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Sisters of Mercy, Philadelphia, Penn'a.
| Sister Margaret |
Miss Mary Hobart |
Sisters of Holy Name, Hochelaga, Canada.
| Sister Edwina |
Miss Flavia McMullen |
Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, New Orleans, La.
| Sister Dolores |
Miss Annie Baker |
| Sister Modesta |
Miss Annie Elder |
And one other of that order, Miss Curran, whose name in religion has not been ascertained; and also a Miss Webster, of the Order of Divine Providence, Pittsburgh, Penn'a.
Young Men From the Original Parish.
Rev. Robert J. McCoy, 0. M. I., Tewksbury, Mass., son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. McCoy of Chest Springs parish.
Rev. Mr. Thomas T. Cawley, son of James W. Cowley, who is persuing his theological studies at St. Vincent's Seminary, Beatty, Pa.
Brother John Wills, T. 0. R., St. Francis, Loretto.
Brother Lawrence Carl, T. 0. R., St. Francis, Loretto.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
NOT GENERALLY KNOWN
| 1619 - |
Negro slaves brought to Virginia. |
| 1632 - |
Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore), received grant of Maryland from Charles I., and established soon after a Catholic colony. |
| 1649 - |
Constitution of Maryland granting religious toleration (first religious toleration in America, drafted by Rev. James Carroll, a Jesuit priest. |
| 1650-1660 - |
Claiborne's rebellion - Catholics persecuted in the colony in which they had granted liberty of conscience. |
| 1691-1715 - |
The Colony of Maryland, a royal province - 1715, restoration to the Calverts. |
| 1729 - |
Baltimore founded (name derived from Baltymore in Ireland). |
| 1755 - |
Deportation of the Acadians by the British. |
| 1760 - |
"Mason and Dixon's Line," between Pennsylvania and Maryland run. |
| 1768 - |
November 5, Treaty of Fort Stanwix, between Indians and Thomas and Richard Penn. |
| 1769 - |
April 3, Land Office opened in Philadelphia. |
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