Julian Vannerson, daguerreotype of Mary Mildred Botts Williams, ca. 1855, visible oval image 7 cm x 6 cm, in case 9.5 cm x 8 cm, Massachusetts Historical Society online collections. Editor's Note Sam Bisno “Soulless Capital and Grasping Speculation”: A Comparative Genealogy of the Homestead Act of 1862 Alex S. MacArthur Hrotswitha the “Strong Voice of Gandersheim”: The Brazen Playwright Nun of Tenth-Century Germany Juliette Carbonnier Public Perception, Political Argument, and Presentation: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams, Senator Charles Sumner, and the Republican Party in 1855 Anika Asthana View the issue as a PDF »