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Intimate Matters: a history of sexuality in AmericaThis book focuses on the relationship between sexuality and politics in America in numerous cultural contexts during four different historical…
Personal.An article about a Massachusetts Reverend being charged with adultery being reported in a D.C. newspaper.
Pardons RefusedChapman Steel, a Fairfax man found guilty of buggery, was denied a pardon.
Crimes in the District of Columbia.A newspaper reprint of an 1830 bill outlining punishments for different crimes.
Charge of the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania.A 1797 legal description of sodomy and buggery.
Fairfax Man Fined On Adultery ChargeArticle of a Fairfax County man being accused of rape but getting his charge reduced to adultery. The woman involved is labeled as simply a “colored…
'Ideal Library Family' The GibsonsThe Gibsons, a family of five are the center of an article describing the "ideal library family." Listed are Mr and Mrs Gibson, their daughter Ann,…
Melius v. MeliusA Fairfax County case where Jacob A. Melius divorces his wife Isabella Melius over charges of adultery.
Nelly Bell v. Solomon WinstonA Fairfax County court case where plaintiff Nelly Bell (a "colored woman") accuses Solomon Winston (a "colored" man) of bastardy.
Commonwealth of Virginia v. Strother GibsonA Fairfax County case with the charge of “breach of law,” in regards to county resident Strother Gibson fathering a child out of wedlock with Ella…