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The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925
The Calvert parers, Vol. IIIAPPENDIX A.
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EXTRACTS FROM NOTES FURNISHED BY REV. FATHER THOMAS HUGHES, S. J.
De Incunabulis Religionis Christianae in Marylandia. Fragmenta ex Archivio Romano Soc. Jesu Collecta.
This is the title of the MS., marked by Fr. A. Gerste, as "Incun. Md." It may be the document which corresponds to a note bound into the vol. Epp. Genn. Anglia vol. 1, "1605--41," at June--July, 1636. The note is: " + Anglia Desiderat Pater Noster a P. Compagnoni exquiri in Archivio informationem de origine ac statu Missionis Marinlandiae in America pertinentis ad Provinciam Anglicanam."1 It consists of 18 pp., small folio, numbered by the investigator, whose own writing is very small. But there, as well as in the 9 pp. of partial or incipient copies from the Declaratio Coloniae, etc., which are marked "Praevia," there appears the large free hand of Fr. Fortis' usual amanuensis. Up to 1698, the archivist has made
[Note 1: 1 All things considered, the document seems to be of the twenties or thirties of this century, though, strange to say, I do not find the name of Fr. Compagnoni in Vivier's new work: Vita functi in Societate Jesu, 1814--1894, Parisiis, 1897. (4to. 763 pp.)
A document I find in the Archives, École Ste. Geneviéve, Rue Lhomond, Paris, shows that the occasion for drawing up these fragments may have been not Fr. McSherry's enquiries, but Crétineau-Joli's necessities for his Histoire de la Cie de J. It is the 4to Vol.: "2. États-Unis, a. Maryland. b. Missouri," where on 2nd fol. enclosed in fol. numbered 7, the writer adds to his MS.: "Mr. Crétineau trouvera-à ce qu'il me parait --bien des choses et des pensées utiles à l'historie" (he is speaking of Fr. Dubuisson's Autograph "Notices sur les Jésuites aux États-Unis"): "il est prié pourtant d'avoir soin, que tant de manuscrit du P. Dubuisson, que ces feuilles sur le Maryland soient renvoyées à Rome: puisque ce n'est pas un extrait d'une histoire de Province ou de lettres annuelles; mais une collection de notice dispersées dans des certaines de lettres particulières."
Hence I infer that this French doct. in "2. États-Unis," that all the Italian "cenni" in "3-" and "4-États-Unis," as well as the "Incunabula Fragmenta," were drawn up on occasion of Crétineau-Joli's history. Besides, the French and Italian MSS. draw very largely and very accurately on sources of knowledge which could only be had by Americans, or by Fathers who had been in America.]
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a careful search into the Epp. Gen.,2 and been rather successful in finding passages. The extracts from Ann. Lett. do not go beyond that date; the last note being about the death of Fr. John Matthews, 1694.
[Note 2: 2 My reference "Epp. Gen." means Letters by the Generals S. J.]
There are guiding lines of inclusion and exclusion, between extracts from Epp. Gen. and notes about facts, which I suspect were drawn by Br. Foley; to judge by what Br. Foley has, and what he has omitted.
In my copies from "Maryland Mission Catalogues," I have given the bibliography of the Anglia Histor., 9 vol.; wherein I have now identified what Br. Foley has already in print, as well as the Maryland Historical Society Publication, edited by Dalrymple, 1874. Some of the results of this comparison are given in the following notes.
Anglia Histor., 1628--1644, Vol. IV. Litt. Ann. S. J. Prou. Angl. 1634, pp. 465 seqq. P. 470: Bona regis gratia atque auctoritate anno proximo, Catholici cuiusdam Baronis auspiciis ducta est in citeriores Americae oras Anglorum magnam partem Catholicorum non contemnenda colonia; profecti simul bini Sacerdotes e Nostris cum vno Coadiutore, alius deinde Sacerdos, aliusque Coadiutor subsecuti, quibus id propositum est ut non tantummodo apud cives operam collocent, sed Barbarorum etiam conuersioni ac saluti procurandae sese addicant. Ad promovendum hoc tam pium incoeptum pecunias ac famulos, qui imprimis ibidem sunt necessarii, plures Catholici perquam liberaliter contulerunt. Famulo cuidam haud sine Diuina (p. 471) Providentia videtur contigisse, ut a Nostris qui vltimo discesserunt reperiretur: nouerat eum Frater noster in Belgio, ac virum industrium ac fidum compererat: quare dum se ad profectionem parat, nullam in eo conquirendo diligentiam omittit; cumque iam nulla spes reliqua hominis inueniendi videretur, conscensa naui, quae in plures colonias recentia vehebat supplementa, in hominem inexpectato incidit. Deuenerat is propter liberam Fidei professionem in extremam calamitatem, maxime quod Sacramento, quod vocant Fidelitatis, nullo pacto sese vellet astringere: quare e Regno cum mercatore quodam Haeretico, ipsius arbitrio in aliquam Haereticam coloniam vendendus pro more obibat, cum agnitum Frater redimit, et tanquam ex ipsis Orci faucibus ereptum, et incredibili gaudio perfusum itineris sibi comitem adiungit. Bini praeterea Sacerdotes nostri comites hoc anno dati cuidam viro Nobili, qui incognitas terras3 exploratum iuerat, ii octo circiter mensium nauigatione licet incom
[Note 3: 3 I do not know whether the writer is referring to America, to Maryland, or to some other country. Perhaps this explains the appearance of Frs. Alexander Baker and John Drury as being in Maryland, 1634, and their being no longer there in the next account. See Anglia Catalogos, 1634, 1636, infra.]
moda, ambo valetudine, et grauibus morbis vicissim tentati magno animo perfuncti sunt, et de copiosa olim messe in amplis et praeclaris Regionibus spem non leuem nobis iniecerunt.
(This is under the head: Domus Probationis Sti. Ignatii cum Missione Londinensi.)
Incunab. etc. ex Arch. Romano, etc.: P. 13: Anno 1655. Nova oritur persecutio. Ad hanc forte persecutionem (continues bottom of p. 14, margin), vel ad illam quam memoravimus sub anno 1645, (scil. . when White and Fisher were carried off and indicted) probabiliter referendum est quod legitur in catalogo quodam apud Nostros in Marilandia servato: "P. Pulton forte necatus in Comitatu Sanctae Mariae.--P. Pelcome celebris controvista et orator submersus in Mylords' run."
(N. B.--Does this indicate, that Fr. McSherry, e. g., was in Rome, when these Fragments were being taken; and supplied this from memory or from notes?)
The indictment of White and Fisher is copied in my Ms. notes. The one noteworthy point is that "gentilitio nomine Cappecius or Coppecius," for Fisher;4 and the plea they made good according to the terms of the law.
[Note 4: 4 The passage is this: (Speaking of the Civil War and the Parliamentarians.) The Annual Letter for 1645 (Anglia. Histor. V. p. 863), says: atque in Marylandiam usque penetravit malum, ubi zelosi quidam heretici, rem gratam se facturos existimantes Parlamento, Catholicorum coloniam invadentes. Patres inde duos abstraxerunt in Angliam: Andream Vitum, et Philippum Fisherum, qui gentilitio nomine Coppecius vocabatur. See my note infra to the name P. Thomas Fisherus, in Catal. Angl. 1647 et 1648. (p. 56.)]
Angl. Hist. Vol. V. An. Dom. 1656; pp. 583--4, and 587. P. 584: Mortui sunt ex Prouincia 13; quorum unus est Vir multis excellens virtutibus, P. Andreas Vitus. De cujus exitu illud est memorabile. Perdiu toto corpore adeo languebat, vt nullo non die moriturus crederetur. . .etc.--See Foley, iii, p. 338.5 The incident in the gaol is here:--Foley, ibid.
[Note 5: 5 Fr. Andrew White is in England: in 1648, under "Collegium Immaculatae Conceptionis cure Missionibus, Nottingamiensi et Darbiensi"; in 1649, "Domus Probationis S. Ignatii cum Missione Londinensi."]
LL. ann. 1676, p. 830: Missio Marilandica tribus Sacerdotibus et duobus Coadjutoribus Temporalibus.
LL. ann. 1677, p. 840. Six members with two accessions (as in Baltim. pamphlet). See also Foley, ubi sup. P. 835: Reliqui 150 Angliam ipsam incolunt et Missionem Marilandicam, qui omnes Sacerdotes aunt praeter unicum Scholasticum valetudinarium, et Sacris nondum initiatum, Coadjutores Temporaes tres.
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(The following are loosely connected notes in Incunabula: Fragmenta; as described above:)
Loose sheet, not numbered. But the first paragraph is also in its place, under 1681, p. 17:--
1681. Ex litteris annuis Manuscriptis: "Marylandica missio floret; quam ibi fecerunt Patres Nostri sementem in copiosam segetem excrescit, et amplam olim messem pollicetur. Ante quadriennium (so far is excluded by a line, which I suspect is Br. Foley's) apertam illic in media Barbarie humaniorum litterarum scholam duo regunt et juventus illic nata supra modum litteris dedita proficit. Duos ilia Missio, illa recens nata Schola, Audomarum transmisit, qui paucis Europaeis ingenio cedant, cum suae classis primis de Palma contendant. Unde colligimus non auri tantum et argenti aut aliarum terrae frugum, sed et hominum ad virtutem et altiores disciplinas factorum regiones illas quae immerito barbarae audiunt esse feracissimas. Submissi eo hoc anno duo, qui laborantes in illa amplissima Domini vinea sublevent," (From the word apertam, fourth line, to end of paragraph, the writing is that of Fr. Fortis' amanuensis.)
(The loose sheet goes on, in another paragraph.) Maxima contentio de bonis exstitit. Societatis hostes immensas opes ab ea possideri, quaeque exercitui alendo fere sufficerent, invidiose sparserant versa in Societatis perniciem ipsa Patrum Nostrorum beneficentia, qui recurrentibus ad se petitum subsidium prompte subveniebant ac largiter pro tenuibus facultatibus suis, cum tamen certum sit, istos aut fallere aut falli (sic) quia quidquid in insula possidet vix ad centum alendos sufficiat. Quod si spectemus quid ex procuratorum ignorantia pereat, quid ex rusticorum avaritia reditus annuos retinentium amittatur, quid in Juris peritos expendatur, ne fundus ipse eripiatur, longe paucioribus sufficiet, nisi ipsa (sic) se industria juvent.--Pleraque in discrimen vocate sunt, quae aegre tuemur; aliqua periere; tandem in Dei bonitate confidimus, quod donec (?) spiritualia seminaverimus, abunde carnalia metemus, et quaerentibus regnum Dei coetera adjicienter. Interea habentes victum sobrium et parcum et vestitum honestum, his contenti sumus.
Natura in qua Societas fere sola laboravit, non quidem pro Missionis salute indorum indigenarum sed ipsorum Anglorum qui magno numero ibi reperiuntur.
Persecutionis acerbitas multa documents ademit (?), scrinia omnia cum chartis et observationibus discerpta, adeo ut mirum non sit hic desiderari, quae uti speramus, scripta sunt in libro vitae.
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1687--3 peres; et des 1683 cette mission est mentionnée dans les Catalogues.
P. 18, last page of numbered series; ad calc.;--
N. B.--In manuscripto catalogo de quo memoravimus pag. 14--(See above, p. 51)--Reperiuntur ab anno 1633 ad 1674, nomina 12 Sacerdotum missorum ex Anglia
Sed ex aliis monumentis quae sunt in Archivio Romano, constat desiderari in hoc Marilandico scripto plura nomina saltem usque ad annum 1700.--Insuper in hoc numero non comprehenduntur Coadjutores Temporales.
(Sic videtur explici id quod haberi potest hic de rebus Marylandiae.
Sequuntur aliqua ad cognatas res spectantia ex iisdem monumentis: Hist. Angl.:--)
Angl. Catal. 1632--80: Catal. 3 Pers. S. J. in Prou. Angliae 1634. 1634 In Missione Marilandiae.
[Note 6: 6 See note 3 above (p. 50).]
Angl. Catal. 1622--1649: Catal. Primus Pers. . . .1633.
Dom. Prob. Sti. Ign. cum Miss. Londinensi.
P. Alexander Bakerus, Norfolciensis, 48, bonae, 20, omnia; fuit Procurator, Minister, Consultor, Confessarius, Superior missionis; in missione an. 10. Professus 4 votor. 1627, 23 Maii.
Dom. tertiae probationis Gandensis.
P. 48. n. 6. P. Joannes Drurius, Londinensis, 28, mediocres, 7, 3 Philosophiae, 2 Theologiae, Casus. Est Minister.
(N. B.--Neither of these two is recognized by Foley as having been in Maryland.)
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Angl. Catal. 1623--39. Catal. Tertius Pers. . . . 1636. 1636
In Missione Marilandiae.
Ibid.: Supplem. 1. & 2 Catal. Pers. . . . 1636.
In Marilandiam missi duo:
Duo item inde reversi:
Catal. 22--49: Primus Person. 1636.
P. 10. n. 16. (Colleg. SS. Apostolorum cum Mjss. Suffolc.:) P. Franc. Rogerius, Norfolciensis, 37, Firmae, 13, omnia, Docuit Grammcam. In Miss. ann. 2.
Ibid.: Ibid.
P. 66. 29. (Semin. Audomar.::) Joan. Woodus, Deuoniensis, 46, firmae, 21; fuit coquus, emptor, infirmarius, curator hospitum. Formatus 1630, 8 Dec.
Angl. Catal. 1622--49: Catal. Primus Pers. S. J. etc. 1639. 1639.
P. 35. Missio Marilandica.
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Angl. 1623--39. Catalog. 3us. rerum Prou. Angl. 1639.
. . .In missione Marylandica 5. . .
Angl. 1623--39. Supplement. 1. & 2 catal. pers. . . . 1638. 1638.
Mortui 20:
Ibid.: Catal. 3 pers. . . . 1638.
Missio Marilandica.
Angl. Catal. 1639--49. Catal. 1. . . .1639.
P. 54, n. 25 (Watten:) Thomas Bradfordus, Cantabrigiensis, 27, integrae 2, est sartor.
Angl. Catal. 1632--80. Catalogus 3us Pers. . . .1644 et 45. 1644--5.
P. 126. Missio Marilandica.
Ibid. Catal. 3us. Pers. 1645.
P. 143. Missio Marilandica.
P. 137. Dom. Prob. S. Ign. cum Miss. Londinensi.
Ibid.: Catal. brevis Pers. 1646 et 1647. 1646 & 47.
P. 163. Missio Marilandica.
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P. 155. Dom. Prob. S. Ign. cum M. Lond.
Ibid: Catal. 3us. Pers. . . .1647 et 1648. 1647 & 48.
Missio Marilandica (omitted; and those three names above do not appear anywhere).
P. 175. Dom. Prob. . . . Lond.
P. Andreas Vitus.
P. Thomas (sic) Fisherus; (I do not see Philip Fisher anywhere: is this name Thomas a reversion to Thomas Copley, or has Fr. Phil. Fisher gone back to Maryland?)
Ibid.: Catal. 3. Pers. . . . 1648.
P. 202. In Marilandia.
(The other three, Hartwell, Cooper and Rigby, do not appear anywhere--not mortui.)
Catal. lus. Pers. 1645. (in Catal. Ang. 1639--49) P. 13, n. 12. Laurentius Sanchius Lancast. 39, validae, 9, omnia, in Miss. ann. 7:--Mediocre, simile, nihilo maior, aliqua, tenuis, melanchol. ad missiones. In Coll. B. Aloys. cum MM. Lancastriensi et Stafford.
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