Thomas Nast (1840-1902)

.... Published in Harper’s Weekly, his cartoons were famous for attacking the New York City political machine of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. Nast is also credited with creating the Republican Party’s elephant and drawing the modern image of Santa Claus. However, he also used cartoons to express his dislike

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Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France

...delayed. But the appeal will be still opportune if it appears in the April number. May God bless the holy zeal that animates you and give you the joy of seeing the wishes of the venerable Cardinal Luçon relayed. With sincere regard, Faithfully in J.C., H. J. Heuser [?] 8th

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In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...1795-1963 (MC 90) Finding aid. [2] Engbers, Susanna Kelly. "A Woman Both "New" and "True": Jane Campbell as Catholic Suffragist." American Catholic Studies 126, no. 2 (2015), 31. [3] Jane Campbell Obituary, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8195. [4] Catholic Standard and Times, June, 14, 1919. [5] Catholic Standard and Times, August 2, 1913. [6]

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