Archive Record
Metadata
Collection |
Patrick Coad Family. Papers |
Object ID |
MC037 |
Object Type |
Manuscript |
Title |
Coad, Patrick family. Papers, 1798-1888 |
Creator |
Coad, Patrick, 1783-1872. |
Scope & Content |
1/2 document case and one (1) flat document case Papers of the Coad Family. See Finding Aid The majority of materials relating to Patrick Coad, including incoming letters, his lecture notes, legal papers, and ephemera, concern his galvanic battery with patent insulated poles and also document his career as a lecturer of the sciences. Many of the items are testimonials, authored by numerous prominent medical professors, physicians, and government officials, such as Thomas D. Mutter, J. K. Mitchell, and Governor John Fairfield of Maine. Most of these, which Coad publicized through pamphlets, exist as copies in Coad's hand. Ephemeral materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets and broadsides publicizing his invention, lectures, as well as the school that Coad opened for boys and girls. Other items include medical notes and remedies and school-related papers. One item among these materials is a small notebook entitled, "Minutes of Cholera Cases", which documents some of Coad's work with patients during the 1849 cholera epidemic. Materials in the collection relating to Joseph R. Coad, a prominent Philadelphia physician who for a time served as president of the city's Board of Health, include incoming and outgoing correspondence, cards of admission to medical lectures, and his obituary clippings from the Catholic Standard and Times. A few items relating to Joseph R. Coad are also contained in the family scrapbook discussed below. Correspondence, estate items, and ephemera relating to Anna Maria O'Conway Coad, John B. Coad, and Elizabeth Coad are also included. One folder contains miscellaneous correspondence and ephemera relating to the Coad family. Included in this folder are letters and notes from Philadelphia clergymen Hugh Lane (1821-1902), the founding pastor of St. Teresa of Avila (1853), and Father Charles A. McFadden (d. 1910). Other papers and correspondence appear to be related to Anna Maria O'Conway Coad's sister, Isabel Editha O'Conway McFadden (b. 1796), who was the wife of Patrick McFadden (d. 1826). Also included is a folder with items relating to Matthias O'Conway. These appear to be receipts of payments for pew rentals at Old St. Mary Church as well as receipts relating to contributions made to the parish and its societies. The collection also contains various miscellaneous items. One is a document listing the number of those in the city who died during the Yellow Fever epidemic in possibly August and September 1798. Another document includes a list of food items that were requested for those military personnel and civilians stationed at St. Paul's Church during the first phase of the Nativist riots in May 1844. |
Extent of Description |
2 boxes, 1.5 linear ft. |
People |
Coad family. Coad, Anna Maria O'Conway, 1799-1882. Coad, Elizabeth, 1832-. Coad, John B. Coad, Joseph R., 1829-1868. Coad, Elizabeth B. Hall. Coad, Patrick, 1783-1872. Lane, Hugh, 1821-1902. McFadden, Charles A., -1910. O'Conway, Matthias, 1766-1842. O'Madden, Isabella Editha O'Conway, 1796-. |
Subjects |
Catholics--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Electric batteries--Patents. Inventors and inventions. Medicine--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century. Natural history. Physicians. |
Finding Aids |
To view a full finding aid, click here *Materials in this collection have been digitized and can be viewed at the Digital Library @ Villanova University |
Dates of Creation |
1798-1888 |