Who was the author of New York State’s historic Constitution, signed in Kingston? And why should we know more about him? The enlightening answers will be found in this lecture to be delivered by Dr. Ray Raymond. In this lecture, Dr. Raymond will examine how the brilliant John Jay was initially home-schooled before enrolling at […]
Excerpt from the introduction of Mr. Heppner’s book “Women of the Catskills”; “As a child, I heard their names frequently – names that connected me across time and distance to relatives that went before. It wasn’t until much later that it finally dawned on me that the names I often heard discussed at family gatherings […]
Discovering and understanding the lives of slaves living in Ulster County in the 18th and 19thcenturies has always been a challenge. There are few written records and those that exist are found deep within archives and other obscure sources. Anne Gordon has undertaken just such a search uncovering copious amounts of information on the early life of […]
