In an age before modern medicine, getting sick from disease was a scary but normal part of life. There were several common illnesses that were found...
In January 1782, Brig. Gen. Francis Marion temporarily left his militia brigade to take a seat in the South Carolina General Assembly. The following...
Born in approximately 1726, Daniel Nimham grew to stand as a protector of his fellow Wappinger — or Stockbridge — Indians in the Hudson River Valley...