Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, Massachusetts Collection
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The Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, Massachusetts Collection is a collection of papers documenting the history of the Québécois
Ursuline
nuns in the Boston
area and the burning of the Ursuline convent
on Mount Benedict during riots
in 1834.
The collection spans the period 1833 - 1903 and includes correspondence and contemporary newspaper
clippings about the burning of the convent and its attached boarding school, as well as an eyewitness account, a photograph of an engraving of the convent in 1832, and a sketch showing the ruins after the fire. The collection also provides an illustration of resentment towards, and prejudice against, Roman Catholics in 19th century New England
.
French-speaking Quebecer
French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....
Ursuline
Ursuline
The word Ursuline is used to describe the following:* The Ursulines, a Catholic religious order.Several schools named after the Ursuline religious order, including several named Ursuline Academy.Ursuline Academy or similar may refer to:...
nuns in the Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
area and the burning of the Ursuline convent
Convent
A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion...
on Mount Benedict during riots
Ursuline Convent Riots
The Ursuline Convent Riots were riots that occurred on August 11 and August 12, 1834 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston in what is now Somerville, Massachusetts. During the riot, a convent of Roman Catholic Ursuline nuns was burned down by a Protestant mob...
in 1834.
The collection spans the period 1833 - 1903 and includes correspondence and contemporary newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
clippings about the burning of the convent and its attached boarding school, as well as an eyewitness account, a photograph of an engraving of the convent in 1832, and a sketch showing the ruins after the fire. The collection also provides an illustration of resentment towards, and prejudice against, Roman Catholics in 19th century New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
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External links
- The Ursuline Convent Collection
- Inventory of the Collection with high-resolution scans and some background information