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History Detectives: Season 1: Episode 10

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History Detectives: Special Investigations
Philadelphia

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PBS | Air Date: September 8, 2003
Summary: The Love Dish
The Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Was a set of 18th century china emblazoned with hearts and arrows given by the Marquis de Lafayette to Elizabeth Willing, the popular wife of the Patriot Mayor? Rebel Gun The Place: Mercer, Pennsylvania Local lore says this late 18th Century flint-lock rifle was recovered from the
The Love Dish
The Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Was a set of 18th century china emblazoned with hearts and arrows given by the Marquis de Lafayette to Elizabeth Willing, the popular wife of the Patriot Mayor?

Rebel Gun
The Place: Mercer, Pennsylvania
Local lore says this late 18th Century flint-lock rifle was recovered from the hideout of infamous Tory bandit Moses Doan after a raid in 1783.

Prison Plaque
The Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A recently-found plaque suggests that inmates from Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary were recruited to fight in World War One. Was this an extraordinarily progressive prison or just wartime desperation?
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Genre(s): Reality, Suspense, Documentary
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