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1800s
DESCRIPTION: 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.
4/29/1809 - 1830
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1823? - 1835?
DESCRIPTION: Alabama - Mobile - Roman transcripts - dated 1823-35?
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts and notes by John Gilmary Shea on the history of the Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama. Date span: 1700-1892?
3/22/1755
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1650? - 5/18/1933
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1741? - 1844?
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM (transcript): "Trial of John Ury," 57 pages.
1660 - 1833
DESCRIPTION: AM notes regarding certain knights, date span 1660-1833.
1650? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous manuscripts regarding American Catholics and the History of Catholicism in the United States.
1828 - 1865?
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1800s?
DESCRIPTION: 1 undated ADS praising Rev. John B. Clemson, an Episcopal minister.
1800s?
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM list: "American Catholic Authors," 4 pages, 1800s?
1888?
DESCRIPTION: AM notes regarding John Gilmary Shea's pamphlet "Pope Day in America." See also: LAU SPCOLL Shea BX1780 .S45 1888 for the pamphlet.
1843?
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM (transcript): "Proceedings of the Legislature, 1843. . . . Dr. Green's [?] speech," regarding the Catholic religion.
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History. Mostly citations from "Woodstock Letters."
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History. Shea's notes on the Catholic Directory?
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1800? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on American Catholic History.
1632 - 1894
DESCRIPTION: 1 TM list of Jesuits in America, 1632-1894, 18 pages.
1849 - 1869?
DESCRIPTION: California - Roman transcripts - 1849-1869?
1700? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on Hubert Howe Bancroft's "History of California."
1530? - 1789?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea on Californian Catholic History.
8/15/1783
DESCRIPTION: 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).
1706
DESCRIPTION: 1 AD (in French): "Parrottes des Abenakis," dated 1706, 1 page.
1812? - 1839?
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1644 - 1711
DESCRIPTION: AM (transcript) with references to Jacques Bigot (1644-1711).
1658? - 1730?
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1458 - 1519
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1730
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM (transcript): "Sir Alexander Cumming of Cutler and the Four Kings of Canada," dated 1730, 20 pages.
5/30/1745
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1610? - 1681?
DESCRIPTION: AMs regarding Rev. Gabriel Dreuillette (1610?-1681). Also, 1 newspaper clipping regarding a work on Dreuillette endorsed by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
1630? - 1650?
DESCRIPTION: 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?
1651? - 1708?
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS (fragment, transcript, in French) from Jacques Gravier (1651-1708), with reference to Kaskaskia Indians, undated.
undated
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM (in French, transcript?) regarding villages of the Huron Indians, 14 pages written on.
undated
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM (transcript): "Defaite et fuite des Hurons, chasses de leur pays," 54 pages.
1698 - 1699
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1636? - 1722?
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1681?
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM (transcript): "Voyage de Monsieur de la Salle a la riviere Missisipi," circa 1681, 12 pages.
1643? - 1687?
DESCRIPTION: AM transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea, on early Catholic History in Canada, with references to LaSalle (1643-1687).
1815
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1642 - 1793
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1684 - 1751
DESCRIPTION: 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.
5/4/1665
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1618 - 1667
DESCRIPTION: Canada - Roman transcripts - 1618-67.
1698? - 1699?
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM (transcript) regarding Sauvole de la Villantray, with references to Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Comte de Surgeres, and the frigate "Le Marin."
1649 - 1729
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1650? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: AM (transcripts) regarding Catholic Church in Canada.
1650? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: 6 documents (some originals, some transcripts) regarding Catholic History of Canada.
1534? - 1543?
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1800? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: Manuscript notes, obituaries, and documents relating to the Catholic Directory.
late 1800s
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM by John Gilmary Shea about creating a Catholic Historical Society, 3 pages.
1800s
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1868? - 1892?
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM by Joseph Protectus Machebeuf: "Vicariate Apostolic of Colorado," describing the Catholic Church in the region, 6 pages.
1741 - 1876
DESCRIPTION: 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."
1560?
DESCRIPTION: Cuba - Roman transcripts - 1560?
1595? - 1797?
DESCRIPTION: AM (transcripts, in Spanish) - Cuba - History of Catholic Church, 1595?-1797?
1773 - 1789
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence (transcripts, in Spanish) of Luis Ignatius Penalver Y Cardenas (1749-1810), dated 1773-1789.
1786 - 1884
DESCRIPTION: AM (transcripts): Cuba - Catholic Church History, 1700s. 1 printed newspaper clipping: "Investigacion Historica," on same subject, dated 5/30/1884.
1805 - 1879
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1688? - 1/9/1860
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1512 - 1520
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Juan Ponce de Leon, 1512-21, copied from archives in Seville.
1524 - 1526
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1524-26.
1548 - 1550
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1548-50.
1549
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1549.
1565 - 1569
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1565-69.
1601 - 1609
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Flordia, 1601-1609. Includes description of baptism of a Timucuan Indian chief.
1697 - 1843
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea regarding Florida, 1697-1843.
1735 - 1741
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) regarding Florida, 1735-55.
1781 - 1868
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1567 - 1698
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892), regarding Florida, 1567-1698.
1701 - 1736
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1701-36.
1625 - 1724
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in Hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida, 1675-1724.
1550? - 1800?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida (1550?-1800?).
1550? - 1800?
DESCRIPTION: Handwritten notes by John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Florida Catholic History, circa 1550-1800.
1721 - 1753
DESCRIPTION: 1 AM (copy, in Spanish): "Peticion de Fr. J de Montoya de la Orden de San Francisco - Provincia de Santa Elena de la Florida."
4/1786
DESCRIPTION: 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."
1721 - 1753
DESCRIPTION: 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."
1594 - 1763
DESCRIPTION: 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."
1792? - 1811?
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts (in Spanish) regarding Florida Catholic History, circa 1792-1811. Correspondents include Fr. Franco Roderiguez Capote, Joseph Antonio Cornelo(?), and Pedro Acuna.
1735 - 1886
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts (in Spanish) regarding Florida Catholic History, circa 1735-1886.
1781 - 1786
DESCRIPTION: 4 AD (originals?) dated 1781-1786 in reference to Florida Catholic History.
8/7/1841
DESCRIPTION: 1 AL dated 8/7/1841 from Stephen Elliott, Bishop of Georgia, thanking Archd. Wilkins of Savannah.
1768 - 1792
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92). Correspondents include Gibault, Jean Baptiste Antoine Ferland, and others. Date span: 1768-92.
1706 - 1707
DESCRIPTION: 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."
1719 - 1873
DESCRIPTION: 2 AM notes: "Diocese of Chicago" (1 page) and "Chuschin[?], Illinois." (1 page). Date span: 1719-1873.
1787 - 1815
DESCRIPTION: 1 ALS (transcript) dated 1787: "Lettre des Kabitans des Cahos a Mr. Lavaliniere, aux Kaskaskas." 1 ALS (transcript) dated 1815 from Benedict Joseph Flaget.
1694 - 1814
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92) regarding Illinois Catholic History, 1798-1814. Correspondents include Jacques Gravier and others.
1721 - 1799
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): "Registre de . . . Ste Anne sise pres du Fort de Chartres."
1695 - 1727
DESCRIPTION: 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.
1700s?
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): Catholic Church records - Illinois - ample references to Father Gibault, 1700s?
1700s
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): Catholic Church records - Illinois - 1700s, many references to Father Gibault.
1700s
DESCRIPTION: Transcripts in hand of John Gilmary Shea (1824-92): Catholic Church records - Illinois - 1700s, references to Father Gibault.
1700? - 1850?
DESCRIPTION: Notes and transcripts - Illinois Catholic History - 1700?-1850?
1683 - 1844
DESCRIPTION: 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.
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