The Charming and Eccentric Lives of Truxtun and Marie Beale, 1856 – 1956
Swan’s Island is a large but sparsely populated island off the coast of Maine. You can only get there by boat or helicopter. The ferry is the best and surest way to get there, which runs from Bass Harbor near Bar Harbor. The boat ride takes about 40 minutes. I just came back from a …
Read the full post →“A Visit to Swan’s Island graves – J. Tyson Lee and Catrina Beale”
I am visiting Maine this week, and I stopped by to see the graves of Harriet Blaine Beale, Trux’s first wife, her sister Margaret and her husband, Walter Damrosch. They are buried at Ledgelawn Cemetery, maybe about a half mile away from the downtown area. The graves are the first ones you will see once …
I really should update this website and blog more. Earlier this year I was on two podcasts to discuss my book. I was on the Annapolis Podcast and then I was on the Notorious Bakersfield podcast. Click on the hyperlinks above to listen. Also, be sure to check out the other episodes on both podcasts. …
A few days ago I started promoting the Kindle version of my book, but I realized that I had done something wrong when I couldn’t open up the ebook on my Kindle. I attempted to upload a copy to Amazon that would work, but they wouldn’t accept it because the file type was different. As …
The guy who designed my book found this photo in my collection of documents from the Beale Papers at the Library of Congress and liked it: I seem to remember “Newport” written on the back of it, but couldn’t find much more about it. Beale had family in Newport, Rhode Island, and sometimes spent time …
The book is finally out. Thanks to everyone who assisted me in this project. It took a bit longer than I hoped, but there were some factors out of my control. I have some copies that I have been giving out to people I know and for promotional purposes. Those copies have maybe three very …
On April 11, 1873, General Edward Canby was murdered by Modoc Indians. The word “murdered” is correct as he killed during peace negotiations, under a flag of truce, which is a crime under international law. Americans then were outraged about this, but General Beale (Truxtun’s father), at the risk of losing friends and his reputation, …
Read the full post →“General Beale’s Unpopular Defense of the Indians/Native Peoples.”
I recently found and purchased an old book related to my research. Gretchen Blaine Damrosch Finletter was the daughter of Walter Damrosch, a famous composer, and Margaret Blaine Damrosch. Margaret was the daughter of James G. Blaine, former Secretary of State and Republican nominee for President in 1884, and also the sister of Harriet Blaine …
Read the full post →“Margaret Blaine Damrosch and the Republican Party”
In the above video, you can briefly see undated video footage (probably 1940, when St. Patrick’s Day fell on Palm Sunday) of Lord Cavan, or Rudolph Lambart, handing out shamrocks to the Irish Guards (British military) in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Cavan held various positions in the British Army and at one point had …
I get a lot of visitors to this website from Shanghai, China. I’m sure it has nothing to do with hacking, but rather because Truxtun Beale was fascinated by China. Sure, he lobbied for continuing the Chinese Exclusion Act, but he visited China as a young man and appreciated their culture. From Census records we …