Eutaw Spring Battles and Clay Hill in Revolution Era
Incidents from the Battle of Eutaw Spring depict fierce fighting, scarce water, and both sides claiming victory while Greene received congressional thanks and a golden medal. The piece traces local memory of Hill's iron works, Watson storehouse, Loyalist burnings, and frontier settlers around Clay Hill and Allison Creek in York and Lancaster regions.
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Eutaw Spring
Eutaw
Congress of the United States
Greene
Nathaniell Greene
Egregio Duci Comitia Americana
American Congress
Nathaniel Greene
Washington
Howard
Henderson
Col
Richard Campbell
Williams
Lee
Maning
Sheridan
Manning
Isaac Barre
Stewart
Majoribanks
Eutaw Springs
Butaw Spring
Keenan
James Keenan
York County
Dutchman Creek
Ebenezer
John Barron
Yorkville
Charlotte
Bethany Church
Henry's Knob
Catawba River
Thorn’s Ferry
Clay Hill
South Carolina
Bethel
Forest
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Braddock
South
Bethel Church
William Richardson
William Hill
D. H. Hill
Allison Creek
Colonel Hill
Isaac Hayne
Duff's Mill
Charleston
Cornwallis, Rawdon
Tarleton
Camden
Rocky Allison
Hill's Iron Works
Eva Gillespie
Wright's Ferry
Winnsboro
Fairfield County
Watson
Charlotte Road
King George
Burning Hill
Iron Works
William McGill
Hill
King’s Mountain
Rutherford County
N. C
John Miller
Presbyterian Church
Ferguson
Ramsour’s
Williamson's
Coopens
Billy Hill
John Barron, Jr
Lves
James Simril
Simril
John Forbes
Forbes
Spratt Wright
Prudy Hall
Robert
Andrew
Garvin
Some Giants of Old. Noteworthy Hist ory Giants
A survey traces legendary and historical giants from biblical foes and Homeric figures to Roman emperors and medieval tales. It cites figures like Goliath, Og, Polydamus, Maximinus, and Vitellius era giants, plus later Irish and Rouen finds, noting many bones likely fossilized remains misidentified as humans.
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Goliath of
Gath
Moab
Bashan
Orestes
Troy
Rome
Augustus
Ingustus
Vale
Idus
Secundilla
Polydamus
Vitellius
Darius
Eleazer
Tacitus
Corbulo
Nero
Maximinus
Finnian
Rouen
Chevalier Ricon de Vallemont
Ireland
London Standard
Banquet Dialogue Reveals Allied Sons of Liberty Menu
Cumso and Cawker chair the annual Allied Sons of Liberty banquet noting no wine on the menu and six glasses per place. They explain the menu is for taking home to their wives in a witty exchange from Smart Set.
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Cumso
Cawker
Allied Sons of Liberty
Geneva
John Calvin
Voltaire
Rome
John Knox
Liszt
Calvin
Bureau de Salubrite
Francis Graffat
George Bancroft
North American
Plymouth
South Carolina
France
William Penn
Manhattan
John Calvin’s Dominant, Fierce Geneva Legacy
W. E. Curtis profiles John Calvin as Geneva’s civil and religious ruler whose strict laws and severe discipline shaped a city. The piece contrasts Calvin’s reforming genius with his harsh treatment of dissenters, describes monuments and memorials, and recounts his personal life including a loveless marriage and a doomed son.
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Idelette de Bure
Calvin
John Calvin
W. E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Hoaxes and gullibility across history and theater
A survey of famous deceptions from the Bosnia death hoax to the Rustchuk wehrwolf scare and a London press prank. It notes dangers of misinformation and the costly, sometimes war-threatening consequences of hoaxes.
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Austria
Roumania
Europe
Rustchuk
Men of Science
Taublich
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