First published as a 20 part monthly serial, Dombey and Son is the tale of Paul Dombey, a wealthy shipping merchant who desires a son. His wife dies giving birth to this son, Paul the Younger, who Dombey focuses all his affection on at the expense...
David Copperfield is the partly autobiographical story of the trials of a boy born at the Rookery, Blunderstone. His father dies before he is born, and his mother marries Mr. Murdstone, who is cruel to the boy. When she dies, he is sent to work in...
A resolution to pay Miss Shook $277.60 for teaching Caddo Neighborhood School from September 6, 1880, to May 31, 1881. Passed House November 11, 1881, and approved Nov. 11, 1881.