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A Long Island ResidenceScientific American had a strong of articles that focused on life in Long Island. Because it was an up and coming area for many people, it was seen as…
A Ship of War, of the third Rate, With Rigging & at AnchorThis is a detailed drawing of a British Naval ship of war common in the year of 1728. Ships like this were likely to have been used in fighting the…
A Tale of Boston in Olden Time.This article is significant to The Lamplighter because they were both written around the same time. The article discusses Washington Street in Boston,…
Advertisement 1 -- No TitleThe document I chose is an advertisement for a boarding house, which is where working people went to eat and live in the 18th century, They usually…
African American farms in GeorgiaThis still image provides an example of what Pa’s house might have looked like during the time period The Color Purple takes place. During this time…
Albany and Rensselaer, N.Y., Directory"The Gryces were from Albany, and but lately introduced to the metropolis, where the mother and son had come, after old Jefferson Gryce's death, to…
An Accurate Description of NewgateThe primary source describes in detail the layout of a fleet prison in London. The layout, prices the prisoners have to pay, and the descriptions of…
Annals and Occurrence of New York city and state, in the Olden TimeThis 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…
Apartment House Life In New York.This document is significant for The House of Mirth Because it shows a depiction of what a typical floor plan looks like during the time that the book…
Apothecary DoctorsThis source talks about the different medical occupations at the time, the qualifications that you had to have, and what you went through when you…