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Strong drink
It is said that the Pilgrims loaded more beer than water onto the Mayflower for their trip to the New World, and they began brewing immediately upon arrival. Our Ipswich forefathers consumed malt beer...
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The early homes of the Shatswells
The oldest section of the Tuttle – Lord – Shatswell house at 88 High Street in Ipswich is said to have been built before 1690 as the home of John Shatswell, who came to join the Ipswich settlement in...
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Ipswich Chowderfest, Saturday October 15, 2016
2016 Ipswich Chowderfest vendors LOCATION COMPANY NAME A Ipswich Brewery Table B Apple Crisp C Laer Realty Table D Ipswich Lions Table E EBSCO or Institution for Savings 1 Designed & Crafted by...
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Coffee with the chief, Saturday October 22
ZUMI’S at 40 Market Street in Ipswich hosts Coffee with the Ipswich Chief of Police, Paul Nikas. Chief will be available to anyone in the community who has questions or concerns. This is your chance to...
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The old houses of Danvers, Massachusetts
Danvers, MA was settled in 1636 as Salem Village, and was the home of many of the accusers and the accused during the Salem witch trials. The Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers is a historical...
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Historic houses of Essex, Massachusetts
The inhabitants of the part of Ipswich known as Chebacco (now Essex) established their own parish in 1679, but were still residents of the town of Ipswich. Among its early residents were many of the...
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Colonial houses of Hamilton, Massachusetts
The part of Ipswich known as the Hamlet (now Hamilton) was “set off” as a separate parish (church) in 1714-15. The Hamlet was incorporated by the name of Hamilton on June 21, 1793. Rev. Cutler of the...
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Newburyport Colonial homes
Newburyport, MA was settled in 1635 as part of the town of Newbury. In 1764, the General Court of Massachusetts passed “An act for erecting part of the town of Newbury into a new town by the name of...
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Historic Ipswich in black and white
These late 20th Century photos of historic houses in Ipswich are from MACRIS, the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Click on any thumbnail to view the photo. Inv. Property Name Street...
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17th and 18th Century houses of Topsfield, Massachusetts
Topsfield originally was part of the 17th-century coastal plantations of Salem and Ipswich, with large tracts of its territory granted to residents of Ipswich between 1634 and 1642. At first known as...
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Rowley Town’s End
Two large stones were placed at the entrance to Common Land of Rowley as a boundary, marking the end of town limits. Photo from the MACRIS site, around the year 1980. These two large stones on the side...
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The ancient houses of Rowley, Massachusetts
This page displays the First Period, Georgian, and early Federal houses of Rowley, MA, settled in 1639 as a plantation by Reverend Ezekiel Rogers, who had arrived from England on the ship John of...
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Colonial houses of old Newbury, Massachusetts
This page displays the First Period, Georgian, and early Federal houses of Newbury, Massachusetts. The following images, and text were provided by the Newbury Historical Society in 1989, and are online...
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Sacred Heart Church
The former Sacred Heart Church on Topsfield Road is now a condominium When large numbers of Polish immigrants began coming to Ipswich in the late 19th and early 20th centuries they brought with them...
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Killing wolves
One of the first laws instituted by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was a bounty on wolves, and in early Ipswich, a rather disconcerting aspect of entering the Meeting House was the site of wolf heads...
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Colonial-era houses of Beverly, Massachusetts
The area of the Massachusetts that is now the town of Beverly wast settled in 1626 by Roger Conant. Originally part of Salem and the Naumkeag Territory, Beverly was set off in 1668, and incorporated as...
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Antique houses of Wenham, Massachusetts
In September 1643, the General Court of Massachusetts granted that Wenham should be a town in its own right and send a representative to the General Court. It was the first town to be set off from...
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Remembering Poe
Edgar Alan Poe Returns to Boston – A Halloween Reflection by Helen Breen The life-size statue of Edgar Alan Poe in Boston, dedicated in 2014, captures the writer’s energy as he approaches his nearby...
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The grand hotels of Gloucester and Cape Ann, 1905
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Cape Ann was a popular destination for tourists. Gloucester’s grand hotels were the subject of “The Summer Hotel Guide,” published in 1905. Images and text are...
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The oldest houses in Gloucester
The area that is now Gloucester MA was inhabited briefly by European settlers briefly around 1626. The settlement was abandoned, but people returned slowly, and the town was founded as Gloucester in...
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