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Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) was the first native-born U.S. citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church on September 14, 1975. Read a small collection of her letters in our Digital Library. These letters are owned by the American Catholic Historical Society and maintained at the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. The snippet of writing above is from a letter to Joseph M. O’Conway dated July 9, 1814.

Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) was the first native-born U.S. citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church on September 14, 1975.

Read a small collection of her letters in our Digital Library. These letters are owned by the American Catholic Historical Society and maintained at the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center.

The snippet of writing above is from a letter to Joseph M. O’Conway dated July 9, 1814.

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Sketch of a young lady. Image from a scrapbook (full of heaps of awesomeness) among the Patrick Coad Family Papers (held by the American Catholic Historical Society). No date, circa 18th/19th century.

Sketch of a young lady.

Image from a scrapbook (full of heaps of awesomeness) among the Patrick Coad Family Papers (held by the American Catholic Historical Society). No date, circa 18th/19th century.

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