1) letters sent by Gradwell as Rector of the English College in Rome between 1819-1826 to Right Reverend Dr. William Poynter, Vice-President of St. Edmund's College in London - also an index of the letters
2) pamphlet printed by Andrew Bradford to be circulated in Philadelphia entitled "The Defense of John Ury" dated August 21, 1741 which Ury made before the Supreme Court in New York at his trial for being involved the late Negro Conspiracy, and "The Dying Speech of John Ury who was executed at New York on Saturday, the twenty-ninth of August, 1741 for being concerned in the Negro Conspiracy"
3) a pamphlet dated 1741 with the heading "An Abstract of a letter lately published in a neighboring colony touching the horrid practice and delusions of some called New Light Men lately sprung up in these parts" concerning the practices of a local minister
4) a pamphlet dated September 8, 1635 and headed "Relation of Maryland together with a Map of the Country, the Condition of Plantation, and His Majesties Charter to the Lord Baltemore, translated into English"
5) a pamphlet containing a series of articles: "A Short Account of the Establishment of the New See of Baltimore in Maryland", "A Short Account of the Establishment of the New See of Baltimore in Maryland and of Consecration of the Right Reverend Dr. John Carroll first bishop thereof on the Feast of the Assumption 1790", "A Short Address delivered August 15, 1790 in the Chapel of Lulworth Castle at the Consecration of the Right Reverend Dr. John Carroll", a statement given at Rome November 6, 1789 headed "The Authority of His Holiness Pope Pius VI for constituting the New See of Baltimore in Maryland translated from the original for the remembrance of posterity", and a final section headed "Extracts from the different Bills of Rights and Constitutions of the thirteen United States of North America"
6) pastoral letters of Archbishop John Carroll to the Congregation of Trinity Church in Philadelphia, 1797, and of Archbishop Ambrose Marechal to congregation of Norfolk, Virginia, 1819. (Printed by Joseph Robinson in Baltimore in 1820)
7) a printed circular dated 1810 giving instructions on the erection of four new Catholic Episcopal Sees in the United States and the Consecration of their first bishops
8) a pamphlet dated August 22, 1822 entitled "The Brief of His Holiness Pope Pius VI addressed to Ambrose, Archbishop of Baltimore, to his suffragan Bishops, to the Administrators of the temporalities of the Churches and to all the faithful in the United States of America"
9) a letter dated June 19, 1821 to Rt. Reverend H. Conwell, Bishop of Philadelphia, from Ambrose Marechal, Archbishop of Baltimore and John Lefebvre de Cheverus, Bishop of Boston in regard to the excommunication of Rev William Hogan
10) a pamphlet entitled "An Account of the Progress of the Catholic Religion in the Western States of North America with extracts from several letters addressed to the Right Reverend Dr. Edward Fenwick, Bishop of Cincinnati in the state of Ohio" dated 1824
11) a document dated circa 1626 entitled "Advice on the present state of English Catholics . . . and in the Dominions"
12) a pamphlet dated 1633 entitled "A Declaration of the Lord Baltimore's Plantation in Maryland high upon Virginia manifesting the nature, quality, condition, and rich utilities it containeth"
13) a manuscript dated 1633 entitled "Fittons draft of a memorial to the Pope about the mission of Maryland"
14) a manuscript dated 1633 entitled "draft of a memorial to the Pope on the Mission in Maryland from Bishop Challoner's papers"
15) a letter dated July 9, 1763 from Cardinal Castelli concerning the ceded territories in America
16) a list of numbers of members in congregations served by the Jesuits in various American parishes circa 1733 in Bishop Challoner's hand
17) letters and list dated 1733 concerning suppression of the Jesuits including the names of the Jesuits in Maryland and Pennsylvania enclosed in a submission letter by Thomas Sanders
18) letter dated July 9, 1783 from Mgr. Stonor to Mgr. Talbot mentioning among other matters affairs in America
19) letter dated 18 January 1784 from John Thayer to Bishop Talbot (Thayer, a convert preacher of Boston, asks help by way of books, etc. to assist him acting as a "Missioner" back in Boston)
20) two letters dated June 1784 written by Bishop Talbot concerning Newfoundland and North America
21) letter dated June 5, 1784 from Cardinal Antonelli to Bishop Talbot concerning Newfoundland and North America
22) letter dated July 19, 1794 from Cardinal Antonelli to Bishop Talbot recommending Reverend John Carroll as Bishop of the United States
23) letter dated June 18, 1785 concerning among other matters Newfoundland
24) letter dated August 22, 1785 from Bishop Talbot to Father Feliciano concerning Newfoundland and America
25) pamphlet dated September 13, 1788 entitled "Act of Incorporation of Roman Catholics in Philadelphia"
26) manuscript dated April 1580 entitled "A Commission of levy issued by the Queen's Council"
27) pamphlet dated 1581 entitled "The Days of the General Muster".
Material filmed at the Library of Congress at the request of Rev. Thomas McAvoy, C.S.C., in November 1960 - originally from the Archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster - dealing mainly with the years 1780-1800.
1) form signed by Rev. Thomas McAvoy, C.S.C.
2) handwritten copy of "A Declaration of Lord Baltimore's Plantation in Maryland, nigh upon Virginia: manifesting the nature, quality, condition, and rich utilities it containeth" with a note in the right margin reading "printed booklet - this copy is line for line with the original"
3) two manuscripts addressed to the Holy Father (Pope), written in Latin, headed "Beatissime Pater" concerning Missioners in Maryland
4) list in Latin
5) documents dated 13 Nov 1684 of excerpts in Latin
6) an account of the English Mission given by Abbe Nieoline to Benedict XIV dated 1756-1768?
7) letter from Cardinal Spinelli to Bishop Challoner concerning "faculties for the colonies" dated March 31, 1759
8) list of funds belonging to the London District dated Jan 1762
9) a circular from Cardinal Castelli entitled "The ceded countries in America" dated July 9, 1763
10) a circular from Cardinal Castelli entitled "Jurisdiction in the new ceded Islands" dated December 24, 1764
11) excerpts from "A Pastoral letter addressed to the Catholicks of the British Islands in the West Indies" dated 19 December 1790
12) list from the 1760s - 1770s of "Missioners in the West Indies" with undated lists of the "number of Catholics in Maryland and Pennsylvania" and the "names of Jesuits in Maryland and Pennsylvania"
13) letters and manuscripts headed "extracts of proceedings respecting the Roman Catholics in the Province of Nova Scotia to the honorable Sir Andrew Snape Hamond" dated June 1782 concerning the repeal of oppressive measures against Catholics in Nova Scotia
14) letter from John Thayer dated 18 January 1784 asking for books for his work as a Missioner in New England
15) letter dated March 13, 1791 from John Carroll, Bishop of Baltimore, to the Right Reverend D. Douglass of London concerning permission for Francis Tulloh to be part of the Baltimore Diocese
16) letter from Cardinal Antonelli to Bishop Talbot dated June 19, 1784 concerning the appointment of John Carroll to be the Bishop of the United States
17) letter from men in Halifax, Nova Scotia dated October 12, 1782 asking for a Roman Catholic pastor to be sent to Nova Scotia.
Indexes to the Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster. These indexes refer to more records than those filmed on reel 1.
1) a preface which indicates when the different indexes were written and other information about the different indexes
2) indexes arranged in chronological order by volume (Volumes I - XXXVII, 1501-1793)