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Shaw, Lemuel, 1781-1861. Ursuline Convent trial notes, 1834.

Title: Ursuline Convent trial notes, 1834.

Trial notes presumably kept by Lemuel Shaw, Chief Justice of the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court, during the trials against those accused of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Mass. The convent was burned by a mob on 11 Aug. 1834 and Shaw presided over the trials against John R. Buzzell, Alvah Kelley, Prescott P. Pond, Aaron Hadley, and Nathaniel Budd, Jr. in December. His notes cover the arguments made by the attorneys, the testimonies of witnesses, and his summary and charge to the jury. Also included are an annotated copy of the Grand Jury indictment and the list of jurors.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31616718 View

Thaxter, Lucy W. An account of life in the Ursuline Convent at Mt. Benedict, Charlestown, Mass. and of the events of the night on which the convent was destroyed : by a former pupil : manuscript, 1843 Jan.

Title: An account of life in the Ursuline Convent at Mt. Benedict, Charlestown, Mass. and of the events of the night on which the convent was destroyed : by a former pupil : manuscript, 1843 Jan.

An account of her time at the convent school and the riot that closed it; with an outline of the events by Curtis; reports of Thaxter's grades and those of Mary Thaxter; and a list of the pupils attending the school at the time of the riot.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (14 leaves) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612862689 View

Committee of Vigilance and Protection (Roxbury, Mass.). Records, 1834-1835.

Title: Records, 1834-1835.

A small collection of records of a Committee of Vigilance and Protection in Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 1834 - 1 Jan. 1835. The committee was formed to protect the nuns displaced from the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown which had been burned by a mob on 11 Aug. 1834. The records include proceedings of meetings of the committee and some correspondence regarding the suppression of riots and protection of the building housing the nuns in Roxbury.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31626422 View

Moffatt, Mary Anne Ursula. An answer to six months in a convent : exposing its falsehoods and manifold absurdities / by the Lady Superior with some preliminary remarks. A review of The Lady Superior's reply to "Six months in a convent" being a vindication of Miss Reed.

Title: An answer to six months in a convent : exposing its falsehoods and manifold absurdities / by the Lady Superior with some preliminary remarks. A review of The Lady Superior's reply to "Six months in a convent" being a vindication of Miss Reed. [1990]

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85450936 View

American Party. Anti-Catholic documents collection, 1844-1930.

Title: Anti-Catholic documents collection, 1844-1930.

This artificially-created collection documents popular and political manifestations of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the 19th century. Materials document the burning of the Ursuline convent in Charlestown, MA in 1834; riots targeting Catholics in Philadelphia, PA; and the American Party during the 1850s-1860s.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232957797 View

The Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, MA papers.

Title: The Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, MA papers. 1832-1903.

Consists of correspondence, a hand-written copy of an eyewitness report of the convent's burning, a scrapbook history, printed items including journals, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings, and a photo and sketch of the convent. Documents the ministry of the Ursulines of Quebec in Boston during the early 1800s and demonstrates the strong anti-Catholic sentiment that existed in New England.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122349346 View