Westchester’s colonial church and historic grounds recalled
The article describes a historic church site with tombstones dating to 1718 and a Philip Honeywell inscription. It notes the church’s colonial gifts from Queen Anne, bells melted into a new one, a parish house once used as a colonial capital, and adjacent rectory on glebe land. Westchester’s early settlement by Throckmorton and Roger Williams era is noted along with Dutch roots.
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Philip Honeywell
Clendenin
New York
Spy Oak and Historic Sites Near Pelham Road Westchester
A traveler in Westchester recalls the old village store west of the causeway and a hill with the Presbyterian church where British troops once defended during the fight of 1776. The famed Spy Oak, decapitated, stood for centuries along Pelham road near St. Peter's church, with legends of a British spy and ghostly wails at dusk.
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Westchester County
Presbyterian Church
Pelham Road
St. Peter’s Church
Westchester
N. Y
Sign That Parchment: Jefferson and Adams at Liberty's Threshold
In Philadelphia's old statehouse 140 years ago a committee readied the Declaration. Jefferson held the parchment, Adams spoke boldly urging sign, and the crowd faced the risk of gibbet and axes. The parchment was signed, ringing bells as a world of liberty began to unfold.
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George Lewis Bailey
Old Statehouse
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Adams
Old Glory Named by Captain Stephen Driver in 1831
Captain Stephen Driver of Salem born 1803 christened the flag Old Glory when it was presented to him aboard the brig Charles Doggett in 1831. The flag traveled with him to Nashville where he died in 1886. During the Civil War he retrieved Old Glory to fly atop the capitol dome in Nashville, proclaiming with pride that it had come into its own.
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Stephen Driver
Salem
Massj
Charles Doggett
Driver
Tennessee
Nashville
Capitol Building
Driveraptain
Thatcher
Captainer
Union
Ancient Linen Towel Reveals Revolutionary Era Craft
A 33 by 19 inch linen towel, possibly from the post Revolutionary era, surfaces in Pittsburgh with a detailed pen and ink design. Inscribed to mark America’s independence and Washington’s 1789 presidency, it features eagles, shields, and patriotic devices, suggesting a foreign origin and a once broader set now mostly lost.
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Patriotic Societies
Pittsburgh
Cecelia C. Jones Murdoch
Hotel Schenley
United States
George Washington
United States of America
Washington
Federal Union
Baker Collector Duel Over Bill Echoes July Promise
A quarrel between George Baker and a doctor centers on settling a bill. Baker suggests payment around the fifth or sixth of July, while the doctor anticipates Baker will be flush by then.
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George Baker
Gist of the Declaration Mentioned in Independence Note
The passage reflects on the Declaration of Independence as celebrated on the Fourth of July, questioning whether the country honors it sanely and safely or in varying ways, depending on circumstances. It contrasts the ideal with how celebrations unfold in different conditions.
Declaration and Flag Standards Cited in 1777 Congress Decree
The Exchange calls the Declaration of Independence the perfect and glorious expression of the Revolution. It notes that on June 14, 1777 Congress decreed a flag with 13 red and white stripes and 13 stars on a blue field.
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Congress
Kitchen Cabinet Recipes and Social Commentary
A fragment compiles muffin and gem recipes including Nut Muffins Graham Muffins and Hominy Pone with baking notes. It also offers a reflection on hypocrisy and independent thought, noting the gap between being and appearing in society.
Classic sauces with cucumber tomato and mustard blends
A historical cookbook fragment details cucumber sauces No 1 and No 2 with cucumber, onion juice, salt and cayenne. butter based tomato sauce with cornstarch and tomato. orange sauce for game with orange peel juice stock and currant jelly. and mustard sauce combining dry mustard flour salt sugar butter and vinegar.
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Universal
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