A botfly, also written bot fly, bott fly or bot-fly in various combinations, is any fly in the family Oestridae. Their life cycles vary greatly according to species, but the larvae of all species are internal parasites of mammals.
In the spring of 1783, the infant American republic was nearly snuffed-out in its cradle by mutinous army officers in what has been called the âNewburgh Conspiracy.â. British General Cornwallisâ surrender at Yorktown in October 1781 did not result in an immediate end to the war.
William M. âBossâ Tweed was a legendary corrupt political leader of New York City in the years following the Civil War. Along with members of the âTweed Ring,â he was suspected of siphoning untold millions of dollars from the cityâs coffers before public outrage turned against him and he was prosecuted.s leader of New York Cityâs famed political machine, Tammany Hall, Tweed essentially ran the city in the years following the Civil War. He was also known to work closely with two particularly unscrupulous businessmen, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk.