Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons
...s/show/7363 Thomas Nast’s cartoons from the 1870s expressed his strong anti-Irish and anti-Catholic feelings and his fear these forces would destroy America. With a circulation on average of 100,000 and reaching peaks of 300,000 Harper’s Weekly not only was a vehicle for spreading these sentiments but was also a reflection
Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home
...phia,” Philadelphia USO Council, 05/01/1942, MC78_80.8310 [11] The Story of 100,000 Shaves: USO Annual report:1942-1943, MC78_80.8310 [12] The Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home, 1946, P018.034 [13] The Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home, 1946, P018.034 [14] Report of the USO Benedict Club NCCS, 1946, MC78_80.850 [15] Report
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...ar diocese encompassed the entire United States. Between 1790 and 1820, one-quarter-million immigrants arrived in the United States. By 1810, the city and county of Philadelphia had over 100,000 inhabitants. As the number of Catholics in the United States grew, Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore suggested that his immense diocese