The Bishop’s Bank
...or Johanna Reilly, who opened an account in 1852, reads "42 years old, St. Paul's Parish: a tall woman, pockmarked". This kind of description is not unusual at this time. If a person was illiterate and unable to write their name, a physical description or personal information was the only
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...h Catholics clashed with the National Guard protecting an Irish Protestant parade, Nast drew a number of anti-Irish cartoons for Harper’s Weekly. One cartoon illustrated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. At the top of the drawing Nast wrote that the
Archbishop Ryan
...yan was born in Thurles, Ireland on February 20, 1831.[1] His father would pass away when he was nine and his mother when he was 20. Ryan would leave Ireland in 1852 after studying to become a priest at the St. Patrick Seminary. He was not ordained because at 21
Philadelphia’s First Catholic Cathedral
...cemetery for Old St. Joseph’s, Old St. Mary’s was referred to as “Mission Number 1” as St. Joseph’s was seen as the principal place of worship. The church was originally 50 feet by 80 feet and the entrance was through 5th street. Both George Washington and John Adams attended Vespers