The Derby Historical Society is excited to announce their Annual Appeal Reception, Commodore Isaac Hull Program, Monday, November 19, 2012 at Grassy Hill Lodge, Derby, CT from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The evening includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are $40/person and support the Derby Historical Societies Annual Appeal and programs.
Glenn Cantwell is a longtime Early American History collector and enthusiast who has been researching all things Isaac Hull for the past 20 years and will soon publish his first book “America’s Captain of 1812.”
Cantwell will present a talk about Hull at the event.
His book contains vivid photographs of artifacts, lithographs, maps, letters, and newspaper articles contemporaneous to Hull’s time.
Cantwell was intrigued by the swirl of events in which Hull played an integral part 200 years ago. Hull was of the generation that was handed the keys by the founders to a new vehicle: the United States of America.
In a tumultuous time, Hull’s actions were purposeful steps at critical junctures toward success in the shaping of a new country.
A component of his collection, a muster roll, is currently on loan to the Portsmouth New Hampshire Historical Society, for a special 1812 exhibit at the John Paul Jones Museum. He belongs to the Manuscript Society, and is a Percival Society Donor to the USS Constitution Museum.
Cantwell has a B.A. in Anthropology from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He currently works as a land surveyor for a firm located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, just steps away from the USS Constitution, the very ship that Isaac Hull made famous.
Please contact the Derby Historical Society for more information or to purchase tickets to this program at 203 – 735-1908 or email info@derbyhistorical.org.
The Derby Historical Society is a regional non-profit historical society serving the area composed of and influenced by the original Township of Derby established in 1675: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour and Shelton.
For more information, visit www.derbyhistorical.org.
