For anyone who wants an eyewitness account of what it was like to travel by steamship in January 1842 to NYC, you might like to read "American Notes for General Circulation" By Charles Dickens. At the time, Dickens was a well known writer, and was quite critical of his tour of NYC, which he expected to be better organized. Barb nymets22@gmail.com writes: > "From Famine to Five Points: Lord Lansdowne's Irish Tenants Encounter > North America's Most Notorious Slum" > by TYLER ANBINDER > http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/107.2/ah0202000351.html Barb N of NYC Be kinder than necessary; everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle! ************** Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp& icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)