Boston, Massachusetts, Physical Description (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America... (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 287-300.
The peninsula on which Boston proper is built is connected with the main land of Roxbury on the S., from which it extends, in a direction a little E. of N., about 3 miles, having an average breadth of about a mile. The isthmus, or Neck, as it is commonly called, is something over a mile in length, and is nearly all included within the limits of Boston. It was originally quite narrow, and so low that parts of it were frequently overflowed by the highest courses of the tides. The waters of the harbor, flowing up into the bay of Roxbury, on the E.
Gazetteer of the United States of America....

Samuel Nelson (American National Biography)

Scholarship
Elizabeth Zoe Vicary, "Nelson, Samuel," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/11/11-00625.html.
Nelson's career on the bench was marked by an interest in technical cases rather than in the better-known constitutional issues. Specializing in admiralty and maritime law, patent law, equity, international law, and the conflict of laws, he gained a reputation as a diligent, reliable, fair-minded, and apolitical judge.
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“A Change of Sentiment,” Charleston (SC) Mercury, July 9, 1858

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A Change of Sentiment
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“A Change of Sentiment,” Charleston (SC) Mercury, July 9, 1858.
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"Mr. A. Lincoln," (St. Louis) Missouri Republican, July 11, 1858

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Mr. A. Lincoln
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"Mr. A. Lincoln," (St. Louis) Missouri Republican, July 11, 1858, p. 2: 3.
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"The Tribune on Manifest Destiny," New York Times, July 10, 1858

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The Tribune on Manifest Destiny
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"The Tribune on Manifest Destiny," New York Times, July 10, 1858, p. 4.
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Thomas Nelson Conrad (Washington Post)

Obituary
“Thomas Nelson Conrad Dead,” Washington (DC) Post, January 6, 1905, p. 10: 5.

THOMAS NELSON CONRAD DEAD.
Confederate Scout and Former President of Blacksburg, Va., College.

Thomas Nelson Conrad died yesterday morning at 3 o’clock at 2150 Florida avenue northwest of acute indigestion.  The remains were taken to Blacksburg, Va., yesterday afternoon, where the funeral will be held at 10 o’clock this morning.  The deceased was sixty-four years of age. 

"Narrow Escape of a Railroad Train from Fearful Wreck," Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, July 1, 1858

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Narrow Escape of a Railroad Train from Fearful Wreck
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"Narrow Escape of a Railroad Train from Fearful Wreck," Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, July 1, 1858, p. 2: 5.
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