339. Madame Baptiste to Bp Patrick Lynch -- January 15, 1864

Title:

339. Madame Baptiste to Bp Patrick Lynch -- January 15, 1864

Date:

1864

Creator (Personal):

Lynch, Madame Baptiste

Description:

Madame Baptiste writes to Bishop Patrick Lynch about several recent visitors to the convent, including one woman, a mother of a boarder at the academy, who has come to retrieve her daughter. The mother, Madame Baptiste writes, has been "implicated for running off negroes to the yankees" and Madame Baptiste fears that both "may be hanged." January 15, 1864. 3p.

Collection Title:

Lynch Family Letters, 1858-1866

Contributing Institution:

Catholic Diocese of Charleston Archives

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Catholic Church--South Carolina--Columbia
Lynch family

Topical Subject:

Slavery--South Carolina, Convents--South Carolina--Columbia, Boarding schools--South Carolina--Columbia, Ursulines--South Carolina--Columbia, and Spies--United States--History--19th century

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

Box_15_D05_Page_01.jpg

Date Digital:

2010-08

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital image copyright 2010, The Catholic Diocese of Charleston Archives. All rights reserved. For more information contact The Catholic Diocese of Charleston Archives, Charleston, SC 29424.

Admin ID:

25090