Lawrence E. McCrossin papers, 1917-1919 (MC 4)

...inventory lists, and security passes related to McCrossin’s activities in Europe. Most of the correspondence issued through the Knights of Columbus deals with supply and personnel data. Also included are referrals from noted officials Richard V. Farley of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and Major Thomas F. Meehan

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A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia

...pulation continued to increase with immigrants coming from counties across Europe. With the influx of these immigrants, Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia, the first ethnic church in the country, was built in 1789 for the German Catholics and by 1808 the population of Catholics in the city had grown to

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