Greetings!

The East Hampton Historical Society is pleased to send you this issue of its 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.

The Society is also the parent organization for a complex of five museums, landmark historic sites of both local and national importance:

- Mulford Farm, c.1680
- Clinton Academy, c.1784
- Town House, c.1731
- Osborn-Jackson House, c.1740
- Marine Museum

We hope that you will find this newsletter of interest, as a member of our community. (Of course, if you do not want to receive the newsletter, please follow the instructions below to unsubscribe.)

In this issue:

The Red Coat

Our Director, Richard Barons, is still at it - that is - cataloguing our vast collection of over 12,000 artifacts as well as researching preservation methods of some of our more fragile items, such as textiles - clothing and bedding.

Together with the renown American textile expert, Lynne Bassett, Mr. Barons has been sleuthing through our expansive closet and came up with this exciting little find - an authentic 18th Century red coat! Whose was it? Is it an authentic military coat or someone's dress outfit? As you can imagine, there is always a story.

See the rest of the story ... http://easthamptonhistory.org/pages/redcoat.html


Events Calendar Spring 2006

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The Society sponsors a number of educational and entertaining programs and events throughout the year, including a lecture series, tours of the Historic District, the old cemetery and important local houses as well as a number of programs designed specifically for children.

Here are some important upcoming events:

Mar 9 | Fri 7pm: Hurricane! The famous storm of '38, by Richard Hendrickson.

Apr 27 | Fri 7pm: Overboard! The Pelican Disaster off Montauk Point, by Tom Clavin

Jul 13 | Fri 6pm - 8pm:Antique Show Preview Party

Jul 14 | Sat 10am - 5pm: Antique Show

Jul 15 | Sun 10am - 3pm: Antique Show

See details on our Events Calendar http://easthamptonhistory.org/pages/events.html


2007 Summer Antique Show

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This is a new summer event for the Home and Garden to benefit the East Hampton Historical Society.

Preview Party - Friday, July 13
Show dates: July 14 and 15

All Exhibits Under Tenting/Rain or Shine

For details see: http://easthamptonhistory.org/pages/antique-show-2007.html


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

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Strange Mr. Mulford


If you have read the Red Coat story above, you know it involves the Mulford family so to keep it in the spirit - here goes another little Mulford tidbit.

Prentice Mulford was described as the strangest of men.

He envisioned the airplane and radio and prophesized mental telepathy and practiced it. He was born in Sag Harbor in 1834 but at 22 Prentice Mulford headed for California and made his fortune not from gold but by his interesting and imaginative articles and books.

In 1865 he converted to spiritualism and lived in an old whaleboat cruising San Francisco Bay. After returning from a trip abroad, Prentice Mulford lived for the next 17 years as a hermit in the swamps of Passaic, New Jersey. It was there he wrote some of his finest works on spiritualism including his The White Cross Library dealing in the topic Thought Currents and How to Use Them.

At age 57, Mulford decided to return to Sag Harbor and write about Long Island after the Gold Rush but he died in his boat en route.

After 30 years in an unmarked grave, Mulford's body was taken to Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor where a large stone was placed on his grave with these words, "Thoughts are Things".


Membership

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The Society is a volunteer organization, and we rely on your support to maintain our collections and to continue the unique year-round historical programs we provide for the people of our home town. We hope that you will join us in our mission to preserve and celebrate our very special heritage!

Become a member! Individual memberships are only $35 per year!

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

PLEASE NOTE:
Previous issues of our newsletter, as well photos of past events and other activities are posted on our ARCHIVE section.

As a membership benefit, the certain portions of the Archive section are now accessible only to members of the East Hampton Historical Society. This section now requires a User ID and Password.

If you are already a member, and don't have the login information, please reply to this email and we will set one up for you.

If you would like to become a member, select a membership level on this page and after you have completed the payment process, you will be given the opportunity to create your login ID.

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

We would be very pleased to hear from you if you have any suggestions for future issues.

Contact us at: news@easthamptonhistory.org

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Richard Barons, Executive Director

Community Relations Committee:
Mary Kay Jaroff
Renee Palmer
Bess Rattray

(c) 2007 East Hampton Historical Society