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Shiffler Shot
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- Creator Name
- Orvilla S. Belisle
- Date Created
- 1855
- Description
- Shiffler, a Philadelphia nativist, is shot dead by Irish rioters. The photo is taken from The Arch Bishop: or, Romanism in the United States. By Orvilla S. Belisle, an illustrated book published in 1855. Numerous protests and uprisings swelled across Kensington in the early and mid-19th century, many of them revolving around sectarian discord.
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