Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volume 23The Society, 1920 - Washington (D.C.) |
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... Walter Reed Hospital , so much in the public eye during these times of returned soldier heros and reconstruction work . For fifty years Father Mathews faithfully served St. Patrick's , leading a truly Apostolic life , filled with every ...
... Walter Reed Hospital , so much in the public eye during these times of returned soldier heros and reconstruction work . For fifty years Father Mathews faithfully served St. Patrick's , leading a truly Apostolic life , filled with every ...
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... Father Jacob Ambrose Walter was for thirty - four years the loved pastor of St. Patrick's , and is said by Mr. Milton E. Smith , formerly editor of the Church News , to have been " one of the few men who need no historian to write their ...
... Father Jacob Ambrose Walter was for thirty - four years the loved pastor of St. Patrick's , and is said by Mr. Milton E. Smith , formerly editor of the Church News , to have been " one of the few men who need no historian to write their ...
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... Father Walters prepared a full statement of the reasons for his belief in the innocence of the unfortunate Mrs. Surratt which he had published in pamphlet form . Always noted for his own charity , Father Walter established in St ...
... Father Walters prepared a full statement of the reasons for his belief in the innocence of the unfortunate Mrs. Surratt which he had published in pamphlet form . Always noted for his own charity , Father Walter established in St ...
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... Father Walter about this time and here many interesting conventions and entertainments were held , notably , a reading by Charles Dickens from his own works , when on a Frye : St. Patrick's . 45.
... Father Walter about this time and here many interesting conventions and entertainments were held , notably , a reading by Charles Dickens from his own works , when on a Frye : St. Patrick's . 45.
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... Father Walter looked around and seeing no one , asked " Where are the children ? " “ I have none , Father , " the man replied . " My only two children , a boy and a girl , died some years ago . I wanted a priest badly but being all ...
... Father Walter looked around and seeing no one , asked " Where are the children ? " “ I have none , Father , " the man replied . " My only two children , a boy and a girl , died some years ago . I wanted a priest badly but being all ...
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