Circular soliciting subscriptions from the Catholic congregations of Philadelphia for the Society's object of printing and distributing books and pamphlets "calculated to refute the calumnious accusations alleged against the Catholics." Signed: Rev. William V. Harold, D.D., president. Mathew Carey, John Keating, vice-presidents [and twelve others].

The Society for the Defence of the Catholic Religion from Calumny and Abuse was established late in 1826. Another edition of the constitution was printed by J.R.A. Skerrett in 1827.

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