Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1811-1933 (MC 1)

...rders. He helped to write the constitutions of the Sisters of Mercy, Merion, Pa., where his sister was for a time General Superior, and of Katharine Drexel’s Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. He served as an adviser to the Pontifical Commission on Anglican Orders in 1896, and received an honorary

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Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...dpath had a varied career as an abolitionist, reporter, publisher, lobbyist, superintendent of schools in the reconstruction south, social activist and entertainment mogul. Redpath had sold his Lyceum booking agency several years earlier and was recuperating from an accident. He proposed to The New York Tribune that they send him

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Ann Mattingly’s Miracle Cure

...4. Washington, D.C.: James Wilson, 1824. Print. More reading found in: http://www.mrsmattinglysmiracle.com/ Archives Archives Select Month April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 May 2022 March 2022 February 2022

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