In July 1854, John W. Quinney (1797-1855) returned home from Wisconsin. A leader of the Stockbridge (Mohican) Indians who helped organize the tribe's emigration to Wisconsin in the 1820s, Quinney had been invited to speak at July 4th celebrations in

In 1862, Henry Mayhew published his analysis of the prostitution business in London. It formed a part of his magnificent survey: London Labour and the London Poor , extracts from which we continue to publish on this site. In the

Prehistoric specimens, wig curlers, and a half million other artifacts discovered at the Virgina site will help scholars fill in large gaps in the story of the first U.S. president's early life.