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Updated February 12, 2008

Mackay Stories & Readers Comments, p.1, Jul 02-Dec 05

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2002

1.  "...I was born at Harbor Hill in 1914..."

2003

2.  "...remember camping on the ruins of the mansion..."

2004

3.  "...observed a woman drying clothes at the gate house..."

4.  "...mother worked for Katherine Mackay Hawkins..."

5.  "...Great Aunt Gwendolyn Rose married John W. Mackay..."

6.  "...remember walking up the Mackay driveway..."

7.  "...ruins had been hauled away, leaving only the foundations, gardens and..."

2005

8.  "...came upon the rusting hulk of a big, black sedan..."

9.  "...was a fan of John W. Mackay, Clarence's son, who wrote...on bird hunting..."

10.  "...Teddy Mackie was Mr. Mackay's Man-Friday..."

11.  "...became fascinated with Harbor Hill...then found this amazing website"

12.  "...the Mackays would send a chauffeur to the village..."

13.  "...short life span of the estate is incredible to me..."

14.  "...The Roslyn News published a series of my father's stories..."

15.  "...A truly valuable site---thanks for the work in putting it together..."

16.  "...used to go down under the remains of the house and explore the cellars..."

17.  "...same fountain...we as kids found up in the woods on Harbor Hill..."

18.  "...believe his son, John, owned an estate on the east side of Glen Cove Rd..."

19.  "...first explored Mackay's while a Boy Scout in Troop #1..."

20.  "...I am the current President of Clan Mackay Society USA, Inc..."  (genealogy)

21.  "...as a RHS '69 alum and as a telecommunications attorney, I find your site..."

22.  "...' Two Bearded Old Men', attributed to the Augsburg School, 16th century..."

23.  "...I've always wanted to learn the history of the Mackay Estate..."

24.  "...I did a lot of historical work with the Roslyn Air National Guard Station..."

25.  "...My Grandfather worked at the Mackay estate and my mother grew up there..."

26.  "...the tapestry with the story of David and Bathsheba...collection of CHM..."

27.  "...there were holes drilled all around the exterior...for the wreckers to..."

28.  "...one of the most beautiful courts anywhere in the world was at Harbor Hill..."

29.  "...My father was born in Roslyn in 1909...his family moved to Harbor Hill in 1910.."

30.  "...I am distantly related to John W. and Clarence H. Mackay..."  (genealogy)

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