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  1. 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.

  2. An Amalgamationist in Limbo for the Second Time

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
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    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. Caught Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Newark Daily Advertiser
    Date: Aug. 25, 1846
    Topics: Appearance, Black people, Clothing, Crossdressing
    Subject: Peter Sewally

  4. Conviction of Beefsteak Pete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1848
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Theft
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete, Julia Johnson, Michael Bonney, Peter Sewally
    Description: Newspaper Clipping about the alleged thievery committed by "Beefsteak Pete".

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

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
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    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.