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  1. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 16, 1842
    Topics: Crimes, Law, Marriage

  2. An Amalgamationist in Limbo for the Second Time

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 9, 1842
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Peter Sewally
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language.

  3. An Amalgamationist in Limbo for the Second Time

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: New York Herald
    Date: Mar. 9, 1842
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Prisons, Racism
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete, John Brown, Peter Sewally
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to racist and transphobic language.

  4. Singular Case - An Oath of Allegiance Between Two Noted Characters

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 21, 1844
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Robbery
    Subject: Almira C., Beefsteak Pete, John Williams, Joseph Liness, Peter Sewally, Theodore Augustus Jackson
    Description: Content warning: this item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic language.

  5. The Woman Who Married the Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 17, 1842
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage