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  1. A Black Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1870
    Topics: Black people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender identity
    Subject: Dick Montgomery

  2. A Celebrated Case of Rebel Outrage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 21, 1876
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressing

  3. A Disguised Female Becomes Pugilistic in a New York Bar-Room

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 4, 1869
    Topics: Crossdressing, Masculinities

  4. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1836
    Topics: Appearance, Crimes, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ lovers, Police officers, Secrecy
    Subject: James Walker

  5. A Female "Husband" Robs His Wife and Decamps

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1865
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Theft

  6. A Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 11, 1865
    Topics: Crossdressing, Secrecy, Soldiers
    Subject: Hannah Snell

  7. A Singular Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1855 to 1865
    Topics: Crossdressing, Secrecy, Soldiers
    Subject: Hannah Snell

  8. A Woman Married to a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 7, 1856
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Secrecy

  9. A Woman-Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1875
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Secrecy

  10. About a Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1871
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Gender dysphoria, Gender role
    Subject: Samuel Buck

  11. An Extraordinary Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 19, 1850
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Marriage, Separation, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: John Curtis

  12. An Extraordinary Case of a Girl Concealing Her Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 14, 1860
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Secrecy, Suicide
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide.

  13. An Extraordinary Case of Bigamy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Snowden, Edgar
    Date: 1834
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage, Masculinities

  14. An Odd Connexion

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Meacham, R.
    Date: Jun. 1, 1838
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)

  15. Beefsteak Pete Arrested

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 3, 1858
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crimes, Crossdressing
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete

  16. Beefsteak Pete Arrested

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 4, 1858
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crimes, Crossdressing, Theft
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete

  17. 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

  18. Chatham, Oct. 30

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Fleet, T.
    Date: Apr. 15, 1756
    Topics: Crossdressing, Sailors

  19. Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Once a Week
    Date: 1861
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: King George III, Louis XV, Queen Charlotte

  20. Chevalier D'Eon (From a Late London Paper)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1811
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Passing (Gender), Transgender people
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon

  21. City Summary

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 21, 1874
    Topics: Crossdressing, Femininities, Masculinities, Theatre

  22. Concealment of Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1876
    Topics: Autopsy, Clothing, Crossdressing, Law
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Dr. Copeland, Lord Mansfield, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, The Country Wife

  23. Conform to the Times

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Morris, George P.
    Date: 1831
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities

  24. Cupid's Foibles, Follies, and Fancies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1853
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender role, Law, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Park and Boulton

  25. Curious Deception – A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Brother Jonathan
    Date: 1839
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Marriage

  26. Disguised Females

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The New-York Organ
    Date: Jun. 25, 1853
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender role, Marines, Masculinities
    Subject: Hannah Snell

  27. Eccentric Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1812
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Epitaphs, Gender role, Theft
    Subject: Mary Frith

  28. Escape of a Murderer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 17, 1846
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Prisoners

  29. European News Items

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Weekly Alta California
    Date: Jul. 16, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing

  30. Fanny Campbell The Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of The Revolution

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Lieutenant Murray
    Date: 1846
    Topics: Body image, Chivalry, Colonies, Colonization, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discovery and exploration, Femininities, Gender bending, Indians of North America, LGBTQ+ relationships, Pirates, Prisoners, Sailing, Sailing ships, Sailors, Ship captains, Ship models, Women
    Subject: Fanny Campbell, Jack Herbert, Terrence Mooney, William Lovell

  31. Female Dexterity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Poize
    Date: 1810
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon

  32. Females in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 2, 1854
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ lovers

  33. Goddesses in Disguise; Or, Women in Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 15, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Ethics, Femininities, Gender role, History, Masculinities, Sexual offenses laws
    Subject: Boulton Masquerade

  34. Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Critcherson, G.P.
    Date: 1800 to 1899
    Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades
    Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B.

  35. "Harry" Stokes the Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 17, 1859
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender identity, Marriage, Masculinities, Sexual assault, Suicide

  36. "Harry" Stokes, the Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 17, 1859
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Gender role, Masculinities, Poverty, Suicide
    Subject: Harry Stokes

  37. Jewesses on a Frolic

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1845
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Judaism, Masculinities

  38. Ludicrous Crime

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Munroe, Isaac
    Date: Feb. 28, 1826
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Marriage, Polygamy, Prisoners
    Subject: Charles Hamilton, George Hamilton, Mary Hamilton

  39. Mary Frith, Alias Moll Cutpurse

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 3, 1817
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, LGBTQ+ poetry
    Subject: Mary Frith

  40. Mary Read and Anne Bonney

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1833
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Death and dying, LGBTQ+ lovers, Pirates
    Subject: Anne Bonney, Mary Read

  41. Singular Capture

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Andrews, Samuel
    Date: 1828
    Topics: Crossdressing, Families, Secrecy, Separation

  42. Some Account of Hannah Snell, the Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1750
    Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressing, Sailors, Secrecy
    Subject: Hannah Snell

  43. Sue Monday, The Guerrilla Spy

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Haco, Dion
    Date: 1865
    Topics: Border States (U.S. Civil War), Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Espionage, Gender bending, Southern States--History--1865-1877, Torture, Treason, Unionists (United States Civil War)

  44. The Adventures of Louisa Baker [A Native of Massachusetts]

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Military, Nudity, Prostitution, Racism, Sexuality, Virginity, Women

  45. The Adventures of Lucy Brewer, (Alias) Louisa Baker

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Brewer, Lucy
    Date: 1815
    Topics: Brothels, Chivalry, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Disguise, Dueling, Ethics, Gender identity, Honor, Identity, Military discharge, Military service, Voluntary, Peonage, Poverty, Prisons, Prostitutes' clients, Prostitution, Racism, Robbery, Sailors, Shame, STDs, Stillbirth, United States. Marine Corps--History, Unplanned pregnancy, Violence, Youth
    Subject: Maria Murray, Scotch, USS Constitution

  46. The Army and the Negros

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard
    Date: 1862
    Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref...

  47. The Boulton Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Detroit Advertiser and Tribune
    Date: Jun. 30, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Arthur Clinton, Park and Boulton

  48. The Charge Against "Gentlemen" Personating Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 4, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Criminalization, Crossdressers, Crossdressing

  49. The Chimney Corner

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Leslie, Frank
    Date: 1866
    Topics: Crossdressing, French revolution, Politics, Poverty, Secrecy
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon

  50. The Deserted Wife's Revenge

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1852
    Topics: Appearance, Crimes, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Marriage, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Violence

  51. The Fastest Girl in New York

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Cabot, Colonel
    Date: 1873?
    Topics: Arranged marriage, Ballroom dancing, Bisexual women, Change of name, Crossdressing, Equestrian sports, Femininities, Gambling, Gender, Gender role, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Physical characteristics, Physical fitness, Police, Sports
    Subject: Ben Emerson, Bill McArdle, Cleopatra Clayton, Dan Bryant, Gallus Mag, Gil Fitzroy, Harry Bertolph, Harry Clifton, Harry Horton, Harry Prince, Hary Hill, Jack Perry, Josie Bourbon, Juan Mendez (Don Juan), Minnie Lord, Ned Sampson, Sue Martin, William Clayton

  52. The Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 25, 1829
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Marriage, Transgender people
    Subject: James Allen

  53. The Man Who Kissed Dr. Mary Walker

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 6, 1876
    Topics: Crossdressing, Harassment, Kissing
    Subject: Mary Walker

  54. The Man Woman Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 18, 1836
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Travel
    Subject: George Moore Wilson

  55. The Men in Petticoats in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 10, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Secrecy

  56. The Morality of Masquerading

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Watts, James
    Date: Oct. 15, 1870
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender

  57. The Woman Who Married the Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 17, 1842
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage

  58. Women in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 8, 1889
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, History, Navy, Prisoners, Wars, Women
    Subject: Harriet Muir, Henry James Muir