If anyone has to plan a program for the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial, I just had Richard de Koster come from the Constitution Island Association do a talk on the Warner Sisters of Constitution Island. They were young ladies whose father lost everything in the financial panic of 1837 and they had to leave NY society and move to their home (supposed to be a vacation home) on an island in the Hudson. The older girl was devastated; the younger one loved being outdoors. As they grew up they began to support their family by farming, gardening, and writing and became very popular writers-almost as popular as Dickens and Harriet Beecher Stowe in their day.
He gives a nice talk about the sisters, about the history of Constitution Island, the house and gardens. You might be pleased. If you wish more info, go to http://www.constitutionisland.org/or contact me. Sara Rodgers
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