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Annals and Occurrence of New York city and state, in the Olden Time

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…

Telegraph Around the Globe

This is a newspaper excerpt from 1850 discussing a successful telegraph between Dover and Calais, and expressing the hopeful possibilities of…

Panorama of Calcutta

These six sectional images are lithograph prints that comprise one drawing by Frederick Fiebig entitled Panorama of Calcutta. Together the images…

Steamboat and Railroad.

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…

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…

WASHINGTON BUILDING, WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON.

This article from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing - Room Companion describes the Washington Building on Washington St, Boston. It describes elements of…

Lodgings for the Poor [a look at the current living conditions of the poor]

The newspaper article provides an interesting insight into the living conditions and perceived morality of the poor. In The Lamplighter, Nan Grant’s…

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,…

The Rocky Mountains : emigrants crossing the plains

This is a lithograph painted during the California gold rush of emigrants crossing the lands to reach California. This relates back to The Lamplighter…

CONGRESS HALL, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

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…