Some prison libraries, it appears, didn’t need the “‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s” to tell them that Melville was worth reading; likewise for military, school, college and university libraries (and, not represented much here yet: private, public and club libraries)…. Continue Reading →
Emeline Smith Hicks (1816-1903) Oakwood Cemetery section F lot 142 grave 2 MARRIED, In Ghent, Columbia County, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Mr. Lester, Mr. Martin W. Hicks, of Troy, to Miss Emeline Smith, of the former place…. Continue Reading →
Lansingburgh Historical Society Trustee Michael Barrett recently (2017) gave a lecture on Troy’s Tiffany Windows at the Van Schaick Island Country Club for LHS members and friends. While Troy has Tiffany windows in the public library and in multiple churches,… Continue Reading →
Five dollars were ordered refunded to Isaac Toor for a license to sell frankfurts, because no one else had observed the law in relation to such a license. “Lansingburgh; The Village Trustees’ Meeting.” Troy Daily Times. July 15, 1896: 4… Continue Reading →
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