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New from our book store! Chronicles of the Armstrongs. Preview and download today at https://payhip.com/b/1Kci A detailed history that traces the Armstrong family from the 11th century legendary Anglo-Danish Earl, Siward the Arm Strong, to the 16th century border raider and Scottish folk hero, Johnny Armstrong, to their descendants who immigrated to Ireland and America.

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"Opium’s history in the United States is as old as the nation itself. During the American Revolution, the Continental and British armies used opium to treat sick and wounded soldiers. Benjamin Franklin took opium late in life to cope with severe pain from a bladder stone. A doctor gave laudanum, a tincture of opium mixed with alcohol, to Alexander Hamilton after his fatal duel with Aaron Burr."

New from our book store! Chronicles of the Armstrongs. Preview and download today. A detailed history that traces the Armstrong family from the 11th century legendary Anglo-Danish Earl, Siward the Arm Strong, to the 16th century border raider and Scottish folk hero, Johnny Armstrong, to their descendants who immigrated to Ireland and America.

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Now available for download. Chronicles of the Armstrongs. Preview and purchase here. https://www.myhistorymatters.com/chronicles-of-the-armstro/ A detailed hi...story of the Armstrong family from the 11th century legendary Anglo-Danish Earl, Siward the Arm Strong, to the 16th century border raider and Scottish folk hero, Johnny Armstrong, to their descendants who immigrated to Ireland and America. See more

The Origins of Yankee Doodle was part of Albany, New York's history as described in 1850 by Joel Munsell. The original written in 1755, was credited to a Briti...sh army surgeon during the French and Indian War who wrote it to mock the disorganized and slovenly colonial soldiers of New England. 22 years later the colonials had the last laugh as they played Yankee Doodle at the British surrender in Saratoga, New York in 1777! See more

Escapes from Dannemora Prison happened more often than you might think before and after the 60 foot concrete wall went up in 1877. in 1845,1848,1868,1869,1874...,1891, and 1902, men broke out of the prison. One of the more interesting escapees was Charles F. O’Connell AKA, Henry "Soap Box" Hardy who escaped twice in two and a half months in 1891, and made it to Montreal in his second breakout , robbed a bank, took passage to Germany and robbed a bank there. He served 12 years in a German prison for that crime and returned back to Dannemora to serve 13 years before walking out a free man in 1918. In all, Hardy, around 50 years old at the time of his release, sentenced in 1889 to 181/2 years for robbing a Wall Street bank of $8,450, described as a being a "sneak thief," and "bank burglar" according to New York newspapers, served almost 30 years in prison. He earned his nickname when he robbed a bank by standing on an empty soap box which allowed him to reach over the counter and grab $5,000 from the teller’s desk. Hardy certainly was a man of action, in 1889 at his trial in New York City, he escaped by jumping out the second floor window of the court house. He eluded capture for six months before being sent to Sing Sing prison where he quickly gained a reputation as a leader among his fellow prisoners. As a result, prison officials removed Hardy to Dannemora. Hardy escaped Dannemora the first time by walking out the front door pretending to be part of a paint crew, Hardy, who had been shot in the knee during his first break out, escaped from the prison infirmary in December of that same year, using his bed sheets as a makeshift rope. A year after his release, in 1919 Hardy was sent to federal prison in Atlanta for 12 years for passing a forged money order and died in 1920 from a gangrenous infection of his leg. Maybe Showtime and Ben Stiller should consider a film about this most remarkable man! See more