Because it was rough time.
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This set of mainly 19th-century maps from books is a fine representation of publishing activity and reader interests at the time. The publishing industry had grown and diversified to what we recognize today, and popular topics included: travel; geography textbooks and school atlases; histories; and contemporary exploration and military accounts. The maps are familiar, but eminently of their time.
Carolinas.
Virginia and Chesapeake Bay.
New England.
New York and New Jersey.
Midwest, Mississippi River, and Louisiana.
Florida.
Georgia
The issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February 1857.
Eastern Orthodox priests are allowed to marry. Catholic priests are to remain celibate. Also, Easter is a bigger holiday than Christmas for Eastern Orthodox. Catholicism places more importance on Christmas.
