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SoutHeRn MAnuScRipt SeRMonS BefoRe 1800
1170. LEWIS, JOHN. (MD; Cath.; 1721-1788; in MD 1750-1788)
“[On pride.]” [1761] 13pp. [Acc. No. 285]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Tu quis es? Who art thou? St. Jo. 1. 19.”
Commentary: A note on the front wrapper reads “At Annapolis 3. Dca Adven.
1761.” A note on the back wrapper reads “It is with singular satisfaction.” Lewis, a
Jesuit until the suppression in 1773, served in Maryland from 1750 until his death.
Keywords: knowledge of self; self, knowledge of;
1171. LEWIS, JOHN. (MD; Cath.; 1721-1788; in MD 1750-1788)
“On ye Purification.” [1768] 11pp. [Acc. No. 292]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Maryland Province Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Hail full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Luke. 1.28.”
Commentary: A note at the head reads “St. Inigo’s 1768.” Lewis, a Jesuit until the
suppression in 1773, served in Maryland from 1750 until his death.
Keywords: Mary; Annunciation;
1172. LEWIS, JOHN. (MD; Cath.; 1721-1788; in MD 1750-1788)
“[On the sacrament of penance.]” [1752] 12pp. [Acc. No. 284]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Maryland Province Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Make straight ye way of ye Lord. St. Jo. 1. 23 [illegible].”
Commentary: Notes at the head read “East. Branch Dec. 1762” and, in an
unidentified hand, “3d of Advent.” A note at the end reads “At Bha. ye 3d. Sund.
after Advent 1752 At Boh ye 3d Sund after Adv. 1753 At Elk Ridge 1762 At Nelly
Diggs [illegible] 1762 At Annapolis Febr. 1764 At Nelly Diggs Dec: 1765.” Lewis, a
Jesuit until the suppression in 1773, served in Maryland from 1750 until his death.
Keywords: penance, sacrament of; Diggs, Nelly;
1173. LEWIS, JOHN. (MD; Cath.; 1721-1788; in MD 1750-1788)
“[On the 6th Article of the Creed.]” [1750] 13pp. [Acc. No. 281]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Commentary: A note at the end reads “Preachd at Bohemia Octr ye 3d Sund. 1750
—.” A few emendations are in the hand of the Rev. Sylvester Boarman. Lewis, a
Jesuit until the suppression in 1773, served in Maryland from 1750 until his death.
A note in the hand of the Rev. Sylvester Boarman reads “6th. Art. of ye Ap. Crd.”
Keywords: Creed, 6th article; Apostles’ Creed; Boarman, Rev. Sylvester;
1174. LEWIS, JOHN. (MD; Cath.; 1721-1788; in MD 1750-1788)
“[On the 6th Article of the Creed.]” [1789] 7pp. [Acc. No. 296]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
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