The large frame house was built as a private home for William E. DuBois in 1899. Daniel Shaw bought the house and property in 1932 for $12,000. He immediately built a large swimming pool and pond by erecting a 60-foot-long dam across the Millbrook....
In this letter from Rachel to her father, she makes the case for discontinuing her studies in Poughkeepsie. She hasn’t found any courses she wants to study in the next term, except for music, and doesn’t think it worthwhile to pay the sum of...