Dr. William Watson
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Serenity of Malvern Belies the Tragedy That Occurred There Nearly Two Centuries Ago
In 1832, 57 Irish immigrants who had arrived in Philadelphia just weeks earlier were brutally murdered while working on the railroad at Duffy’s Cut in…
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Immaculata Prof’s New Book on Massacre at Duffy’s Cut Uncovers Conspiracy on Pennsylvania Railroad
Dr. William Watson, a professor of history at Immaculata University, has co-authored a new book with his brother J. Francis Watson on Duffy’s Cut. The…
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Anti-Irish, Anti-Catholic Sentiment Led to Vigilante Violence at Duffy’s Cut
Fresh off a boat from Ireland, 57 people working on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad are thought to have contracted cholera, were murdered, and thrown…
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