In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...ever, on a whole their correspondence deals with more family issues, which offers insights into the lives of these two prominent Catholic women. Letters range from birthday greetings to sadness over the death of the family dog.[9] Much of the correspondence also relates to the travel that the sisters did,

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James Buchanan materials at the Archdiocesan Archives?

...Lynch Papers, nevertheless has historic value. Materials in the collection offer a glimpse into state and national politics during the antebellum period, including information relating to a significant national figure. A full finding aid for the collection will be available shortly.   Archives Archives Select Month June 2025 May 2025

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The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell

...from God and would spend her days answering correspondence from the large number of charities she helped support and overseeing the affairs of St. Joseph’s and St. Emma’s Industrial Schools. When not working she would toil in her greenhouse or walk the grounds of her estate. During the depression she

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Pope

...ore. “Tied to His Mother’s Apron-Strings,” October 12, 1872 Here Uncle Sam offers to free an American bishop from the pope’s plans to rule both church and state. Nast seems to suggest that the problem with Catholics is not their faith but their allegiance to a foreign power. In the

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