Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...olics throughout the diocese. This journal that Bishop Kenrick kept between 1830 and 1851 during his time in Philadelphia, as well as translations of many of his letters and of his diary and visitation records, can all be found here at the Historical Research Center. A summary and brief description
The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience
....we expected another battle to day but they have skedadled... September 19, 1862, page 1 September 19, 1862, page 2 One week later, White continues to discuss the horror he had experienced: after i wrote the last letter i took a walk over to the battlefield it was an awful
Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview
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Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...is new position as Assistant Surgeon. Letter from War Department, August 5, 1867 Letter from War Department, August 5, 1867 A high point in the collection is a scrapbook kept while O’Reilly was abroad serving as a delegate at the 1906 International Conference for the Revisions of the Geneva Convention