Shelter Island Historical Society: ‘A Woman Named Matilda’ / Stories About Shelter Island

This quick read, originally published in 1978,

is full of wonderful stories and facts about Shelter Island.

Chapters include: “Shelter Island and Barbados,” “An Early Visitor to Shelter Island,”

“Black Inhabitants of Shelter Island,” “Griffin’s Unpublished Journals,”

“Abraham G.D. Tuthill of Oyster Ponds,” and of course, “A Woman Named Matilda.”

Curious about who Matilda was? Purchase a book today!

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