Below are two opportunities to attend lectures by Timothy Scherman about the life of Elizabeth Oakes Smith. One is at Ketcham In in Center Moriches on May 30th, and the other at the Carnegie Library in Patchogue on May 31st. See advertisements below.
From Diary to Gravesite: Discovering
Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Sunday, May 31
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie Library Registration is required.
Carnegie Main- Patchogue, NY
Timothy Scherman, the President of the Elizabeth Oakes Smith Society,
will introduce you to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, one of the most
well-recognized, widely published and eventually even notorious figures
of the 19th century. Enjoy live readings derived from her diary, and then cross
the street to the Lakeview Cemetery for a look at Oakes Smith's gravesite.
The presenter, Timothy Scherman, is the President of the Elizabeth Oakes Smith Society since its founding in
2006.
From the time of her emergence as a celebrity in the 1840s, Elizabeth Oakes Smith was one
of the most well-recognized, widely published and eventually even notorious figures of the 19th century
--perhaps most during her time in Patchogue, after her son Appleton was indicted for equipping a
slaveship in 1861.
Enjoy live readings derived from Oakes Smith's diary during the time when she lived in Patchogue.
After the talk, enjoy a walk across to Lakeview Cemetery, where new features to the gravesite of Sea Smith
and Elizabeth Oakes Smith will be dedicated, including an embedded QR code that will direct those visiting
the gravesite to information about the couple's storied career and the growing evidence that "The Willows,"
the stately home that once stood nearby, may well have been the tavern where Washington stopped on his tour
of Long Island in 1790.
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