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The Fires of Philadelphia

Citizen-Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots Over the Soul of a Nation
  • Zachary M. Schrag
2021
Pegasus Books

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  • Lithograph of an armed mob attacking another group in the street.
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    The Philadelphia Bible Riots

    The debate regarding which Bible kids should read in school was about whether Catholic immigrants should have the full rights of American citizenship.
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    When Philadelphia Became a Battlefield, Its Surgeons Bore Witness

    The surgeons’ observations survive thanks to a remarkable document: an eleven-page published report presented to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
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