Perforated stamps birth of a postal revolution
A London Tatler note claims a hunting man conceived perforated stamp sheets after lacking tool to cut a letter. He used his spur to perforate the stamp edge, tore it free, and sparked a change that made the inventor rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Tatler
Patriot Lover Hidden in Vault During Revolution
A Greenwich resident saves a British siege by hiding Lydia Edith Van Schoonhoven’s patriot lover Charles Robertson in a vault behind her bedroom. She feeds him through a ventilator while redcoat captains seek to capture him, ultimately aiding his escape and the couple’s marriage after New York’s evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander [Jamilton
Aaron Burr
Nicholas van Schoonhoven
Greenwich
City of
van Schoonhoven
Westchester County
Hudson River
Coronel Aaron Burr
Edith van Schoonhoven
Westchester
Leutenant
Burr
Charles Robertson
Robertson
King’s Bridge
Spuxten Duyvil Creek
Manhattan Island
Central Park
Hudson
Columbus Monument
Peter Oldershaw
Lieutenant Robertson
Oldershaw
Bowling Green
Trowe
Edith
General Howe
Howe
Captain Sawyer
Sawyer
London
Trinity Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amy Myaassss
Klyn & DeWinter
Oetty Oller
J. Blommers & Co
Des Moines
Daily Capital
Pella
Pella, Iowa
James Whitcomb Riley
The
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Gem City Business College
Quincy
Ill
Thor
Pngo
L. Musselman
Eke Ouingy
Minos
Ely
YLY Brothers
Warren St
TG. Fults
J. Jill
Wheler Barn
Awtry
Lankei MA
Lowa
J. C. Mitten
J. Thomassen Orney
Park
Iowa
Geelhoed
S. G. Vander Zyi
P. A. Edmond
Wormhoudt
Pella Public Library
Julia Vanzante