Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items
...shed processing a small collection, Patrick Coad Family Papers (MC 37). An online finding aid will soon be available. Patrick Coad, undated Patrick Coad (1783-1872), an Irish immigrant who settled in Philadelphia, was the first American patentee of a graduated galvanic battery with insulated poles. Coad was a noted teacher
Other resources/repositories
...PA Chester County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Delaware County Historical Society Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records The Pennsylvania State Archives Useful links Catholic Research Resources Alliance The Vatican Catholic History Links Catholic Online Directory Pope John Paul II Cultural Center New Advent/Catholic Encyclopedia The Hierarchy of the Catholic
Christmas
...have appeared in The Catholic Standard and Times, they have challenged the commercialization of Christmas. Wolf, “Whose Birthday?” December 4, 1953 By having Jesus unable to find a card that references his birthday, Wolf challenges viewers to remember the purpose of the holiday. McGovern, “Beware of Shoppers Bearing Gifts,” December
Archbishop John Carroll
...oll, Bishop and First Archbishop of Baltimore, (New York, John Shea, 1888), 33 & 38. [4] Melville, John Carroll, 38 & 49. [5] Shea, Life and Times, 209 & 223. [6] Melville, John Carroll, 77. [7] Charles Plowden, Short Account of the Establishment of the New See of Baltimore in