Suitable for Framing When you paint bucolic scenes of country life, no city apartment will do. Dan and Marty Campanelli bought a 1765 farmhouse and decorated it with early American antiques to make a perfect setting for his watercolors of days gone by—and the perfect place to work on new paintings. We give you an inside peek at their house and antique collection in our June 2008 issue. See issue contents. Meet the Artist: Susan S. Daul  To help you get to know some of the best artisans in America, we want to take a moment to introduce one of those selected for the 2007 Directory of Traditional American Crafts, Susan S. Daul, selected for exemplary work in the category "Painted Or Framed Art." Susan Soloway Daul grew up in the woodlands of New Jersey and has been drawing and painting since her early childhood. Over the past twenty years, Daul has worked in various folk-art media including wood and clay. She usually incorporates animals into her pieces in some way. Read more about Daul. Find out about the Directory. Reader Letter: Berlin Is Missing Kate Kearns writes: I read your recent article referencing Simeon North pistols in your April 2008 publication. I am president of the Berlin Historical Society
and I, along with our Board of Directors, was disappointed to read that
Berlin, Connecticut was not mentioned in the article when indeed the
pistols ordered in the contract Simeon North had with the War Department
from 1798 were made in Berlin. Simeon North had offices in Middletown
but the main factory was in Berlin. He built a newer and bigger facility
in Middletown eventually but that wasn't
until about 1813. Send a reply to the editor. Dovecote IssueTeresa sent this note to our Readers' Exchange:
I am looking for a back issue which featured a DOVECOTE on the front cover, maybe 2000 issue. Thanks!. Visit the Readers’ Exchange. Letter from the Editor: Southern Hospitality In our current issue Early American Life executive editor Jeanmarie Andrews writes, "
"As a college student, I was fascinated by the history
of the South—its antebellum mansions, its political mindset,
its social structure. Perhaps that’s why I ended up pursuing
graduate studies in South Carolina, the seat of
secession during the mid-1800s. One of my most vivid
memories occurred in historiography class, when the professor
asked why we thought anthologies had been written
about the history of the South but not the North. I
don’t remember my attempted scholarly explanation, but
I will never forget the professor’s reply, uttered in a languid
drawl: “No, darlin’, it’s because the history of the
South is more in-er-es-tin’.”
" Read the Editor's Letter. | 
