Tappan history

Six years later he launched his own firm in Portland, Maine, and then in 1809 moved the business to Montreal.

In 1826, the brothers began to import silk from Asia, and they earned a sizable fortune.

Slavery would not be abolished in New York State until 1827.

His return to Calvinism in 1828 created a sensation in Boston and beyond.

In 1833, the brothers and abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld came together to form the American Anti-Slavery Society.

The present church was built in 1835, on the site of an earlier church built in 1694.

In the Panic of 1837, the brothers lost practically everything, but they recovered and rebuilt their businesses.

They were triumphant when slavery was abolished in the British West Indies by 1838 and in French possessions 10 years later.

William Lloyd Garrison dominated the American Anti-Slavery Society, although Arthur Tappan served as president of the organization from its founding until 1840.

In 1841 he founded the successful Mercantile Agency, the first commercial credit institution; it later become Dun and Bradstreet.

In 1843 he visited England in a remarkable effort to persuade the British government to end slavery in Texas through a loan to the young republic.

In 1846 Lewis helped found the American Missionary Association, in opposition to groups more conservative on the slavery issue.

The next year he helped found the National Era, which in 1852 published Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Arthur Tappan, (born May 22, 1786, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States—died July 23, 1865, New Haven, Connecticut), American philanthropist who used much of his energy and his fortune in the struggle to end slavery.

1783–1888), in western Europe and the Americas, the movement chiefly responsible for creating the emotional climate necessary for ending the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery.

Although the land on which Lachmund"s was built was originally part of Old Tappan, it was incorporated into River Vale in 1894.

Construction began on the 2,000-acre camp, which included parts of Tappan, Orangeburg and Blauvelt, in October 1942.

From the day it opened in December 1955, the Tappan Zee Bridge powered significant economic currents on both sides of the river.

By the end of 1960, all 559 miles of the Thruway system were open, connecting Buffalo on the shores of Lake Erie, the state capital of Albany, and New York City.

Since December 1965, when the Town of Orangetown, which includes Tappan, declared the 85-acre center of Tappan a New York State historic district, nearly all new construction there stopped.

The district was created in 1966 by an Orangetown ordinance, the first of its kind for a town in New York State.

Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Lewis Tappan and the Evangelical War against Slavery (1969), delineates Lewis's major significance in social and reform affairs of his era. □

A town law passed in 1984 allows residents who have been living in their own single-family houses for up to five years to create accessory apartments.

Neither has had a resale since 1986.

GAZETTEER Population: 6,800 (1989 estimate). Median household income: $60,000 (1989 estimate). Median single-family house price: $250,000.

Since its launch in 2012, Tappan has successfully democratized the art scene for a digital generation, fostering the careers of emerging artists by giving them an online platform to sell their work, tell their story and reach collectors worldwide.

The artist in residency program was founded in 2016 and offers Tappan artists the opportunity to apply for one- to three-month terms at Tappan Studios.

On November 16, 2020, Southwire acquired American Elite Molding (AEM). One of America’s leading manufacturers of nylon cable ties, AEM’s popular products such as the EZ-OFF™ ties, releasable ties, and HVAC duct straps were added to Southwire’s rapidly expanding product selection.