Not being at or near the library, I haven't gone in to the stacks to check. But it's possible that the article Jose Curto is seeking, from the Journal of Amer History, 1934, actually is in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, which eventually became the Journal of American History. ***************************************************************** Jerome Nadelhaft Phone: 207/581 1914 History Department E-Mail: [log in to unmask] 5774 Stevens Hall University of Maine Orono, Maine 04469-5774 *****************************************************************