Early Descriptions of Freeport

Early Descriptions of Freeport [Patterson's Oyster House, Courtesy of the Freeport Historical Society]

"THE OYSTER TRADE. -It is said that the thriving and growing Village of Freeport [furnishes] about 1,000 bushels per week of oysters to the New York markets. - L.I. Dem."

Source: The Corrector (Sag Harbor) 2 December 1871, page 2.