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“…a baby girl, but she died.”
I’m very grateful to Lisa Oakley for finding the record of Anarcha’s final child.
“A few of the electric tenants…”
The Herald and Torch Light (Hagerstown, MD), November 20, 1867, p. 2, quoting from the Baltimore Sun.
“…printing the hues of the rainbow…”
The Rutland Indpendent (Rutland, VT), November 17, 1866, p. 1.
“…a huge ball of fire.”
In describing the falling stars of 1867, I have combined accounts from 1866, 1867, and 1868.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY), November 14, 1868, p. 2.