Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...lack families were able to rent pews in the gallery of Old St. Joseph. The number of black Catholics in Philadelphia grew considerably during the Haitian revolution (1791-1804) when many refugees immigrated to the city. Evidence of black Catholics can be found within the sacramental registers of the older parishes,
Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items
...two items that I felt warranted some attention: 1. A document listing the number of those in the city who died during the Yellow Fever epidemic in (possibly?) August and September 1798. The deaths are broken down by religion, church, and section of the city. (These obviously are in need
The Story of Duffy’s Cut
...he men and women who worked at Duffy’s Cut arrived from Londonderry in the summer of 1832 on the barque John Stamp. The majority were from Donegal, while others were from Tyrone and Derry. They were met by Philip Duffy, a fellow Irishman who had emigrated to Philadelphia in 1798.
Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...one of the worst epidemics in history. Between the spring of 1918 and the summer of 1919, an estimated 50 million deaths worldwide were attributed to the flu, 34 million more than the total casualties of World War I.[1] In the United States, deaths have been estimated around 675,000, with