Tag: Richard Nixon
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Florida Genes: Florida Settlers with Pilgrim Ancestry? Edward Church Howland
Like most Gen Xers, I had a job after school. Minimum wage was only $3.25, so it was very cost effective to hire teenagers back then. Good for small businesses and good for teens if you ask me, but I digress. I took a job working at a grocery/hardware store and lumber yard called Howland’s.…
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The Quakening, Part 5: The Mutilation of Christopher Holder, featuring Samuel Shattuck
Christopher Holder began teaching the tenets of George Fox from nearly the moment he stepped off the Woodhouse in Newport. He found resistance from some, including the Rev. Roger Williams, who was now Governor Williams. Introduced to Catherine Marbury Scott and her husband Richard Scott, Holder was to make his first converts. Catherine Scott was…