Scott C. Steward
Scott C. Steward was the founding editor at Vita Brevis; he served as NEHGS Editor-in-Chief 2013-2022. He is the author, co-author, or editor of genealogies of the Ayer, Le Roy, Lowell, Saltonstall, Thorndike, and Winthrop families. His articles have appeared in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEXUS, New England Ancestors, American Ancestors, and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, and he has written book reviews for the Register, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
Thanks, Doris! I have great fun making up the thematic diary posts -- Mrs. Gray really comes into her own…
On Mrs. Gray on marriage
All I can suggest is a search for prints of the New York of the period. I have yet to…
On “Free access”
Thanks, Julie, this is very helpful!
On “Free access”
Thanks, Jeff! It is interesting to go through the box and really examine the contents -- and nice to have…
On “Free access”
I can't confirm it from these papers, or from a quick search online for the Gracie house in Lower Manhattan.…
On “Free access”
Thanks, Annie! I agree: I think it remarkable that she faces these disturbing images and fears, and adds them to…
On “The bitter end”
Thanks, Jeff!
On “The bitter end”
Thanks, Jeff! My great-grandfather went east, to Baltimore; his daughter, my grandmother, married a naval officer and lived in California…
On Far afield
Thanks, Jeff!
On “There was an eastern prince”
Dear Beverley, How flattering! I guess I would link to this blog post by way of attribution. Many thanks, Scott
On “There was an eastern prince”