Associations & Institutions

...ontains various printed material on Catholic institutions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A variety of types of institutions are included, especially hospitals, orphanages, and colleges. Types of material include institutional histories and anniversary books, annual reports, prospectuses and course catalogs. Also included are ephemera

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Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

...later on June 29, 1846, Bishop Kenrick announced plans to start building a new cathedral on the parkway.[3] This was a bold plan from Kenrick, since only two years earlier St. Augustine was destroyed during the anti-Catholic Nativist Riots. Furthermore, Kenrick did not want to take on debt for the

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1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut

...lroad. The cholera epidemic that was ravaging parts of the U.S., including New York City, spread to Philadelphia and reached the laborers' camp in mid-August. Within two and a half weeks, all of the men were dead. All of the deaths were blamed on the disease; however, historical documents and

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Centennial Exposition

...eeting of the delegates of the Roman Catholic Central Society, June 1876, (New York: Hickey & Co, 1976), P001.1604. Archives Archives Select Month October 2024 July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December

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