A Philadelphia Artist

...n Neagle, January 9, 1841 Letter from noted lithographer John Sartain with information regarding a meeting of artists associated with the Academy of Fine Arts, January 15, 1856, p.1 Sartain letter, p.2 Martin’s correspondence and business-related materials appear to demonstrate that Martin had a fairly steady amount of business in

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Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

.../29/1857, MC75_50.573. [11] Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul- Philadelphia: Information for Obtaining Title of Minor Basilica, 1976. [12] A Brief History, 1917, 10. [13] Golden Jubilee, 1915. [14] Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 2005. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January

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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish

...the new parish was needed. The Chancellor rung me up to obtain the desired information. I told him without a moment’s hesitation that its name was St. Joan of Arc; and this it became from that moment.” The next challenge was acquiring the land where the parish buildings were to

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