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State Trials.This journal of state trials includes the proceedings for high treason and other crimes and misdemeanors from the years 1726 to 1743. In it, are…
Spelman’s Loyal Daughters: An Institution in Atlanta Which is Doing Much to Solve the Race Problem; Spelman SeminaryA student that goes to or went to Spelman Seminary wrote this article. It shows the complete accuracy of Alice Walker when describing the start of…
Something New [Boarding Houses in New York]The boarding houses where Gerty Farish and Nettie Crane live are viewed as quaint and welcoming. Gerty Farish lives in a boarding house that is more…
Salle de Jeu, casino, Monte CarloA set of chains and tables at a casino in Monte Carlo. We see Selden in Monte Carlo in the beginning of book 2, and the same with Lily Bart. The…
RURAL ARCHITECTURE--SUBURBAN COTTAGES.This article is about cottages in the suburbs of Boston. It gives us alot of charactistics of the cottages, It goes into description of many key…
Protest of the Laity of Trinity Church in the city of BostonThis primary source describes a church in Boston, Trinity Church, having protests against the election of an assistant bishop. In the Lampligther,…
Praise house at SapeloThe building in this photo is of a praise house in Georgia in 1939, around the time of The Color Purple’s time period. Praise houses were typically…
PORTSMOUTH, May 8In this primary source it talks about how there is a mutiny or a rebellion in the fleet. It also talks about how a soldier was shot and rushed to a…
Passenger Ships of the Transatlantic ServiceThis is a brief article talking about the evolution of transatlantic passenger ships. It discusses how these ships were first introduced. It also…
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…