Saint Nicholas Church--Correspondence--1800-2003

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Saint Nicholas Church--Correspondence--1800-2003

Entry/Object ID

2016.002.0113

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" July 15, 1800 Letter from Reverend Nicholas Sewall to his brother, Reverend Charles Sewall at Port Tobacco, mentioning the death of their father and the difficulties of the Stonyhurst School April 30, 1907 Letter from Charles W. Clagett, an attorney, to John J. Hamilton about a suit filed by the Roman Catholic Clergymen of Maryland for damages done at Saint Nicholas Church during the Civil War May 18, 1907 Letter from John J. Hamilton to Father Zwinge with instructions about land records and ownership of Saint Nicholas Church May 23, 1907 Letter from John J. Hamilton to Father Zwinge with further discussion about the land records for Saint Nicholas Church; the devil was definitely in the details August 4, 1908 Memo about the ownership of the Saint Nicholas Church; deeds were not recorded, so ownership is murky June 30, 1910 Note about the deed for Saint Nicholas Church December 29, 1913 Part of a letter from an unknown correspondent at Georgetown University to Father Matthews with information about the Trappists who were in Saint Mary's County in 1813 and 1814 December 10, 1917 [?] Letter from Father Roches to Father Zwinge instructing him to get a copy of the deed for the Saint Nicholas Church land from the Court of Claims in Washington, D.C. June 18, 1921 Letter from an illegible correspondent to another illegible correspondent about a property anomaly created by the construction of the state road September 14, 1922 Typed letter to Father Carney from an unnamed correspondent about the history of Saint Nicholas Church land July 27, 1943 Letter to Father LaFarge from John McHenry, chaplain at Patuxent River Naval Air Station asking for any lists of persons buried at Saint Nicholas over the years December 3, 2001 Letter from Scott Lawrence to the Commanding Officer of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station asking permission to restore the cemetery at Saint Nicholas Church October 29, 2002 E-mails to and from Edward Chaney and Doug Lister about Saint Nicholas Church land records October 30, 2002 E-mail from Linda Reno to Scott Lawrence with information from various sources about Father DeRosey February 15, 2003 E-mail from Linda Reno to Scott Lawrence with information about the will of Nicholas Lewis Sewall

Collection

Scott Lawrence Papers

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1800 - 2003

Location

Container

Scott Lawrence Papers, Box 2

Shelf

Rack 13, Shelf 3-Front

Rack

Rack 13

Wall

East wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Container

Scott Lawrence Papers, Box 2

Shelf

Rack 13, Shelf 3-Front

Rack

Rack 13

Wall

East wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Carney, Joseph

Person or Organization

Chaney, Edward

Person or Organization

Derosey, George

Person or Organization

Kenrick, Francis Patrick (1797-1863)

Person or Organization

LaFarge, John

Person or Organization

Lawrence, Scott

Person or Organization

Matthews, James Brent

Person or Organization

McHenry, J. E.

Person or Organization

Reno, Linda Davis

Person or Organization

Sewall, Charles

Person or Organization

Sewall, Nicholas Lewis

Person or Organization

Sewall, Nicholas4

Person or Organization

Zwinge, Father