New articles and exerpts from the archives.
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Ellsworth Miller Lecture Series
Summer 2026 upcomining lectures – July 27 at 7:00 PM at the Hall The Ballad of East and West CIHS President Michael Porter will illustrate the development of the road system and how that influenced the island’s culture. August 24 at 7:00 PM at the Hall The Steamboat is Coming Donna Damon will trace the…
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Amordale
Amordale, also known as the Bell Farm, was built by Benjamin Mitchell around 1807 on land he bought from John Waite. After his and his son, Benjamin Jr.’s deaths, the homestead passed to his daughter, Sarah Fogg Mitchell, who married William Seabury and had four children, one of whom was Mary Adelaide “Addie”. In 1895,…
