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One interesting story I discovered from working at the SUNY Maritime Museum is that of Louis Weickum. I was working a lot on an exhibit…
![The Jacob Leisler Institute and the Journey of a Young Historian](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Recently at the Jacob Leisler Institute, I was given a burned document dating back to the late 17th century that was caught in the fire…
![My beginning at the Jacob Leisler Institute](https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/historyinternships/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
As a major history geek, I have visited many historic sites from Sagamore Hill on Long Island to the Gettysburg Battlefield, both of which brought…