Did an American Journalist make a pilgrimage to Sheffield (UK) in 1868 to find the shop where his old employer was born amid the radical ferment of the late 18th century?
Did he buy the old frontage of the shop, have it made into a couple of boxes, and donate one to the National Museum in Washington DC (as in USA)?
It's a great story, and it has been interesting trying to follow the trail. Here is what I think I know about the story ..... (spoiler! I still don't know the answer to all of the above questions!)
Writings, clippings, extracts, quotes and the like that I have collected during my browsing and digression while doing something else (the posh name is 'research', but its really digression). They started off relating mainly to Natural History (including geology and meteorology) in and around Sheffield, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, but the odd bit of history and topographic description crept in. and now I am starting to add random 'writings'.