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78-417: The New Theater on Holliday Street was founded by two business partners in 1794 and was opened to the public on September 25, 1795. The theater showcased a variety of acts, including comedy, dance, music ensembles, and opera. It also hosted a production of John Howard Payne 's opera Clari in the early 1800s. As the theater's popularity grew, management decided to demolish the existing wooden building (which

156-647: A Biblical basis of history in trying to understand origins of the peoples in the Americas. Friends helped gain Payne's appointment in 1842 as American Consul to Tunis , where he served for nearly 10 years until his death. Although he was first buried there, in 1883 his remains were returned to the United States and buried in Washington, D.C. This was paid for by philanthropist W. W. Corcoran . In 1970 Payne

234-421: A brilliant success, he went on to become the first American actor to play Hamlet ; regarded as a prodigy, he was regaled as a home town wonder when he returned to Boston, among other major cities where he toured. His appearances as Romeo to Eliza Poe , Edgar Allan Poe 's mother, won particular acclaim, and he favored her to play opposite him in comedies. But despite his success, he had difficulty getting paid by

312-627: A home for the wealthy especially after the Gardiners married into almost all the wealthy New York City families. More than one hundred miles from Manhattan, East Hampton remained largely undeveloped until 1880 when Austin Corbin extended the Long Island Rail Road from Bridgehampton to Montauk. As part of the development, Arthur W. Benson forced an auction and paid US$ 151,000 for 10,000 acres (40 km ) around Montauk. He forced

390-645: A letter of introduction, and officials released Payne. What Payne found was contrary to his naive expectations. He admired the Cherokee achievements and developed a strong sympathy for their plight, as all the Southeast tribes were under pressure for Indian Removal to west of the Mississippi River , in what was then known as Indian Territory. President Andrew Jackson used US troops to forcibly accomplish this removal in 1838-1839, which became known as

468-796: A national scandal, since there was a 30-year difference in their ages. Although Tyler was a member of the wealthy Gardiner family and a former First Lady of the United States, she had economic problems after the American Civil War . She and her husband had supported the Confederate States of America . She is buried with the President in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia , the Confederate capital during

546-594: A port status, rivaling New York, due to its whale oil trade. Many slaves worked on the docks in connection with shipping and the whale trade. After slavery had ended, Gardiner's former slaves developed small houses in Freetown (East Hampton) , just north of East Hampton village. Sag Harbor's freedmen developed the Eastville community in Sag Harbor. In 1808 the United States and Great Britain cooperated in ending

624-488: A prominent literary and theater figure. He was closely associated with writer Washington Irving , with whom he collaborated on five plays. He is described as one of the more gifted young poets of his generation in the Cambridge History of American Poetry . But he chose other areas to develop, as poetry paid almost nothing at the start of the nineteenth century. In 1842, President John Tyler appointed Payne as

702-485: A variety of French works for production in England. In 1818, he sold his Brutus , which gained much respect. But a constant need for money led him to expand into theater management at Sadler's Wells Theatre , an endeavor that clearly proved it was not among his skills. In 1823, Payne sold a group of his plays to Charles Kemble , the manager of Covent Garden Theatre, for £230. But, the first that Kemble chose to stage

780-546: A youth, Payne showed precocious dramatic talent, but his father tried to discourage that path. After the death of an older son, his father installed young Payne, age 13, in his late brother's position at the same accountants' firm in New York, but Payne showed he had no mind for commerce. Payne's interest in theater was irrepressible. He published the first issue of The Thespian Mirror , a journal of theater criticism, at age 14. Soon after that, he wrote his first play, Julia: or

858-471: Is located in southeastern Suffolk County , New York , at the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island . It is the easternmost town in the state of New York. At the time of the 2020 United States census , it had a total population of 28,385. The town includes the village of East Hampton , as well as the hamlets of Montauk , Amagansett , Wainscott , and Springs . It also includes part of

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936-583: Is the oldest continuously operating cattle ranch in the United States. East Hampton is bounded by Southampton to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, Block Island Sound to the east, and Napeague Bay to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 386.6 square miles (1,001 km ), of which 74.4 square miles (193 km ) is land and 312.2 square miles (809 km ) (80.76%)

1014-498: Is water. East Hampton has an Oceanic climate ( Köppen Cfb). East Hampton has chilly, wet winters and very warm, dry summers due to the moderating influence of the ocean, which suppresses thunderstorm development and moderates summer temperatures. Summers have very warm, sunny, and stable weather, whereas the winters are often stormy due to coastal storms which bring rain but little snow. The region averages only about 10 inches or 0.25 metres of snow annually. While East Hampton

1092-526: The Bonin Islands . The ship was allowed to enter Tokyo Bay under escort to return the sailors. As Japan had been closed to foreign shipping, it was the first American ship to visit Tokyo. Concer was the first African American the Japanese had seen. He is depicted in their drawings of the event. East Hampton from its earliest days with the settlement of Gardiners Island has had a reputation as being

1170-604: The Brothertown Indians with other Indians from New England, and gave up some of their traditions. In 1831-1836, the Brothertown Indians migrated to Wisconsin , where they founded the settlement of Brothertown . Some Montaukett continued to live on Long Island. In the mid to late nineteenth century, their most well-known member was Stephen Talkhouse . Their area on Lake Montauk was called Indian Fields until 1879. With their population reduced, over

1248-569: The Montaukett , who were Pequot, controlled most of the territory at the east end of Long Island. Indians inhabiting the western part of Long Island were part of the Lenape nation, whose language is also in the Algonquian family. Their territory extended to lower New York, western Connecticut and the mid-Atlantic coastal areas into New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Their bands were also known by

1326-478: The Pastime , which he kept up for several issues. When he was 16, his mother died, and the academy run by his father was failing. Payne, unhappy in his "exile" at Union, left at Easter to be with his family. He told his grieving father that he was dropping out of college to pursue a stage career. On February 24, 1809, he made his debut at the old Park Theatre in New York in the eponymous role of Young Norval. Scoring

1404-453: The U.S. Navy ship USS Washington , seeing the slaves on shore, arrested them and took them to Connecticut. This was an international case, with Spain arguing for the return of the ship and slaves (or compensation). The United States had its own laws to interpret. The Mende people who had been illegally taken argued for their freedom. Amistad case was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1841. John Quincy Adams argued for

1482-566: The War Memorial Plaza . The site is located between the War Memorial Building and Baltimore City Hall . 39°17′27.25″N 76°36′36″W  /  39.2909028°N 76.61000°W  / 39.2909028; -76.61000 This United States theatre–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Howard Payne John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 – April 10, 1852)

1560-609: The 17th and 18th centuries from epidemics of smallpox , a Eurasian disease carried by some English and Dutch colonists and endemic in their communities, to which the Indians had no immunity . After the American Revolution , some Montaukett relocated with Shinnecock to Oneida County in western upstate New York, led by the Mohegan missionary Samson Occom , to try to escape the settlers' civilization. They formed

1638-520: The African slave trade, but Spain continued to transport slaves to its Caribbean and Latin American colonies. On August 26, 1839, crew from La Amistad , an illegal slave ship that had been commandeered by its captives off Cuba , dropped anchor at Culloden Point and came ashore at Montauk to get supplies. The slaves, who were inexperienced navigators, thought they were on course to Africa. Members of

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1716-635: The Africans. The court decided in their favor, opining that the initial capture of the Mende by the Spanish was illegal, so they were classified as free men defending their freedom and were not charged under slave law with mutiny or revolt. East Hampton film director Steven Spielberg popularized the slave revolt and Supreme Court case in the 1997 film Amistad . One of the Amistad former slaves stayed in

1794-717: The American Consul in Tunis , due in part from support from statesman William Marcy and Secretary of State Daniel Webster . They had been moved by his famous song and wanted to help him. Payne served twice in North Africa (the area of present-day Tunisia ). He died in Tunis in 1852 and was buried there in St. George's Protestant Cemetery. "[N]ever was a dead poet so famous for a single song, or so honored." Payne's song

1872-580: The American Revolutionary War, New York passed a gradual abolition law, making children free who were born to slave mothers. But the last slaves were not freed until 1827. During the War of 1812 , the Gardiners used slaves to transport supplies back and forth to Gardiner's Island. According to the Gardiners, slaves were easier to pass through British blockades since it was "obvious" that they were "owned." During this period Sag Harbor rose to

1950-469: The United States after the trial. He worked as a valet for President John Tyler . He was killed aboard USS Princeton along with David Gardiner and two Cabinet officers, when one of the cannons exploded during a demonstration. In 1845 African-American sailor Pyrrhus Concer of Sag Harbor was aboard the Manhattan, a ship captained by Mercator Cooper , which picked up shipwrecked Japanese sailors in

2028-580: The United States in 1832, Payne spent time with the Cherokee Indians in the Southeast and interviewed many elders. Intending to write about them, he amassed material about their culture, language and society, which have been useful to scholars. But his published theory that suggested their origin as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel has been thoroughly disproved. At that time, European Americans were still strongly influenced by

2106-568: The United States in 1832. Friends arranged a benefit concert in New York to try to help him earn a stake to get resettled. He also toured the country with artist and naturalist John James Audubon . Desperate to earn income by writing for periodicals, Payne sought to exploit public interest in the Cherokee people. He traveled south to Georgia as the guest of the Cherokee Chief John Ross in 1836 to gain acquaintance with

2184-585: The Wanderer, a comedy in five acts . Its language was racy, and it closed quickly. But Payne's work on The Thespian Mirror had caught the attention of William Coleman , the editor of the New-York Evening Post . He believed that Payne showed promise to contribute to the city's cultural future, and sought a sponsor to support Payne's college education. John E. Seaman, a wealthy New Yorker, took on that financial responsibility. Columbia University

2262-577: The belief that Native Americans were descended from such a tribe, as their conception of history was based on the Bible. Payne specifically believed that he had found similarities between the Cherokee language and ancient Hebrew . The Cherokee and other American Indians have been thoroughly proven to have ancient origins in eastern Asia. But, Payne's study and papers have been an important source of information on Cherokee language and culture for subsequent scholars. During his early years, Payne became known as

2340-905: The cemetery. In 1998 and 1999 as talk surfaced that Hillary Clinton was considering a Senate run from New York, they began summering in East Hampton, where they stayed at the Georgica Pond home of Steven Spielberg . Clinton gave a Saturday radio chat from the Amagansett fire station. In June 2008, at the conclusion of Hillary Clinton's Presidential bid, she stayed at the Wiborg Beach home of Thomas H. Lee in East Hampton Village. East Hampton has played an important role in African-American history. After

2418-552: The courts to declare the evictions illegal, but the court ruled in favor of the evictions. Since the 1990s, the Montaukett have pressed for formal recognition as a tribe. The Shinnecock Indian Nation , many of whom had continued to occupy a portion of land on the South Shore and claimed it as their reservation, received federal recognition in 2010 as a tribe and also have state recognition. Historically both groups were part of

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2496-449: The early "cottages" was Tick Hall , later owned in the late 20th century by TV figure Dick Cavett . It burned in 1993, but Cavett had it restored. He had the process filmed for a television documentary. Corbin had industrial ambitions associated with extending the train to Montauk. He thought a new port city would develop around the train station on Fort Pond Bay, and that oceangoing ships from Europe would dock there. Passengers could take

2574-517: The estate was released in 2006.) Jacqueline's aunt and uncle, Winifred Lee and Franklin d'Olier , continued to own the Lily Pond Lane home of her maternal grandparents until 2002. The Bouvier family cemetery plot is at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery on Cedar Street. Jackie's father, maternal grandmother, paternal grandparents, and paternal great-grandparents, as well as various relatives, including Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, are buried in

2652-644: The eviction of the Montaukket Native Americans there. Benson brought in architect Stanford White to design six "cottages", mansions near Ditch Plains in Montauk. They formed the Montauk Association to govern their exclusive neighborhood. With new access to the village of East Hampton from New York, wealthy families ventured east from Southampton and built mansions in East Hampton. The Maidstone Golf Club opened in 1891. Among

2730-418: The far South, where he broke through the ice shelf to become the first person to touch East Antarctica . The Town of East Hampton is still highly influenced by maritime businesses, including tourism. It attracts large summer crowds of residents and tourists. Montauk is New York state's largest fishing port. The Town is famed for its commercial sports fishing, made particularly famous by Frank Mundus . One of

2808-514: The first English settlers in East Hampton were John Hand, Thomas Talmage, Daniel Howe, Thomas Thomson, John Mulford, William Hedges, Ralph Dayton, Thomas Chatfield and Thomas Osborn. The Mulford Farmhouse , on James Lane, is the best-preserved 17th-century English colonial house in East Hampton. The barn dates to 1721, and the complex is operated as a living museum . It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The house

2886-413: The grand sachem Poggaticut , sold an island to English colonist Lion Gardiner for "a large black dog, some powder and shot, and a few Dutch blankets." The next trade involved the land extending from present-day Southampton to the foot of the bluffs, at what is now Hither Hills State Park , for 24 hatchets , 24 coats, 20 looking glasses and 100 muxes . In 1660, Chief Wyandanch's widow signed away

2964-567: The incorporated village of Sag Harbor . East Hampton is located on a peninsula , bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean , to the east by Block Island Sound and to the north by Gardiners Bay , Napeague Bay and Fort Pond Bay . To the west is western Long Island, reaching to the East River and New York City. The Town has eight state parks, most located at the water's edge. The town consists of 70 square miles (180 km ) and stretches nearly 25 miles (40 km), from Wainscott in

3042-590: The island as a wholly contained colony, independent of both New York and Connecticut. It kept that status until after the American Revolution, when it came under New York State and the Town of East Hampton authority. On June 12, 1640, nine Puritan families from Lynn, Massachusetts landed at what is now known as Conscience Point, in Southampton; some later migrated to present-day East Hampton. Among

3120-462: The land filed for reimbursement from the colony for the rum with which they had plied the tribe during negotiations. Gradually, however, colonists stopped the Montaukett using the land by preventing them from hunting and fishing. They were said to interfere with the crops on their farms, in a conflict similar to the later farmer-rancher arguments of the Old West. Many of the Montaukett died during

3198-405: The larger Pequot people. Montaukett artifacts and sweat lodges are visible from trails at Theodore Roosevelt County Park . The park was formerly called Montauk County Park. East Hampton was the first English settlement in the state of New York. In 1639 Lion Gardiner purchased land, what became known as Gardiner's Island , from the Montaukett people. In 1648 a royal British charter recognized

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3276-538: The largest buildings in the town is the Promised Land fish meal factory at Napeague. First Ladies Julia Gardiner Tyler and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis spent their childhoods there. Theodore Roosevelt was briefly quarantined in Montauk, at Camp Wyckoff, after returning from the Spanish–American War. Bill and Hillary Clinton spent week-long summer vacations in 1998 and 1999. Julia Gardiner

3354-861: The morning of Colt's scheduled execution. Befriended by the English tragedian George Frederick Cooke , who appeared with Payne in King Lear at New York's Park Theatre, Payne decided to seek recognition in London's theatre world, and he sailed across the Atlantic in February 1813. Although London had numerous actors, Payne quickly drew praise in his engagements at Drury Lane and Covent Garden . Next he performed in Paris. Resuming his interest in playwriting, he wrote original plays, and also adapted and translated

3432-410: The names of their geographic locations but did not constitute distinct peoples. In the late-17th century Chief Wyandanch of the Montaukett negotiated with English colonists for the land in the East Hampton area. The differing concepts held by the Montaukett and English about land and its use contributed to the Montaukett losing most of their lands over the ensuing centuries. Wyandanch's elder brother,

3510-532: The north. He bought the former Benson property for $ 2.5 million (it was sold as surplus government property following the end of World War I ). He built the six-story Montauk Improvement Building in downtown Montauk (which is still the town's tallest occupied structure—as subsequent zoning has forbidden highrise structures), the Montauk Manor (which was a luxury hotel), dredged Lake Montauk and opened it to Block Island Sound to support his Montauk Yacht Club and

3588-634: The papers were filled again with the story of his life, for "his song is that one touch of nature which makes the world kin. It is the frailest thread of which fame was ever spun." The remains were transported to Washington, D.C., and held for services on the anniversary of Payne's birth in June. A memorial service marked the reinterment of Payne's remains at Oak Hill Cemetery in the Georgetown neighborhood. (Corcoran had founded this cemetery, where many Civil War veterans were buried.) The memorial service

3666-413: The release of the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens , which explored the lives of her aunt, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale , and cousin, Edith Bouvier Beale . They were revealed to be living in poverty in a mansion of that name. Jacqueline and her husband Aristotle Onassis donated money to improve the lives of her relatives. (The documentary was adapted as a Broadway musical of the same name. A documentary on

3744-401: The rest of the land from present-day Hither Hills to the tip of Montauk Point for 100 pounds, to be paid in 10 equal installments of " Indian corn or good wampum at six to a penny". The sales provided that the Montaukett were permitted to stay on the land, to hunt and fish at will, and to harvest the tails and fins of whales that beached on the East Hampton shores. Town officials who bought

3822-550: The song ensured Payne's lasting fame, The sheet music rapidly sold 100,000 copies, earning its publishers £2,100 net profit in the first year. Years later, when the Lincoln family was mourning the death of their son, the president asked that the song be played repeatedly at the White House. As was typical throughout his career, however, Payne realized only meager profits from its enormous popularity. "While his money lasted, he

3900-412: The spring of that year, the couple relocated to the region referred to as Northwest or Alewife Brook Neck, located approximately six miles north of East Hampton Village. This Northwest "Ghost town" settlement during the mid 1800s saw development due to Northwest Harbor, later it was deemed too shallow for deep draft ships and the harbor moved to Sag Harbor , leading to the settlements demise. East Hampton

3978-471: The theater; it was so enthusiastically received that the performance was repeated for several nights afterward. As the song – now known as The Star-Spangled Banner – gained in popularity, it was accompanied by an illuminated scene of the siege on Fort McHenry . The song would be adopted as the United States national anthem a century later. The theater was shuttered in the late 1840s, and in 1854

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4056-502: The theaters. In a brief interval away from the theatre, he founded the Athenaeum, a circulating library and reading room. Payne was friends with Sam Colt and his brother John C. Colt ; the latter was accused of murdering printer Samuel Adams. Payne was a character witness at John Colt's murder trial. Colt was convicted and sentenced to death, but Payne acted as a witness in his wedding ceremony to Caroline Henshaw, which took place on

4134-451: The time of European contact, East Hampton was home to the Pequot people , part of the culture that also occupied territory on the northern side of Long Island Sound, in what is now Connecticut of southern New England. They belong to the large Algonquian -speaking language family. Bands on Long Island were identified by their geographic locations. The historical people known to the colonists as

4212-526: The town of East-Hampton". Sons of Rev. Peter Hobart, founding minister of Old Ship Church in Hingham, Massachusetts , Josiah Hobart and his brother Joshua both migrated to Long Island with their families. Josiah Hobart settled in East Hampton, where he served as High Sheriff of Suffolk County. His brother Joshua, a minister, went to Southold , where he served the town for 45 years. Isaac Van Scoy from Amagansett wed Mercy Edwards in February 1757, and during

4290-596: The train into New York City–thus saving a day in transit. The grand plans for Montauk did not pan out. The land was sold to the United States Army. Theodore Roosevelt made a much publicized visit to Camp Wyckoff there at the end of the Spanish–American War . In 1926, Carl G. Fisher intended to revive the dream of an urban Montauk, with plans to develop it as a destination, the Miami Beach of

4368-490: The tribe's Trail of Tears . Payne lobbied Congress on behalf of the Cherokee. He also amassed a voluminous amount of research on their constitution, written language, customs, myths, food, and history of the tribe. Most of his papers were never published. He tried to advance the theory that the Cherokee were one of the ten lost tribes of Israel. Other figures of the early American period, such as Benjamin Franklin , shared

4446-517: The tribe. It was under great pressure by Georgia and the United States to remove to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. While staying with Ross, Payne was arrested and briefly imprisoned by Georgia authorities, as his visit was considered suspicious. When one of the soldiers sang "Home, Sweet Home," Payne mentioned that he had written it. This resulted in an intercession by General Edward Harden of Athens , to whom Payne had

4524-726: The war and the capital of Virginia. Her father and one of her sons are buried in the South End Burial Ground in East Hampton. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was born at Southampton Hospital on July 28, 1929. She would have been born in New York City but she was six weeks late. Her parents, Janet Norton Lee and John Vernou Bouvier III , known as "Black Jack," were staying at Lasata , the East Hampton home of her paternal grandfather, Major John Vernou Bouvier Jr. Her parents had been married at St. Philomena's Catholic Church in East Hampton on July 7, 1928. The reception

4602-428: The west to Montauk Point in the east. It is approximately six miles (10 km) wide at its widest point and less than one mile at its narrowest. The town has jurisdiction over Gardiners Island , which is one of the largest privately owned islands in the United States. The town has 70 miles (110 km) of shoreline. This area had been inhabited for thousands of years by wandering tribes of indigenous peoples . At

4680-464: The whaling industry dropped off dramatically because of the rise of alternative fuel products. Among the sea captains of Sag Harbor were ancestors of politician Howard Dean , who was born in East Hampton. The most famous voyages out of Sag Harbor were those by Mercator Cooper . In 1845 he was on an American ship that picked up shipwrecked Japanese sailors in the Bonin Islands and returned them to Tokyo . In 1853 Cooper traveled with an expedition to

4758-471: The years the Montaukett intermarried with other peoples of the area, but brought up many of their descendants as Montaukett in their culture. When Arthur W. Benson brought a government auction of Montauk, New York , in which he bought nearly the entire east end of the town, he evicted the Montaukett. They relocated to Freetown , a community established by free people of color on the northern edge of East Hampton Village. The tribe made several attempts to get

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4836-426: Was a prince of bohemians", but had little business sense. While in Europe, Payne had several romantic interests, including a brief infatuation with Mary Shelley , Shelley's young widow and the author of Frankenstein . He lost interest when he realized she hoped only to use him to attract the notice of his friend, Washington Irving . Payne never married. Leaving Europe after nearly two decades, Payne returned to

4914-471: Was already being produced elsewhere. Payne considered this a minor hurdle. By tinkering with the plot and adding song lyrics, Payne transformed it into an operetta he entitled Clari; or the Maid of Milan. Among the new material was "Home, Sweet Home," a reworking of a poem he had written as a Union College student. This song helped make the operetta an instantaneous success and Payne a famous man. Set to music Sir Henry Bishop adapted from an Italian folk tune,

4992-417: Was an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had nearly two decades of a theatrical career and success in London . He is today most remembered as the creator of " Home! Sweet Home! ", a song he wrote in 1822 that became widely popular in the United States and the English-speaking world. Its popularity was revived during the American Civil War, as troops on both sides embraced it. After his return to

5070-450: Was born on Gardiners Island and her father had a house in East Hampton village. On February 28, 1844, she and her father, David Gardiner , were part of the Presidential party aboard the USS  Princeton when a malfunctioning cannon exploded. Her father and two Cabinet officers were killed. According to legend Julia fainted into the arms of President John Tyler (who had earlier lost his first wife). They married four months later, creating

5148-410: Was built in 1680 for Josiah Hobart, a prominent early settler, named in the first formal deed of conveyance of East Hampton. This was known as the East-Hampton Pattent or Dongan Patent . The 1686 instrument granting the Town of East Hampton to its new proprietors was signed by Thomas Dongan , then Governor of New York. The patent named Capt. Hobart one of "Trustees of the freeholders and commonalty of

5226-558: Was developed originally for agriculture, the settlers soon discovered that whales frequently beached along the South shore of the town. The whales could be carved up for food and oil. Town laws were written to regulate the proper handling of such carcasses. As the demand for whale products grew, residents became more aggressive in their harvesting techniques. No longer content to settle for harvesting beached whales, they began harvesting live whales that were coming near shore. Northwest Harbor, located at Northwest Landing on Gardiner's Bay,

5304-434: Was held at the East Hampton village home of her maternal grandparents, James T. Lee and Margaret Lee, located on Lily Pond. Her family were members of the Maidstone Club . She and her younger sister, Lee Bouvier , spent their summers at the house in East Hampton until she was 10, when her parents divorced. Her connection to East Hampton received renewed national attention in the 1970s. It was covered in news reports following

5382-417: Was held on the 91st anniversary of Payne's birth and was attended by President Chester A. Arthur , members of his cabinet, the State Department , and the Supreme Court ; the Marine Band, and a crowd of 2,000-3,000 that included numerous literary and other prominent people. Organizers arranged for a full choir to sing "Home, Sweet Home." East Hampton (town), New York The Town of East Hampton

5460-401: Was later changed to "Easthampton", reflecting the geographic names of its neighbors, Southampton and Westhampton. In 1885 the name was split into two words, after the local newspaper the East Hampton Star began using the two-word name. "Maidstone" is frequently used in place names throughout the town, including the Maidstone Golf Club . Deep Hollow Ranch , established in 1658 in Montauk,

5538-411: Was now known as Old Holliday Theater), and replace it with a new brick one. The new venue opened in May 1813 as The Baltimore, though eventually it retained its name as the Holliday Street Theater. Over time, it came to be known informally as Old Drury. On October 19, 1814, lyrics from Francis Scott Key's poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" set to the tune of " To Anacreon in Heaven " were performed onstage at

5616-538: Was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. John Howard Payne was born in New York City on June 9, 1791, one of seven sons among nine children. Early in his childhood, the family moved to Boston , Massachusetts, where his father headed a school. The family also spent time at his grandfather's colonial-era house in East Hampton, New York , which was later preserved in honor of Payne. As

5694-407: Was purchased by John T. Ford , the theater manager who would go on to operate Ford's Theatre and Ford's Grand Opera House . The Holliday Street Theater was damaged by fire in 1873; Ford rebuilt it and eventually sold it back to those from whom he had bought it. The building again fell into disrepair and was finally converted into a motion picture theater . It was demolished in 1917 to make room for

5772-517: Was ruled out because of proximity to the distraction of young actresses, and even the College of New Jersey (as Princeton was then known) was considered too close to the city. They selected Union College in Schenectady, New York . Novelist Charles Brockden Brown , an active promoter of New York City, accompanied the young Payne upstate as far as Albany . Payne started a college paper called

5850-470: Was the founder of the Corcoran Gallery .) In February 1883, Payne's remains were disinterred and brought to the U.S. by the steamer Burgundia , sailing from Marseilles . In New York, the coffin with Payne's remains was received with honors and transported by black funeral hearse to City Hall, where it was held in state while several thousand people visited the hall to pay respects. For a day, all

5928-504: Was the third Connecticut settlement on the East end of Long Island. East Hampton formally united with Connecticut in 1657. Long Island was formally declared to be part of New York (and also subject to English law) by Charles II of England after four British frigates captured what is today New York City , releasing East Hampton from its Connecticut governance. East Hampton was first called Maidstone, after Maidstone , Kent, England . The name

6006-562: Was the town's first harbor. The harbor turned out to be too shallow for large ships, so a larger port was developed two miles (3 km) West, at Sag Harbor. Some accounts say that it was named because of its relation to the settlement of Sagaponack, New York in the Town of Southampton. At the peak of the whaling industry, in 1847, some 60 whale ships were based in Sag Harbor, employing 800 men in related businesses. Herman Melville made numerous references to this village in his novel, Moby-Dick . The port rivaled that of New York. After 1847

6084-595: Was widely sung during the American Civil War , when it was treasured by troops of both the North and the South. It was also a particular favorite of President Abraham Lincoln . He asked Italian opera star Adelina Patti to perform it for him and his wife when the diva appeared at the White House in 1862. The Lincolns were still mourning the death of their son Willie. Philanthropist W. W. Corcoran of Washington, D.C., arranged for Payne's reinterment in his last home city. (He

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