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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Black Catholic periodicals

...gh it lasted less than a year, The Journal spoke to Philadelphia’s growing number of Black Catholics. It appears that PAHRC is the only institution that has this publication. PAHRC also has a single issue of The Catholic Herald (February 18, 1905) which was published in Washington D.C. I have

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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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Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...elphia: St. Joseph House, 1940), 20. [5] Nolan, “The Native Son,” 340. [6] Official Jubilee, 26 & 41. [7] Nolan, “The Native Son,” 344, 360. [8] Official Jubilee, 134. [9] Letter from Hugh Lamb to the priests of the Archdiocese, 05/15/1940, Scrapbook, 1990.284; https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8243. [10] Letter from Hugh Lamb to

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