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This article offers insight into the living conditions of middle class people living in Boston. The article gives a diagram of what a typical middle class house would look like structurally. The article also talks about the living conditions in…

In the Lamplighter, Graham’s country house contained old-fashioned entrances on both sides with a sloped and shady lawn. From the novel, we know that the family was rich, which makes readers predict that the house was definitely nice considering that…

This article segment gives statistics and information about omnibuses in Boston, Massachusetts in the mid 19th century. It speaks about how significant they are as a way of transportation daily to thousands of Boston citizens.

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…

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…