New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
THE HOME OF BRYANT.
historic ROsLYN. THE MoULToN HOME
STEAD AND MRS. MoULTON. WHO
HAS list PASSED AWAY.

,, a ,r,end Of the late William Cullen
80. md widow Of the man who sold the poet his
honoe IN Rosyn. Long Island. Mrs. j. '" Mou'o'''
~. inst passed away at venerao'e asc' o.'e 80
e., GOOD health and had good memory up 10 the 'ds'
Her stories OF old Rosiyn were pe'pe
the Young people Of the town. ,s,,
7. vas near nlghtfall on September DAY III 1907
-, " voulton. with his wife and infant in arms.
mas driving along the road. having Hempstead mar
hor IN view on the left hand. They passed the paper
Mills ~ Richard Kirk and came to the large muse
,hicb he had built In 17s1 on ground whlch MS la"
i.v had owned over a hundred years AS '"es ~
~ r-,end Hicks who then the owner came
-. and Mr. Moulton stopped to Inquire the way 70
a,o,her town. where they had heard OF desiraoe
-.s,dence for sale. They were on the wrong 'oau'
49,. s,-,,rce uas considerable and Friend Hicks oo-
served. THY wife is boxing weary; tarry mere al
III, md oct a fresh start in the morning.
Mrs Mention was fond Of telling how relieved she
IS ,hs, her husband accepted the proffered nospi-
,alitv and she alighied at the door,
Nr Moul,on said the place might well ne cameo
para Vista. the harbor below the garden, al hoou-
'se' .os.ubl,ne a lake. A densely wooded hill mace
picturesque background for the house. "h'ch mas
a., ears heen the home OF Parke Goodwin
when morning came the Moutons ravfheh no
,,,o. ,hev we're so delighted with their resting
Iso ,h,, they bough; It and lived there about ten
Ears The house extremely pain IN exterior
win a double roof and overhangIng caves winch
.,ccos,fd a brown nat 10 'ne Idi! anu ."a1 was
A o,,lnane for +: until Mr.. Mouton built around
:, . ,wo-storied piazza with square columns ana
..a,, c,rnice In 1874 they sold the property to VIII"
,ao, cullen BRYANT removing TO a small house on the
10 side of the road. halfway TO the village.
rha, vicinity had been known only as Hampstead
-. hr, several OF the residents agreeing that
49,, .,,,age ought to have definite name. they met
~ n certain day 10 choose one II was traditional
~, .n.n the 10Th or Royal American. Regiment
-, out or Hampstead their band had played
ma .n, ~ 81 ..Rosyn Castle" Mr.. Moulton wrote
tiie t.' a. the name he fancied on slip OF
M Non NJ rryan; wrote "Rosyn.' When each OF
pau Gentlemen had written name the slips OF
,ne JIM n..,r nut In hat Mr.. Bryant's slip Was
pap., .o the town Is Roslyn 10 THIS day
o' H. Nouton's library was square table which
~ ~. from officers quarters At Fortress Monroe
nAu na ~ ncon's visits he sat and wrote at this
table. ,-.h,s Kirk Mace Is the narchment
,'e,,,pc Which conveyed the vast estate from the
=, the I-nderhill family for the sum OF thirteen
sh,,,,ngs Al oyster Bay one Is shown where the
sha'5 ~ the New-York city Hospital was buried
r,os The most exciting time OF the Revolution.
u s,Ildewed Il still. legble In It's place OF honor
a." 10 newest building of the new hospital. In Six
feminist. IT, ..,oro,.-,a, NJ. r,.,,. A.,
~ 80 room where British soldiers dwell win
Ter having been bieted therein coboles,ones
which fhcv laid on either side OF the entrance have
never been lifted The Treadwell place Is not far on
The occupant Of this house during the war was the