Riot in Philadelphia. July 7th 1844.

This lithograph illustrates the turbulence on July 7th in Philadelphia when a recent influx of immigrants, mostly Catholic from Ireland, clashed with Nativist American groups over the Philadelphia school officials permission to use both the King James and the Latin Vulgate version of the bible in the public school system. This scene depicts citizens and military fighting in front of the open “Nanny Goat” market hours. St. Philip de Neri Church is depicted in the distance.

About this item

is part of: Conflict in the Cradle of Liberty: The Philadelphia Bible Riots of 1844
contributing repository: Villanova University, Falvey Library
title: Riot in Philadelphia. July 7th 1844.
date(s) created: 1844
creator(s): Bucholzer, H.
language: English
subjects: Religion, Education, Immigration, Irish Americans
identifier (local): OA MIG106
link to item in repository’s digital library: https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:94014
rights: https://digital.library.villanova.edu/rights.html