A RELIC OF BARBARISM
IT is neither a rack nor a thumb-screw, a "maiden" nor a gridiron; it is an innocent-looking sheet of time-stained paper-- a law document. It declares itself on its back to be an assignment of dower in William Sturtevant's estate. It is dated October 7, 1785, and at that time was duly...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Harper's bazaar 1891-06, Vol.24 (25), p.485 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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