41st International Eucharistic Congress
...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 bishops from around the world. [1] Production of Foolsgold. Halvey A443.011 Planning
Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France
...ous here and there in Belgium, France, Central countries, Ireland, and the far East, it would cause odious distinctions and open the gate to a thousand furhter [sic] demands that we are unable to answer.” Letter from Heuser. Postscript reads: "P.S. the MS is being returned by this post under
Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items
...esident of the city’s Board of Health. Dr. Joseph R. Coad, circa 1860 Thus far, I have found that manuscript collections, particularly collections of family papers, often have some interesting miscellaneous items that seemingly have nothing to do with the family that is being documented. This collection is no exception.
The Centennial Fountain
...over budget.[10] As the centennial year approached, the fountain was still far from completion as none of the statues were finished and only a fourth of the granite work was done. Indeed, it was not until April of 1876 that Kirn completed the first statue of Commodore Barry and since