There is still time to see this wonderful
exhibit while it is still in Central New York State. Dreaming
of Timbuctoo is the story of Gerrit Smith's 1846 gift of 120,000
acres of land to African Americans. The dates and times for the exhibit
are:
April 24 to June 9,
2002
at the
Peterboro Area Museum
Peterboro, NY
Wednesday - Friday from 2 p.m. to 8
p.m.
Saturday - Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m.
or by appointment!
Call 315-684-9022 or 315-684-3262
for further information
Dreaming of Timbuctoo
is a joint project of John Brown Lives! and the Essex County Historical
Society. The exhibit is sponsored by New York State Council on the Arts,
the New York Council for the Humanities/National Endowment for the Humanities,
International Paper Foundation, Charles H. Douglas Trust, Carl E. Touhey
Foundation, and the Puffin Foundation.
Donna Burdick
Smithfield Town Historian (the home of Gerrit
Smith)
in Madison Co., NY