Pulled from the depths of a coal mine in Northern England in 1815 was a small tin box tucked into the shirt pocket of a dead seventeen-year-old male, William Thew. The young man used his pocketknife to etch the following words into the back of that tin: (more…)
March 16, 2019
A Tin Box, Several Sabers, and Newspapers: The Rise of the West in the 19th Century
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