[Letters to the Indians at St. John's River, ME, 1791-1792].

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[Letters to the Indians at St. John's River, ME, 1791-1792].

Letters written by John Carroll, Bishop of Baltimore, to Indians at St. Johns River, ME in response to their request for a resident priest.

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Catholic Church. Diocese of Baltimore (Md.). Bishop (1789-1808 : Carroll)

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Carroll, John, 1735-1815

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Carroll, the first Roman Catholic bishop of the United States and first Archbishop of Baltimore, was born 8 January 1735 in Upper Marlborough, Maryland, to Daniel and Eleanor Carroll. He was educated at Saint Omer's in Flanders as a Jesuit and returned to Maryland in 1774 where he resided until his death in 1815. He served for twenty five years as bishop and archbishop and contributed greatly to the growth of the American church. During his reign the clergy more than doubled its numbers and thre...