Greetings!

The East Hampton Historical Society is pleased to send you the first issue of our quarterly e-newsletter.

The EHHS is a non-profit organization. The Society serves the residents and visitors of East Hampton by collecting, preserving, presenting and interpreting the material, cultural and economic heritage of the town.

As a member of the East Hampton community, we hope that you will find this newsletter of interest. We would be very pleased to hear from you if you have any suggestions for future issues.

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In this issue:

Historic Wig Replica Comes Home from Williamsburg!

The only known example of a surviving eighteenth-century periwig in America belongs to the collection of the East Hampton Historical Society. The white horsehair peruke, featuring a curly hairstyle and cloth lining, belonged to the Rev. Samuel Buell, the minister and sole spiritual leader in East Hampton for 52 years. The wig had been in the possession of Ettie Hedges Pennypacker, a descendent of Buell's third wife.

The original Buell wig is currently on loan to the Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia. Betty Myers and 3 colleagues from the Wig Shop at Colonial Williamsburg have painstakingly made a replica of the wig and are coming to East Hampton to present it on March 1 at Clinton Academy. To commemorate the occasion, the Historical Society will host a reception at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday March 1 at Clinton Academy. You are cordially invited to attend.
Read more ... http://easthamptonhistory.org/pages/collections.html

Featured Museum - Clinton Academy, circa 1784

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Clinton Academy was one of the first secondary schools in New York State. The Academy, chartered by the Board of Regents, was built in 1784 with funds contributed by local citizens at the request of the Rev. Samuel Buell of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church, across Main Street.

This remarkable institution was coeducational. Young men prepared for college or for careers such as seafaring or surveying. Young women were schooled in spiritual reading and the finer points of being a lady.

Read more ... http://easthamptonhistory.org/pages/clinton.html


Events Calendar Spring 2005

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The East Hampton Historical Society sponsors a number of educational and entertaining programs and events throughout the year such as the Lecture Series, Tours of the Historic District, Cemetery Tours, Historic House Tours, 18th century camp re-reenactments, as well as a number of programs designed specifically for children.

Here are some upcoming events:

March 1: Presentation of the Buell wig replica by the Wig Shop at Colonial Williamsburg

March 18: Winter Lecture Series - The Hands That Built East Hampton - Commerce and Survival in Early East Hampton - Quilts and Quilters

April 1: Winter Lecture Series - The Hands That Built East Hampton - Commerce and Survival in Early East Hampton - Mills and Millers

April 30: Cemetery Tour with Hugh King

Events Calendar http://easthamptonhistory.org/pages/events.html


Little Known Facts - from the Town Crier
From the archives of Hugh King, East Hampton's Town Crier.

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Three Shillings For a Whipping
Punishments could be rather harsh in the early history of East Hampton. In 1725, Dick Syme was elected Common Whipper for East Hampton, and was paid 3 shillings for each person whipped. In 1651 Anne Edwards was ordered to pay a fine of 3 pounds for the contempt of a warrant, and have her tongue in a cleft stick. In the same year it was ordered that Samuel Turner "shall, within the space of a fortnight either join a family, become a servant to a man or leave the town."

Hugh King conducting a Cemetery Tour

Membership

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The EHHS needs your support to help maintain the historic collections and to continue the year round programs and events that it provides for the people of East Hampton.

We hope that you will consider becoming a member of the East Hampton Historical Society. Members receive advance invitations to all special events and programs throughout the year.

Membership Information: http://www.easthamptonhistory.org/pages/membership.html


For more information about the East Hampton Historical Society, please visit our website at: http://www.easthamptonhistory.org

Contact us at: news@easthamptonhistory.org

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Maralyn Rittenour, Executive Director
Carrie MacMillan, Administrator
Community Relations Committee:
Mary Kay Jaroff
Renee Palmer
Bess Rattray

(c) 2005 East Hampton Historical Society

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