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The Aftermath of the Titanic Disaster
News of the Titanic reaches ‘Abdu’l-Bahá at the Hotel Ansonia on New York’s Upper West Side. FULL STORY >>
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An Arms Dealer Tries to Sell War to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Hudson Maxim, a munitions developer, argues the merits of war with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. FULL STORY >>
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá Delivers First Public Address in America
Reverend Percy Stickney Grant introduces ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to his congregation at New York’s Church of the Ascension. FULL STORY >>
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A Modern Man from the Middle East?
New York’s newspapers are starting to discover that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is more than just another “exotic Easterner.” FULL STORY >>
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá: New Yorker
After delivering a speech on peace in Brooklyn, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá gets his first glimpse of the Lower East Side. FULL STORY >>
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá Arrives in America
The SS Cedric arrives in New York Harbor, carrying hundreds of immigrants, and one former prisoner: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. FULL STORY >>