Box 1
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Constitutions, Massachusetts Councils, 1855 August
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1855 August
Flier, "American Ticket! Retrenchment and Reform - For Governor, Henry J. Gardner, of Boston...", approximately 1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Lists all members of the ticket. Included a penciled note that reads "Elected!! 1855?"
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
approximately 1855
Clipping, "Declaration of Principles of the American Party of Massachusetts", 1857
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1857
Booklet, The Political Trip of Sam Know-Nothing in the Ship of State Massachusetts by the Carriers of the Salem Register, 1856 January 1
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Eight-page booklet with two sections: "Carriers' Salutatory" and "Marine Intelligence: Port of Secret Councils".
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1856 January 1
Invitation, with annotations, National Americans of the Ninth Ward (Boston), 1857 - 1871
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1857 - 1871
Membership and minutes, Stoneham, Massachusetts Branch, 1854-1856
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6-7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1854-1856
Notices from Massachusetts State Secretary Daniel Warren, 1854 - 1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1854 - 1855
Rules of assembly, Republican Liberty Guard, 1854 October 13
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1854 October 13
"Biography of Mother Louise Angelica Burroughs de Sainte Claire, 1817-1857" extract, after 1871
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes works written after the 1834 burning of the convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts, reflecting on that event.
Access Note
Box 2, folder 2 is closed due to fragility of the original paper. An access copy is available in Box 1, folder 10.
Dates:
after 1871
"The Destruction of the Ursuline Convent at Charlestown, Massachusetts" by John Morgan, typescript, 1930 May
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
The cover page of the study includes the note "This study, by John J. Morgan, '30, of Holy Cross College, Worchester, Mass., won the Monsignor MacMahon Historical Award for the best essay on the subject -- May 1930. (By courtesy of the author)."
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1930 May
"Ursuline Report of the Burning of the Convent" extract, after 1834
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes works written after the 1834 burning of the convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts, reflecting on that event.
Access Note
Box 2, folder 1 is closed due to fragility of the original paper. An access copy is available in Box 1, folder 12.
Dates:
after 1834
Propaganda, Romish Church opposition to public education, early 1870s, 1888
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
early 1870s, 1888
Letter, John A. Rice to James Shawn, 1855 March 21
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1855 March 21
Letter regarding riots in Philadelphia, Charles Wister to Mary ---, 1844 May 10
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents political and violent forms of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth century. This collection was artificially created. The bulk of the material dates from the 1844 to 1888. Materials documenting violence against Catholics include an account of the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1834; a biography of an Ursuline nun; a student essay on the Ursuline Convent from 1930; and a piece of correspondence giving...
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1844 May 10