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Exhibit HARC_002_9_7_0000_0000_0000

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Marble Sculpture of Shell and Child, 1842-1900

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Identifier: HARC_002_9_7_0000_1_0000
Scope and Contents From the Sisters of the Holy Cross website, the story of the baby in the shell, "The story is told that Margaret and a group of other children, were sent with a message from the sisters on Chestnut Street to Bishop John Neumann’s residence. When the bishop entered the parlor, he found the children on their knees admiring a large marble shell containing the figure of a baby. Knowing it was too heavy for a child to carry, he joked and said that whoever could carry it away might have it....
Dates: 1842-1900