Settings: The five orange pips

TIME SETTING

First of all, the story is set in the aftermath of the United States Civil War (1861-1865), which prompts some of the characters' actions. The story also involves the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), which was formed in Tennessee in 1865. The KKK's influence faded by the 1880s.

LOCATION

The City that Sherlock Holmes knew (London Art Museum)

• Baker Street
• The City

The most ancient district of London

• Waterloo Bridge

London bridge

• Waterloo Station
• Portsdown Hill

Hill in Hampshire, UK.

• The Tankerville Club

Fictional location 

• The Paradol Chamber

Fictional location

• The Amateur Mendicant Society

Fictional organization.

• Lloyd's

Lloyd's Register of Shipping was a specifically maritime organisation (today Lloyd's Register).

Boat names

• Lone Star

The "Lone Star" was the boat of captain James Calhoun

Countries

• England
• United States of America
• India

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