Temperance Movement

...ini, “A Celebration of Moral Force: The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of American Centennial Fountain,” Master’s Thesis (University of Pennsylvania, 2002), 47. [3] Ibid., 47. [4] Ibid., 49. [5] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 19. [6] Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force,” 49. [7] Ibid. 50. [8] Ibid., 51. [9]

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

Thomas Lloyd (1756–1827), known as the “Father of American Shorthand,” published the most complete and official record of the First Continental Congress from the notes taken in his shorthand. Other accomplishments included working for the United States Treasurer, and reporting George Washington’s first inaugural address, which was published in the

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Centennial Exposition

...7.html [9] The Exhibition,” The Catholic Standard, 1. [10] “Opening of the American Exhibition,” Tablet, (London: May 13, 1876), 611; “The Centennial Opening,” The Louisville Catholic Advocate, (Louisville, Kentucky: May 18, 1876), 4. [11] Tablet; Advocate. [12] Louis M. Steingraber, The Church's participation in Philadelphia's celebrations of independence : Centennial

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