Source 1…
The Eleventh Annual Report of the New York Assoication for Improving the Condition of the Poor ( NY, 1854) I would say that this is a Primary source because it is coming directly from the people in the neighborhood and witness who are seeing the effects of poverty in five points. Especially the cholera outbrake. Back than people believed that it was the bad habits of the poor rather than the sanitation system that was causing this outbreak.
Source 2….
The Times March 28,1856, Griscom- Sanitary Condition
The New York times Newspaper would be considered a Primary source because it occured exactly during the time that these unsanitary living conditions were taking place. The writters where there to witness everything first hand and record what they saw.
Source 3….
Monthly record the Five Points House of Industry ( April 1860)
I would say that this record is Primary because it contains actual facts about there economy. These records where monthly and where written during that period.
An Italian Family arriving in NYC- Bowery Boys NYC