Posted on March 3, 2004 by Bill Wyatt
Did Herman Melville ever visit Westport? We will probably never know, but the following item from The Melville Log (Edited by Jay Leyda, NY:Gordian Press, 1969) suggests that he may have: “NEW YORK Late April? M writes to Henry Willcox in Westport. (We are looking out for Tom to return every day his ship [Theophilus […]
Continue ReadingPosted on September 21, 2003 by Bill Wyatt
The following is a brief update on the Mission of the Holy Spirit derived from newspaper coverage of a trial held in Fall River in 1925. More will follow on the trial. “The Mission of the Holy Spirit was founded in Montreal by Eug
Continue ReadingPosted on September 19, 2003 by Greg Stone
Wednesday noon, Sept. 21, 1938, I lunched at my father
Continue ReadingPosted on September 3, 2003 by Bill Wyatt
Dog Show, Doll Parade, and Balloon Ascension at Westport Fair, 1923 It was furniture-moving time at the Historical Society. We had movers on hand to take display cases downstairs, down to the basement, and even over to the Town Hall. I was emptying a case before it was to be moved to the first floor […]
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