Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items
...shed 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 i**{[n Philadelphia, **{[was the first Ame**{[rican patentee **{[of a graduated ga**{[lvanic battery **{[with insulated p**{[oles. Coad was a **{[noted teacher
Temperance Movement
...CTAU come to t**{[he archives to **{[see the papers, **{[ephemera, and p**{[hotos. See our online catalog]}** for a list of material. [1] Joseph Gibbs, History]}** of the Catholic]}** Total Abstinence]}** Union of America, (Philadelphia:]}** 1907), 11. [2]]}** Daria Gasparin]}**i, “A Celebratio]}**n of Moral Force]}**: The Catholic Total Abstinence Uni**{[on of
Ann Mattingly’s Miracle Cure
...rking on cataloging one of their pamphlet collections into PastPerfect, an online catalog that is availa]}**ble through PAHRC's website. That]}** way, instead of]}** blindly searching]}** through boxes,]}** all you need to]}** do is a search]}** through the database to **{[locate a pamphlet. Something]}** interesting that]}** I’ve come across are several
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
Among the rece**{[ntly digitized i**{[mages added to our online collectio**{[n are a number **{[of drawings by car**{[toonist Thomas Na**{[st. In 1846 at **{[the age of six, **{[Nast immigrated **{[with his mother **{[to the United Sta**{[tes and by age 1**{[5 he had begun dra**{[wing for Frank Leslie**{[’s Illustrated News**{[.[1] He joined