Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France
...delayed. But the appeal will be still opportune if it appears in the April number. May God bless the holy zeal that animates you and give you the joy of seeing the wishes of the venerable Cardinal Luçon relayed. With sincere regard, Faithfully in J.C., H. J. Heuser [?] 8th
James Buchanan materials at the Archdiocesan Archives?
...hies as well as the current state of politics in both Pennsylvania and the country. Part of the first page of the letter reads: You know I am not a sanguine man, nor is my heart so fixed upon that high honor that defeat will cost me 'a night's sleep
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...adelphia. During these outbreaks, over half the city residents fled to the country, and churches and gathering places were nearly empty. Streets were piled high with coffins awaiting burial, and cries of “bring out your dead” echoed through the city. Bishop Egan’s weakened physical state may have contributed to some
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...democracy and that it threatened the established Protestant culture in the country.[7] “Something that will not "blow over." https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7366 Nast’s anti-Irish cartoons focus on the Irish as a destructive and lying group, who endangered American society. In the immediate aftermath of the Orange Riot of July 12, 1871 in New