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Journey back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses... Read More
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The death of Thomas Henry Blythe in his sixtieth year sparked a battle in the probate courts that would last... Read More
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When Thomas Henry Blythe, a millionaire real estate tycoon from San Francisco died in 1883, no will was found among his... Read More
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April in 1860 began with a cold snap in Nashville, Tennessee and there were fears that the peach crop would... Read More
Patent medicines are not, as the name would suggest, medicines that have been patented but rather they are commercial products... Read More
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Born to a Quaker family on 15 February 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan Brownell Anthony was a teacher, an abolitionist,... Read More
Long before the Europeans came to North America, the Mississippi River was used by the native people to travel from... Read More
While there is no doubt in my mind that our earliest female ancestors worked, and worked very hard, their choices for... Read More
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At half past 5 o’clock on April 4, 1883, real estate tycoon Thomas Henry Blythe died suddenly at his home at... Read More
Women’s Occupations in the Early Twentieth Century The logical starting place to learn about what occupational opportunities were available for... Read More