Category: Woodbury
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Tuxedo Historical Society
On Feb 15th, 2026, we traveled down to the Tuxedo Historical Society to see the opening of their exhibit “The Continental Road & The Ramapough Pass in the Revolutionary War 1777-1780.” It was great to see the information presented, including a beautiful map of the area with the Taverns highlighted along Clove…
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Just Friends
When I started working on The Clove I had no idea that I would be visiting my family’s Quaker roots to the extent that I have. Part of the book deals with a cross-country journey taken by my 5X GGrandfather Ben Earl and his brother Richard. The trip will take…
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August 8, 1778
The date of the robbery at the Earls (and Woodhulls). Right in the middle of a Hudson Valley summer. Claudius Smith was 43 years old and married to Abigail Rumsey (41). They had married in 1762, and Abigail was not the mother of Claudius’s sons and fellow gang members. James…
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Licence to Thrill?
“The Clove” is my attempt to retell part of the story of Claudius Smith’s notorious gang of terrorists, the latest and probably not the last of historical fictions to deal with the subject. Over the years, there have been more than a few variations on the story. Most published versions I…
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Claudius Smith’s Wife?
I am inclined to accept her version, though I do not have access to such proof
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Some background on Claudius Smith
As in all things related to the Smith Gang, take with a grain of salt. SOURCE: “History of Orange County, New York” Ruttenber EM and Clark,LH. (Philadelphia: Everets and Peck, 1881) reprinted 1980 Claudius came to Knight’s Mill’s in the present town of Monroe with his father“where he grew up,…
