Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...ia, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and a few from Canada, mainly Montreal. More information on the collection can be found here.   St. Agatha's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Reverend B.F.

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The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience

...of Fair Oaks, also known as the Battle of Seven Pines, which took place in Virginia on May 31 and June 1, 1862]. it was four miles long and the dead lie all along in lines in one place there was a regular line of battle for about one hundred

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Old St. Joseph marriage record, June 1801

...OSJ marriage record_1801...

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Eden Hall

...f Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, was the summer home of the Drexel family: San Michel. During the summers, the Drexel children attended daily Mass at the chapel. Masses would be said by Rev. James O’ Connor, pastor of the nearby Saint Dominic’s. When he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Nebraska

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