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This primary source shows how Charlotte Temple is displayed as a legend and how she is being considered as an actual person in real life. This primary source shows that it has found her believed farmhouse that she had stayed in during the time she…

This is a newspaper excerpt from 1850 discussing a successful telegraph between Dover and Calais, and expressing the hopeful possibilities of extending a magnetic wire from London, England to Calcutta, India. It is very brief, but further shows the…

These six sectional images are lithograph prints that comprise one drawing by Frederick Fiebig entitled Panorama of Calcutta. Together the images depict a detailed view of Calcutta, India in 1847. The first section shows Fort William, which was…

This article ties to the reading in The Lamplighter because the article talks about how much safer the steamboats were rather than the railroads. In The Lamplighter, Dr. Jeremy was used to riding on the train because there was never a steamboat, but…

At the time in which Gerty and her mother are separated from Mr. Phillips by the malaria epidemic, the rampant disease was thought to be spread by ‘bad air’. The author of this dissertation, published in 1832, was one of the first to notice that the…

This article from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing - Room Companion describes the Washington Building on Washington St, Boston. It describes elements of Washington St such as winding, strangely constructed buildings, and the new Washington Building which…

The newspaper article provides an interesting insight into the living conditions and perceived morality of the poor. In The Lamplighter, Nan Grant’s house resembles the description of the house and living conditions that exist within this article.…

This article is significant to The Lamplighter because they were both written around the same time. The article discusses Washington Street in Boston, which is where certain parts in the book take place. The article also describes how there was an…

This is a lithograph painted during the California gold rush of emigrants crossing the lands to reach California. This relates back to The Lamplighter because during the story, we see Gertrude receive a letter from her father, who describes what…

This article is about the Piazza of Congress Hall, it is quite a popular attraction in the summertime, and is usually crowded with visitors The building is described as being three stories high with columns that rise from the ground. The building…