CLARKE, Richard H[enry], ed.

History of the Catholic Church in the United States

Item #51665

CLARKE, Richard H[enry]., ed. History of the Catholic Church in the United States from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With Biographical Sketches of the Living Bishops. Phila.: Gebbie & Co., 1890. 2 Vols. Folio. lxxxviii,81; vi,146 pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. cloth, T.e.g. Some slight sunning to cloth, slight edgewear, else a near fine set. Scarce in the trade. Clarke's Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States is much more common. Clarke was a co-founder and president of the United States Catholic Historical Society. a lawyer, author, president of the New York Catholic Protectory, Clarke was an advocate of civil service reform, free trade, temprance, freedom of worship, and legal reform.

Price: $450.00