BOSCOBEL OFFERS SPRING LECTURES ABOUT NINETEENTH CENTURY LIFE –

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GARRISON, N.Y. — Boscobel Restoration, an elegant early Nineteenth Century Federal-style mansion overlooking the Hudson River and a museum of Federal decorative arts, opened for the season on April 1.

On April 23, 30, and May 7, at 10 am, the Friends of Boscobel will present a series of lectures on developing industries in Nineteenth Century life, entitled “Along the Albany Post Road.” Albany Post Road, now known as Route 9, was the main thoroughfare for commerce and industry in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.

Paul E. Berman, MD, will present the first lecture on Saturday, April 23. Entitled, “House Calls on Horseback — Country Medicine, 1750–1825,” Dr Berman will give an overview of a doctor’s life in the Eighteenth Century. He will discuss how doctors were trained, the treatments used for the numerous unknown illnesses and epidemics that occurred at that time. He is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.

“Through Wave, Drift and Mire: Moving About in the Early Nineteenth Century” is the subject for Saturday, April 30. Traveling in early Federal times was difficult, and Kathleen Hulser, public historian for the New-York Historical Society, will explore travelers’ accounts, early maps, postal records and Hudson Valley landscapes to reveal the customs and rigors of river and road travel.

On Saturday, May 7, Richard Kelly, a member of Boscobel’s Board of Directors, will celebrate “Lannuier at Boscobel.” Boscobel is fortunate to have acquired a pair of marble top pier tables attributed to Charles Honore Lannuier, a Parisian cabinetmaker who worked in New York City from 1804 until his death in 1819. The tables are on loan from the Museum of the City of New York. Mr Kelly will compare Lannuier’s work with that of Duncan Phyfe, whose furniture graces many of the rooms at Boscobel.

For more detailed information about the programs or to request a Calendar of the Seasons, 845-265-3638, ext 115, or www.boscobel.org.

Boscobel is on scenic Route 9D, one hour north of New York City, and just eight miles north of the Bear Mountain Bridge. From April through October hours are from 9:30 am to 5 pm, the last tour at 4:15 pm. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, and $7 for children 6 to 14. Children under the age of 6 are admitted free of charge.