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In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island creek when she came upon a stately yellow house and a garden guarded by looming boxwoods. She instantly knew that boxwoods that large--twelve feet tall, fifteen feet wide--had to be hundreds of years old. So, as it happened, was the house: Sylvester Manor had been held in the same family for eleven generations. Formerly encompassing all of Shelter Island, a pearl of 8,000 acres caught between the North and South Forks of Long Island, the manor had dwindled to 243 acres. Still, its hidden vault proved to be full of revelations and treasures, including the 1666 charter for the land, and correspondence from Thomas Jefferson. Most notable was the short and steep flight of steps the family had called the "slave staircase," which would provide clues to the extensive but little-known story of Northern slavery. Alongside a team of archaeologists, Griswold began a dig that would uncover a landscape bursting with stories. Based on years of archival and field research, as well as voyages to Africa, the West Indies, and Europe, "The Manor" is at once an investigation into forgotten lives and a sweeping drama that captures our history in all its richness and suffering.
A compilation, with commentary, of letters written by women to members of the Dering family of Shutter Island, New York, between 1734 and 1838. The letters are primarily compiled from the Dering Collection of letters at the Shelter Island Historical Society. The compilation also includes a few letters written to women of the Dering family.
The Dering Family settled on Shelter Island in 1761 and endured crop failures, revolution, and the difficulties of a new nation. Throughout it all they raised their children, emphasizing good manner, civility and mostly education. These letters deal with business and family matters.
The Dering family of Boston moved to Shelter Island in 1762 and lived through crop failures, revolution, and the difficulties of a new nation. The three volumes consist of over 762 letters that deal with business and family matters. Over 220, or nearly 30%%, of them were written by the women of the family.
The Dering letters involve members of the family from 1733 to 1838. Henry Dering arrived in America in the mid-1600. He began as a bar keep in a small village in New Hampshire and ended up as a merchant in Boston, a business that he left to his only son, who in turn left it to his two sons. The business was lost to fire and bad credit and Thomas took his wife and child to the 1,000 acre estate on Shelter Island the wife and her sister had inherited.Three generations lived and worked there through the Revolution and the beginnings of a new nation before a tragic death caused the family to sell.