A tantalising find in an online archive reveals a family conversation hidden in plain sight for nearly 200 years
Cracking a 19th Century Cross-Written Letter
Category: New York
The Brevoort Family Commonplace Book
A beautifully illustrated 1837 commonplace book kept by the Brevoort children reveals their distinct personalities, youthful ambitions, and family tragedies
The Man Who Bent New York’s Broadway
Henry Brevoort (1747–1841) resisted change, influencing Manhattan's layout while practicing Native American folk medicine
A woman before her time
Meta Brevoort (1825-1876) an intrepid Victorian mountaineer and the first female climber to wear trousers
Margaret Todd (1736-1809)
Margaret Todd (1736-1809) Overview with links to chapters on her story
Caught between the lines
Margaret Todd (1736-1809): 1736-1778, her early life and the first years of the Revolutionary War
The Damnedest Rebel
Margaret Todd (1736-1809) 1778-1809, life in occupied New York
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906)
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906) Overview with links to separate stories about her life
Exodus from the New World to the Old
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Aug 1857 to Sep 1864, New York to the French Riviera
