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The cure for nostalgia: nineteenth-century coroner’s reports
This post was written by N-YHS intern Audrey Belanger If you, like me, occasionally suffer from bouts of longing for life in the 19th century (Carriages! Balls! Needlepoint!), there is no better cure than perusing 19th century death records in the N-YHS manuscript collection. Not only were sicknesses such as consumption, dropsy, smallpox, and hives [...]
