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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Jubilees and Holy Years

...Jubilee with the opening of the Holy Door at Saint Peter’s Basilica. A few days later, on December 29th, Archbishop Perez will hold a special Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul to celebrate the Archdiocesan Opening of the Jubilee Year. It is one of the many

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In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...aybe it is already decided but I have no means of knowing for perhaps some days.” (Five days later, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment.)[8] Letter to William Campbell from Sarah Jane Campbell, 03/01/1918, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7887 However, on a whole their correspondence deals with more family issues, which

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Ann Mattingly’s Miracle Cure

...d in 1818 Mattingly “was seized with a violent puking” which continued for days. After this, she was unable to leave her bed for months, though she was visited consistently by doctors. The pamphlet gives explicit details of the pain and agony she endured while she was bedbound. One such

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