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I'm looking for recommendations of good sources on the early history of the prison system in New York City, especially about the prisons that would have existed in the late 1800s and would have housed female inmates. (Given how many prisons exist in New York state these days, I find it unlikely that Sing Sing was the only prison that close to the city.) I'm especially interested in reports on prison conditions - I'm currently reading Within Prison Walls by prison reformer Thomas Mott Osborne - and any mascinations around their building/expansion.

Thanks in advance for any information or general pointers in the right direction.

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Where could I find a map of railways in Europe around 1890? (I'll take 1880-1900 as close enough.) The countries I'm most interested in are Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy.

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Crossposted from my own journal.

I can't figure out how to do without hitting up a very good library, and I'm hoping someone has some idea how to find this out online (or perhaps works in a library with microfilm of old newspapers?)

The 2,000 Guineas Stakes is held at Newmarket in late April or early May each year. Can anyone tell me the exact date on which it was held in 1891? I suspect newspaper archives may be key here, but I'm not sure whether any UK newspapers have full archives online going back that far. (The New York Times didn't report it, for what it's worth.)

If it helps at all, the winner that year was "Common".

EDIT: answer found over on my journal: April 29th. Details here.

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Entries tagged with 1800s

New York Prison System (late 1800s)

Rail network in Europe ca. 1890

Horse racing dates, UK, 1891

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