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ABSI - Jesuits in Britain Archives
SJ - Members of the Society (Cataloguing in progress)
32 - Fr Augustus Law SJ (1833-1880)
1 - Diaries and Journals
Repository
Jesuits in Britain Archives
Ref No
ABSI/SJ/32/1/6
Title
Law's Diary
Date
September 1852-November 1853, with additions up to 1864
Level
Item
Description
A journal kept by Law. It covers the end of his time in the Royal Navy, on HMS Excellent and covers the time he left the Royal Navy and deliberated his calling to a religious life. On 15 January 1854 he joined the Society of Jesus. Includes an insert in the handwriting of Law's father, William Towry Law, who also wrote an entry in the book after the end of Law's entries. Pasted in the book is a newspaper clipping of Law's ordination in 1865.
Format
Manuscript
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to archive material in the Jesuits in Britain Archives.
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Code
PersonName
Dates
DS/UK/966
Law; Augustus (1833-1880); Jesuit Priest
1833-1880
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