The Henry family of Nazareth and Jacobsburg are widely known for their pioneering in gun making in the Lehigh Valley in the ...

As a child Henry sold extra vegetables from the family ... Synthesized by German chemists in 1860, it was one of the additives tested for safety by federal chemist Harvey Washington Wiley ...

Saturday, Nov. 10, 1860. I remember well how Mr. CLAY used ... if she dare attempt it. HENRY CLAY's general opinion of the way to treat secession and nullification, as I heard him state it ...

Thomas Henry Huxley, known as "Darwin's bulldog," tries to rally to the defense. Huxley later depicts the exchange as a confrontation between social conservatives and advocates of scientific progress.

The slaves are listed by age and gender -- not by name -- on this 1860 tally of human property. Henry Shields is second slaveholder listed. The Shields farm produced wheat, corn, sweet potatoes ...

Most say they'd move to the U.S. again if they could and cite a good comparative standard of living. But 59% also see major ...

1844: Whigs: Henry Clay The Whigs were unanimous in their ... and popular sovereignty in the territories. 1860: Republicans: Abraham Lincoln The Republican Party absorbed anti-slavery Whigs ...

An image from Harper’s Weekly depicts the ‘Grand procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the evening of October 3, 1860.’ ...

Entering Week 5, Henry is averaging 100-plus rushing yards and one rushing touchdown per game over his last 81 games, which ...

What did it mean to be an enlightened “liberal” in the United States before the twentieth century? What’s race got to do with ...

The following is a listing of all home transfers in Middlesex County reported from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5. There were 263 ...

September 30, 1809 Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison signed a treaty with Native Americans, which opened 3,000,000 ...