Mathew Carey

...ature.[6] An even larger impact on the American literary scene was Carey’s book company, which was described as the “greatest publishing and distributing firm in the country.”[7] In addition to publishing American works, Carey was a major player in importing European works, being the first to publish Walter Scott and

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Thomas Lloyd family papers, 1766-1867 (MC 45)

...related to the Hogan Schism as Old St. Mary. Manuscript materials for the book The System of Shorthand Practiced by Thomas Lloyd in Taking Down the Debates of Congress and Now (With His Permission) Published for General Use (1793) are also included. In 1791, Lloyd returned to London with his

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Alberto Rivera

Alberto Rivera Chick's anti-Catholic comic book series based its stories off the testimony of a man named Alberto Rivera. He claimed to be an ex-Jesuit from Spain, although there is no evidence to support this. Rivera would go on to allege the Catholic Church used the Jesuits as secret police

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“An Appeal to Truth”

...this evidence was unacceptable, the argument one-sided, and that it was unfair for them to take the argument to the Pope without giving the Belgian’s a chance to voice their issues. (6-7) Mercier entreated German bishops to agree to a fair tribunal in which both sides would be given equitable

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