Nineteenth Century Life Documents

What made the 19th century an interesting but tumultuous time? What technological, cultural and social changes influenced life then? Explore those issues in this story collection.

Image of the "Grand Inquest" court minutes and proceedings for the District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania - 1860. Click on the image for a better vie...

Image of the "Grand Inquest" court minutes and proceedings for the District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania - 1860. Click on the image for a better vie...

Image of the "Grand Inquest" court minutes and proceedings for the District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania - 1860. Click on the image for a better vie...

Image of the "Grand Inquest" court minutes and proceedings for the District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania - 1860. Click on the image for a better vie...

When word of the disaster in Chicago spread throughout America, people (and businesses) in other cities generously donated funds to help the sufferers...

This list - a continued compilation indicating U.S. cities quickly responding to Chicago's cries for help - shows how supportive Americans were for Ch...

Throughout the country, Americans responded to Chicago's pleas for help.  When news of the disaster reached London - a city whose own residents h...

In its past, Bedloe’s Island was a good place to quarantine people with contagious diseases.  It is far-enough off the shore of Manhattan t...

When Albert Hicks was executed on Bedloe’s Island, during July of 1860, newspaper headlines read as though a crowd-drawing entertainment scene h...

This book by Adina de Zavala, and edited by Richard Flores, provides a history of the Tejanos as courageous heroes of the Alamo. Thanks to Arte Publi...

This image, a page from the Congressional Record, reflects the final House debate on allowing slavery in the new state of Missouri.Although the words ...

Bookcover image of Hunter Holmes McGuire: Stonewall Jackson's Doctor, by John W. Schildt.

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