All posts tagged "Irish"
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27.6K21MassachusettsAnti-Irish Know Nothing Mob Burns a Charlestown Convent in 1834
The Know Nothing Party first manifested itself in Massachusetts in 1834 with the burning and pillaging of a convent in Charlestown. It...
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12.3K3Business and LaborColumbus Smith of Vermont Found Gold in the British Wills
If Vermont’s Columbus Smith paid you a visit or sent you a letter in the mid-1800s, you were in luck. Smith was...
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13.9K8Business and LaborAustin Corbin, The ‘Part-Hog, Part-Shark’ Robber Baron of New Hampshire
In the history of New Hampshire, Austin Corbin stands out as probably the most loathsome blight the state ever produced. So perhaps...
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