Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items

I am almost finished processing a small collection, Patrick Coad Family Papers (MC 37). An online finding aid will soon be available. Patrick Coad, undated Patrick Coad (1783-1872), an Irish immigrant who settled in Philadelphia, was the first American patentee of a graduated galvanic battery with insulated poles. Coad was

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American Czestochowa

...aced with two visits by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, the future Saint John Paul II. The first was in 1969 and the second was in 1976 when he was here for the 41st International Eucharistic Congress. In his sermon given in 1969, Cardinal Wojtyla talked about the need for those of

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...tion from off-site? Q: Have any of the materials from the collection been digitized? Q: What is a finding aid? Q: What genealogical services does CHRC offer? Q: Do you have school records? Q: Do you have orphanage records? Q: Is The Catholic Standard and Times, or any other newspaper

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Archbishop Ryan

...as not ordained because at 21 he was deemed too young be a priest despite finishing all his courses.[2] When he arrived in America, he quickly made his way to St. Louis, Missouri, and he would be eventually joined by his sisters and brother. After presenting himself to Archbishop Peter

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