Mixed Race and Social Decay in Jamaica Described
A curiously harsh Victorian critique cites a Jamaica book’s terms for mixed race groups and laments concubinage as a source of moral decline. It argues two-fifths of the population are illegitimate and condemns a social system worse than slavery, noting changes in funeral rites and religious practice.
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Jamaica
Asambo
St. Thomas-in-the-East
Priscilla
Spain
Richard Hill
Tom Cringle
Grand Jury Mercy Moves the Court to Dismiss Theft Complaint
A grand jury hears of a young girl accused of stealing a few dollars, the complainant a woman who employed her. The woman testifies she found the money and the girl confessed, but the juror and foreman later hear her plea to dismiss the complaint to spare the girl from ruin. The foreman admonishes the panel to act by duty, not mercy alone, and the district attorney explains discretionary power in indictments with a cautious tale of mercy saving a young man from harsh punishment.
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Lucius 8
Comstock
A City of Women in Siam Described by Mrs Lenowens
Mrs Lenowens recalls Bangkok as a city of women where 9,000 reside within the royal harem and surrounding houses, ruled by female magistrates with no appeal. Prisoners are led by female sheriffs, and Amazons quell disturbances, while slave women farm and craft. Boys banished at six. girls remain in the inner city.
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Theiis
Lenowens
Bangkok
Youthful Offender Forgiven, Jury Praised Leniency
The district attorney urged leniency, praising a young offender who proved himself trustworthy and became a respected New York businessman. He argued that youth and contrition justify dismissal of the complaint, a view the jury embraced with applause, reflecting broad approval among those doubtful at first.
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New York
Sveribners Monthly
Distinguished Albanian Visitor With Full Body Tattoos Likely in London
The Padi Mail Gazette notes a forty year old Albanian man, unmarried and tattooed from head to toe with 388 blue figures, including animals and characters, said to be Burmah inscriptions. He was part of a forthcoming London visit, and his marked appearance would make his identity indisputable.
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London
Medizinische Wochenschrift
Vienna
Muller
Padi Mail Gazette
Removal of the Capital from New York to Philadelphia
The text recalls Congress meeting in Philadelphia on December 11, 1790, to establish the capital shift led by Alexander Hamilton. It details the disorder and friction as government property moved to Delaware shores, Mrs. Washington's illness from the upheaval, and Washington overseeing packing and shipping. It notes Philadelphia’s early government organization, debt funding, a revenue act, and renewed national prospects.
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New York
Philadelphia
Congress
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Delaware
Washington
United States Treasury Department
T. B. Thorpe
Harper’s Magazine
Tame Codfish at Port Logan Pond
Mr Buckland reports a visit to a Port Logan codfish pond owned by McDougall in Wigtonshire. The amphitheatre like rock enclosure keeps water but blocks exits. Large tame cod swim near the shore where a servant feeds them with muscles and Mr Buckland handles and feeds them, noting meat quality superior to sea cod and easy selection for the table.
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Buckland
Port Logan
Wigtonshire
McDougall
Farmington Farm Ad Claims 232 Years in Family Transfer
An advertisement for a Farmington Connecticut property notes no deed ever issued for part of the land, which has remained in the same family for 232 years. The possession traces back to the original Indian purchase and has continued uninterrupted.
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Farmington
What cider wine beer and gin reveal about alcohol
A Youths' Column on the catechism of alcohol explains that cider wine beer and gin derive their alcohol from the fermentation of sugars in fruit or grain. It details distillation producing stronger spirits like brandy whisky and rum and warns of alcohol's poisonous nature when consumed.
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Julia Colman
Youth
Temperance
Pleasant from Johnny in a claustrophobic letter home
A frayed 19th century letter from Johnny to his mother dated January 28, 1872. He laments illness and poor food in the mine camp, notes missing wheels and a torn tailor’s bill, mentions a hat stolen for use as a target, and asks for more money while describing sickness, harsh conditions, and a hard life underground. He closes with a stray observation about the eastern-leaning summit of a hemlock tree.
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Lilly
Nellie
Stanley Morely
Nellie Morely
Stanley
Tilly
Papa
Alma
Nelie
Wright
Matilda
Fehale
Nees
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Pollan
Mamma
Neilie
Nelly
Nellie Howard
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Johnny
Tickre-Tacene Hovey
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