Winter Exhibit: The Love Letters of Luis and Jane Bush Francke

The Winter exhibit of the Oyster Bay Historical Society opens Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Society's Earle-Wightman House Museum and continues thru Sunday, April 26, 2009. The exhibit, called Dearest Jane ... Love L: Jane Bush and her love letters from Habana, consists of letters and photographs documenting the courtship of Luis Francke, who operated a sugar plantation and refinery in Matanzas, Cuba, and Jane Bush de Lamoutte, a rural Indiana girl educated in Paris then briefly married to Alexander de Lamoutte of New York.

After their wedding, the Franckes established a home at Glenby, their estate in Upper Brookville. Today, volunteers at the Jane Francke Bird Sanctuary, on the grounds of the former estate, maintain the legacy of Mrs. Francke's love of ornithology and her commitment to open space on Long Island and throughout the country.

The Society invites you to read Luis Francke's beautiful letters of love and celebrate Valentine's Day at a special reception on Saturday, February 14 from 4:00-6:00 pm.

Please call the Society at 922-5032 or email for more information.