The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1910-2007 (MC 91)

...era, correspondence, notes, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and subject files containing clippings and other printed materials. 7.5 linear feet; 18 boxes Researchers may find it helpful to use the more recent finding aid (HTML) in conjunction with the legacy finding aid (PDF), which includes item-level information. View finding aid (HTML)

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Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital

...han the officers, sharing just four eating utensils reserved for officers' use. The chapel was so small that some sisters had to exit the room so others could enter and receive Holy Communion. Satterlee Hospital became a self-contained city when a tent city was built on the grounds in 1863.

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The Bishop’s Bank

...r contend on small matters; if you cannot mildly convince them, pay; it is better to lose a few dollars, than to send abroad a discontented trumpet!" Bishop's Bank Rules, 1848 Regarding investments Frenaye was adamant. The rules state, "Bear in mind that investments must always be made in stock

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