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ESSEX COUNTY
ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET with COLORED MAP
The early days of Essex County, MA, and its various towns and townships, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 145 Page Booklet, reprinted primarily from two hard-to-find books: the 1839 edition of Historical Collections of Massachusetts by John Warner Barber, and Massachusetts, a Guide to its Places and People, a WPA project. The spiral-bound booklet, sold exclusively on eBay, is printed one-sided on 60# paper, with the print enlarged for easier reading. A sheet of clear vinyl has been added to protect the front cover.
INSERTED IN THE BOOKLET is a color copy of the
1939 Map of MASSACHUSETTS,
originally published by Dorr.Howland & Co, to accompanied the Barber book. The reprint is on a parchment-like paper to simulate the original and can easily be removed for framing, if desired.
The communities mentioned include: Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boxford, Bradford, Cape Ann, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Gloucester, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Methuess, Middleton, New Mills, Newbury, Newburyport, Reading, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Sandwich, Sangus, South Reading, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury, West Parish (or Jamaica), Yarmouth.
The many and diverse topics in the Barber section of the booklet include: Early Settlers, The Amesbury Flannel Mfg. Co., and other Industries; Cost of a Town; Indian Troubles, including the Remarkable Escape of Two Women and a Boy; Bradford Academy and Other Educational Institutions; "The Indictment of Martha Carryer" for Witchcraft; the Unsuccessful Attempt to Rename Beverly; "Hourglass" Sermons; Eel Migration; the Great Fire in Newburyport; Nathaniel Bowditch, celebrated mathmatician; Revolutionary War Heroes: Gen. Israel Putnam, Col. Hutchinson, Jeremiah Page, Capt. Samuel Page, and Gen. Gideon Foster; Shipwreck of the Pirate Bellamy, and Other Shipwrecks and Calamities; Sea Serpents, Lions, Wolf Hunting, a Tornado, and an Earthquake.
And all of this is just in the first part of the booklet. Excerpts from the WPA book give a nostalgic glimpse from a 1940 vantage point, including interesting historical notes, especially as they relate to sightseeing possibilities. It includes just about everything there was to see in the county in 1940 -- the old houses and other historic sites, industries, institutions, natural wonders, and a few not so natural. It recalls the old legends, the ghost stories, the various industries that have come and gone, and enough trivia to start a quiz show. Like why were knitting tools buried in butter, what was the "Country's Wonder", who reportedly lived at "Egg Rock" and what future president used the "Ordeal by Touch" in a Murder Trial? Besides the general tours, there are special sections on Gloucester and Rockport, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynn, Marblehead, Newburyport and Salem.
The booklet has no index, but surnames mentioned in the 1839 section include:
ALLING, ASLETT, ABBOT, ALLERTON, APPLETON, AYER, ALLEN, ARMITAGE, ADAMS, ANDREWS; BARTLETT, BELL, BRADSTREET, BARKER, BACHELDER, BALCH, BARNARD, BLAKE, BALLARD, BLACKHEAD, BARTLET, BIGGS, BRIGGS, BAILEY, BOWDITCH, BURROUGHS, BLYNMAN, BROWN, BLOWERS, BREED, BELCHER, BAKER, BARBER, BENNET, BENNETT, BRIDGES, BELKNAP, BROOKS, BASS, BATCHELOR, BOWINGE, BARTOLL, BOURS, BRECK, BOWERS, BRADFORD, BIGHT; CLERK, COLES, CUMMINGS, CHOATE, CARY, COLDAM, CHADWELL, CUSHING, COWDREY, CARLTON, COX, CROSSE, COBBET, CHASE, CHAPMAN, CHICHESTER, CORWITHEN, CURTICE, CHARLES, CHINE, CHEEVER, CLOYCE, CURWEN, CAPEN, COUCH, CHANDLER, CHUBB, CORY, COLLINS, CHAMPNEY, CHIPMAN, CARRYER, CHAPLIN, CUTLER, CLEMENT, CLEMENTS, COFFIN, CLARK, COOK, CLEAVELAND, CROWELL, CONANT; DEMOND, DAVIS, DENNIS, DODGE, DANE, DICKINSON, DOLIBER, DEACON, DRIVER, DIXEY, DEXTER, DUNNER, DUDLEY, DUSTIN, DEVEROE, DUNBAR, DANA, DELAND, DUNTAN; EATON, EASTMAN, ENDICOTT, EASTY, EMERSON, ELDERKIN; FITCH, FRYE, FARR, FAULKNER, FELT, FOSTER, FARRINGTON, FLOYD, FRAILE, FISK, FISKE, FROTHINGHAM, GOOD, GREEN, GILE, GAGE, GATCHELL, GEORGE, GODSON, GAINES, GILLOW; GERRISH, GRAY, GOYT, GLOVER, GERRY, GILBERT, GARDNER, GOLDTHWAIT, HOADLY, HARRIS, HOPKINSON, HUDSON, HASELTINE, HOLMAN, HOOPER, HOLYOKE, HUMFREY, HILL, HALE, HAZZEN, HUBBARD, HALSYE, HAGGETT, HART, HOLT, HIBBERT, HEWES, HULL, HOBSON, HUTCHINSON, HURSEY, HOWE, HOLBROOK, HARTSHORNE, HANDFORTH, HAWKES, HATHORNE, HARDY, HUSSEY, HOWLET, HOBERT, HIGGINSON, HUNTINGTON, INGRAHAM, INGALLS, IVORY; JEWETT, JUDSON, JEFFERDS, JACOBS, JACQUES, JOHNSON, JACKSON, JAMES; KNEELAND, KEYSAR, KNIGHT, KIMBALL, KNAPP, KING, LOVEJOY, LONGLEY, LORING, LACY, LADD, LOWELL, LAWSON, LYFORD, LEONARD, LITTLEHALE, LAIGHTON, LYNDSEY, LEGG, LUCKIS, LATTIMORE, LEWIS, LYON, MAVERICK, MONSAM, MERRIE, MURRAY, MINOT, MOTLEY, MIGHILL, MUGFORD, MERRETT, MARKS, MARSTON, McKEEN, MALCOLM, MARCH; NOYES, NORMAN, NORTHY, NEWHALL, NICHOLSON, NEWMAN, NELSON, NURSE, NORRIS, NORTON, NASH, NEWELL, NEFF; OBER, OLIVER, OSBORN, ODIN, OSGOOD; PARTRIDGE, PARKER, PAGE, PETERS, PRESTON, PERRY, PELL, PRINCE, POOR, PICKERING, PHELPS, PERKINS, PETERS, PERLEY, PHILLIPS, PALMER, PIERSON, PIERCE, POTTER, PUTNAM, PAINE, PITFORD, PEACHY, PARSONS, PIGOT, PARRIS, PAYSON, PITMAN, PROCTOR, PERKINS; ROBY, READ, ROBINSON, RICHARDSON, ROLFE, RANDALL, RAMSDELL, ROOLTON, RUSS, ROBINSON, ROGER, ROGERS; SKELTON, STICKNEY, STACIE, SWETT, STORY, SANDEN, SAMS, STEPHENS, SPENCER. SERGEANT, SERJEANT, SHAW, SWAN, SILVER, SADLER, SHERRIT, SALTONSTALL, SYMONDS, SOUTHWICK, SIBLEY, SEARLE, SEARL, SIMMONS, SPERRY, STEVENS, SWAIN, SPARHAWK, STREATON, STANBURY, SYMMES, SPOFFORD, SHEPARD, SEWALL; THORN, THORNDIKE, TUFTS, TOWN, THACHER, TURNER, TYLER, TILLEY, TOOTHAKER, TENNEY, TOWNSEND, TOMB, THOMAS, TUCKER, TAPPAN, THOMPSON, TULLAR, TAYLOR, TOMLINS; UPHAM; WARREN, WARRIN, WHEELWRIGHT, WILDES, WORCESTER, WOODS, WHITTAKER, WAINWRIGHT, WINTHROP, WHITING, WILLIS, WITTER, WATHIN, WELBYE, WELLS, WHEELER, WHITERIDGE, WHITCARE, WALSINGHAM, WHITWELL, WEEKS, WHITMAN, WHITEFIELD, WILLIAMS, WALKER, WEBB, WOOD, WARDELL, WOODBRIDGE, WADE, WILLARD, WADSWORTH, WEBSTER, WHITE, WHITEFIELD, WEST, WALTON, WRIGHT, and WARD.
Among the famous and not-so-famous names mentioned in the WPA section are:
ROBERT PIKE, EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, JOHN MARCH, EZEKIEL ROGERS, CAPT. SAMUEL BROCKLEBANK, HAROLD KELLOGG, PARSON CAPEN, MAJOR ASA PERKINS, JOHN ADAMS, SCOTCH BOARDMAN, 'KING' NANEPASHEMET, FARMER THOMAS DEXTER, JOHN WINTHROP JR., RICHARD LEADER, WILLIAM, RICHARD & RALPH SPRAGUE, JOSHUA COFFIN, HARRY MAIN, JEFFREY SNELLING, NATHANIEL WARD, ANN BRADSTREET, JOHN WISE, AUGUSTINE HEARD, MARY ABIGAIL DODGE (GAIL HAMILTON), MANASSEH CUTTLER, SAMUEL MANDELL, ANNA LADD, JOHN FISKE, NATHANIEL BROWN (Tory), HUGH PETERS, JOHN BALCH, ROGER CONANT, JOHN WINTHROP JR., JOHN CABOT, ANANIAS CONKLIN, GEORGE PEABODY, ELIAS HASKET DERBY, BETSY BLANEY, JOHN HUMPHREY, DEBORAH MOODY, JOHN MOTLEY, JOSEPH JOHNSON, JOHN BREED, ZERUBBABEL PORTER, NATHAN READ, GILBERT TAPLEY, LUCY LARCOM, REBECCA NURSE, SAMUEL McINTIRE, ISRAEL PUTNAM, EBENEZER DAMON, GEORGE ROOT, SILAS BROWN, AARON PEARSON, CADWALADER FORD, CALEB HARRIMAN, SAMUEL PHILLIPS, WILLIAM BARTLETT, MOSES BROWN, JOHN NOYES, ISAAC ABBOT, WILLIAM WOOD, THOMAS KITTREDGE, MARK AND NATHANIEL GORRILL, MARY INGALLS, HANANIAH ORDWAY, ENOCH NOYES, GEORGE THOMAS SAVORY, JOHN MURRAY, EBENEZER POOL, LUCE GEORGE, TAMMY YOUNGER, JUDY RHIMES, GOODY GEORGE, HANNAH DUSTIN, JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, ADONIRAM JUDSON, ANNE HASSELTINE, SAMUEL NEWELL, HARRIET ATWOOD, AMOS PILLSBURY, PHILIP KIRTLAND, EDMUND BRIDGES, EBENEZER BREED, MARY BAKER EDDY, MALL PITCHER, LYDIA E. PINKHAM, JOHN BARNARD, JEREMIAH LEE, WILLIAM LEE, ROBERT 'KING' HOOPER, MAJOR PEDRICK, PARSON BARNARD, JOHN GLOVER, JOHN CURRIER JR., TIMOTHY DEXTER, RICHARD DERBY, and NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
ILLUSTRATIONS include Mills village in Salisbury and Amesbury; Theological Seminary and Phillips Academy, both of Andover; Beverly; the Collins House in Danvers; Monument and Bell Tavern, Danvers; Gloucester; Haverhill; Lynn; Nahant Hotel in Long Beach, Lynn; Manchester; Marblehead from Fort Sewall; Methuen Falls village; Newburyport (full page); Whitefield's Monument and the House where He Died; Salem (full page), and Washington Square, Salem. Most are about 1/3 page in size.
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