Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items

...n May 1844. After violence had spread from Irish Kensington to the city of Philadelphia itself, authorities and citizens finally took action. On Thursday, May 9, Philadelphia County was placed under martial law. Several thousand of the city’s elite formed into divisions of “Peace Police” and assisted the militia in

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The Church and Labor

...rum Novarum" in the College Center, 04/24/1991, Halvey 661H The Bishops of Philadelphia were often vocal in their views of the economic problems in the United States. Archbishop Patrick Ryan was active in labor relations, working on a number of occasions as a mediator between management and labor unions to

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Citation Information

...llection number, Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Photographs: In general, only photographs from the Robert Halvey Collection are to be published with written permission from CHRC. These photographs are to be captioned: Courtesy of the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia,

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Marian Year

...the Exarchate of the Byzantine Rite, the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Ceremonies and Masses would be held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, and the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center. Over 30,000

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