Posts By: Heather Iannucci

This month’s family story takes us to the 20th century, for a look at the life of one of the family’s most talented artists, Eleanor Iselin Wade. Eleanor, born June 3, 1910 to parents Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin, was the third of four children. “Weenie,” as she was known to family and friends, began…

In 1801 John Jay retired from public life to his farm in Bedford, New York.  The property was a sprawling country estate, around 700 acres.  While the farm was managed by a separate staff, the day-to-day household and estate operations were overseen by John Jay and his daughter Nancy.  In reviewing his account books, Jay…

On the evening of April 14, 1788, an angry mob of almost 5,000 people, or one quarter of the population of New York City, stormed the jail on Broadway yelling, “Bring out your doctors!” To control the crowd Governor George Clinton called in the militia but ordered them not to fire their weapons. He plead…