When my ancestor Jacob Cleek and his mother and brothers arrived in Philadelphia in 1732, they came to English colonies […]
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Pollution goes back very far .
There’s a common assumption that environmental pollution is mostly a 20th and 21st century problem. Generally, that’s true, but that […]
The Bloody New York Doctor’s Riot of 1788
To make sense of this story, you need to understand that for centuries, many Christians believed in resurrection of the […]