๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, I started a push towards the creation of a mural in honor of Fortune. My non-profit Alex Breanne Corporation raised $18,000 of the total cost of $30,000. We aligned with The RiseUP Group to manage the effort.
Installation of a new headstone for Isaac J. Hill at the Presbyterian Cemetery in Woodbury, NJ... 800 N. Broad Street.
๐๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป with a Middletown historian (๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ), I was made aware of a 1901 book on the ancestry of the Hackstaff family. The value here is that a man named ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ was gifted the ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป in 1840, which is the mansion where ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ was enslaved.
When God shows you the purpose in your path and why he blessed you with the gifts you have...you must then walk. #Life
Summary of my research into Philip Mortimer, the 18th centuery Middletown, CT enslaver.
Video presentation by John Mills for submission to the PBS series "Finding Your Roots." The hope is to gain support from the show in digging deeper into the life of Prince Mortimer.
