The Seneca Falls Historical Society will be having Gift Shop Fridays, where every Friday we will be highlighting various items (some new, some of our favorites) that are in our Gift Shop for purchase.

Anytime you would like to purchase you can either stop by at the Mansion, 55 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls, NY or Call 315-568-8412 and we can discuss delivery options and costs.

Anytime you would like to purchase this or any item please stop by at 55 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls, NY or Call 315-568-8412, we can also arrange delivery.

The “Seneca County And The Civil War” book written by Mr. Walter Gable Gift is this week’s Gift Shop highlight.

Mr. Gable has been the Seneca County Historian for approximately 16 yrs now. He has written several books that we also sell here at the Historical Society.

The first part of this book talks about the many companies in which Seneca County men volunteered to serve and the interesting stories of several of these soldiers. One of these stories tells about William Cross and five of his sons who all served in the War. Many other stories are told in the book.

The second part of the book talks about what was happening in Seneca County during the war years. Farmers enjoyed some of their greatest prosperity as wheat prices soared.

Some really great recipes in all three cookbooks! Enjoy

Anytime you would like to purchase you can stop by at 55 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls, NY or Call 315-568-8412 and we can also arrange delivery. Hope you enjoy the many items we have.

This week we are featuring our “A Taste Through Time Timeless Recipes and Household Guides”. This is a cookbook that was written by the Historical Society in 2017. Many community members and Board Members at the time contributed to the recipes. Book was organized and assembled by Fran Barbieri, Laura Jacuzzo, Emily Corley and Erin Conley. Great job done by all.

The second cookbook is Blue and Grey Cookery. This is authentic recipes from The Civil War years.

The third Cookbook is the SMS Auxiliary Cookbook in 2007.
Many Woman’s Auxiliary members contributed to this book.

The Woman’s Declaration of Independence was coauthored by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, for the Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848. It’s called for Woman’s suffrage, the right to vote. The Declaration is reproduced on this antiqued parchment document, which also includes a portrait and a brief biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

The 8.5 x 11 official portrait of Susan B. Anthony is printed on canvas.

Anytime you would like to purchase you can stop by at 55 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls, NY or Call 315-568-8412 and we can also arrange delivery. Hope you enjoy the many items we have.

The Lily was the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women. It was published from 1849 to 1853 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818–1894), before she sold the newspaper to Mary Birdsall in 1854. While the newspaper initially focused on temperance, it soon broadened its focus to include the many issues of women’s rights activists in the 1850s. It grew in its distribution because of its discussion of bloomers, a comfortable fashion popularized by Bloomer in the paper.

In 1848, The Lily developed as a publication for “home distribution” among the women who belonged to the Seneca Falls Ladies Temperance Society in response to their feeling marginalized by the larger temperance movement. Enthusiasm for the project quickly faded, however. Amelia Bloomer did not want to see the paper die, and so she took on responsibility for editing and publishing the paper. Bloomer’s initial interest was not in women’s rights but in temperance, and this topic featured prominently in its early issues, even after the paper detached from the Temperance Society. Bloomer believed that women writing in pursuit of reform was less unseemly than giving speeches or lectures.

It’s a great collection of Books about Elizabeth Cady Stanton that are a must read!

Anytime you would like to purchase you can stop by at 55 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls, NY or Call 315-568-8412 and we can also arrange delivery. Hope you enjoy the many items we have.

These items are of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This year Ms. Stanton would have been 106 years old. We celebrate her Birthday every year with a brunch here at the Seneca Falls Historical Society. Ms. Stanton was Born November 12, 1815 in Johnstown New York- Died 1902. She was 86 when she passed.

Ms. Stanton forever changed the social and political landscape of the United States of America by succeeding in her work to guarantee rights for women and slaves. her unwavering dedication to women’s suffrage resulted in the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote.
The items displayed are The Debut of Woman’s Rights Book, The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Collection, The Seneca Falls Experience the History Book and Three postcards.