Mathew Carey

...1822), P001.0150, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8228. [15] KJ45-35 Conwell Correspondence. [16] Mathew Carey, “Vindication of the small farmers, the peasantry, and the labourers of Ireland,” (Philadelphia: 1836), P001.0309; Mathew Carey, “A Roland for an Oliver: Letters on Religious Persecution,” (Philadelphia: Bernard Dornin, 1826), P001.0204....

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A Philadelphia Artist

...the fate of its brother killed by an omnibus. Hope however lingers to the last. Thus, the opportunity to have his work displayed in the Capitol building did not come to fruition. W.A.K. Martin to John S. Meehan, February 12, 1857, p.1 Letter to Meehan, p.2 Archives Archives Select Month

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Joseph M. Corrigan papers, 1896-1942 (MC 25)

...ance committee. Corrigan also served as the first retreat master of the Philadelphia Laymen’s Weekend Retreat League, also known as the Men of Malvern. The same year that he became rector of St. Charles, Corrigan was made a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XI. His elevation to the episcopacy came

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Black Catholic periodicals

...Negro.” PAHRC’s collection of periodicals also includes several journals relating to black Catholic missions. Published by religious orders that devoted their missionary work to blacks, such as the Josephite Fathers, these journals not only offer insight into these orders and their activities, but also document the African American communities with

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