by Jack Le MoineSometime this last month we hit an “oh crap!” moment where we realized that this epidemic was really big. What gets me is
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Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 14
In his capacity of counsellor, friend, and father to all Canada, he arranged the new settlements near Quebec in the manner which he judged
1918 Pandemic Report
This is a report from the US Federal government published in the winter of 1918-1919 on the state of the great flu pandemic of 1918. Pandemic
The Pandemic of 1918-1919
This video from American Experience shows last century's great pandemic. More Americans died from this than from all of the wars of the twentieth
Missouri Compromise Passed
Today's installment concludes The Missouri Compromise,our selection from The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 16 by James Albert Woodburm
Can Missouri Vote for President?
Pandemonium in the House withvone member crying, "Missouri is not a State," another shouting, "Missouri is a State."Continuing The Missouri
Missouri Statehood Threatens Union
"The Missouri question is the most portentous one that ever threatened our Union.”Continuing The Missouri Compromise,our selection from The Great
Special House Committee on Missouri Compromise
The committee had desired to arrive at a conclusion which would give general satisfaction,Continuing The Missouri Compromise,our selection from
The Mothers of Canada
Twenty livres were given to each youth who married before the age of twenty, and to each girl who married before the age of sixteen.Our special