Topics:
- 1773 Sheep Book
- Dr. Daniel “Doc” Adams, considered the “True Father of Baseball”
- Dr. George Lansing Taylor (Jesse Lee Church minister) and his wife, Eliza French Taylor
Scott House Journal, June 2019
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