At the Herman Melville House

Tag 1880

Popcorn, Lemon Beer, and Root Beer: Refreshments and Reproachments

If circumstances were wanted to furnish proof of the littleness of Troy, it can be found in the fact that its citizens got a law passed by the last legislature allowing them to tax the county to raise their Recorder’s… Continue Reading →

Peter F. Baltimore and Frederick Douglass, Henry Highland Garnet, Stephen Myers, William H. Topp

Peter F. Baltimore, a Trojan and not a Burgher, is interred in Oakwood Cemetery in Lansingburgh. In life he would have been known by the African-American population of Lansingburgh – the population of Lansingburgh generally, in all probability. His wife… Continue Reading →

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