Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital

...hospital in a single month. The following month of August saw the greatest number of deaths in any one month, averaging at least one per day. In just one year, patients consumed more than 800,000 pounds of bread, 16,000 pounds of butter and 334,000 quarts of milk. During the war,

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Access Policies and Guidelines

...handling materials. Smoking is prohibited. Eating and drinking are prohibited around workspace. Noise should be kept at a minimum. Wash hands before handling materials. Gloves should be worn if examining photographic materials The use of digital cameras is permitted. The use of personal scanners is not permitted. Researchers can use

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Parish Mapping Project

...years between the two maps. While the 1971 map is complete and ready to be used by researches, the 1921 and 1871 maps are still being built. These maps have proven more difficult to construct because of the lack of clear boundaries. For instance many of the suburban or ethnic

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...1kB9gq4myC&usp=sharing View the 1921 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=12hZun1-1hUN1DowqK7ICETiiYl4dIndo&usp=sharing View the 1891 parish boundary map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Yhysl8mMehtqFoBYKT5_WX0uHKT4O-pB&usp=sharing   Catholic Heritage Archive   Check out this great new resource powered by FindMyPast! The Catholic Heritage Archive is a digital archives containing thousands of parish reco...

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