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Library of Congress1883

Under a black cloud!

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Library of Congress2004

Race and older age mortality evidence from Union Army veterans

"This paper uses the records of the Union Army to compare the older age mortality experience of the first black and white cohorts who reached middle and late ages in the twentieth century. Blacks faced a greater risk of death from all causes, especially in large cities, from infectious and parasitic diseases, from genito-urinary disease, and from heart disease, particularly valvular heart disease. Blacks' greater risk of death was the result both of the worse conditions in which they lived at the time of their deaths and of their lifelong poorer nutritional status and higher incidence of infectious disease. Compared to the 1821-40 black cohort, the 1841-50 black cohort was both under greater stress at a young age and had higher older age mortality rates"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

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Library of Congress1920

Skhematicheskai︠a︡ karta Ussuriĭskoĭ, Mandzhurskoĭ i Koreĭskoĭ zheleznykh dorog

This map shows the major railroads located in the Russian Far East, Manchuria (China), and Korea in the early 20th century: the Ussuri Railroad, the Manchurian Railroad, and the Korean Railroad. The establishment of railroads was a major vehicle of imperial expansion and control in the Far East in this era, particularly for Russia and Japan. The map utilizes a variety of lines and colors to explain various phases of railroad construction: a double-black line for the completion of two tracks, a single black line for completion of one track, a red line for an established but only partially constructed railroad, and a dashed black line for a proposed (but still unbuilt) railroad. Several well-known Russian, Chinese, and Korean cities are shown on the map. These include Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, and Vladivostok in Russia; Harbin, Mukden (present-day Shenyang), and Port Arthur (Lüshun) in China (Manchuria); and P'yongyang and Seoul in Korea. Black triangles signify the presence of Japanese troops in parts of northeastern China and Korea, reflecting the extensive military occupation by Japan following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-5. In the 19th century, as the Qing Dynasty of imperial China weakened, both Russia and Japan sought to take advantage of China's waning power by expanding into areas of northeastern China and neighboring Korea. Russia forced China to cede territories north and east of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers in the Treaty of Aigun of 1858 and in the Convention of Peking of 1860 and increased its influence in Manchuria from its base of operations in Harbin. Japan moved aggressively into China and Korea after victories in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 and in the Russo-Japanese War. As Japan became ascendant in the region after 1905, it targeted Russian railroad interests and reengineered local rail networks to serve its own interests. This map was compiled from notes of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society for use in a book on the Maritime Region of Russia (Primorskiy Kray, near Vladivostok). The map shows a scale at the bottom that utilizes the verst, a tsarist-era unit of distance equal to 1.07 kilometers. World Digital Library.

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Library of Congress1901

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 19, 1901

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Library of Congress1862

Emancipation Proclamation.

Initially, the Civil War between the North and the South was fought by the North to prevent the secession of the South and preserve the Union. Ending slavery was not a goal. That changed on September 22, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in those states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be free. One hundred days later Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be, free." Lincoln's bold step was a military measure by which he hoped to inspire the slaves in the Confederacy to support the Union cause. Because it was a military measure, the proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, and left slavery untouched in the border states. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery, it did fundamentally transform the character of the war. Henceforth, every advance of Federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and their own freedom.

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Library of Congress1887

Image 5 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 10, 1887, (Supplement)

Republican J ournal Supplement VOLUME 59_ BELFAST MAINE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 1887 NUMBER 45 CHAT FROM WASHINGTON GOSSIP ABOUT MEN AND THINGS AT THE CAPITAL Frank Hattons New PaperGossip About Robert P PorterBancroft and Cor coran ComparedSome Newspaper Cos ipA Sensation Which ailed Special Correspondence Washington Nov 8It was tho hour in tho afternoon at which the great government departments vomit forth their mass of work ing humanity Crowds of men and women 1 mured by tho thousands out of tlio cavernous jaws of tho United States treasury Tho maws of the state war and navy building vcro black with tho human stream and tho clerks of tho attorney generals office wore leaving their department for their homes Thcaveuuo between Seventeenth street and the Higgs house was black with people and BANCROFT AS A PEDESTRIAN ft was the liveliest hour of the clay in Wash ington Just at this time clown the avenue and through this moving throng walked a straight old man He was six foot tall and as thin as a devils darning needle but his flesh apjiearcd to Ik as solid ns jerked beef and his slop was a springy one lie wore a tall silk hat

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Library of Congress1873

Atlantic Ocean &c. : shewing the communication between Europe, North America and the Pacific

Shows transatlantic cables, steam and sailing routes, currents, and the Sargasso Sea; major existing and proposed railroads in the United States and Canada, Chagres Railway across Panama. Relief shown by contours. Annotated in ink: Black's General Atlas - 1873. Rubber-stamped: 626888 N. 41. Includes travel times and distances for various routes, dates of cables. In lower right margin: 39A.

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Library of Congress1900

Report of the adjutant general of the state of Illinois ...

Includes rosters of officers and enlisted men, 1861-1866. Vol. 9 contains reprint of Gen. I.H. Elliott's Record of Illinois soldiers in Black Hawk and Mexican wars, and record of Illinois soldiers in Spanish-American war (issued also separately) Also available in digital form.

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Library of Congress1866

The flower of liberty.

Title in red, blue and black; publisher's device; tailpiece. Also available in digital form.

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Library of Congress1908

[Railroad map of Africa]

Cloth map. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. In lower left corner: "The Wells Missionary Map Co., 3612 Prairie Avenue, Chicago." Pen-and-ink, pencil, crayon, and watercolor; place names mechanically printed in black ink. In upper right corner: "III." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1895

Township and sectional map of Mobile County, State of Alabama : compiled and drawn from the most reliable and recent data : showing the railroads, public roads, school houses, Old Spanish & other grants, etc., etc

Black line print. "Also showing the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, and including parts of Baldwin and Washington counties, Alabama, and Jackson and Green counties, Mississippi. Includes election precincts information. LC Land ownership maps, 5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1838

[Isthmus of Panama, no. 41-16]

Covers the Isthmus of Panama from Panama City and Chorera on the Pacific Coast to Chagres and Portobelo Harbor on the Caribbean Coast. Also shows rivers, streams, settlements, an existing rail line, a proposed rail line to Panama City, a proposed canal, roads, a trail, coastline, coastal features, and anchorages. Title written in ink from verso. Pencil, pen-and-ink and wash. On verso at top in script and black ink: To: J.B. Feraud, esq. On verso in ink in bottom right corner: No.17 Coll. of Major DB Douglass, abt. 1838. Imperfect: Brittle, crack-lined, darkened, water-stained, holes throughout with minor losses, gold stitched along edges, and mounted on cloth. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 645 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1851

Map of the Tehuantepec Railroad : from Jaltipec river to Boca del Monte

A proposed railroad route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Also shows alternative routes, roads, streams, and settlements. Relief shown pictorially and by contours and spot heights. Manuscript: Pencil, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolors. Handwritten note attached on looseleaf paper In top left corner: Tehuantepec Railway Company. Map of the Tehuantepec Railroad from Jaltipec river to Boca del Monte, 1851. [anon. Ms.] fold. 35 x 139, [n.p. 1851]. Accompanied by six manuscript sheets of an unidentified sketch map of a segment related to the railroad showing a large stream containing what appear to be soundings. Sketch map contains information relevant to the river portion of the proposed combined rail-water route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, filed separately G4412.T2 Imperfect: Fragile, discoloration, staining, and torn at sheet edges. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 544 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1851

[Sketch map of the Tehuantepec Railroad]

An unidentified sketch map of a segment related to the railroad showing a large stream. Sketch map contains information relevant to the river portion of the proposed combined rail-water route across the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. Relief shown pictorially. Title devised by cataloger from the LUSO-Hispanic World in Maps. Manuscript: Pen-and-ink (black and red) with pencil annotations on 6 sheets cut into irregular triangle and rectangle shapes on paper. Accompanies the Map of the Techuantepec Rail Road, 1851: G4412.T42 1851 .T4. Imperfect: Fragile, fold-lined, cracked, holes and staining throughout. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 544 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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