Home Long Island History Item of the Week Archive Item of the Week Archive Item of the Week Archive Letter from First Lady Florence Kling Harding to Mrs. Gustav Buek, September 24, 1921 – week of December 6, 2019 Causes for Thanksgiving in the Midst of Civil War: A Discourse Delivered by Reverend Stephen L. Mershon in the Presbyterian Church, East Hampton, L.I., November 28th, 1861 – week of November 29, 2019 Holiday Cooking Inspiration with the Ladies’ Village Improvement Society’s 1939 Home, Sweet Home Cook Book – week of November 22, 2019 Richard Talmage Showing Off his Army Uniform Next to a DeSoto – week ofNovember 14, 2019 The USS Montauk, 1902 – week of November 8, 2019 The Second Annual Colored Ball, East Hampton, 1914 – week of November 1, 2019 Enrollment of Persons in East Hampton Town Liable to Military Duty, 1864 – week of October 25, 2019 The Personal Possessions of David Talmage Deceased, October 15, 1808 – week of October 18, 2019 Red Cross Train Carrying Nurses to Camp Wikoff, 1898 – week of October 11, 2019 Portrait of Stephen B. French, 1882 – week of October 4, 2019 Samuel Mulford, Draft, Observations upon a letter from Governor Hunter to the Commons for Trade 1717/1718 – week of September 27, 2019 Wayne Seese – week of September 20, 2019 Springs School Football Team on the Ashawagh Hall Green, 1929-1930 – week of September 13, 2019 Residence of Mrs. R.S. Bowne, East Hampton, L.I. – week of September 6, 2019 Harry Williams (War Elk, left), Albert Ashman (Sitting Bull, center), Red Thunder Cloud (right) – week of August 30, 2019 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, L.I. – week of August 23, 2019 Cyrus Stegner Kauffman & Elizabeth Dewing Macy Kauffman, Honeymoon Scrapbook, August 1920 – week of August 16, 2019 I.Y. Halsey Garage, East Hampton, N.Y., 1918 – week of August 9, 2019 Jarvis Wood’s Store, August, 1956 – week of August 2, 2019 “Explosion of the Steamship Fulton” 1829 – week of July 26, 2019 Indenture of Margaret, daughter of Papasaquan, a Montauk Indian, to Daniel Osborn and his wife, June 9, 1961 – week of July 19, 2019 Sampler Made by Lucretia Fithian Barnes, c. 1770-1790 – week of July 12, 2019 A song upon Long Island’s distress, by Mrs. Molly Corwithe, 1776, transcribed 1838 – week of July 5, 2019 Ball Grounds, East Hampton, L.I.– week of June 28, 2019 The Bathing Beach, East Hampton, L.I. – week of June 21, 2019 “Jewels Valued at $400,000 Stolen from Caruso’s Summer Residence,” The East Hampton Star, June 11, 1920 – week of June 14, 2019 Strawberry Festival, East Hampton Tercentenary Celebration Ticket, 1948 – week of June 7, 2019 Calling Card of Mr. James W. DeGraff with Note – week of May 31, 2019 Norman Thomas Kirk – week of May 24, 2019 Henry C. Stimson House, East Hampton, N.Y.– week of May 17, 2019 Nellie Gay McGuirk and her sons on the Porch of her Boarding House – week of May 10, 2019 Neighborhood House appeal letter, May 1, 201 – week of May 3, 2019 Rose, Connie, and Fortunato Maragliano in front of the Pink House during construction – week of April 26, 2019 Railroad Station, East Hampton, L.I – week of April 19, 2019 Dahlia Show, East Hampton Library garden, August 30, 1921 – week of April 12, 2019 The Bonacker, Handbook of East Hampton High School, 1960-1961 – week of April 5, 2019 Betsy Reed, Contract Naming John Huntting and Anna Huntting her Guardians, 179 – week of March 29, 2019 Mrs. John Adams Mayer (Dorothy Quick) – week of March 22, 2019 Mrs. Morgan Topping – week of March 15, 2019 Childe Hassam, East Hampton Sidewalk, 1917 – week of March 8, 2019 Indenture of Daniel to Nathaniel Huntting, East Hampton, 1747 – week of March 1, 2019 Summer Residence of F.B. Wiborg – week of February 22, 2019 Edwards Theater, East Hampton, 1946 – week of February 15, 2019 “Spencecliff”, Estate of Major S. Fullerton Weaver, a Most Charming Summer Residence – week of February 7, 2019 Third Annual St. Patrick’s Entertainment St. Philomena’s Parish, East Hampton, 1944 – week of February 1, 2019 Cover of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Image of Circassian Wreck, January 1877 – week of January 25, 2019 Deed from Peleg Rogers to Ruth Rogers, East Hampton, N.Y., 1836 – week of January 18, 2019 The Oaks Inn, East Hampton, NY – week of January 11, 2019 An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year, 1751 – week of January 4, 2019 East Hampton Football Banquet Program, 1947 – week of December 28, 2018 Stephen James Ferris, Sketch of Mary Moran Tassin, Christmas 1880 – week of December 21, 2018 Joseph Loris and Family, East Hampton, N.Y. – week of December 14, 2018 Letter from Charles Storer to Henry P. Dering, 182 – week of December 7, 2018 Huntting Inn, East Hampton, L.I. – week of November 30, 2018 Princess Pocahontas Pharoah, 1878-1963 – week of November 23, 2018 Calaveras Chronicle, October 25, 1851 – week of November 21, 2018 Account Book of Elias Pelletreau, goldsmith & silversmith in Southampton, c. 1759-1782, pg. 126 – week of November 16, 2018 East Hampton in World War I – week of November 9, 2018 Letter from Jonathan Mulford, Jr. to Henry Mulford, 1838 – week of October 26, 2018 Aerial View of Fort Michie on Great Gull Island, c. March 1958 – week of October 19, 2018 Gardiner’s Mill, East Hampton, L.I. – week of October 12, 2018 Johann Baptist Homann, Map of New England, c. 1716 – week of October 5, 2018 Thomas Dongan Authorization for Debt Settlement of Thomas Squire Estate, East Hampton, 1686 – week of September 28, 2018 Jno. E. Hyde Watch Paper with Notation “Mr. Jones 8.2.7” – week of September 21, 2018 Petition of Zebedee Osborn to the General Assembly of Connecticut, 1781 – week of September 14, 2018 Dr. J. F. Erdman Residence, East Hampton, L.I. – week of September 7, 2018 Shinnecock and Montauk Tribes at the 1944 Pow Wow – week of August 31, 2018 McCann’s Meat & Fish Market, East Hampton, N.Y. – week of August 24, 2018 Portrait of Doctor David Edwards – week of August 17, 2018 Copy of a Portrait of Melissa E. Morgan – week of August 10, 2018 Maidstone Park History – week of August 3, 2018 Shelter Island Sound Ferry ca. 1901 – week of July 27, 2018 Photographs of Coastline near Georgica Pond, East Hampton – week of July 20, 2018 George Sterling – week of July 13, 2018 Thomas Moran Residence, East Hampton, L.I. – week of July 6, 2018 Letter from William Floyd to Thomas Dering – week of June 29, 2018 Photograph of Kilkare, Georgica, East Hampton – week of June 22, 2018 School Portrait, c.1916-1919, East Hampton, N.Y. – week of June 11, 2018 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, 1897, page 12 – week of June 8, 2018 School Portrait, c.1916-1919, East Hampton, N.Y.—- Same as June 11, 2018? – week of June 1, 2018 The East Hampton Star, June 5, 1931, page 1 – week of May 28, 2018 Agreement on Land Use Between the Montaukett Sachem and the Town of East Hampton, 1658 – week of May 21, 2018 Portrait of Franklin Cooper Jessup – week of May 14, 2018 Casa Basso, Westhampton, Long Island, N.Y. – week of May 7, 2018 George Schurman Estate. East Hampton, L.I. – week of April 30, 2018 Letter from Claudius Berard to Henry P. Dering, April 21, 1820 – week of April 23, 2018 Assessment roll of real and personal estate, East Hampton, 1811, pg. 2 – week of April 16, 2018 Lathrop Brown House, Montauk, before 1935 – week of April 9, 2018 Whaling Log of the Ship Phenix, 1844-1847, page 2 – week of April 2, 2018 Julia Gardiner Tyler – week of March 26, 2018 Account Book of the Estate of James Hand, East Hampton, NY, 1777-1778, page 4 – week of March 19, 2018 Mary Nimmo Moran at age 57 – week of March 12, 2018 LVIS Fair, East Hampton, 1915 – week of March 5, 2018 Lee Hayes, 1998 Oral History with History Project, Inc. – week of February 26, 2018 Sale of a ½ Acre Parcel by Captain Jeremiah Osborn to Ned, a Free Black, 1804 – week of February 19, 2018 Chapel at Freetown, East Hampton – week of February 12, 2018 Sale of a certain black girl named Tamer, 1829 – week of February 5, 2018 Napeaugue, a fishing boat, Captained by Norman Edwards – week of January 29, 2018 Maidstone Inn, East Hampton, L.I. – week of January 22, 2018 Killaen Van Rensselaer’s Diary, 1675, page 2 – week of January 15, 2018 Aronio (Roney) Marasca, lifeguard – week of January 8, 2018 Rowe’s Pharmacy, East Hampton, L.I., N.Y. – week of January 1, 2018 Melrose Abbey, Christmas card, Mr. & Mrs. John J. Astor to Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gardiner – week of December 25, 2017 Fire on Main Street, 1907, East Hampton, L.I. – week of December 18, 2017 St. Philomena Catholic Church and Rectory, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y. – week of December 11, 2017 Diary of Cornelia Huntington, 1861-1863 (page 2) – week of November 27, 2017 Odd Fellow’s Hall, East Hampton, L.I. – week of November 20, 2017 John Lyon Gardiner to Elizabeth Coralie Jones Gardiner, Regarding a Cholera Outbreak, 1884 – week of November 13, 2017 Dongan Patent, December 9, 1686 – week of November 6, 2017 East Hampton Star, October 28, 1932, Page 2 – week of October 30, 2017 Account Book of Abel Huntington, 1799-1809 (page 6) – week of October 23, 2017 “Mail-Stage and Railroad” | 1845 broadside – week of October 16, 2017 Spontaneous Entities, a Scrapbook of Michael Zotos’s Artwork – week of October 9, 2017 Residence of Mrs. F.S. Phillips, East Hampton, L.I. – week of October 2, 2017 Hurricane Memorial Booklet, September 21, 1938 (page 4) – week of September 25, 2017 The Windmill Cottage, East Hampton, L.I. – week of September 18, 2017 Playground and School Building, East Hampton, L.I. – week of September 11, 2017 Hampton Classic Program cover, 1979 – week of September 4, 2017 Long Island Herald, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 10, 1791 – week of August 28, 2017 Home Sweet Home, East Hampton, L.I. – week of August 21, 2017 “Clinton Academy” by James Preston – week of August 14, 2017 The Transmission of Electric Energy Without Wires, 1904 – week of August 7, 2017 Abe Katz, Lion’s Club Chicken Dinner Sale, Dune Alpin, c. 1970 – week of July 21, 2017 Proceedings of the Board of General Officers Respecting Major Andre, September 29, 1780 – wek of July 24, 2017 Grantland Rice Residence, East Hampton, L.I. – week of July 17, 2017 A bit of the Woodhouse Garden, East Hampton, L.I. – week of July 10, 2017 4th of July Parade, East Hampton, N.Y., 1916 – week of July 3, 2017 Hook Pond, East Hampton, August 1898 – week of June 26, 2017 First Graduating Class of East Hampton Union School, 1895 – week of June 19, 2017 Hardscrabble Farm Dairy – week of June 12, 2017 Scene on the beach, Easthampton, L.I. – week of June 5, 2017 The East Hampton Star, May 29, 1925 – week of May 29, 2017 Abe Katz and his sister Ruthie, 1952 – week of May 22, 2017 Lyman Beecher Home, East Hampton Henry Ward Beecher Home, East Hampton – week of May 15, 2017 Montauk Lighthouse and Montauk Point, c. 1860-1880 – week of May 8, 2017 William Walter Fowler – week of May 1, 2017 Post Office, East Hampton, L.I. postcard image – week of April 24, 2017 “Ex Libris/Maude Sherwood Jewett” by John H. Jewett – week of April 17, 2017 Benson Cottage, Montauk Association Houses, 1885 – week of April 10, 2017 The Home Builder’s Guild of Montauk Long Island, Architectural Designs by Dr. Francis LeRoy Satterlee, 1927 – week of April 3, 2017 1965 East Hampton High School Yearbook, Tideline – week of March 27, 2017 William C. Dusenberry watch paper, 1828 – week of March 20, 2017 Thomas Moran Paintbrushes Thomas Moran Palette – week of March 13, 2017 Portrait of Jonathan Allen Bennett, 1835-1863 Letter from Jonathan A. Bennett to James Bennett, 1863 – week of March 6, 2017 Sea Spray Hotel, Easthampton, L.I. – week of February 27, 2017 The East Hampton Star: September 29, 1938 – week of February 20, 2017 Scrimshaw depicting sperm whale hunt, ca. 1800-1860 – week of February 13, 2017 1839 Broadside – week of February 6, 2017 Captain William Kidd’s Cloth of Gold, c. 1699 – week of January 30, 2017 1912 Postcard of the East Hampton Library – week of January 23, 2017