Primary resources provide first-hand knowledge and experience from the Victorian age. These materials were created by people who lived then, and show what life was like then.
Full article access to newspapers from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Includes both major news publications and penny papers. Coverage: 1800-1900.
Nineteenth century newspapers published by and for African-Americans. Contains the full articles of several major African American newspapers published in the United States between 1827 and 1900. Covers 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Correspondence between some of the greatest thinkers and writers of the 18th century and their families, friends, bankers, booksellers, and publishers. Over 55,000 letters and documents from over 6,500 correspondents spanning from the 17th to the mid-19th century.
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