Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items
...s, 1844 Broadside publicizing Coad's lectures, undated The collection includes some of Coad’s correspondence, his lecture notes and medical remedies, testimonials noting the capabilities of his galvanic battery, as well as related ephemera. Ephemeral materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets and broadsides publicizing his invention, lectures, as well as the school
Research Request Forms
...chools: Ascension of Our Lord, St. Catharine of Sienna, St. Donato, St. Frances Cabrini Regional School, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Gertrude, St. Hugh, St. Joan of Arc, St. Madeline Sophie, Mater Dolorosa, St. Michael of the Saints, Most Blessed Sacrament, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Our Lady of
1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut
...deaths.” Excerpt from Kenrick letter to Bishop Rese, August 16, 1832 References: McGowan, Francis X., ed. Historical Sketch of St. Augustine's Church, Phila., Pa. Philadelphia: The Augustinian Fathers, 1896. Prendergast, Edmond, ed. Diary and Visitation Record of the Rt. Rev. Francis Patrick Kenrick, 1830-1851. Lancaster, Pa: Wickersham Printing Co., 1916.
Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...heir nursing of the sick.”[13] SB-10, April 7, 1917- Feb. 12, 1920, CHRC Since the sisters were put into direct contact with the flu when caring for the sick, a number of them would also become infected with the disease. It was recorded that 23 sisters died from the flu.