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“…55P/ Tempel-Tuttle…”
“…far better understood in 1866.”
“As early as 1837…”
“…similar to that of 1833…”
“…ever since 1860.”
“…falling stars on the brain.”
“Shoemakers, tailors, bartenders…”
“…the quills of a fretful porcupine.”
“…signed a contract with Charles Mason…”
“…a provost judge rode his horse…”
“…offering to marry slaves…”
“…55P/ Tempel-Tuttle…”
“The Tuttles of Harvard College Observatory: 1850-1862,” Richard E. Schmidt, The Antiquarian Astronomer, No. 6, January 2012, p. 98.
“…far better understood in 1866.”
What had been considered serious theories in 1833 are now dismissed as crackpot and unscientific. Star jelly would remain mysterious for some time.
The Derby Mercury (Derbyshire, England), November 21, 1866.
“As early as 1837…”
Kronk, G. W. (1988). Meteor showers: A descriptive catalog. Hillside, N.J: Enslow Publishers, p. 222.
“…similar to that of 1833…”
Kronk, G. W. (2013). Meteor showers: An annotated catalog.
“…ever since 1860.”
Kronk, G. W. (2013). Meteor showers: An annotated catalog.
“…falling stars on the brain.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), November 14, 1866, p. 8.
“Shoemakers, tailors, bartenders…”
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), November 14, 1866, p. 8.
“…the quills of a fretful porcupine.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), November 14, 1866, p. 8.
“…signed a contract with Charles Mason…”
See “…his name was Lorenzo Jackson…,” above.
The signatures included in the printed book come from the same document.
An untitled contract of indenture signed by Charles Mason and several formerly enslaved men who agreed to work the land of the former Alto plantation. Retrieved from the website for the Freedmen’s Bureau records, associated with the National Museum of African American History & Culture.
“…a provost judge rode his horse…”
Narrative of Anna Scott.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Florida Narratives, Vol. 1, pp. 281-82.
“…offering to marry slaves…”
Narrative of Mattie Curtis.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., North Carolina Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 221.
Mattie Curtis