Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital

...sary, library, and three kitchens referred to as restaurants. Although the official capacity of Satterlee was 4,500, the actual capacity exceeded this number. After the Battle of Bull Run, the wounded arrived by the hundreds. After the Battle of Gettysburg, they arrived by the thousands, swelling the hospital population to

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...ms/show/8125. [3] MC 80, 100.2580: 41st International Eucharistic Congress Official Program, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8124. [4] MC 80, 100.2580: 41st International Eucharistic Congress Official Program. [5] The 41st IEC: A History, 124. [6] MC 80, 100.1548: Letter to Cardinal Krol from Dorothy Day January 29, 1976, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8123; MC 80, 100.1673: Letter to Cardinal

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Eden Hall

...worse when a wave of tuberculosis ran through the community. Seeking a new site for their school, Bishop Francis Kenrick recommended the community to see a site closer to Philadelphia. Originally, the sisters opened a temporary school and convent at Logan Square as they searched for suitable land. It seemed

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Thomas Lloyd family papers, 1766-1867 (MC 45)

...iety as a skilled stenographer and teacher. He was invited to serve as the official note taker of the Federal Congressional debates. His publication, the Congressional Register, became widely known as the most accurate and official documentation of the debates. Lloyd’s last publication was Lloyd’s Stenography (1819), a work that

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