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Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion, and Cholera

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…

Executed Design for the House of H. L. Pratt, Esq. , Glen Cove, Long Island, NY

This image is of a plan for a home to be built on Long Island in 1900. What is featured here is an original plan drawn by Brite & Bacon, architect(s)…

Farm house among trees

This photo of a farmhouse in Georgia depicts an image of what Mr. ___'s house may have looked like in "The Color Purple." African Americans living in…

File: Town Plan map of Chichester, Sussex .jpg

The map shows a lot of space in which the novel explains also that there are many open spaces. The map shows many details from the outlines where…

Forest Hills Cemetery

The article is an opinion piece written to a newspaper by Dr. Putnam. It is his frustrations regarding the burial practice done by Christians in a…

Fortifications in the Harbor of New York [description of the Harbor of New York and how the soldiers used it to their advantage]

The article that I have found talks about the fortifications of the New York Harbor and how it was built to survive an attack. The article expresses…

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Volume 30 [excerpt]

This source is from one of Frank Leslie’s periodicals from July to December of 1890. Here he talks about “who was Charlotte Temple”. He goes in and…

This article is about a little boy who was killed in the hovel that he lived in with his family. However after he was killed, he could see the light…

Gottlieb Mittleberger’s Journey to Pennsylvania in the Year 1750 and Return to Germany in the Year 1754

This primary source tells a story of a man from Germany, Gottlieb Mittleberger who travels to Pennsylvania in 1750. His journey starts on a ship…

Hastings, in Sussex [advertisement for women’s school]

This source is advertising a ladies school in Sussex, which is a part of Chichester. This document relates to the novel in that Charlotte Temple…