Ancient History researchers are often drawn to the 19th century. Here is some insight as to some reasons why.
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Queen Stephanie’s Letter X – 8 May 1858, London
On the 11th I leave, Pedro is very impatient, he has already wired me twice to tell me.
Queen Stephanie’s Letters – Letter IX
Why don’t I have news at all? I’m heartbroken and worried. The Count of Lavradio telegraphed today to Ostend, and to Düsseldorf, to learn something, but I have not yet received an answer.
1857 – Yellow Fever in Portugal. Part 1
On the 29th September 1857, the government deemed it necessary to create an extraordinary health council to solve the epidemics, and this council performed the “very honourable, and not scarcely difficult commission” which was entrusted to it, as well as taking measures to see if it was possible to prevent a second wave, at least in such a vast scale.
The Historian Chronicles 