Please join American Ancestors in welcoming Mary Beth Norton, author of "I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Reply". Acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize鈥揻inalist Norton鈥檚 I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer is a remarkable collection of questions and answers drawn from the鈥�Athenian Mercury鈥�a one-page, two-sided periodical published in 1690s London. In this groundbreaking publication ran the world鈥檚 first personal advice column, revealing intimate romantic problems of the day.