William Everett lecture transcription circa 1860s
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Long Island Historical Society
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In 1896 several influential individuals in Brooklyn, New York, decided to collect authentic authoritative materials relating to the past and present history of Brooklyn and its inhabitants. Therefore, on June 28, 1897, The Hon. Frederick W. Wurster, mayor of the city (of Brooklyn, New York), authorized the Long Island Historical Society to compile information covering the Dutch and English records of the earliest settled towns in Brooklyn which included Midwout (later Flatbush), Brooklyn, Amersf...
Everett, William, 1839-1910
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Classicist William Everett was born in Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard and Cambridge; he took one degree in law, and also studied for the ministry. He held positions as an educator at Harvard, Adams Academy, and other institutions, and served in Congress as a Democrat, completing the term of the resigned Henry Cabot Lodge. He also ran an unsucessful campaign for Governor of Massachusetts. He was a prominent speaker and published numerous lectures and orations. From the descrip...
Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
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The Hispanic Communities Documentation Project was an archival initiative based at the Brooklyn Historical Society in the late 1980s and directed by Morton Marks. The project sought to capture the cultural ethos of the Hispanic community in Brooklyn through printed ephemera (e.g. handouts, fliers, clippings, restaurant menus) and through the voices of community members themselves. At the heart of this collection stands a series of oral histories in which men and women of varying nat...
