Irish Land War
...nd War in Ireland over the centuries old landlordism system. By 1879, about 800 families owned half of the country’s land and acted as landlords, renting small plots of land out to the majority of the population (an estimated five million people). The Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and the American
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Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...Kenrick.” Edited Appleton’s Enyclopedia. Virtualology, 2001. <http://famousamericans.net/francispatrickkenrick/>. Nolan, Hugh J. Francis Patrick Kenrick: Third Bishop of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1948. O'Shea, John J. "Francis Patrick and Peter Richard Kenrick." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08618a.htm>. Archives A...
John J. Bonner papers, 1909-1945 (MC 49)
...ited with establishing the Philadelphia Catholic League and was one of the best-known Catholic educators in the country. Born in Philadelphia on November 2, 1890, John Bonner entered St. Charles Seminary after graduating from Roman Catholic High School. He transferred to the North American College in Rome, and was ordained