Oct. 1849: Philadelphia Riots/Riot in New York, ”Bowie knives, pistols, dirks, and about every other implement, offensive and defensive, was brought into active and bloody requisition.”

Philadelphia Riots/Riot in New York, “Several white men were also proved to have been active in the use of fire-arms”/”Bowie knives, pistols, dirks, and about every other implement, offensive and defensive, was brought into active and bloody requisition.”, Oct. 20, 1849