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The Rocky Mountains : emigrants crossing the plainsThis is a lithograph painted during the California gold rush of emigrants crossing the lands to reach California. This relates back to The Lamplighter…
The Rush to CaliforniaAs young men left the world of Farming in Maine behind them, the local economies suffered. The allure of gold in California was great and in reality,…
The Tempest- Shakespeare V.II.395-402 [excerpt]Summary of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest
It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter…
The Transatlantic SteamshipDuring the novel The Color Purple, Nettie travels to other countries due to missionary work for her church. While she is on the ship, she writes to…
The Wall Street JournalThis item is a newspaper front page of The Wall Street Journal, released on Monday, July 8, 1889. The price of this particular newspaper was two cents…
The Wall Street JournalThis item is a newspaper front page of The Wall Street Journal, released on Monday, July 8, 1889. The price of this particular newspaper was two cents…
The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799 Volume 12 June 1, 1778-September 30, 1778 [excerpt]
Three women and one man hoeing in field.The image depicts three women tending to the fields, and a lone man . It is counter-intuitive to think that the women would be doing the harder,…
To the Editor of the Christian ObserverThe article is an editorial from a concerned citizen to a Christian magazine with concerns regarding religion in the English Navy. He expresses the…
Trinity Church After the Fire of 1776A Sketching of the Trinity Church after the fire. In the photograph, you see the church where the front is burnt down and there is rubble from where…