A history of the Catholic church within the limits of the United States
Subtitle: from the first attempted colonization to the present time
By: By John Gilmary Shea
Publisher: J. G. Shea
Published: 1886
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Catholic Church
Notes: Vols. 1-2 have special t.-p. only, v. 3-4 have general and special title-pages.

A projected v. 5 was never completed.
Table of contents: title: [I] The Catholic church in colonial days. The thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. 1521-1763.; title: [II] Life and times of the Most Rev. John Carroll ... Embracing the history of the Catholic church in the United States. 1763-1815.; title: [III] From the division of the diocese of Baltimore, 1808, and death of Archbishop Carroll, 1815, to the fifth Provincial council of Baltimore, 1843.; title: [IV] From the fifth Provincial council of Baltimore, 1843, to the second Plenary council of Baltimore, 1866.