For this assignment I decided to cover the difference between the encyclopedia of St Louis in 1862 and 1879. The 1879 document is significantly shorter than the 1862, so I would assume the majority of key words will come from the longer 1862 document. I was surprised that the 1879 document which I looked over, seemed to cover mostly the numbers and economy of St Louis rather than any other aspects of the area. I would assume the longer document may dive deeper.

After inserting the longer document into Voyant, it shows that my hypothesis about what the contents may include was correct. While the shorter 1879 document focused a lot on the numbers of agriculture specifically. The longer 1862 document focuses on the entire infrastructure of St Louis, several areas such as schools ,libraries, and hospitals as shown in this visual. This was surprising to me as I figured that these infrastructures would have been more developed and further explored in the newest document, rather than early.