From the site: Ray and Cindy's RV Travels - Senate House State Historical Site
Accord, New York High 79 Low 64Today was rainy all day. It is still warm.We went to the old stone and brick house where the first New York State Senate met in the home of Abraham Van Gaasbeek in 1777. The tour guide was a young lady dressed in period costume. Cindy asked her about the pouch she was wearing around her waist. She told us that the women of that time wore the pouch instead of carrying a purse. The house was empty when it was acquired by the State and has been decorated since with furnishings common to 1777. She told us that shortly after the Senate met the town of Kingston was burned by British General John Vaughn on October 16, 1777. Our guide told us the town had about 2 days’ notice to evacuate before the town was burn ...Read more...
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