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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1911

Page

3

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.

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.

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

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