Philadephia, Mission for Black Catholics
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DigitalGeorgetown
Georgetown University Manuscripts, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
Contributor
Jesuits. Maryland Province. Procurator
Description
Documents related to Drexel family bequest to found St. Joseph's Church, a church for Black parishioners, and the abandonment of it and removal of Abraham Emerick, S.J.:
Letter (May 10, 1865) from J.P. Neale, S.J.; Letter (Nov. 1865) from Peter Blenkinsop, S.J.; Letters (Dec. 10, 1865/Mar. 2, 1866) from Joseph Lilly, S.J., to C.C. Lancaster, S.J.; Letter (Jan. 18, 1867) from Fr. Blenkinsop; Letter (Jul. 11, 1907) from John M. Campbell, Esq. to Joseph Zwinge, S.J.; Letter (Jul. 8, 1909) from Samuel Cahill, S.J., to Joseph F. Hanselman, S.J.; Letter (Jul. 9, 1909) from Joseph Zwinge, S.J., to Joseph F. Hanselman, S.J.; Will of Francis A. Drexel (1885); Letter (Nov. 26, 1908) from James Fitzpatrick, Esq. to Fr. Zwinge; Two letters (1909) from Mother Katherine Drexel; Letters (Jan. 27/May 18, 1909) concerns establishment of mission for Black people by Katherine M. Drexel; Copy of contract agreement (1909) between Katherine Drexel and the St. Ignatius Religious and Missionary Society of Pennsylvania; Letter envelope (postmarked 1908) contains brief history of Mother Katherine's attempt to establish a mission for Black people; Application for a charter for the St. Ignatius Religious and Missionary Society of Pennsylvania (1908); Letter (July 3, 1909) from Abraham J. Emerick, S.J., to Fr. Zwinge; Letter (Aug. 28, 1908) from Fr. Hanselman to Fr. Zwinge.
**Former finding aid locations: 119_22_1; 63K1-M4**
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http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1065099Date
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Time Period
1865-1909
Is Part Of
Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus (GTM.000119); Box 57; Folder 3;
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