Fifth Ward Museum Hotel, 1864

Fifth Ward Museum Hotel, Interior, 1864

We’re pleased to confirm that we will be giving everyone free access to our digitised collections very soon, but it’s taking our amazing digital team a bit of time to make it happen. (1/2)

Ex-Mayor Abraham Oakey Hall on New York Riots, 1834-1871 frknickerbocker.com/2020/05/29/rio…

There's a rare Oakey Hall appearance in the robust and interesting historians' amicus brief in Vega v. Tekoh, seemingly contributed by Wesley Oliver of Duquesne. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/2…

(via www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/dow…)

Grateful for the New York Times' review of my new book The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice. On sale now for release this Tuesday, March 5! nytimes.com/2024/03/02/boo…