Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church

...the creation of the Vine Street Expressway. The parish's 25th anniversary book shows the community was preparing for the destruction of the church when it stated that “the buildings do not constitute the holy reality we call a parish… the real Holy Redeemer is made up of all the people.”[7]

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The Bishop’s Bank

...stock of ready sale: City, or State of Pennsylvania. No other; City is the best. County stock is good, but of slow sale. Never purchase any other stock. Beware of Banks, Canals, railroads, other States of the Union, and all kinds of fancy stocks. Some of them may be good,

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Eleanor C. Donnelly papers. 1873-1905 (MC 48)

...the Augustinian magazine, “Our Lady of Good Counsel.” This collection contains correspondence, largely from priests and Bishops throughout the United States in answer to her requests for facsimiles of episcopal seals. Also included is an autograph book containing signatures of American Confederate prisoners of war held at the Johnson’s Island

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Irish Catholics and Secret Societies

...of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., (Pottsville: Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms, 1878), P001.1567 [9] P001.1567 [10] The great Mollie Maguire trials in Carbon and Schuylkill counties, Pa. : brief reference to such trials and arguments of Gen. Charles Albright and Hon. F.W. Hughes, in the case of

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