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A history of the Catholic Church within the limits of the United States : from the first attempted colonization to the present time : with portraits, views, maps and facsimiles
Title:
A history of the Catholic Church within the limits of the United States : from the first attempted colonization to the present time : with portraits, views, maps and facsimiles
Author:
Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892.
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 27 cm
General Note:
vols. 1-2 have special t.-p. only, v. 3-4 have general and special title-page.

A projected v. 5 was never completed.
Language:
English
Contents:
v. 1. The Catholic church in colonial days : the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763 -- v. 2. Life and times of the Most Rev. John Carroll ... embracing the history of the Catholic church in the United States, 1763-1815 -- v. 3. History of the Catholic church in the United States from the division of the diocese of Baltimore, 1808, and death of Archbishop Carroll, 1815, to the fifth Provincial council of Baltimore, 1843 -- v. 4. History of the Catholic church in the United States from the fifth Provincial council of Baltimore, 1843, to the second Plenary council of Baltimore, 1866.
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Format :
Book