A century and a half after President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, a witness tree was planted in memory of Nicholas Biddle during a ceremony at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ...

"In half an hour, I can remove all the constitutional scruples in the District of Columbia." - Nicholas Biddle, President, Second Bank of the United States (1822-1836) The Second Bank of the United ...

Before he died in Pottsville 137 years ago at age 80, Nicholas Biddle was penniless and working odd jobs while reminding people of his place in history. A servant of Capt. James Wren of Pottsville, ...

On April 18, 1861, an errant crow flying high over the Pennsylvania- Maryland border might, if crows worried about such things, cast its glance below at the North Central Railroad passenger train ...

When the Federal Reserve began its quantitative easing program (QE2) earlier this month, it did not anticipate the subsequent firestorm of criticism. Foreign government officials, esteemed economists, ...

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