Introduction This is the story of Margaret Erskine, a Scottish noblewoman of the sixteenth century. It is the story of how a woman of influence and determination was able to access and use the law in lawless times. Margaret made a bad marriage but it is not a story of divorce; although divorce for adulteryContinue reading “Cuming v Ruthvens – a cautionary tale”
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Japan Notes
This page is designed to bring together information about Japanese publishers of undivided backs. There are four periods of Japanese cards up to the end of WWII: Period I. Undivided back: October 1900 to 27 March 1907 Period II. 1/3 divided back: 28 March 1907 to March 1918 Period III. 1/2 divided back: 郵便はかき: March 1918 to February 1933Continue reading “Japan Notes”
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway, New York
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway, was a regional railroad founded in 1868. In 1866, the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad was chartered under the direction of Dewitt C. Littlejohn, who envisioned a railroad serving a direct connection from the docks opposite New York City to Lake Ontario at Oswego. Construction on the lineContinue reading “The New York, Ontario and Western Railway, New York”
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