Anti-Catholic documents collection, 1844-1930.

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Anti-Catholic documents collection, 1844-1930.

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This artificially-created collection documents popular and political manifestations of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the 19th century. Materials document the burning of the Ursuline convent in Charlestown, MA in 1834; riots targeting Catholics in Philadelphia, PA; and the American Party during the 1850s-1860s.

0.25 linear ft. (1 box).

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7102016

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor JoseĢ Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

American Party

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One of the most famous incidents of anti-Catholic sentiment expression occurred August 11, 1834; non-Catholic rioters looted and burned the Ursuline Convent of Mount Benedict in Charlestown, MA. Anti-Catholic violence also erupted in Philadelphia when 13 people were killed in riots in 1835. Activities by the American Nativist Party in Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1844 also sparked anti-Catholic riots. In the 1850s, the American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, was partly founded on a...

Ursuline Convent (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.)

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Morgan, John (John T.)

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Epithet: physician of Bristol British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x000009 ...

Wister, Charles.

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