Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons

...orth Carolina Press, 2013), 2-3. [2] Vinson, J. Chal. "Thomas Nast and the American Political Scene." American Quarterly 9, no. 3 (1957): 338 & 340. [3] Thomas Milton Kemnitz, "The Cartoon as a Historical Source." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 4, no. 1 (1973), 82. [4] Ibid., 92-93. [5] Bill

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Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...rtoons, Nast demonstrated the idea that the pope, by having authority over American Catholics, was a threat to the United States government and its people. "The American River Ganges. The priests and the children" https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7357 Another reason for Nast’s anti-Catholic drawings was a fear that Catholics were attacking the public

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Mathew Carey

...min Franklin and Benjamin Rush and helped lead to an increased interest in American literature.[6] An even larger impact on the American literary scene was Carey’s book company, which was described as the “greatest publishing and distributing firm in the country.”[7] In addition to publishing American works, Carey was a

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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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