Adirondack Museum - Heavenly Twins Block

The museum curator Hallie Bond sent me the most interesting e-mail yesterday.  It's intriguing in that she found a book entitled "The Heavenly Twins" ... apparently, a very early feminist book...and there is one block on the quilt also titled "The Heavenly Twins".  History may be revealing itself and this quilt certainly is speaking to us!

> From: hebond@adkmuseum.org
> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:09:50 -0500
> Subject: RE: Bruno quilt
 
Dear Paula,

I'm really looking forward to seeing the quilt in person at
last--thank you so much for lending it to us, and for including all that extra material--that will make a wonderful story. I just got a copy of a book published the year before your quilt was made called "The Heavenly Twins--" it's an early feminist novel (!!). I'll let you know if it has any clues about the quilt and the reading public of North River.
 
Hallie


Dear Hallie,

I was so excited to find the picture of my great uncle Joseph in his chef's apron that was just the icing on the cake, at least for me; I found that one late last night.  The people, in the picture(s), names are on the backs of the pictures.  I've included pictures of my great uncle in his Odd Fellows Uniform, a studio 'tin-type' picture of my great uncle, as well as a few other family pictures.  Doris was kind enough to send me copies of pictures of the original Hotel showing the stagecoach parked in front, just like the oil painting of the stagecoach on the quilt and I am enclosing those as well.

My heart jumped when I read of the book you found "The Heavenly Twins".  How odd everything is seemingly "piecing together", just like a quilt, in more ways than I imagined (if the book has any relative information). As I sit here shaking my head .. who would imagine that title for a book and hand written on one of the quilt blocks "Heavenly Twins"...eerie I say...LOL

This quilt seems to hold more historical value than I ever imagined (at least to me) one quilt could.  But they say 'quilts talk' and this quilt truly is telling us a story of the early days in the Adirondack mountains from a logging camp to Hotel (pre Saratoga Springs according to my father, but...).  I'd like to know if it truly was a "Resort" which is probably something I could ask Doris not sure I have anything in my notes relative to that I'd have to re-read them, but right now I need to go to bed.