Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...also been digitized as part the Digital Library @ Villanova University. To view the digitized issues click here.   References: McKivigan, John. Forgotten Firebrand: James Redpath and the Making of Nineteenth Century America. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London. 2008. Archives Archives Select Month April 2024 March 2024 January 2024

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Catholic Club of Philadelphia records, 1871-1923 (MC 23)

...ted to club-sponsored events and events sponsored by other local Catholic societies are also included. 2 boxes, 0.8 Lin. Ft. View findind aid (HTML)...

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Pope visit

...in attendance. The altar was built at Logan Circle providing a 360-degree view of the Mass. The structure itself took 17 days to build and cost the city $150,000. Halvey_346A_001 Halvey_346A_017   Sunday Shrines and Speeches After a short visit to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Pope John Paull II spent

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Pope

...vote. The poster with the line “they have no dictator,” highlights Nast’s view that the Irish Catholic vote was being commanded by the Vatican and Tammany Hall. “The Same Old Smell,” November 2, 1872 Tammany Hall was a Democratic Party political machine used to organize votes within New York City.

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