Temperance Movement
...of Father Matthew, a priest who helped start the temperance movement in Ireland and then traveled America from 1849-1851 to spread the cause.[3] With the growth in local societies, usually based around either parishes or dioceses, the need for a unifying national organization arose. So in 1872 in Baltimore, a
Thomas Lloyd family papers, 1766-1867 (MC 45)
...returned to London with his family where he was arrested and placed in Newgate prison for two years for debt. The diary he kept while imprisoned can also be found in the collection. Other materials in the collection, such as correspondence and estate papers, relate to Thomas Lloyd’s immediate family,
Building of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
...James Frederick Wood, then coadjutor bishop, ordered the building of a chapel that parishioners could use in order to maintain a sense of community.[10] When Wood, became bishop in 1860, he decided to allow for loans to pay to finish the Cathedral. With the securing of funds, work was able