Tea for two, or nine, or maybe once for twelve.The tea set and silver of Rana Mather.
If you look at the Darien map from 1867, you will see in the upper area the home of the “Misses Mather.” In 1840, Deacon Mather left...
Tea for two, or nine, or maybe once for twelve.The tea set and silver of Rana Mather.
The well…the Tories…and Jesse Raymond’s £10 State Notes.
Here’s my card…a treasury of Stephen Mather’s business and calling cards.
“You say tomato, I say…”The dedication of Stephen Mather High School, Chicago, Illinois
“My darling wife…”A Letter from Stephen Mather to Jeanie Floy Mather
More than words alone…Treasures from the golden age of illustration.
Where there’s a will…The contested estate of Stephen Mather’s maternal grandfather
The price of success…The two wills of Stephen Tyng Mather’s mother-in-law.
Oh to be in England…A letter to Family written from Bristol in 1858.
Hey, we’re still here…Not to forget the chests and trunks in the Homestead attic.
Safekeeping indeed! A first look at documentsin the Mather Homestead basement safe.
So, what’s for dessert? The evening dinner when the ceiling came crashing down.
“No man was earlier in his seat at church than he…
From silk hats to horse manure…The voluminous paid bill files of Joseph Wakeman Mather
Bad enough Loyalists raid your house… Deacon Mather and his pursuit of a Revolutionary War Pension
“What shall we name the baby?" From family suggestions to a 21st birthday letter from dad.
“Whose garden was this? It must have been lovely…”
Enigmas in the attic…two 175-year old documents
Vests of interest: the latest attic discovery.
Under the watchful eye… Bertha Mather McPherson upbraids Professor Joseph Lawrence Sax