a pioneer lawyer and a member of the Ohio General Assembly. His father was also a member of Congress from 1831 to 1833. In 1838‚ Cooke went to Philadelphia and entered the banking house of E.W. Clarke & Co. as a clerk. He became a business partner in 1842‚ and January 1st‚ 1861 he opened his own private banking house of Jay Cooke and Company in Philadelphia.
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Eventually‚ it was the Philadelphia museum that commissioned a serigraph now known as the Philadelphia Love. It wasn’t long until the patrons of the museum fell in love with the stamp and the museum asked for Indiana to create a large‚ statue version of the artwork. Indiana complied and within the year the Philadelphia Love statue was established. Indiana also allocated the use of his Love to many others for example a Love
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In comparing Kenton’s treatment of both AIDS victims‚ we can conclude that he was not only morbidly afraid of contracting AIDS‚ but he was more fearful of the moral implications attached to the transmission of the disease. The entire firm feared Beckett because of the stigma attached to AIDS and‚ ultimately‚ to homosexuality. Kenton personally justifies labeling Beckett as a guilty victim of his own actions who deserved punishment for his negligence. In this case‚ AIDS is seen as a crime against
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were in white neighborhoods subject to restrictive covenants‚ and once they did find a house‚ neighbors banged screen doors and tin pails to make the environment as unwelcoming as possible.[49] After a brief period in York‚ the family moved to Philadelphia‚ as Bill thought he would find better employment opportunity in the city.[50] Bill discovered‚ however‚ that he did not have many prospects for work‚ and as their family continued to grow‚ the Myerses were in need of more living space‚ so they
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John Coltrane To the public he is known just as another jazz musician but for those with a more in depth music appreciation he remains one of the most significant saxophonists in jazz history. John “Trane” Coltrane’s impact on the music world was quite considerable. By revolutionizing music with his own techniques Coltrane changed jazz music forever. Coltrane was a American jazz saxophonist‚ composer‚ bandleader‚ and iconic figure of the twentieth century. As a jazz singer and jazz enthusiast myself
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people expected. 2. "Crime Maps & Stats." Home. Philadelphia Police Department‚ 17 Feb. 2014. Web. 17 Feb. 2014. <http://www.phillypolice.com/crime-maps-stats>. On the official website of the Philadelphia Police Department‚ the police office has provided some critical information about the crime that took place in Philadelphia. There is a map called “box map” that everyone who was on this website could draw a box out of a specific area in Philadelphia‚ and the specific criminal events that happened
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Truly Holmes? The Modern H. H. Holmes : A Normative Critique. Herman Webster Mudgett‚ better known under the name of Dr. Henry Howard Holmes‚ was one of the first documented American serial killers in the modern sense of the term. In Chicago at the time of the 1893 World’s Fair‚ Holmes opened a hotel which he had designed and built for himself specifically with murder in mind‚ and which was the location of many of his murders. While he confessed to 27 murders‚ of which nine were confirmed‚ his
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During his journey to freedom Douglass was able to avoid slave capturers from Maryland a slave state at the time‚ Philadelphia‚ and New York. Among the many obstacles Douglass encounters during his escape‚ the most unusual one is when he witnessed slave capturers that were of the same skin color as him. One would find it odd that blacks would capture and send other black individuals back to their slave holders. Money would be a major factor that influenced black individuals to partake in capturing
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regional fast food in Philadelphia and a popular food nationwide. There is a lot of debate about where the Philly Cheesesteak comes from‚ and essentially its history is based upon rumor and oral history. The stories are based on the fact that from the 1870s to the 1930s‚ Philadelphia’s immigrant population‚ specifically Italian immigrants‚ increased drastically due to political turmoil in Italy‚ which prompted many Italians to emigrate to the United States. In Philadelphia‚ where there was a large
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seaman. At a young age Barry learned of the massacre of some 3‚000 Wexfordians under an invading force led by Oliver Cromwell in 1649. Barry gained his early skills of command at the helm of several merchant ships. In 1766‚ Barry made Philadelphia his new home. In Philadelphia‚ on March 16‚ One of the principal presented a statue of Commodore John Barry‚ by the Society of
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