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Remembering John Dolan
The following article was written in 2013 by Beverly Perna for the Ipswich Chronicle. Reprinted with permission. John Dolan It is true—when you become “of an age,” you start to scan the obituaries....
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Susan Ellsworth, Ipswich lighthouse keeper and recipient of the Boston Post Cane
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Deluge! An Eyewitness Account of the Mother’s Day Storm of 2006
The spring of 2006 brought a paucity of rain that resulted in very dry conditions throughout Eastern New England. I remember noting the dryness of the landscape while patrolling through April into...
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Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the...
I listened today to an interview with author Nathaniel Philbrick on NPR, and was impressed with his fresh take on the social dynamics of the Revolutionary War, portrayed in his book, Valiant Ambition:...
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The Old Town Clock
The old town clock, salvaged from the 1965 fire, was beyond restoration. From All that Remains, Volume 1 of Tales of Old Ipswich by Harold Bowen, I was watching the workmen install the new electric...
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A walk in the Old North Burying Ground
The Old North Burying Ground at the intersection of High Street and Rt 133/1A was established in 1634 upon the founding of the town of Ipswich. Cast of Characters ICAM Ipswich Host: Paul Valcour...
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Central Street after the fire, 1894
Central Street in1894 after most of the fire debris was removed. Photo by George R. Dodge, courtesy of Sheila Bodwell. The recently-discovered photo shown above was taken by George R. Dodge in the...
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Dulcibel, A Tale of Old Salem
Dulcibel is a fictional young woman charged with witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials. The book was written by Henry Peterson (1818-1891), a journalist and poet who served for twenty years on the...
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Roads to Paradise
Closeup of Paradise and Mitchell Roads in the 1910 Ipswich map led to an area that has been occupied for 50 years by the Mill River Sand and Gravel Company. Thomas Franklin Waters wrote: “The early...
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Rite Aid
How to shop at the Ipswich Rite Aid in 26 easy steps: (A) Get items, including a chocolate bar marked “Two for one.” (B) Stand in line for the only cashier available. The woman in front of you is...
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View of Ipswich Bluff
Lithography by Edward Burrill, 1835-1913, from Nature & on Stone, printed by Meisel Brothers, Boston. Digital image from original print, courtesy of Bill Barton. Filed under: Photos
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An Amazing Coincidence on July 4, 1826
by Helen Breen (Photo courtesy: examiner.com) Regarding the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote from Philadelphia to his wife Abigail in Braintree, Massachusetts: “It ought to...
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Ghosts of Independence Day
My wife and I were reminiscing of Independence Days long past, when our children were little, some of our parents still alive and our families mostly living nearby. Backyard cook-outs scheduled around...
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Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic, General James Appleton Post, at Market Square in Ipswich, all veterans of the Civil War. Photo taken by Edward Darling, circa 1900, courtesy of Bill Barton. Filed...
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The Green Street dam
(*In March 1934, Congress passed the Civilian Conservation bill, creating the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civil Conservation Corps (CCC). It was through this program that the old jail...
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Marked by a Witch
From one of my favorite blogs, Streets of Salem… streetsofsalem I have featured maps on this blog many times: maps allegorical, anthropomorphic, and antique, maps featuring octopuses, spiders,...
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The British attack on Sandy Bay
On the wall of a building at Bearskin Neck in Rockport, MA is the sign shown below. Rockport experienced one of the oddest invasions in U.S. history during the War of 1812 when British sailors faced...
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“Dalliance and too much familiarity”
William Row v. John Leigh, Mar. 28, 1673 Writ: William Row v. John Leigh; for insinuating dalliance and too much familiarity with his wife, drawing away her affections from her husband, to the great...
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Christian Wainwright house, Market St.
In 1845, the Christian Wainwright house was moved to a location facing Market Street at the corner of Saltonstall Street. The Ipswich Historical Commission bought and restored the Whipple House which...
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Hitler’s rise to power, and the role of Ipswich in World War II
July 1932: Adolf Hitler rises to power The Wall Street Crash of 1929 heralded worldwide economic disaster, and the Nazis and the Communists in the 1930 Election secured over 50% of Reichstag seats,...
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