The Centennial Fountain

...ony to the patriotic feeling of the Catholic Total Abstainers all over the United States.”[1] CHRC Catholic Standard, March 25, 1876, SB1, page 224 With the approval and backing of the national society, the Philadelphia chapter began planning and fundraising. After an original design focusing on the connection between America

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Thomas Lloyd family papers, 1766-1867 (MC 45)

...tes taken in his shorthand. Other accomplishments included working for the United States Treasurer, and reporting George Washington’s first inaugural address, which was published in the Gazette of the United States. Lloyd emigrated from London shortly before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. During the war, he served as a

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Mathew Carey

...works, being the first to publish Walter Scott and Charles Dickens in the United States.[8] It was through is publishing company that Carey was able to publish the first English translation of the Catholic bible in America in 1790.[9] Through his printing company, Carey was able to publish over 150

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About CHRC

...ublic the historical sources illuminating the growth of Catholicism in the United States. CHRC’s collection includes records that document the history of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as well as the collections of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, the oldest Catholic historical society in the country. Mission Statement The

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