in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92).
AM: "History of the Establishment of the Carmelites in Maryland," 1751-1844? 8 pages. Includes 1 ALS dated 4/3/1844 from Bishop Benedict of Boston.
1 ALS dated 6/13/1851 from Bishop Charbonel regarding the confirmation of Miss Colter.
1 AD: "Catholic Churches in Maryland," 1831-4?, 4 pages.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Diary of Archbishop Marechal, 1818-1825."
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Sacra Congregarazione de Propaganda Fide." In reference to Ambrose Marechal.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea of correspondence of Ambrose Marechal, 1815-41?
Correspondence (transcripts) of Ambrose Marechal, 1810-30? Correspondents include Richard Luke Coucanen(?), Peter Plunket, Benedict Joseph Flaget, and others.
2 ALS (transcripts) dated 1642 from William Peasley, regarding Maryland affairs.
ADs dated 1815-16 regarding Protestant churches in Maryland. Correspondents include Thomas John Claggett, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Maryland.
2 AD regarding petition of Henry Reese to the City of Baltimore, undated.
Maryland Roman transcripts 1789-1833.
Correspondence (transcripts) of Nicholas Sewall and Charles Sewall, 1750-1850?.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Brief Account of the Settlement of Maryland, with a Notice of St. Inigoes," by Benedict Joseph Fenwick, 1633-1832
1 AD: report card for student at "St. Joseph's Academy for Young Ladies, Near Emmittsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, Jany 1st, 1846."
Transcripts regarding the Seminary of St. Sulpitius in Baltimore, 1789-1836?
Transcript regarding St. Sulpitius Seminary in Baltimore, 1791-1827.
AM transcript about Andrew White (1579-1656), 2 pages.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Andrew White (1579-1656).
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "White: Relatio Itineris in Marylandiam," 6 pages.
AM transcript: "Relatio itineris in Marylandium" by Andrew White, 1633?
AM transcript: "Memoir of Father Andrew White," 1633-55.
AM transcript: French account of the origin & progress of Catholicism in the English provinces of North America, esp. Maryland, from 1632 until early in the 19th century. Author unknown. Time of composition unknown. Special attention to Archbishop John Carroll and foundations of Georgetown College and of the Georgetown Visitation School & Convent.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "The Mission of Maryland," 1633-49, 142 pages.
Maryland Catholic History Transcript 1633-1785.
AM (transcript): "Excerpta ex diversis litteris Missionariorum," 1635-8.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Maryland Catholic History, 1770-1860. Correspondents include Leonard Neale and Thomas Foley.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea: "Memorial of the American Clergy to the Pope in 1783, requesting a Superior independent of the Vicare Apostolic of London."
Transcripts regarding appointment of a Catholic bishop for the United States, 1783-1806. Titles: "Memorial of the American Clergy to the Pope requesting a superior independent of the London Vicar" and "Petition of the clergy in the U. States to the Holy See, for the appointment of a bishop."
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Petition of Clergy of U.S. for a Bishop," 1788.
Transcripts and notes Maryland Catholic History 1790?-1850?
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Circular regarding erection of a cathedral 1803." Sent from Baltimore.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Bishop B. Fenwick [1782-1846]: Memoirs to serve for the future ecclesiastical History of the Diocese of Boston," 163 pages.
AM transcript: "memoires du Docteur Pierre De Sales Laterriere. de la ville et de l'Universite Etat de Boston et de Cambridge, en 1788," 12 pages.
2 newspaper clippings. Jemima Lovechange, "Chapter about Mount Benedict Convent," for the "Traveller," 3/7/1854. Ned Buntline, "The Convent Bill," for the "Boston Daily Bee," 4/20/1854.
Documents regarding Massachusetts Catholic History. 1 transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92), dated 1776-90. 1 Roman transcript Boston 1/10/1845. 1 printed circular regarding the commencement of a Jubilee in the Diocese of Boston.
1 printed item: "American Ethnological Society, Circular No. 1. Indian languages of America. June, 1852," Maya vocabulary; "Extracted from Rev. John Kingdon's English-Spanish-Maya Dictionary. Oct. 14, 1856 W[illiam]. W[added]. T[urner]," 4 pages. Also, 1 printed article by Daniel G. Brinton: "The Annals of the Cakchiquels," 1886, 6 pages.
1 AM (transcript): "Relacion de varias expediciones por Fr. Juan Miguel de Menchero," dated 7/11/1746.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Mexico and the southwestern United States circa 1538-41, mostly about Fr. Marcos de Nisa.
Mexico Roman transcripts 1567 1671.
Mexico Roman transcripts 1800? 1864.
AMS (transcript?) by Sensastian Sanchez, dated 8/1738.
1 AM: "Rudo Ensayo, Tentativa de una Prevencional Description Geographica de La Provincia de Sonora, Sus terminos, y confines. O mejor Collection de Materiales para hacerla quien lo supiere mejor, Compilada, assi de noticias adquidas por el Collector en sus viajes por casi tada Ella, como subministradas por los PPs Missioneros. y practicos de la tierra. Dirigida al Remedio de ella. Por un amigo del bien Commun," 166 leaves, quarto [Mexico? second half of the 18th century (after 1762)]. Anonymous authorship, sometimes attributed to the Jesuit missionary Juan Nentuig. Important source for Fr. Francisco Javier Alegre. Other surviving copies of the text are found in Mexico City and Madrid. This folder contains pages 1-72. Pages 73-165 of this manuscript are found in Shea Papers: Box 18 Folder 12.
Second portion of manuscript regarding Sonora, Mexico, consisting of pages 73-165. First part found in Shea Papers: Box 18 Folder 11.
Mexico Catholic History transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) 1630-1779.
Mexico Catholic History transcripts 1632-1708.
Mexico Catholic History transcripts in hand of john Gilmary Shea (1824-92) 1639-1703. Correspondents include Eusebio Francisco Kino (1644-1711).
Mexico Catholic History 1703-1817 transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92).
1 AM (transcript?) dated 1808-9 in reference to Mexican Catholic History.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Register of Baptisms and Marriages by Rev. Gabriel Richard [1767-1832] at Green Bay in July 1823." Copied from original in a register at Detroit.
Transctipts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) correspondence regarding Detroit missionary activity to superiors in Quebec, 1767.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) Detroit missionary activity, 1768-70.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) Detroit missionary activity; reports to superiors in Quebec, 1771-88.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Detroit Catholic History, 1706?-41? Correspondents include Dominique Delamarche and Cherubin Denian.
AD dated 1830 regarding the Roman Catholic Society in Natchez, Mississippi, 3 pages (fragment?).
AMs regarding Natchez, Mississippi Catholic History, 1787?-1846? Correspondents include John Joseph Chanche and A. Calderon de la Barca.
Manuscripts and transcripts regarding Natchez, Mississippi Catholic History, 1735?-1824? Correspondents include Patrick Walsh, John Ventura Morales, John Harrisson, Francis Lennan, William Henry Elder, and James Van de Velde.
1 ALS (in French) dated 1803 from Rev. L. Lusson to his superior; sent from "St. Charles du Missouri."
1 AMS by James O'Gorman (1804-74), Bishop of Nebraska (1859-74), describing the Vicariate Apostolic of Nebraska.
2 newspaper clippings: "Bishop McQuaid on Early New Jersey Catholics," printed 11/19/1883.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Resignation of Abp Lamy and his farewell to the clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Sta Fe," 8/26/1885.
AM transcript: "Descripcion Geografica del Nuevo Mexico, escrita por el R. P. Fr. Juan Agustin de Morfi. Ano de 1782."
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Short History of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico sent to Genl C. Ewing by the Bishop of Santa Fe." 2/25/1874.
New Mexico Roman transcripts 1634-1865. Correspondents include John Baptist Lamy.
Transcripts and notes in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding New Mexico Catholic History, 1600?-1850?
Transcripts and notes in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) about New Mexico Catholic History, 1600?-1850?
New Mexico transcript 1634 in Spanish.
Transcript New Mexico Catholic History 1778.
Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) about New Mexico Catholic History, 1782-1827.
1 printed letter dated 9/28/1858 from John McCloskey, Bishop of Albany, regarding an indulgence.
1 AMS dated 7/3/1890 by W. J. Seymour; Rector of the Church of the Holy Family at Auburn, New York: "History of the Holy Family Church, Auburn, New York," 4 pages. Also, 4 newspaper clippings dated 1890 about Catholicism in Auburn, New York.
Transcripts New York French Consulate 1783-88.
1 ALS dated 1/11/1856 from George Fenwick, regarding the New York Literary Institution; sent from Georgetown College.
1 ALS (in French) dated 11/12/1667 from Jean Pierron, S.J. to "Monsieur Runsselaer," 2 pages. Also, 1 transcript of the original, with note on back: "Transcript of original letter made by Rev. Henry van Rensselaer S.J. lineal descendant of the old patroon to whom the letter was originally addressed. E. Spillane."
AD dated 1822-4: "Statistics of St. James Church Brooklyn," 4 pages.
1 AM: "meeting of the Trustees of St. Peters Church in the City of New York held on the 22d Octr. 1819," 23 pages.
Manuscript notes and printed matter about New York Catholic History, c. 1800s.
New York Roman transcripts 1818-1832?
New York Catholic History Spanish transcript 1785.
New York Catholic History Spanish transcripts 1785-6.
New York Spanish transcripts 1788.
New York Catholic History transcripts 1811-24. Correspondents include Anthony Kohlmann.
AM: "Las Misiones en la Republic de Nicaragua," undated.
Newspaper clippings about Ohio Catholic History, 1817-87. Also, manuscripts on the same subject. References to St. John's Congregation, Canton; Sts. Philip and James Congregation, Canal Fulton; and Congregation of St. Philip Neri, Dungannon.
AM regarding Catholic History of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1800s. 1 ALS dated 5/29/1890 to John Gilmary Shea. 1 AM (transcript) providing information on Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 6 pages.
1 AM: "Prefecture Apostolic of the Indian Territory. Erected 1876." 4pages. Lists churches, clergy, and Native American tribes. Includes notes on schools.
AM [transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92)]: historical sketch of Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania and Rev. Theodore Schneider's register of baptisms & marriages. 1 AM (transcript by Shea): "Notes on F. Schneider's Register." AM (and AM transcript): "Goshenhoppen, Penna. (Berks Co.)," 1 AMS regarding churches in Reading, Pennsylvania. Documents pertain to dates 1641?-1876?
1 undated AM (transcript) to Rev. James Frederic Wood, Archbishop of Philadelphia, from the priests of the diocese of Pittsburgh, in regard to the division of the diocese. Also: 1 Roman transcript Philadelphia 1780.
AM transcript: "Note sur la necessite d'eriger un Archeveche an dela des Alleganies, Stats Unis d'Amerique." Also, 1 transcript: Diocese of Pittsburgh, regarding Mary's first shrine, undated.
Pennsylvania Roman transcripts (1795-1846).
1 printed letter: "To the Honorable the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met." Regarding the trusteeship controversy. Undated.
1 AM dated 1743 (in Spanish): "The Present State of Catholicism, Policies and Economy of the Indians of Peru," by Juan Joseph del Hoyo.
Roman transcripts 1763-1792.
Roman transcripts 1815-21.
Roman transcripts 1823-4.
Roman transcripts 1825-9.
Roman transcripts 1830-8.
Roman transcripts 1840-7.
Roman transcripts 1850-9.
Manuscript notes by John Gilmary Shea (1824-92).
Tracings of notables' autographs made by John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) over the course of his research on American Catholic History.
South Carolina Roman transcripts 1820-64. References to Charleston and Bishop John England.
South Carolina Catholic History manuscripts 1800?-58? References to Charleston and Bishop John England.
1 ALS (transcript) dated 10/31/1906 from D. P. Lanigan, of Charleston, South Carolina, enclosing a printed appeal for aid in paying the debt on the cathedral of Charleston.
Texas Catholic History 1700?-1850? transcripts and notes in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92).
Texas Catholic History 1700-1850? transcripts and notes in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92).
Texas Catholic History 1700?-1850? transcripts. References to Mission of San Antonio de Valero.
Tennessee Catholic History Nashville 1817-78 notes in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92).
Newspaper clippings dated 1871 about the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Printed proofs: "Relation: Du Voyage des Fondatrices de la Nouvelle Orleans, ecrite aux Ursulines de France, par la premiere Superieure, la Mere St. Augustin."
AM: "Notice sur la vie de la Mere Marie Therese Farjon dite de St. Francois Xavier decedee le 3 mars 1810," 16 pages.
Ursulines 1800s transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92).
Ursulines 1750?-1850? transcript (fragment, pages 34-38 only).
AM: "Extrait des Annales apres la Translation, 1734."
AM dated 1815: "Faits Divers," with references to the Ursulines.
ALS dated 12/31/1855 from Joseph Ursula Querk (?), regarding the Ursulines; sent from Ursuline Convent, St. Joseph's, Sligo, Ireland.
AM transcript: "Report of the Proceedings of the Legislature of 1863 on the Indemnification for the burning of Charlestown Convent," 6 pages.
Ursulines 1726?-1849 manuscript notes.
1 ALS (transcript, in French) dated 3/21/1804 from Sister Marie Therese Farjoy, Superior of the Ursuline Convent of New Orleans, to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, regarding the Ursulines' holdings; sent from New Orleans. 1 ALS (transcript) dated 4/24/1809 from James Madison to "Madam," in reference to the Ursulines; sent from Washington, D.C. 1 ALS (transcript) dated 4/20/1812 from John Dawson to "Much respected Ladies," regarding a new law, complimenting the Ursulines, with reference to Governor William Charles Coles Claiborne. 1 ALS (transcript) dated 6/17/1815 from Alexander James Dallas to "Madam," in regard to the exchange of lands with the Ursuline Nuns of New Orleans; with reference to General Andrew Jackson, General James Wilkinson, and Benjamin Morgan; sent from the War Department.
1 ALS (transcript) dated 12/16/1815 from Sister Ste. Marie Olivier, Superior of the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans, to Bishop John Carroll, imploring his help in protecting the property of the Ursulines in New Orleans; sent from New Orleans. References to Alexander James Dallas and General James Wilkinson.
Ursulines New Orleans correspondence 1808-1815.
1 AM: "Livington's Conversion," regarding Adam Livingston and Wizard Clip (Smithfield, West Virginia), 10 pages. Published in fuller form as: Joseph Maria Finotti (1817-79), "The Mystery of the Wizard Clip (Smithfield, W. Va.): A Monograph" (Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1879) [call#: LAU SPCOLL General 91A97].
1 pencil drawing by J.E. Taylor: "Smithfield, Va" during the Civil War. On verso: another pencil drawing (caricature, possibly of General Nathaniel P. Banks) and handwritten note, presumably by Taylor, with brief description of Confederate cavalry attack, with references to General Nathaniel P. Banks and Andrew Hunter.
1 pencil drawing by J. E. Taylor: "Smithfield" [Virginia], Civil War scene, 1862? On verso: handwritten note, presumably by Taylor, describing battle near Smithfield (i.e. Wizard Clip, or Middleway), Virginia, with reference to John Thomas Averill.
1 pencil drawing by J. E. Taylor: Smithfield, Virginia, Civil War scene, 1862? On verso: fragment of handwritten note about the battle near that site, signed J. E. "Taylor."
1 pencil drawing by J. E. Taylor: Smithfield, Virginia, Civil War scene, 1862? On verso: handwritten note signed by Taylor with reference to Adam Livingston.
1 AM transcript: "Public Record Office Copy. State Papers. Domestic. Eliz. 1580. Vol. 146 No 40." Articles of petition, endorsed by Thomas Gerard and George Peckham, 2 pages.
2 LS dated 4/18/1654 and 5/23/1654 from Pope Alexander VIII (1610-91). 1 engraving of Alexander VIII, 17th century.
1 ALS dated 1785 from Jose Nicolas de Azara (1731-1804). 1 engraving of Azara, undated.
1 LS dated 11/27/1803 from Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823).
1 ALS dated 9/19/1794 from Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) to Dr. Ashbell Green, with reference to Princeton. 1 undated TLS from Stephen X. Winters, S.J. to William Repetti, S.J., about the Boudinot letter.
1 DS by Robert Bowie (1750-1818), dated 10/10/1812, regarding the commission of Lawrence Posey.
1 AM by Jacques Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704), circa 1670-81.
1 ALS dated 9/27/1788 to Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754-93) from Miss Fisher; sent from Philadelphia.
1 ALS dated 8/16/1796 to Jonathan Jackson. Copy also sent to John Brooks (1752-1825).
1 brief ALS dated 6/14/1862 from William Gannaway Brownlow (1805-1877) to Master Anspach; sent from Philadelphia.
1 DS by William Burnet (1628-1729) dated 2/25/1725, regarding a petition by Catherine Morgason.
1 ANS dated 6/30/1788 from Zebulon Butler (1731-1795) to John Hollenbach.
1 AM signed "Scrutator" regarding John Caldwell Calhoun's (1782-1850) presidential qualities, undated, 27 pages.
1 ALS dated 2/8/1813 from Matthew Carey to Messrs. Howe and Deforest; sent from Philadelphia.
1 ALS dated 2/15/1777 from Charles Carroll (1708-1782) to the General Assembly of Maryland.
1 ANS dated 5/31/1826 from Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832), a check to William Gibbons.
1 AMS dated 10/25/1822 from Lewis Cass (1782-1866) to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, with lengthy discussion of the Ojibwa language, 17 pages.
1 ALS dated 10/4/1823 from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), with discussion of the Ojibwa Indians. Part of the letter is in a Native American language, presumably Ojibwa.
1 ALS dated 10/18/1823 from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), providing some of his observations about the Native Americans with which he came into contact; sent from Sault Ste. Marie.
1 AL dated 12/21/1823 from Lewis Cass (1782-1866) to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft or some other informant; sent from Detroit, 8 pages.
1 ALS dated 1/4/1824 from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), regarding Native American dialects, 4 pages.
1 ALS dated 5/12/1824 from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), regarding Native American matters; sent from Sault Ste. Marie.
1 ALS dated 1/24/1825 from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), with discussion of Pontiac, 7 pages. Also, 1 AM extrac from the "Annual Register" for 1763. Vol. 6, sent to Cass by Schoolcraft: "State of our conquests in North America. Three governments. Reasons for this arrangement. Indians commence hostilities. Causes of the war. Indians neglected. Strength of the English in North America dreaded. State of the savage nations. Revolutions amongst themselves. The Indians grow powerful. Iroquois generally quiet, " 40 pages.
1 AM (transcript) from Lewis Cass (1782-1866) to John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), Secretary of War: "Report on the Council at Hapaghkonetta. Copied from the Detroit Gazette of June 7 in the National Gazette of June 25, 1825. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the Expedition with Gov. Cass copied from the Detroit Gazette (no date) in the National Gazette of August 18, 1825."
1 ALS dated 11/6/1826 from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), regarding the Ojibwa language.
1 ALS dated 11/20/1848 from Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), with reference to the election of Zachary Taylor as president and the defeat of Martin Van Buren; sent from Saratoga Springs.
1 AM: vocabulary of Choctaw language, possibly in hand of Lewis Cass (1782-1866), 2 pages.
1 AM: account of the Prophet [Tenskwatawa] (1768?-1834), in relation to Lewis Cass (1782-1866), undated, 8 pages.
AM: "Mem. of a conversation with Mr. Ch. Guoin, a Liet. in the British Service, in 1775, 1779, & 1794," dated 1826, 4 pages. Also, 1 AD: "Memorandum of the circumstances attending the murder of American Prisoners in Old Fort Meigs, & the rescuing of four friendly Shawnee Indians, from the Potawatamies, by Tecumseh as related by Joe Parks," 3 pages.
AM: account of the Lake Indians' participation in the War of 1812. Chapters 3 and 4 from published(?) work by probably Lewis Cass (1782-1866) or Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864). Many notations in the former's hand.
10 ALS dated 1703-1830 by Bishops and Cardinals. Correspondents include Laurent Alvieni (1693), Modesto Fanna (1802), and Alcuini Sebastiamo (1830).
1 undated ALS from Thomas March Clark (1812-1903) to Mrs. Allen.
Manuscript: Papal Bull dated 3/6/1533 of Pope Clement VII (1478-1534).
1 LS dated 12/28/1661 from Pope Clement IX (1600-1669). 1 engraving dated 1767 of Clement IX.
Manuscript: Papal Bull dated 12/6/1675 of Clement X (1590-1676). 1 engraving of Clement X (undated).
1 DS dated by Pope Clement XI (1649-1721).
1 LS dated 12/5/1722 from Pope Clement XII (1652-1740) to the Governor of Milan. 1 engraving dated 1740 of Clement XII.
2 ALS dated 8/20/1749 and 4/8/1751 from Pope Clement XIII (1693-1769).
1 ALS dated 3/15/1832 to Thomas Culbreth (1786-1843) from "Geo. Howard," probably George Howard, Governor of Maryland (1831-3).
1 LS dated 7/15/1746 from George Clinton (1686-1761), Governor of New York, to Captain James Taning, regarding the mustering of soldiers for an expedition against Canada.
1 ALS dated 3/1798 from Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1795-99), to Dr. Ogden; sent from Philadelphia.
1 undated ANS by Thomas Dongan (1634-1715), Governor of New York (1682-8).
1 ALS dated 9/30/1815 from Louis William Valentin DuBourg (1766-1833) to Albert Gallatin. The Sulpician former president of Georgetown University, DuBourg was consecrated Bishop of New Orleans on September 24, one of the officiants being the French ambassador to the Holy See. This purely routine letter seeks the American Minister to France's help in conveying news of his appointment and inauguration to his waiting flock, whom he had served in the capacity of Administrator Apostolic since 1812-3. Also: transcripts (most in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) regarding Dubourg.
4 AMs (copies) "ex libris" Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816-78): "A Dialogue between a Southern Delegate, and His Spouse" (1774); "Elegy on the Death of Reverend Jonathan Mayhew, DD" (1766); "An Address to a Provincial Bashaw . . . By a Son of Liberty" (1769) by Benjamin Church (1734-76); and "The Association . . . of the Delegates of the Colonies, as the Grand Congress, Held at Philadelphia, Sept 1, 1774" by Bob Jingle (pseud.) (1774).
Correspondence from John England (1786-1842): 1 AL dated 10/1821? from England to Henry Conwell(?) (1748-1842); 1 ALS (transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) dated 1820 from England to Ambrose Marechal (1764-1828); 1 ALS dated 1826(?) from England; 1 ALS (part printed) dated 7/2/1832 from England to James Whitfield (1770-1834); 1 AD dated 8/5/1840: "Address Delivered before the Demosthenian and Phi Kappa Societies of Franklin College Athens, Georgia" by England (30 pages).
1 ANS dated 11/17/1861 by John Ericsson (1803-89).
1 LS dated 1/27/1806 from Joseph Cardinal Fesch (1764-1839) to Mr. Abbe Lucotte. 1 LS dated 7/18/1817 from Fesch to "Signora." 1 undated engraving of Fesch.
1 ALS dated 11/5/1778 from Thomas Fitzsimmons (1741-1811) to Robert Christie; sent from Philadelphia.
1 printed circular dated 2/1840 signed by John Forsyth (1780-1841): "Circular. Department of State. To the Marshal of the United States," regarding the sixth census of the United States, 1 page.
1 ALS dated 4/15/1707 from Lothar Francis. Also, undated 1 engraving of him.
Signature of Major John S. Gavitt (?) of Indiana.
1 ALS dated 1796 from Gregory XVI (1765-1846).
1 DS dated 6/23/1773 by Gustavus III of Sweden (1746-1792).
1 brief ALS dated 9/13/1762 from John Hanson, regarding a payment.
1 DS check dated 1/9/1835 signed by William Henry Harrison (1773-1835). Bank of United States, Cincinnati.
1 AM dated 9/10/1762 regarding Maximilian Hell (1720-1792).
1 DS dated 1/4/1786 by Patrick Henry (1736-1799), regarding the land of John Young.
1 ALS dated 12/2/1820 from John Henry Hobart (1775-1830) to P. Hone (?), in regard to a pamphlet.
1 ALS (in French) dated 7/12/1828 from Louis Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst (1794-1849).
1 brief ALS dated 2/18/1864 from Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (1810-23) to Winfield Scott Hancock, requesting an autograph. 3 brief ALS to Humphreys providing autographs dated 2/21/1864 from Samuel Sprigg Carroll, 2/23/1864 from Albion Parris Howe, and 2/24/1864 from John Newton.
1 ALS (copy) dated 6/20/1786 from Samuel Huntigton (1731-1796) to George Wyllys (1710-1796), regarding the commission of Lieutenant Aaron Gayer(?).
1 ALS dated 9/12/1754 from Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780) to the Constable of Rodbury, regarding a summons.
1 AD Papal Bull of Pope Innocent X (1574-1655), dated 1/21/1650.
1 DS dated 1721 by Pope Innocent XIII (1655-1724). 1 engraving dated 1721 of Innocent XIII.
1 ALS (copy) dated 10/1/1780 from William Irvine (1740-1804) to General Arthur St. Clair. 1 autograph envelope signed: Anthony St. Clair, no date. 1 ALS dated 11/18/1779 to Irvine from Joseph Reed; sent from Philadelphia.
Correspondence from Jose Francisco de Isla (1703-1781): 3 ALS dated 7/11/1773, 11/29/115, and 8/28/1778.
1 DS dated 11/13/1794 by Jonathan Jackson (1743-1810), regarding duties on goods.
1 DS dated 5/28/1802 by William Jackson (1759-1828), signer of the Declaration of Independence and secretary of the Convention of 1787, regarding the importing of wine.
1 AM dated 9/26/1806: "To the President of the United States [Thomas Jefferson]. The memorial of the Inhabitants of the Town of Lyme in the State of Connecticut in legal Town meeting assembled," petitioning against the embargo, 8 pages.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Thomas Jefferson to an unidentified correspondent, regarding Catholic Church matters, with reference to John Carroll; sent from Monticello.
1 ANS check dated 1/17/1781 by Thomas Johnson (1732-1774), payable to Jeremiah Chase.
1 ALS (copy) dated 3/26/1774 from Jacques Joseph, Bishop of Cuba, to Charles III, the King of Spain from 1759-88.
1 ALS dated 12/8/1834 from Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844) to Mahlon Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy, regarding the appointment of Dr. Frederick Theobald as assistant surgeon in the U.S. Navy.
Contains documents comprising the personal manuscripts collection of John Gilmary Shea. This series consists of Boxes 21 and 22 and is arranged alphabetically by individual.
1 ANS dated 12/7/1826 from James Kemp (1764-1827) to Rev. Kenshaw, summoning him to a meeting.
1 DS dated 8/19/1835 from Amos Kendall, Postmaster General of the United States, to the cashier of the U.S. Bank of Cincinnati, regarding the account of his department.
1 ALS dated 1853? from William Wadden Turner to Rev. John Kingdon, regarding a meeting of the American Ethnological Society; sent from Washington, D.C. 1 ALS dated 11/5/1853 from William Henry Wyckoff to Kingdon, with a reference to translating the Bible into the language of the Maya Indians; sent from New York. 3 ALS dated 10/29/1853, 12/27/1853, and 2/13/1854 from Kingdon, regarding the Maya language.
1 ADS by James Kinsey (1731-1803) chief justice of New Jersey Supreme Court (1789-1803), with references to John Pope and Edward Thomas.
1 ALS dated 5/26/1703 from Francois d'Aix Lachaise (1624-1709), confessor of Louis XIV. 1 undated engraving of Lachaise.
1 ALS dated 1/18/1841 from Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802-1861) to Mons. Egros. 1 undated engraving of Lacordaire.
1 ALS dated 6/10/1803? from Marie Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) to Citoyen Marclet.
1 AL dated 2/6 from Cesar-Guillaume La Luzerne.
1 ANS dated 2/1781 by Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819): a check to Uriah Forrest. Also, 1 clipped signature of Lee.
1 AN dated 5/8/1824? by Pope Leo XII (1760-1829).
1 ALS dated 10/12/1865 from H. Durham to Frank Leslie, enclosing the 7/19/1862 issue of the "Pistol Gazette," a Civil War newspaper printed in Iuka, Tishomingo County, Mississippi (4 pages).
1 ALS dated 1/27/1827 from Edward Lloyd (1779-1834), recommending David Higgins for a post in the city of Baltimore.
1 DS dated 9/17/1652 from Louis XIV of France, regarding travel arrangements for merchants. Reference to the Louvre.
1 LS dated 12/14/1870 from John Sanfield Macdonald (1812-1872), regarding the release of Joseph Murphy from jail; sent from Toronto.
1 ALS dated 7/3/1883 from John Bach McMaster (1852-1932), regarding a chance to publish an article; sent from Brooklyn.
1 LS dated 6/4/1836 from Marie-Louise (1791-1847), Empress of Napoleon, to her cousin, the Prince of Liechtenstein, offering her condolences to the family upon the death of Prince Jean Joseph.
1 AM: "An Account of the Fines & forfeitures in the 36th Regiment of Maryland Militia Commanded by Col. Dan Carroll as returned by the different officers for the Year 1799," 4 pages.
1 AM: "A Post Prandium Examination at Mass. Med. Association by a Member," 1 page (folio).
1 ALS dated 10/20/1891 from Francis McAtee, S.J. to R. H. Edelen; of Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland; offering him a professorship at the new Georgetown College law school. Sent from Georgetown College, West Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 12/6/1858 from George Henry Miles (1824-1871) to James B. Kirker, regarding a proof.
1 AM (copy): "The Life, Exploits and Prospects of Tammany the famous Indian Chief" by Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831), dated 5/12/1795, 29 pages.
1 ALS dated 11/27/1798 from Robert Morris (1734-1806) to John Nicholson, regarding Charles Young.
1 ALS dated 1/30/1749 from Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672-1750) to Angelo Bianchi.
1 printed pamphlet: "Henry C. Murphy: A Sketch of His Life." From the "Brooklyn Eagle," 12/1/1882, 19 pages.
Printed material regarding John Neumann, dated 1852-9, 3 pages.
1 undated AM by Charles Cooper Nott (1827-1916), regarding his imprisonment by the Confederates during the American Civil War, 4 pages.
1 DS check dated 9/2/1775 endorsed by Benjamin Ogle.
1 AL dated 6/13/1708 from Domenico Passionel (1682-1761).
1 AM: Papal Bull of Pope Paul IV (1476-1559). Also, printed matter regarding Paul IV.
1 DS signature of Philip Syng Physick (1768-1837), dated 1823. Also, 1 engraving of Physick dated 1831.
1 ALS dated 1/6/1826 from Israel Pickens (1780-1827), Governor of Alabama, to John Murphy, regarding compensation to be made to certain professionals.
1 AM: Papal Bull dated 4/3/1563 by Pope Pius IV (1499-1565).
Notes in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92), with reference to Charles Plowden, 1 page.
1 AM: grammar of the Polish language, 34 pages.
1 ALS dated 10/6/1799 from Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844) to William P. Beers. 1 ALS dated 12/21/1808 from Porter to New York merchants.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) dated 9/12/1570 from Pedro Fernandes de Quiros, S.J., regarding Spanish missionary efforts in the New World, with apparent attention to Santa Elena (perhaps part of present-day South Carolina). 1 typed transcript of the letter is also retained in this folder.
1 ALS dated 9/26/1678 from Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rance (1626-1700).
1 ALS dated 8/10/1815 from John Randolph (1773-1833) to Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
1 AL dated 12/25/1783 from Rev. Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal.
Revolutionary War letters by participants 1775-1805. Correspondents include Col. Charles Read (1776), Samuel Forman (1776), Adam Babcock (1780), Nehemiah Hubbard (1782), A. Dunham (1782), Daniel Clymer (1783), Col. ? Cumming (1788), and John Dexter (1805).
1 AM: Return of the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates in the Second Maryland Brigade. Signed by John Davidson. Dated 12/10/1779. 1 page.
1 ALS dated 3/1/1839 from Samuel Ringgold (1800-1846) to Messrs. Carey and Hart of Philadelphia. 1 printed pamphlet: "Memoir of Maj. Samuel Ringgold, United States Army: Read Before the Maryland Historical Society. April 1st, 1847. By James Wynne, M.D." [Baltimore: John Murphy, 1847].
1 AM (transcript?) regarding W. M. Roberts, dated 5/13/1873?, 1 page.
1 ALS dated 1/2/1778 to Caesar Rodney (1728-1784) from John Evans, regarding the St. Joseph's Church lottery.
1 ALS dated 4/23/1829 from Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836).
1 DS dated 6/13/1601 by Rudolph II of Germany (1552-1612). 1 engraving of Rudolph II, undated.
1 ALS (fragment) dated 1793 from Benjamin Rumsey (1734-1808) to Dr. Jacob Hall.
Autograph of Winfield Scott (1786-1866). Lock of hair of Winfield Scott. 1 ANS dated 1/27/1865 from Scott's valet. 1 undated AMS poem by Mrs. Winfield Scott, 1 page.
1 DS dated 5/12/1864 by Alexander Jenkins Semmes (1828-1898), regarding a furlough.
Miscellaneous notes by John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892).
Miscellaneous notes by John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892).
1 AM (in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) biographical sketch of Brigadier General James Shields, United States Army (1806-1879).
1 ALS dated 5/18/1844 from William Branford Shubrick (1790-1874), of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, to President John Tyler (1790-1862), regarding proposals for clothing contracts.
1 ALS dated 10/13/1862 from Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865) to Mr. Poor; sent from Hartford, Connecticut. 1 AMS dated 9/3/1862 by Sigourney: "The settlement of Maine."
1 ALS dated 12/12/1842 to William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), testimony regarding a public dinner in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1 DS dated 4/1864 signed by James Young Smith (1809-1876).
1 ALS dated 4/7/1826 from Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842) to Luther Savage, regarding sailors Charles G. W. Rowe and William Bond of the U.S. Brig "Spark;" sent from the Navy Department.
1 brief ALS dated 1/3/1833 from Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864), sent from Washington, D.C.
1 ALS dated 6/3/1845 from Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) to an autograph collector; sent from Baltimore.
1 undated AM: "Some Account of English and French Louisania [sic] By Lieut. John Thomas of the Royal Regiment of Artillery," 7 pages.
1 ALS dated 10/10/1854 from William Wadden Turner (1810-1859) to Rev. Asher Wright (1803-1875), regarding Native American languages. References to the Seneca language, Horatio Hale, Wyandot language, Shawnee language, Delaware language, Dakota language, and Quapaw language; 7 pages.
1 AM: Papal Bull by Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644), dated 5/7/1626. 2 undated engravings of Urban VIII.
1 ALS dated 9/12 from Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (1831-1886) to Mr. England, regarding a story for a paper; sent from Hohokus, New Jersey.
1 ALS dated 12/1/1846 from Robert John Walker (1801-1869), Secretary of the Treasury, to President James K. Polk (1795-1849), regarding a contract with "Horace [Horatio] Greenough" for statues for the U.S. Capitol.
1 AMS: "Orderly Book for Captain Robert Warner, 3rd. Connecticut Battalion. Orderly George Cotton, Sergeant. 1779. Contains a Description of the Capture of Stony Point." 1 AMS "Orderly Book of Sergt. George Cotton, Third Connecticut Regiment. 1779. Contains the Announcement of the Discovery of Arnold's Treason."
1 ALS dated 4/22/1782 from Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) to Colonel Jackson, Commander of Advanced Corps, regarding plans. 1 undated ANS by Wayne addressed to General William Irvine.
1 undated ANS by Benjamin West (1738-1820) to Mr. Smith.
1 ALS dated 8/6/1841 from William Rollinson Whittingham (1805-1879) to Messrs. Bartlett & Welford of New York City; sent from Baltimore.
Autograph dated 1/4/1882 of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).
1 ALS dated 4/17/1794 from Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833) to Jedediah Huntington (1743-1818), regarding an account; sent from the Comptroller's Office of the Treasury Department.
1 ANS dated 3/3/1864 by Horatio Governeur Wright (1820-1899).
Consists of transcripts of John Carroll correspondence. Shea used these transcripts to write "Life and Times of Most Rev. John Carroll," volume two of his four-volume history of the Catholic Church in America. The transcripts are arranged in rough chronological order.
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): sermon of John Carroll (1735-1815).
Transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892): "Etat de l'Eglise Catholique ou du Diocese des Etats Unis de l'Amerique." Stored with papers relating to John Carroll (1735-1815).
1 AM (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) by John Carroll: "A Narrative of the proceedings in the suppression of the two English colleges at Burges in Flanders, lately under the government of the English Jesuits," dated 1773, 17 pages.
Transcript: "Imperfect manuscript of Dr. Carroll on the Restoration of the Society of J." (1783), 7 pages. Manuscript: "Rules, probably for a projected Magdalen Asylum," 1 page. Transcript: "Views of Archbp. Carroll on the Apostolic succession of the Anglican Church," 4 pages. Transcript (copy): from Carroll to Native Americans, 1792, 1 page.
1 transcript: "Extract of letter from John Carroll afterwards Archbishop of Baltimore to his brother Daniel Carroll of Upper Marlboro," dated 5/24/1764.
4 ALS (transcripts) dated from John Carroll to Mr. Ellerken au College Anglois a Liege, dated 1/23/1772, 10/26/1772, 2/3/1773, and 6/23/1773. All transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92).
Transcript: To Mgr. Briand, Bishop of Quebec, from Sir Frederick Haldimand (1718-1791); from John Carroll (1788); and to Carroll (1788); 4 pages. 2 ALS (transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Carroll to Rev. Charles Plowden, dated 4/27/1780 and 2/20/1782. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of Shea) from Carroll to Gov. Thomas Sim Lee of Maryland, dated 1781. 1 ALS (2 copies, 1 transcript by Shea) from Carroll to some clergyman in Europe, dated 11/10/1783.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from John Carroll to Rev. Joseph Berrington, dated 1784? 1 AL (transcript in hand of Shea) regarding the appointment of superior of mission of thirteen states, dated Dec. 1784?
1 AL (2 copies; 1 is in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-1892]): "Circular of Rev. Dr. Carroll to Messrs. Farmer and Neale," dated 1/12/1785.
AL (transcript) from John Carroll to Rev. John Thorpe, dated 2/17/1785 (2 copies, 1 of which is in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]). AL (transcript) from Carroll to Cardinal Leonardo Antonelli, dated 2/27/1785 (2 copies, 1 of which was transcribed by Shea).
ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to Cardinal Leonardo Antonelli, dated 3/1/1785 (2 copies, 1 of which is in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]). 1 ALS (transcript in hand of Shea) from Rev. Robert Molyneux to Carroll, dated 3/28/1785. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of Shea) from Carroll to Rev. Charles Whelan, dated 4/16/1785.
1 AL (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) to John Carroll from the Sacred Congregation of di Propaganda Fide, dated 7/23/1785. 1 AL (transcript in hand of Shea) from Carroll to Rev. Francis Neale, dated 6/17/1785. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Neale, dated 6/17/1785.
ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to Rev. John Causse, dated 8/16/1785 (2 copies, 1 of which is in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]). ALS (transcript) from Carroll to a priest in Kentucky, dated 8/19/1785 (2 copies, 1 of which is in hand of Shea).
1 AL from Charles Plowden to John Carroll?, circa 1785-90.
1 ALS (transcript) from William J. Thorpe to John Carroll, dated 12/2/1786. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Rev. Myert?, dated 1/17/1786. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Rev. Charles Whelan, dated 1/7/1786. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Trustees of New York, dated 1/25/1786. 1 AL (transcript, extract) from Carroll to Rev. Nuet de la Valiniere?, dated 1/27/1786. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Whelan, dated 1/28/1786. AL (excerpts) from Carroll to Cardinal Leonardo Antonelli, dated 1786. 1 AL (transcript) to Father O' Leary, dated 1786.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to a priest in St. Mary's, dated 2/7/1787. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Carroll to Rev. Charles Plowden, dated 1787. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of Shea) from Carroll, dated 6/12/1787.
Roman transcripts John Carroll 1788. Also, 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) with reference to Rev. Francis Beeston. 4 AL (transcripts) from Carroll to German Catholics of Philadelphia, dated 3/3/1788, 3/31/1788, and 2 dated 6/15/1788.
1 AL (transcript) dated 4/13/1788 from John Carroll to the Committee of Catholics at New York, dated 4/13/1788. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to the Bishop of Quebec, dated 5/5/1788. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Rev. William O'Brien, dated 5/10/1788.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Cardinal Leonardo Antonelli to John Carroll, dated 11/14/1789.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to Jose Ignacio Viar, dated 4/20/1790. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Gentlemen of Charleston, South Carolina (1790). 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]): "A copy of the Instrument of writing delivered by Ah Bp Carroll to the Trustees," dated 1790.
Roman transcripts John Carroll 1790. Also, 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Carroll to Charles Plowden, dated 9/2/1790. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of Shea) from Carroll, dated 9/27/1790. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll to Peter Jenkins, dated 10/2/1790. 2 ALS (transcripts by Shea) from Carroll to Lord Arundell, dated 10/4/1790 and 12/14/1790. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Lord Petre, dated 8/31/1790.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to the Spanish Minister, dated 6/25/1791. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Rev. John Thayer, dated 9/22/1791. 1 AMS (transcript by Shea): Circular of Rt. Rev. John Carroll DD Bishop of Baltimore on Marriage," dated 11/16/1791.
Correspondence (transcripts) of John Carroll regarding Native Americans of Maine, dated 1791-2.
2 ALS (transcripts) from Carroll to the Bishop of Quebec, dated 1/20/1792.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from John Carroll, dated 5/4/1792. Also, 1 AM (transcript in hand of Shea): "Bishop Carroll's Pastoral 1792."
1 AL (transcript, 3 copies, 1 of which is in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from John Carroll to the Catholics of Vincennes, Indiana, dated 6/5/1792.
1 ALS (transcript, 2 copies, 1 of which is in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]): Lenten Pastoral of John Carroll, dated 1792.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to Bishop of Quebec, dated 5/12/1793. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll, sent from Alexandria, dated 7/11/1793.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to Bishop of Quebec, dated 1/15/1794. Also, 1 Roman transcript John Carroll 1794.
Correspondence (transcripts) from Archbishop John Thomas Troy of Dublin to John Carroll, dated 1794-1811.
John Carroll correspondence (transcripts, excerpts), dated 1795-1801. Includes 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Bishop of Quebec (1795).
2 ALS (transcripts) from John Carroll to Bishop of Quebec, dated 1796. 1 ALS (transcript, with additional excerpts) from Carroll to Thoams Staughton, dated 7/5/1796.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]): Lenten Pastoral by John Carroll, post 1797? 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) dated 6/25/1799. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll, dated 9/23/1799. 1 AL (transcript by Shea): Circular, dated 12/29/1799. 1 AL (transcript by Shea), sent from Conewago, Pennsylvania, dated 9/23/1799.
1 AL (transcript) from John Carroll, dated 7/28/1800. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) by John Carroll "Pastoral to the Catholics of Baltimore on the Yellow Fever 1800." 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Secretary of War Samuel Dexter, dated 9/15/1800. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Rev. Nicholas Paccanari, dated 10/20/1800. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to James Barry, dated 12/1/1800. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of Shea) from Carroll to Charles Plowden, dated 12/15/1800.
4 ALS (transcripts) from John Carroll to James Barry, dated 1/23/1801, 2/15/1801, 7/21/1801, and 9/16/1801.
Roman transcript John Carroll 1802 8 pages.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to superior general of the Jesuits in Russia, dated 5/25/1803. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Carroll to Daniel Brent, dated 3/27/1803. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll to Rev. Charles Plowden, dated 2/12/1803. 1 AL (transcript) by Carroll: "Circular regarding the erection of a Cathedral, 1803." 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to James Barry, dated 9/8/1803. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll, dated 11/21/1803. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll dated 12/11/1803. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Barry, dated 12/26/1803.
ALS (2 copies, both transcripts, 1 of which is in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Rev. Gabriel Gruber to John Carroll, dated 3/12/1804. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll to William Strickland, dated 8/4/1804. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll to Rev. Charles Plowden, dated 12/7/1804.
1 AMS (2 copies, both transcript): agreement between John Carroll and Robert Molyneux, dated 9/20/1805. 1 AM (transcript) referencing Rev. Gabriel Gruber, dated 5/9/1805-5/10/1805. 1 AMS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Carroll, dated 3/11/1805. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Rev. Marmaduke Stone, dated 1805. 1 TL (transcript) from Carroll to Molyneux, dated 6/21/1805. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll, dated 6/27/1805. 1 ALS (2 copies, both transcripts, 1 of which is in hand of Shea) from Carroll to Rev. Matthew Carr, dated 7/8/1805. 2 ALS (transcripts by Shea) from Carroll to Rev. Thomas Betagh, dated 7/14/1805 and 10/22/1805.
5 ALS (transcripts) from John Carroll to James Barry, dated 1806. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Daniel Brent, dated 7/22/1806. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Carroll to the Catholics of Vincennes, Indiana, dated 9/6/1806.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to Daniel Brent, dated 3/3/1807. 1 AM (transcript) regarding Carroll, dated 6/2/1807, 10 pages. Transcripts in French of Carroll letters, dated 6/2/1807, 8 pages. 1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Carroll? to the Commissioners of Washington, dated 9/26/1807. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Leonard Neale, dated 8/22/1807.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from John Carroll to Rev. Charles Plowden, dated 1/10/1808. 2 ALS (transcripts by Shea) from Carroll to William Strickland, dated 4/2/1808 and 12/3/1808. 2 ALS (transcripts, in French) from Carroll, dated 4/20/1808 and 9/5/1809.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from John Carroll to John Riddle, dated 1/19/1809. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea, in French) from Carroll, dated 2/21/1809. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll to Robert Brent, dated 8/18/1809. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll to his sister, dated 4/20/1809. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Rev. Henry Kendall, dated 9/12/1809. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll to Rev. Charles Plowden, dated 2/21/1809.
1 AMS (transcript): "For the Federal Gazette," signed "A Methodist Episcopalian," with reference to Rev. George Roberts, dated 2/22/1810; attached is AMS reply (transcript) of John Carroll, dated 2/23/1810. 1 AM (transcript) by John Carroll: Pastoral on Lent, circa 1810. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll, dated 9/15/1810.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll, dated 3/12/1811. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Abbe Gregoire, dated 6/4/1811. 1 AL (2 copies, both transcripts, in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from Carroll to Rev. Charles Neale, dated 11/5/1811. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Robert Tuite, dated 1811?
1 Roman transcript John Carroll 1808-12. Also, 1 ALS (2 copies, both transcripts): "Circular recommending the observance of a day of prayer appointed by the President of the United States (1812)," dated 8/6/1812. 1 transcript: "An article, written by Archbp. Carroll, and published in the Balt. American, at the request of" a Roman Catholic, dated 8/15/1812. ALS (transcripts, excerpts, in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) regarding Carroll, dated 4/5/1808-8/18/1812.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to Rev. Charles Plowden, dated 12/12/1813.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from John Carroll to Rev. Marmaduke Stone, dated 1/31/1814. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll, dated 2/20/1814. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll, dated 3/2/1814. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll, dated 7/7/1814. 1 ALS (transcript by Shea) from Carroll to Trustees of St. Mary's, dated 8/16/1814. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Leonard Neale, dated 9/27/1814. 1 ALS (transcript) by Carroll: Pastoral after the Bombardment of Baltimore in 1814.
2 ALS (transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from John Carroll to Rev. Marmaduke Stone, dated 1/5/1815 and 3/20/1815. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll, dated 2/1/1815. 1 ALS (Roman transcript) from Carroll, dated 2/24/1815.
1 ALS (transcript in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from John Carroll to Mary Caton, dated 7/1/1815. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll to Bishop of Quebec, dated 7/9/1815. 1 Roman transcript John Carroll 10/10/1815. 1 ALS (transcript) from Carroll, dated 1815.
1 ALS (transcript) from John Carroll to Daniel Carroll, date uncertain. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Rev. James Pellentz, undated. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to Joseph Berrington, undated.
1 AM addressed to Rev. Charles Ignatius White titled "Documents wanted," listing writings of John Carroll. 1 AM list: "Pastorals, Circulars . . . of Archbishop Carroll." 1 AL (transcript): Death of Dr. John Carroll, Archbishop of Baltimore by F. Charles Plowden," circa 1816. 1 AL (transcript) from Carroll to James Carroll in Ireland. 1 AM: passages omitted from "Notice of the death of Archbishop Carroll in Brent's Life." 1 AM (transcript): deposition of Elizabeth Carroll, circa 1762. 1 AM notes labeled: "Federal Gazette," dated 12/4/1815.
John Carroll extracts from transcripts of correspondence, 1786-1815.
John Carroll correspondence (transcripts) 1787-1790.
Correspondence to John Carroll (transcripts & extracts) 1784-1815.
Correspondence to John Carroll (transcripts & excerpts) 1785-1796.
Correspondence to John Carroll (transcripts and excerpts) 1790-1813.
Correspondence to John Carroll (transcripts & excerpts) 1791-1810.
Correspondence to John Carroll (transcripts & excerpts) 1795-1811.
Correspondence to John Carroll (transcripts & excerpts) 1797-1805.
Correspondence to John Carroll (transcripts & excerpts) 1800-16.
Correspondence to John Carroll (transcripts & excerpts) 1804-15.
1 AL (transcript) from Cardinal Leonardo Antonelli to John Carroll, dated 4/8/1808. 1 AL (transcript) from Rev. Richard Luke Concanen to Carroll, dated 7/23/1808.
1 AL (transcript) from Rev. Peter Plunkett to John Carroll, dated 9/3/1810.
1 AL (transcript) to John Carroll from John Milner, dated 5/4/1811. 1 ALS (transcript) circular of the English Vicars Apostolic to Carroll, dated 11/27/1811.
1 ALS (transcript) from Rev. J. P. P. Cloriviere to John Carroll, dated 11/16/1812.
Correspondence of John Carroll (transcripts & excerpts) 1812-15.
John Carroll Correspondence (transcripts & excerpts) 1812-24?
1 ALS (2 copies, both transcripts?, 1 of which is in hand of John Gilmary Shea [1824-92]) from George Washington Parke Custis to Rev. Charles Ignatius White, regarding John Carroll, 8 pages, dated 6/10/1855; sent from Arlington House. 1 ALS (copy) from Custis to the Committee of Invitation, dated 2/23/1857; sent from Arlington House.
1 AM (transcript): "Rev. John Carroll's Answer to Smyth's," dated 1789, 11 pages.
1 AM: "Memorandum of Documents, Portraits and Relics seen at Miss Brent's" house in Washington D.C. by Edmond Mallet, dated 5/9/1887, 3 pages. 1 AM (transcript): Description of the Catholic Chapel at Lulworth."
Printed matter regarding John Carroll, 1800s, 2 pages.
Contains correspondence relating to Georgetown College. Mostly correspondence from Shea's daughter Isabelle Shea to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J. Letters arranged chronologically.
4 ALS from Isabel Shea to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., dated 3/26/1889, 1/24/1890, 8/13/1891, and pre-1892, regarding John Gilmary Shea.
Correspondence from Isabel Shea and Sophie Shea to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., dated 1/1892 6/1892.
Correspondence from Isabel Shea and Sophie Shea to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., dated 7/1892 12/1892.
Correspondence from Isabel Shea and Sophie Shea to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., dated 1893.
Correspondence from Isabel Shea and Sophie Shea to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., dated 1894.
3 ALS from Isabel Shea to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., dated 1895. 1 ALS from Sophie Shea to Richards, dated 1895. 1 ALS dated 1895 from Isabel Shea to Rev. McTammany, with an enclosed check dated 11/1/1895 for the purchase of 500 sets of the Church History written by John Gilmary Shea.
1 ALS from Isabel Shea to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., dated 1897. Reference to New York Historical Society.
1 ALS from Joseph Havens Richards, S.J. to J. B. Creeden, S.J., regarding Isabel Shea, dated 6/29/1922. 1 ALS from Isabel Shea to Richards, dated 1922. 2 ANS (circa 1926?) by Isabel Shea, regarding paintings given to John Gilmary Shea by Father Pierre Jean DeSmet.
Undated correspondence from Isabel Shea, mostly to Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., mostly regarding the library of John Gilmary Shea.
Correspondence dated 1891-1895 regarding the library of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) and his book "History of the Catholic Church in the United States."
Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) used for his history of Georgetown College (published 1891).
Correspondence dated 1891-6 from W. M. Walsh to Georgetown College President Joseph Havens Richards, S.J., regarding John Gilmary Shea's "History of the Catholic Church in the United States."
1 bound manuscript: "Orazione efficacissima per ottenere dalla Santissima Vergine Maria Peri Merifi Del Sangue Di Gesu qualsivoglia grazia Composta dal ven. Servo di Dio P.e Bartolommeo Salustio Min. Oss. Riform. Edata in Luce da un suo divoto."
Contains a few bound manuscripts found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea. Of particular interest is Shea's editor's copy of the Doway Bible, which is preserved in six folders in Box 25.
1 bound manuscript: "Jewish Liturgy MS." 289 pages.
1 printed book by Rev. Joseph Maria Finotti (1817-1879): "Bibliographica Catholica Americana: A List of Works Written by Catholic Authors, and Published in the United States. part I. From 1784-1820 inclusive" [New York: Catholic Publication House, 1872]; this copy heavily annotated, mostly by John Gilmary Shea (1824-92). Georgetown University Library owns several other copies of this book.
John Gilmary Shea editor's copy Doway Bible.
John Gilmary Shea editor's copy Doway Bible.
John Gilmary Shea editor's copy Doway Bible.
John Gilmary Shea editor's copy Doway Bible.
John Gilmary Shea editor's copy Doway Bible.
John Gilmary Shea editor's copy Doway Bible.
Contains 4 folders with pamphlets. Note that almost all of the pamphlets from the library of John Gilmary Shea have been cataloged with the Shea books in the Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division.
Printer's proofs: "Liberty and Property or The Beauty of Maryland Displayed. Being a Brief and Candid Search and Inquiry into her Charter, Fundamental Laws and Constitution. By a Lover of his Country." By Peter Attwood, S.J. Proofs circa 1891.
1 typescript after a John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) manuscript: "A Bibliographical Account of Catholic Books and Anti Catholic Books Printed in the United States Chiefly Prior to 1820."
John Gilmary Shea Proofs "Brieve Relation du Voyage de la Nouvelle France" and "Genesis XXIV" (from Holy Bible).
1 printed pamphlet (excerpt?): "Jesuit Missions Among the Senecas." 24 pages.
Contains visual materials, mostly engravings and photographs, found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea. Stored in Box 26 of the Shea Papers. Arranged alphabetically by individual or subject depicted.
1 engraving: "Catholic Church, Alexandria, VA." Circa 1800s.
1 engraving: "Alexian Brothers' Hospital," Chicago, dated 8/28/1881?
2 photographs: "The Arlington House at Arlington, Va." Photographed and published by Bell & Bro' No 319 Penn Avenue Washington, D.C. Also: 1 engraving (photocopy): Arlington House [Original transferred to Fine Print Collection under the etcher, Joseph Francis (1828-1903)].
2 photographs (identical copies): "National Cemetery, Arlington, VA." Photographed and published by Bell & Bro., 319 Pa. Ave., Washington, D.C. 1871.
1 photograph of George Bancroft (1800-1891), seated at desk, writing, late in life, late 1800s.
1 photograph of George Bancroft (1800-1891), side profile, undated.
1 photograph (taken from a portrait?) of Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), undated. Photograph taken by J. W. Black & Co., Boston.
1 photographic image of Louis Antoine de Comte Bougainville (1729-1811), undated. Produced by Livernois Artiste-Photographe Quebec.
1 photographic image of General Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), undated. Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, New York City.
1 photograph of Fr. Augustine Burns, O.S.B.. Frank H. Price, Elizabeth, N.J.
1 undated photograph of bust of John Carroll (1735-1815) and chalice of Carroll.
1 undated photograph of Eleanor (Darnall) Carroll, mother of John Carroll (1735-1815). Photographed from portrait by George Prince, Washington, D.C.
1 photographic image of Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), produced by Desmarais et Cie, Montreal, undated.
2 photographs (identical images): "Ruins of the North Eastern Depot, Charleston, S. C. Blown up at the time of the evacuation by the rebels." Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., New York.
1 undated engraving of Rev. Pierre Jean DeSmet (1801-1873). Also, 1 undated photograph of DeSmet.
1 undated engraving of Edward Everett (1794-1865). Engraver: J. C. Buttre.
1 engraving (photocopy) of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) [Original transferred to Fine Print Collection under name of engraver, Thomas B. Welch (1814-1874)]. 1 engraving (photocopy): Benjamin Franklin Sesquicentennial Medallion (1706-1856) [Original transferred to Fine Print Collection under name of Dan. E. Groux].
1 engraving (photocopy) of Rev. Gabriel Richard (1767-1832) by James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) [Original transferred to Fine Print Collection under name of artist (James Otto Lewis)].
1 engraving (photocopy): "The High Bridge at Harlem," dated 1849 [Original transferred to Fine Print Collection under name of Thomas C. Levins (1789-1843)].
2 undated photographs of Rev. Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-1888).
1 undated photograph of the foundress of the Helpers of the Holy Souls.
1 undated photograph of Isaac P. Howell.
1 undated photographic image of General Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824-1863) [Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, New York].
1 graphic image of Rev. Peter Richard Kenrick, D.D., published in a periodical, undated.
1 photograph of U.S. Indian Inspector Edmond Mallet (1842-1907), Brule Sioux Wiilie Thunder Hawk, and Yankton Sioux Lucy Rouse at Lenora (Nebraska) Indian School, May 1, 1889.
1 printed article: "The Inauguration of the Temporary Chapel and Memorial Cross Erected at the Shrine of Our lady of martyrs at Auriesville, on the Mohawk, N.Y.," 1 page. 1 printed image: "Mort du P. Charles Garnier." 1 printed image: "Mort du P. de Noue.
1 undated engraving (photocopy) of Marie Louise (1791-1847), second wife of Napoleon [Original transferred to Fine Print Collection under name of French lithographer F. Delpech].
2 photographs of Nanny McGuire (Mrs. R. T. Merrick), 1 dated 1878 and the other undated.
1 engraving: "Montpelier, VA. The Seat of the late James Madison. 1836."
Printed page with graphic image: "Abbey Church of Mount St. Bernard, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire."
1 undated photograph of a Plains Indian in front of tepees. 1 undated photograph of 2 Sioux Indians, Mary Xavier and Frances Xavier. 1 undated photograph of Lena Lamouraux, a Sioux Indian.
8 undated photographs of Native American children [Captions include: The Back Robe of an Indian Girl; Pueblo Indian Girls of New Mexico; The Pima Indian of Arizona; Apaches now at Hampton Gov. School Virginia; and Pueblo Women Carrying Water]. Also, 18 undated photographic prints of Pueblo Indian life in New Mexico [Includes scenes from Santa Domingo, Albuquerque (street scenes and Government School); San Felippi, Cochiti; and Santa Fe].
8 undated photographs of Sioux Indian girls. Photographed in Fulda, Minnesota, 1800s?
9 undated photographs of Native American girls. Most photographed in Fulda, Minnesota. Most Sioux Indians, 1 Blackfoot and 2 Chippewa.
1 undated photographic image of Charles Nerinckx (1761-1824).
5 undated photographs of churches in New Mexico, circa 1800s? The churches depicted are as follows: Old Church at Santa Clara, Church of San Miguel, Church San Juan Pueblos de Taos, Cathedral & Plaza in Albuquerque, and Navajo Indian Church on Corpus Christi.
1 printed image: "The New York Literary Institution" as seen in 1809. Published in a periodical.
1 photograph: Two Maori rubbing noses, undated, circa 1800s, made by Foy Bros., Thames, New Zealand.
1 photograph (2 identical copies): "Double-turrett Monitor 'Onondaga,' in the James River," 1861-65? Produced by Taylor & Huntington, Hartford, Connecticut.
1 undated photograph of Rev. Andrew Pfeiffer, O.S.F.
1 undated photograph of ? Powers, O.P.
1 undated photograph of John Baptist Purcell (1800-1883). 1 undated engraving of Purcell appearing in a periodical, apparently from the scrapbook of Col. Lamson.
1 undated photograph of Abbe Adrien Rouquette (1813-1887) made by Artiste Daliet Studio, New Orleans.
1 undated photograph of Rev. Augustin Schneider, O.S.B.
1 undated photograph: Finding the grave of Rev. Junipero Serra (1713-1784) produced by C. W. J. Johnson's Views of California Scenery.
2 undated photographic images of Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821).
1 photograph dated 1889 of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Taken in bed 1889. John Gilmary Shea, L.L.D. Historian of the Catholic Church in America. N. B. This photograph was used for making the medallion portrait for the Shea Medal, struck and presented on the occasion of the Centenary of Georgetown College." Also, 1 undated photograph of Shea, late in life: "Photograph from a crayon drawing by Pierson, Elizabeth, N.J."
1 photograph: "Sheridan's Blockhouse. Cascades. Columbia River, Oregon. In '55 was defended by six soldiers against five hundred Indians for four days when they were relieved by Lieut Phil. Sheridan."
1 undated photograph of Rev. B.J. Spaulding.
2 undated photographs labeled "The Old Spanish Cathedral At St. Augustine, Florida" [1 exterior view and 1 interior view], circa 1800s.
1 printed image: "St. Meinrad's Abbey, Spencer Co., Ind." printed in the "Supplement to the New Jersey Catholic News, No. 49. New Jersey, October 16, 1887." 1 page.
2 undated engravings of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, circa 1800s.
1 undated engraving: "Starved Rock," Kaskaskia, Illinois. 1 printed article: "Starved Rock: The Last Stand of the Illinois Indians."
Printed images of state seals for Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland Historical Society, and Texas.
1 undated photograph of Augustin Theiner (1804-1874).
1 printed article dated 1834 about the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Includes 1 graphic image of the ruins of the convent.
1 photograph dated 3/16/1875 of Mariano G. Vallero.
1 undated photograph of ? Wilcox, organist of the "Immaculate."
1 engraving (photocopy): "Colegio de Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe de Zacatecas" [Original transferred to Fine Print Collection under name of lithographer, Debray Y].
4 photographs and 1 negative of unidentified people, circa 1800s?
2 photographs and 1 engraving of unidentified places, circa 1800s.
Newspaper clippings.
Newspaper clippings filed under letter "A."
Box 27 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "A" to "Buffalo."
Newspaper clippings filed under the letter "A."
Several issues of "L'Abeille" [Quebec: Petit Seminaire de Quebec], dated 1860.
Several issues of "L'Abeille" [Quebec: Petit Seminiaire de Quebec], dated 1861-2.
Several issues of "L'Abeille" [Quebec: Petit Seminaire de quebec], dated 1879.
Newspaper clippings labeled "Richard H. Clarke" & "Africa" 1827?-1911?
Newspaper clipping "Albany Sunday Press" regarding Sacred Heart Academy at Kenwood 1824?-1911?
Newspaper clipping: Alton, Illinois History undated.
Newspaper clipping about Thaddeus Amat undated.
Newspaper clippings labeled "Richard H. Clarke" & "American antiquarian" 1827?-1911?
Newspaper clippings labeled "Richard H. Clarke" & "America Before Columbus" 1827?-1911?
Newspaper clipping from "The American Baptist" undated.
"'American Bibliopolist:' A Literary Register and Repository of Notes and Queries. Vol. 6. New York, Sept. & Oct., 1874. Nos. 69 & 70."
Newspaper clippings labeled "Richard H. Clarke [1827-1911]" & "The American of the Future by Bishop Keane."
Newspaper clipping about American Caecilian Convention, dated 9/28/1881.
Newspaper clippings about American Catholic Congress, dated 1827?-1911?
Newspaper clippings labeled "Richard H. Clarke [1827-1911]" & "American Catholic Historical Subjects."
Newspaper clipping from "American Catholic News," 11/11/1890.
Printed periodical (excerpt): "American Catholic Quarterly Review," undated.
Periodical clipping (excerpt): "American Church Review," 1824?-1911?
Newspaper clippings labeled "Richard H. Clarke [1827-1911]" & "American College at Rome."
Newspaper clipping titled "American History," dated 9/9/1885.
1 printed periodical: "American Journal of Numismatics, and the Bulletin of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society. Vol. I July 1886 No. 3. New York: 1866."
1 printed periodical: "American Literary Churchman. Baltimore, February 1, 1883."
1 periodical clipping: "American Publishers' Circular," undated.
1 printed item: "The American Sentinel. Volume 4. Oakland, California, December 25, 1889. Number 48." Also, 1 clipping from "American Sentinel," undated, 1 page.
1 newspaper clipping about Mary Anderson from "Daily Graphic: New York," 11/12/1877.
1 undated newspaper clipping from unidentified periodical titled: "The Apaches of Arizona. How They Dress-Appearance of Their Women-A Tribe Expert with the Rifle and Difficult to Subdue."
1 envelope labeled "April 1884" containing newspaper clippings.
Newspaper clippings in envelope labeled "Richard H. Clarke" [1827-1911?] and "Arbitration."
Newspaper clippings: "The Argus," 7/25/1890.
Periodical clippings from "Art Journal," extracts, undated.
Periodical clippings from "Athenaeum," excerpts, 1872-7.
Periodical clippings from "Athenaeum," excerpts, dated 1880-7.
1 newspaper clipping: "Auburn [New York] Bulletin," 4/2/1886.
Newspaper: "Auburn Daily Advertiser," Auburn, New York; 2/21/1878.
Newspaper clippings from "Auburn Daily Advertiser," Auburn, New York; 6/28/1881.
Newspaper clippings from "Auburn Daily Advertiser," Auburn, New York; 4/30/1886.
Newspaper clippings from "Auburn Daily Advertiser," Auburn, New York; 7/23/1886.
Newspaper clippings from "Auburn Daily Advertiser," Auburn, New York; 10/18/1886.
Newspaper clippings from "Auburn Daily Advertiser," Auburn, New York; undated.
Periodical clipping labeled "Don Juan de Austria," undated.
Envelope labeled Richard H. Clarke & "Authors" containing newspaper clippings.
Envelope labeled "R. H. Clarke" & "Brother Azarias," containing newspaper clippings.
Newspaper clippings filed under letter "B."
Newspaper clippings filed under letter "B."
Newspaper clipping about Pietro Baldo from "New York Herald," 1880.
2 newspaper clippings about Rev. Nicholas Balleis.
1 newspaper clipping about Peter Joseph Baltes from the "St. Louis Daily Globe," 2/16/1886.
Newspaper clippings in relation to Baltimore, 1824?-1911?
Newspaper clippings in relation to Baltimore, 1824? 1911?
Newspaper clippings in relation to Baltimore, 1824?-1911?
Newspaper clippings from "Baltimore American," 11/10/1889-11/12/1889.
Newspaper clippings from "Baltimore American," 11/13/1889.
Newspaper clipping from "Baltimore Commercial," undated.
Newspaper clippings from "Baltimore Daily News," 11/11/1889.
1 newspaper clipping from "Baltimore Gazette," undated.
Envelope labeled "Richard H. Clarke" and "Banking," containing newspaper clippings.
Newspaper clipping about Lawrence Barrett, undated.
Printed death notice for Rev. John Barry, D.D., Catholic Bishop of Georgia.
1 newspaper clipping about George Dashiell Bayard, undated.
Newspaper clipping: "Another Corner-Stone Laid for the New Church at Bellwood," 8/21/1890.
Envelope labeled "Richard H. Clarke," "Behring Sea & Seal Arbitration," containing newspaper clippings, 1827?-1911?
1 newspaper clipping about David Belasco, undated.
Newspaper clipping: Allocution of the Holy Father. The Holy See and Belgium. Duplicity of the Belgian Ministry Exposed."
Envelope labeled "Richard H. Clarke" & "Benedictine Monastery in North Carolina," containing newspaper clippings.
Newspaper clipping about Beothuc Indians of Newfoundland.
Periodical clipping: "A Biblical Relic."
1 printed item: "Bibliotheca Americana" [Paris: 1878].
Box 28 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "Buf" to "Catholic Tribune."
Box 29 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "Catholic Union" to "Clarke."
Box 30 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "Clarke" to "E."
Box 31 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "F" to "Il"
Box 32 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "Im" to "Me."
Box 33 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "M'G" to "New Mexico."
Box 34 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "New Orleans" to "O."
Box 35 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "Ob" to "Ri".
Box 36 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "Ro" to "St. L".
Box 37 contains newspaper clippings dated 1824?-1911? found among the papers of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) and Richard Henry Clarke (1827-1911). Folders arranged alphabetically from "St. M" to "Z".