re: #296 Obdicut

No, actually, the research shows that even out on the frontier, the numbers were very, very low. Not very similar to today.

[Link: www.nytimes.com…]

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That book has been discredited, Obdi. Michael Bellesiles was found to have used falsified data, such as his claim to have used 19th century probate record from San Francisco County, when in fact all such records were destroyed when the county courthouse burned down in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake. Bellesiles is not viable as a reference.