The Merchant's House Museum is a historic house museum at 29 East Fourth Street in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The four-story edifice, built by the hatter Joseph Brewster between 1831 and 1832 as a speculative development, was sold in 1835 to the merchant Seabury Tredwell. It was the Tredwell family's residence for almost a century, with the structure remaining in the family until the death of the youngest child in 1933. A distant relative purchased the building and in 1936 transformed it into a museum. It is the only 19th-century residence in Manhattan with its original exterior and interior intact. The museum's collection has more than 4,500 items owned by the Tredwell family, including pieces of furniture, clothing, household items, and personal items. The building's facade and interior are New York City designated landmarks, and the building is a National Historic Landmark.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant%27s_House_Museum

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1725:

Bach led the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_guter_Hirt,_BWV_85

1855:

Thieves stole 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold from a train travelling from London to Folkestone, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Gold_Robbery

1864:

American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union army out of the Shenandoah Valley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Market

1916:

Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

warm the cockles of someone's heart: 1. Especially of food or drink (particularly an alcoholic beverage): to cause someone to feel deeply warm and comfortable; to comfort, to satisfy. 2. (figurative) To provide someone with a deep feeling of contentment or happiness. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/warm_the_cockles_of_someone%27s_heart

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.   --Katherine Anne Porter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter