Stoutenburgh-Teller

The following article is a reprint. Any information regarding the author, Maud Stoutenburgh-Eliot, and her sources would be highly appreciated. ~IMS Malloy (more…)

In a previous post, I mentioned a great PBS Kids website about early New York called Big Apple History. It’s still a site worth visiting, but if you’re looking for something more grown up, then I would suggest the PBS, Ric Burns documentary, NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM, a special presentation of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE with over 400 years of New York history. Although it’s not currently on the air, you can still order a copy. Especially check out the Hidden New York resource on the website with its 3-D trip around the city. (more…)

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Back in December of 2007, we published an article here entitled Fascinating Descendants. That article, written by Lanaii Kline, alluded to the work of Perry McDonough Collins, grandson of Maria Stoutenburgh and Richard DeCantillon, in creating the Collins Overland Telegraph and opening up the Pacific Northwest for industrial and agricultural settlement. More recently Lanaii has found and reviewed a wonderful book that greatly expands on these historic events and the singular contribution of Mr. Collins to the history of (at least) two nations spanning two continents: (more…)

Here’s some great information compiled by Lanaii Kline and published in the July 2007 STFA newsletter: (more…)

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