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Use this tag for questions that pertain to historical events, or claim whose evidence is historical in nature.

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Did cobblers nail Thomas Paine's initials into shoes to scorn him?

I was taught in school that Thomas Paine was so hated that cobblers of the time nailed heels with a T and P (representing his initials, and as a sign of scorn and disrespect). The Life of Thomas Pai …
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