Pornography’s Past: Sexual Publishing

Unable to secure the heavy $5000 bail, Brady was “locked up in the Tombs,” the city’s jail, awaiting indictment. A credit agent for R. G. Dun & Co., a predecessor of Dun & Bradstreet, filed an informative report on Brady during this time, capturing both the potential rewards and the steep personal and economic risks of Brady’s line of work: ................
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