[Lithograph] Death of George Shifler - Born Jan 24 1825 - Murdered May 6 1844 - In Kensington
Philadelphia: William Smith, [1844]. A poignant image, depicting the first casualty of the 1844 Philadelphia Anti-Catholic riots, which roiled the city in both May and July of that year leaving dozens dead and hundreds wounded. As was the case in many other large cities on the Eastern seaboard, Anti-Catholic sentiment..... More