1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut

...e worst month with well over a hundred cases a day reported. A significant number of those cases resulted in death. The worst days in the city were August 6, when there were 176 cases and 71 deaths, and August 7, when there were 136 cases and 73 deaths reported.

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...rchbishop O’Hara In Solemn Ceremony at Cathedral,” Scrapbook 2016.026 [5] “Official Press Book Elevation and Investiture His Eminence John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C,” (Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times: 1958) [6] “Church Bells Greet New Archbishop,” Scrapbook 2016.026 [7] “Letter to Vincent Carroll, from Bishop J. Carroll McCormick,” 12/28/1951, MC79 91.275 [8]

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Thomas Lloyd family papers, 1766-1867 (MC 45)

...iety as a skilled stenographer and teacher. He was invited to serve as the official note taker of the Federal Congressional debates. His publication, the Congressional Register, became widely known as the most accurate and official documentation of the debates. Lloyd’s last publication was Lloyd’s Stenography (1819), a work that

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Philadelphia’s First Bishop

...t. Peter’s procathedral on October 28, 1810, more than two years after his official appointment. The newly appointed Bishop Egan soon found himself embroiled in disputes with lay trustees, and swayed by the dominant personality of his fellow priest, Reverend William Harold. Bishop Egan suffered ill health for many years,

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