The Story of Duffy’s Cut
...Irish Catholics, Duffy did not allow the laborers to leave the camp. A few weeks after arriving in America hoping for a better life, were all dead. Newspapers reported that cholera was to blame, though changing the number from 57 workers to about 8 or 9. Though commemorated and remembered
Pope
...onal Guard protecting an Irish Protestant parade. In response, Nast drew a number of anti-Irish cartoons for Harper’s Weekly. This cartoon illustrated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. Nast blamed the attacks on both the ethnicity of the Irish and their
Drexel Beatification
...eliminating the Promotor of the Faith (Devil’s Advocate) and reducing the number of miracles required for canonization from three to two. The first step in the process was to examine all of Katharine Drexel’s writings and interview as many people who knew her as possible. On January 26, 1987, she
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
..., 1883 issue, the name of the newspaper was shortened further to Redpath’s Weekly. This reflected the reduction in the number of illustrations due to rising publication costs. By August 1883, the paper had become more literary and less a vehicle for Irish freedom and social activism with more space