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Cahn, Naomi. “Faithless Wives and Lazy Husbands: Gender Norms in Nineteenth-Century Divorce Law.” University of Illinois Law Review 2002, no. 3 (October 17, 2002): 651–98.
Daly, Maria Lydig. Diary of a Union Lady, 1861-1865. HarperCollins, 2001.
DiFonzo, J. Herbie, and Ruth C. Stern. “Addicted to Fault: Why Divorce Reform Has Lagged in New York.” Pace Law Review, Summer 2007, 27, no. 4 (June 2007): 559–603.
Long, Di. “Divorce in New York from 1850s to 1920s.” Thesis, The University of Georgia, 2013.
Strong, George Templeton. The Diary of George Templeton Strong. New York, NY: Octagon Books, 1974.
Strong, Peter Remsen. "Awful!", and Other Jingles. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam and Sons, 1871.
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Newspapers - Accessed through Chronicling America
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Alexandria Gazette | The Daily Empire | The Daily Gate City | The Daily Phoenix | The New York Herald
The New York Times (Accessed through TimesMachine) | The Montana | The Pacific Commercial Advertiser | The Portland Daily Press
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Webpages
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David, Annick. “LA REVOLUTION.” Pendant La Revolution. Accessed December 2, 2020. https://www.genealogie22.org/sites/racines_galleses/pendant_la_revolution.htm.
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Find A Grave. “Peter Remsen Strong.” Accessed December 2, 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70374793/peter-remsen-strong.
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Marshall, John. “Stevens Family.” Stevens Family. Accessed December 2, 2020. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marshall/esmd34.htm.
“Strong Divorce Case.” New York Times, December 1, 1865. https://www.nytimes.com/1865/12/01/archives/strong-divorce-case-written-confession-in-mrs-strongs-handwriting.html.
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“The Strong Case.” New York Times, November 25, 1865. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1865/11/25/90525635.html?pageNumber=2.
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Images
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Cover image: The picture of the Strong home: https://auctions.freemansauction.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?sale_no=1619+++&lot_no=17.
Ellington, Georga. Married Life in New York. Circa 1869, American Antiquarian Society. Framing American Divorce : From the Revolutionary Generation to the Victorians, by Norma Basch, 1999, p. 146.
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Goulding's New York City Directory for 1876-77 in U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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NYC Marriage & Death Notices 1843-1856, still image, The New York Society Library, New York, New York, accessed November 20, 2020, https://www.nysoclib.org/collection/nyc-marriage-death-notices-1843-1856.
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School Catalogs, 1765-1935. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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St. Monica's Church. Queens, NY. NY Landmarks Preservation Commission. http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1017.pdf.
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New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Records of wills and probates, 1787-1879; Series Number: J1043-92.
Year: 1860; Census Place: Newtown, Queens, New York; Page: 657; Family History Library Film: 803843.
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