Visions of America: Public Representations of the United States Circulating in India from 1870-1900Main MenuVisions of AmericaRepresentations of America in India from 1880-1910IntroductionProject VisionIndian Newspaper ArticlesTimelineTags and TrendsTour content by major themesRadial VisualizationGrid VisualizationAdam Heidebrink-Brunodda1366ced630ae12c01119b6003cad348b8379cMareesa Miles07f5b1d62871cea403a104a2f291b405512e6016
A Widow in Baltimore
12017-04-21T12:32:54-04:00Adam Heidebrink-Brunodda1366ced630ae12c01119b6003cad348b8379c824plain2017-04-28T11:57:14-04:00Mareesa Miles07f5b1d62871cea403a104a2f291b405512e6016A Widow in Baltimore put crape on the door, after the American fashion. The crape remained there about a week before the landlord made bold to interrupt her grief, and when he entered he found nothing there but the house. Her grief was so intense that she had inadvertently removed all the furniture. The debt of nature which had been paid was supposititious. The debt for rent remains uncancelled. And yet they say that women are not calculated for business.