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Notice to the clergy and laity of the City and County of Philadelphia
Broadside; rules and regulations regarding parish boundaries, jurisdiction, etc. Part of the Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick papers (MC 72).
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The American Celt
Irish-American newspaper published in Boston, Buffalo, and New York between 1850 and 1855.
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Protest of the Persecution of the Church in Mexico
Explore the story of the mass meeting in Philadelphia organized by the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia to protest...
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Observations on Dr. Rush's Enquiry into the origin of the late epidemic fever in Philadelphia
Pamphlet on Dr. Rush's work on the yellow fever epidemic in 1793.
