Phillis Wheatly

Letter to the Readers: I am in the process of writing a book, now, about Phillis Wheatley, who was a great poetess and the daughter of Georg...

When we go over the events of George Washington's life, between 1754 and 1755, and when we consider all the circumstantial evidence prov...

In light of George Washington’s indiscretion, however, it may not be so surprising, that George Washington never signed the Declaration of I...

Of the Philipse Manor we now have three interesting monuments in the Manor Hall at Yonkers, the "Castle" on the Pocantico, and the...

In some ways, the story of the van Cortlandt's mirrors that of the Philipses. The reasons for this will be considered later. The manor o...

In his last and probably greatest movie, "Eyes Wide Shut," Stanley Kubrik apparently describes the chance encounter a young, moder...