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February 26 2021

Tickets On Sale Now for Candlelight Dinner Focused on Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh

We hope you’ll join us on Wednesday March 31 for our annual Candlelight Dinner and Virtual General Membership Meeting.

For the second year, the program itself will be virtual, with a presentation by Kristen Beales, PhD, on “Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh and the South Sea Bubble” from 7-8 pm.

(If you purchased your tickets by March 24, you also had an opportunity to order an optional take-home dinner from Valente’s Cucina in Haddonfield. Dinner orders are now closed.)

For the main program, starting after a brief membership meeting, Kristen will be discussing Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh’s involvement in one of the world’s first major international financial panics: the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Believe it or not, Elizabeth Estaugh and her husband John were embroiled in a decades-long scandal within the transatlantic Quaker community that followed the collapse of the South Sea Company. Elizabeth’s work to defend her husband after his death in 1742 illuminates the role that women and religion played in early modern finance.

Kristen Beales, PhD

VIP ticket-holders will be invited to join a pre-event virtual cocktail conversation with Kristen from 6:30-7 pm. Don’t miss out!

You can order your tickets online or send us the order form in the March 2021 Bulletin newsletter, which will be arriving in mailboxes soon. You can also call the office or send us an email with any questions: [email protected] or 856-429-7375.

The program itself will be presented via Zoom. We will send out the link for the event the day before the program, along with brief instructions.

We look forward to seeing you on March 31st!

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February 23 2021

Virtual Book Launch Scheduled March 16 for “Haunted Haddonfield Volume II”

Events, Haunted Haddonfield, Lectures

The Historical Society of Haddonfield invites you to join us for a virtual book launch celebration on Tuesday, March 16 at 7 pm.

Our resident ghost and haunting expert, Bill Meehan, will share with us some of the stories from his long-awaited Haunted Haddonfield Volume II.

You can order the new book for $20 by clicking here.

Bill began collecting “new” stories of hauntings and eerie events almost as soon as the first Haunted Haddonfield was published. People on his tours would linger in order to share stores with him. Others called him with stories that they wanted to share with him for the next volume. Bill investigated a number of stories over the years and finally had enough “new” stories for a second volume.

Don’t miss your chance to be the first on your block to have a copy of this fun new book, and join us for a wonderful Zoom evening with Bill Meehan!

The book launch event is free, but donations are always welcome. You can register for the Zoom event through Eventbrite, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event. Feel free to contact the Historical Society’s office with questions: [email protected] or 856-429-7375.

Pile of letters and envelopes layered on top of each other

February 2 2021

February 24 Zoom Event to Celebrate HMHS World War II Research Projects

Events, History@Home, Lectures

The Historical Society of Haddonfield invites you to join us on Wednesday February 24 at 7 pm as we celebrate the work done by Haddonfield Memorial High School Advanced Placement U.S. history students this winter. The event will be held via Zoom.

Since 2014, the Historical Society has partnered with HMHS Social Studies teacher David Reader to support his students as they complete research projects about World War II using local primary source materials.

The students use selections from the Historical Society’s collection of World War II letters sent and received by then-principal William “Bull” Reynolds, as well as issues of the school newspaper and local newspapers.

At this virtual culminating event on February 24, students will share some of their research and discuss their experiences.

The event is free, though donations are always welcome. You can register for the Zoom event by clicking here, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event.

January 27 2021

Next Book Club Discussion Scheduled for March 23

Book Club, History@Home

The Historical Society’s Book Club will hold its next virtual discussion on Tuesday March 23 at 7 pm.

We’ll be discussing The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson. The book is a detailed account of Winston Churchill’s first year as prime minister of the United Kingdom, including during the German bombing campaign known as the Blitz.

As always, all are welcome to join us for the discussion, even if you haven’t finished the book.

The Book Club discussion will be held as a Zoom.us video chat. If you’re interested in joining us, please RSVP to [email protected] and we’ll send you the Zoom link (and some basic instructions) the day of the chat.