Friendly and Adopted Sons

...trick on one side and America and Ireland with Liberty on the other. On Dec 17, 1781, the society decided to add George Washington to the group; however, they wanted to make him more than an honorary member. So the Friendly Sons toke a vote and formally adopted Washington as

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Newman Centers

...ration of College Catholic Clubs, 1929, 5, P008.874 [3] Newman Quarterly, p 11-12 [4] John Keough, Report on Newman Clubs, 1 AC1990.277 [5] Letter from John Keough to Cardinal Dougherty, 01/04/1926, MC 78_80.6571 [6] Report to Cardinal Dougherty on St Bede’s Chapel, MC78_80.4820. [7] Letter from Priscilla Selleck to Cardinal

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Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia

...aith-filled heritage : The church of Philadelphia bicentennial as a diocese 1808-2008. Strasbourg : Editions du Signe, 2007. PAHRC has a significant number of 19th-century pamphlets in its General Pamphlet Collection. The Archives also has an almost complete run of official Philadelphia Diocesan newspapers up to the current Archdiocesan paper,

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About CHRC

...story of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as well as the collections of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, the oldest Catholic historical society in the country. Mission Statement The purpose of the Catholic Historical Research Center (CHRC) is to collect, preserve, and make available for research the official records

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