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Boston College collection of anti-Catholic documents

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Abstract

This collection documents popular and political manifestations of anti-Catholic prejudice in the United States during the nineteenth 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.

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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1844-1930, undated; Majority of material found within 1854 - 1857

Ellerton J. Brehaut Boston history collection

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Materials collected by twentieth-century Massachusetts lobbyist and historical collector Ellerton J. Brehaut. Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, account books, publications and other items relating to the history of the City of Boston. Includes records created by the Boston Police Department and other institutions, organizations, and committees.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1718 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1950

Ellerton J. Brehaut collection of Edward Hartwell Savage papers

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This collection documents the life of Edward Hartwell Savage and his role in the development of the Boston Police Department from its roots in the Boston Watch.

Restrictions on access

Collection is open for research; portions also available digitially.

Dates: 1826 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1854 - 1878

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