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Independence Day: Fourth of July Bostonians Memories - In 1899 The Boston Globe recalled or Fourth of July celebrations remembered by Bostonians from years earlier. These memories ... https://t.co/RLWYJM0ubV

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2022-07-14

Memorial Day Observances in America in 1885 - is an American holiday in which Americans honor the dead and remember those who died while in the armed services. The holiday originated ... https://t.co/rhzVuJLxJf

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2022-06-02

The Cowboy: An American West Icon - The word cowboy did not begin to come into wide usage until the 1870s. In the nineteenth century, George Parsons, a licensed attorney turned banker lived ... https://t.co/tf5O2HoaVC

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2022-05-05

Elopement of with Marcia Maria Grant - In 1835, English newspapers reported on the scandalous of the future Whig politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Marcia Maria Grant, ... https://t.co/txLLxqwiFZ

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2022-03-17

Ether: Early Anesthesia and Its First Uses - By the late 1830s, public gatherings referred to as “ether frolics” were being held by wandering lecturers. These gatherings involved audience members inhaling diethyl ... https://t.co/XlS2ndWPTr

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2022-02-10

Tarring and Feathering Attacks in - Although the phrase appears to have originated just prior to the American Revolution, the practice was much older having first happened in Europe. One of the ... https://t.co/390CHZZ4Ts

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2022-01-06

James Hadfield: His Attempt on King George III’s Life - was charged with high treason after attempting to assassinate at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on the evening of 15 May 1800. https://t.co/1MfjzvwHJW

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2021-10-21

Murder of Hiram Sawtelle: A Cain and Abel Story - Hiram Sawtelle and Isaac Sawtelle were the sons Hiram F. Sawtelle. The elder Hiram was born in 1812 and became a carpenter. Because he whistled ... https://t.co/AOI5DOjvEk

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2021-10-07

Spiritualism: A Religious Movement of the 1800s - was a religious movement that first appeared in the 1840s. It happened in upstate New York in what was called the “Burned-over District” where ... https://t.co/HK3JzIuzk8

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2021-07-08

Maneuvering London’s Streets in the - Maneuvering London’s streets in the Regency Era was a nightmare and, at points, nearly impossible to traverse. Part of the issue had to ... https://t.co/EkSwFlel36

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2021-07-01

Peter Williamson aka “Indian Peter” of the - Peter Williamson, also known as “Indian Peter,” was a Scottish memoirist who was part showman, part entrepreneur and inventor. He was ... https://t.co/6X1UeCTLfH

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2021-06-24

Jobs for Horses: What Work They Did in the 1800s - Plenty of jobs for existed in the nineteenth century. For instance, because these animals were the primary means of transportation, ... https://t.co/zCWmBjjwlU

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2021-04-15

Humorous Clauses Proposed for The of 1753 - The Marriage Act of 1753 was enacted to require a formal ceremony of marriage because clandestine marriages achieved by crossing over the Scottish ... https://t.co/1vHpjjpbXR

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2020-11-19

Sharpers, Shopkeepers, and the Georgian Era - A sharper was defined by Francis Grose in his eighteenth century dictionary as, “A cheat, one that lives by his wits.” ... https://t.co/WFJ4p44gKn

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2020-09-17

Tea was not always a part of English history. However, it was destined to become a part once a small ad ran in 1658 in one of London’s weekly newspapers called the ... https://t.co/MEgcIiJIZs

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2020-08-27

Regency Era Poisons: What They Were - were important to Regency people and because of their great interest in them, a lengthy article was published in 1828. It provided all sorts ... https://t.co/MWGqTG072z

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2020-07-09

Madame de Staël and Madame Récamier: A True Friendship - and became friends when Madame de Staël, whose first name was Germaine, was selling her father’s home in Paris. Her ... https://t.co/3gyWAtQfu0

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2020-07-08

The Argument Against Rebranding: It’s Expensive, Time Consuming, and Difficult.

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2019-02-28

If you wish to give your child the world, read to them. https://t.co/JqL2bk509k by via

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2017-07-15