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Night of Convent Fire and Civil Unrest Stirs Boston Charlestown
The uproar at Mount Benedict convent culminates in a midnight mob attack burning the convent and its grounds. Civil authorities remained passive as flames spread, coffins were desecrated, and monks fled. A second night of threats and vandalism prompted arrests and calls for justice. Emigration and national tensions color the response as Philadelphia and Boston react with public outrage and appeals for peace.
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Charlestown
Department of
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New England
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Courts of Justice
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Boston
Presioters
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Second Street
Wharton Mar
Vernon Street
Smart Street
Seventh Street
Baker Street
Shippen Street
Sherif “Donen
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The
Boston Journal
Mount Benedict
Misa Elizabeth Harrison
Philadelphia
Thomas Harrison
Boston Berwick Company