Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...ishop James Bayley form Bishop James Wood, 02/01/1865, MC 75_51.1016. [13] Newspaper Clipping, “The Holy See and the Fenians,” 07/13/1865, MC75_52.556 [14] News Clipping, “Father Lavelle’s appeal,”51.204f [15] Letter to Father Moriarty from Bishop Wood, 5/14/1964, MC751.204d, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8441. [16] Letter to Bishop Wood form Father Moriarty, 05/15/1864, MC75_51.204e, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8440 [17]
Black Catholic periodicals
...pers and journals related to black Catholics. Among these are the earliest newspapers published by and for the black Catholic community. These newspapers also covered issues relating to the African American community in a broader sense. According to Cyprian Davis, author of The History of Black Catholics in the United
Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists
...jority of these letters are from Jane to the family of William J. and Elizabeth Martin Campbell who lived with Jane and Marianne. Some document Jane’s involvement in the suffrage movement as well as her involvement in numerous associations and clubs, and reveal her political, religious, and family loyalties. For
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...ine during the war was an eye-opening experience. The wounds caused by the new and improved artillery met the outdated medical practices of understaffed field hospitals, resulting in an epidemic of needless deaths. Conditions began to improve with the advent of permanent army hospitals like Sattelee, staffed by experiences surgeons