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THE HOUSING CONDITIONS IN BOSTON.1: POPULATION AND NUMBER OF DWELLING-HOUSES WITH PER CENT OF ANNUAL INCREASE.; Middle Class Homes of BostonThis article offers insight into the living conditions of middle class people living in Boston. The article gives a diagram of what a typical middle…
The London Directory or a New & Improved Plan of London, Westminster & Southwark; with the adjacent Country, the New Buildings, the New Roads and the late alterations by Opening of New Streets, & Widening of others 1790.It is a map of London from 1790 by Robert Sayer showing buildings, roads, rebuilt areas, etc. from the Great Fire in 1666 up till 1790. It does show…
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man; Taken from his own mouth in his passage to England from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector. By a Passenger in the ship. Embellished with cuts.The narration tells a personal account of ship life on a transatlantic voyage from Cape Horn in America to England in the late 1700’s, early 1800’s.…
The Chichester guideThis book goes through the entire history of Chichester. From the ancient civilizations to the 1800s, this bok reveals all the history of buildings…
British empire, routes, currents.This image shows the routes that the British Empire took across the ocean. In the map there are present routes from America and the West Indies to…
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…
IN TOWNS & COUNTRY: Holiday Week DancesThis article talks about holiday dances that have been thrown in young ladies’ honor. One of the girl’s parties was said to be thrown at Sherry’s.…
Park's Banking Law of Georgia as Amended 1920 with the Trust Company and State Depository ActsThis primary source talks about the terrible conditions in Georgia prisons for women. It also states, "If the convict be a female, the judge may, in…
Telegraph Around the GlobeThis is a newspaper excerpt from 1850 discussing a successful telegraph between Dover and Calais, and expressing the hopeful possibilities of…
The New Grand Central TerminalThe article that I chose talks about the remodeling of Grand Central Station, and all of the new things they added. It expresses on how much detail…