the letter is dated September 11, 1773 upon hearing of the suppression of the Jesuits.
"Our so long persecuted, and I must say holy society is no more, you see that I am my own master, and left to my own direction."From the book entitled, Jesuit Slaveholding in Maryland, 1717-1838, By Thomas Murphy (here)
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