The Jesuits of the middle United States. Vol. I
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Garraghan, Gilbert J. (Gilbert Joseph), 1871-1942
issued: 2022-03-25
issued: 1938
description: "Bibliography: vol.3, pp.598-614. Vol.3 has map on back lining-paper. Vol.2, chapters 24 and 25 concern the Oregon mission, including the work of Father De Smet and that of Fathers John Nobili and Antonio Ravalli in New Caledonia; vol.3, chapter 30, Peter De Smet: personal aspects." -- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 106.
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extent: xiv, 660 pages : facsimiles, maps, illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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note: The Jesuits | ofthe Middle United States by GILBERT J. GARRAGHAN, S.J., Ph.D. RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF HISTORY INSTITUTE OF JESUIT HISTORY LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO IN THREE VOLUMES VOLUME I NEW YORK AMERICA PRESS 1938 n* Smprimi potest: William M. Magee, SJ. Provincial, Chicago Province iBttfjtl <£batat: Arthur J. Scanlan, S.T.D. Censor Librorum imprimatur: ^(Patrick Cardinal Hayes Archbishop of New York August I, 1938. Copyright, 1938, by The America Press SX"576% Gz RINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA J. J. LITTLE AND IVES COMPANY, NEW YORK m TO HIS PATERNITY K THE VERY REVEREND WLODIMIR LEDOCHOWSKI i% TWENTY-SIXTH GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS )J< IN TOKEN OF THE HIGH REGARD AND DEEP VENERATION BORNE HIM BY HIS SONS IN THE MIDDLE UNITED STATES K WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO A GREAT TRADITION OF ZEALOUS WHOLEHEARTED EFFORT FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM K AN INHERITANCE UNTO THEM FROM THE MEN OF THEIR ORDER WHO IN PIONEER DAYS OPENED THE WAY OF JESUIT ENDEAVOR IN THAT SPLENDID AND FAR- FLUNG REGION. ON OCCASION OF THE IMPENDING QUADRICENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS IN 1540. PREFACE This history purposes to tell the authentic story of the Society of Jesus in the Middle United States.' That body, as other Catholic religious bodies of men and women having international affiliations, is organized into administrative units or provinces, the Jesuits of the Middle United States constituting, during practically all the period covered by the present work, the province of Missouri with executive headquarters in St. Louis.* But the territorial extent of the province of Missouri has been of far greater sweep than the historic commonwealth the name of which it borrows. It embraced up to recent date fifteen states, lying severally in the upper Mississippi Valley or in the basin of the Great Lakes or in both. The term "Middle United States" consequently best describes the widely extended area which constituted the field of operations of the Jesuits of the jur…
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has type: Books
identifier: BX3708 .G3
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0407328
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New York : America Press
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subject: Indians of North America--Missions
subject: Jesuits--Education
subject: Jesuits--Missions
type: Text