An Excuse To Drink – Clerical Drinks and the Death of John Carroll

December 3, 1815: Two-hundred years today, John Carroll, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the USA and the first archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland died at age 80 in Baltimore, Maryland. We’re saluting his memory with a selection of seasonally appropriate Clerical Drinks popular amongst the English-speaking peoples of the 19th century. Over the course of... Read More » The post An Excuse To Drink – Clerical Drinks and the Death of John Carroll appeared first on A History of...

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