"This is not a traditional study of the Irish famine migrants; rather, it is a comparative analysis of how two of the most important host cities - Liverpool and Philadelphia - responded to emerging policy dilemmas in the midst of the Irish famine" -- Acknowledgments.

"The Madog Center for Welsh Studies at The University of Rio Grande was established to support the scholarly study of Welsh and Welsh-American culture, history, arts and humanities in North America as well as to sustain opportunities within the University of Rio Grande and its surrounding community for increased understanding and appreciation of Welsh heritage. This bibliography of prominent Welsh names in the Manuscript Collections of the Historical...

"The Company was incorporated by an act of Congress approved March 3, 1865, as a banking institution established in the city of Washington, District of Columbia [and its branches], for the benefit of freed slaves"--Intro. "The information contained in many of the registers is as follows: account number, name of depositor, date of entry, place born, place brought up, residence, age, complexion, name of employer or occupation, wife or husband, children,...