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Drowning on the James
Was One of the Early Republic's Most Hated Newspaper Publishers James Thomson Callender Murdered by a Powerful Group of Lawyers and Newspapermen with…
Nov 8, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
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Madison's Malaise
How President James Madison's Nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court Failed, Failed and Failed Again
Nov 5, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
October 2021
American Infidel
How the Author of the Article Abolishing Connecticut's State Supported Church Won One of the Early Nation's Most Colorful Libel Cases
Oct 23, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
'A Liar and....Perverting Rascal"
How the Debate to Treat Yellow Fever in 18th Century Philadelphia Turned Political and Violent
Oct 15, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
The Remarkable Engagement of Helen Newsom Behr
How a Harrowing Night Aboard a Lifeboat Led to the Titanic's First Wedding Proposal and Marriage
Oct 4, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
Kennedy's Not-New Frontier
How a Long Forgotten Column By Civil War Historian Bruce Catton Originated Kennedy's Famous Campaign Slogan
Oct 2, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
September 2021
Vanished in Manhattan
Was Missing American Founder John Lansing, Jr. Murdered or Did He Commit Suicide? An Old Newspaper Account and New Clues Could Indicate the Latter
Sep 26, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
The Bonfire of the Treasury Building
How a Fire at the U.S. Treasury Sparked the Nation's First Conspiracy Theory
Sep 18, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
Sex in the City....Hospital
Sexual Encounters Among Nurses and Patients Amid Pandemic Not Without Historical Precedent
Sep 16, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
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Sep 13, 2021
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Shawn R. Dagle
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