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Marblehead Town History |
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ABBOT HALL
3 COLORED PICTURE OF "THE SPIRIT OF '76"
5-9 "THE SPIRIT OF '76"…a letter about Archibald M. Willard and how he came to paint the picture…the material in this letter is taken from a book called "The Spirit of '76" written in 1926 by Henry K. Devereux and given to the Marblehead Public Library in Marblehead…
11 FROM "THE SPIRIT OF '76" BY HENRY KELSEY DEVEREUX 1926…
In 1926 a replica of "THE SPIRIT" was made by Willard, at the age of 76 years himself, for the city of Cleveland as a special commission…
13 THREE PICTURES OF THE "SPIRIT OF '76" SHOWING THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE PAINTING…Marblehead's…Jamestown's and Jamestown's chromolithograph…messenger July 23, 1974…
15 $150,000 BID BUYS HIM "SPIRIT OF '76" Painting…bought at auction by
Alexander Acevedo, a Madison Avenue gallery owner…The 24"by18" painting is believed to be the original of some fifteen versions painted by Willard…
17 A COLORED PAINTING OF THE "SPIRIT OF '76"…
19 THREE NEWS PAPER ARTICLES…1. SUGGESTS "SPIRIT OF '76 ONLY A DUPLICATE…"rip" Pratt of Lynnfield questions the' originality' of the painting…2.SENATOR KENNEDY LOANED COPY OF FAMED 'SPIRIT'…3.Horror stories as to how the painting might have been cleaned in the past!...
21 BEDFORD RESIDENTS DEDICATE MONUMENT TO ARTIST WILLARD…reprinted from The Bedford Times Register, June 24, 1965, by Maurice W. Denk…
23 MARBLEHEAD TO PROBE "SPIRIT OF '76" MYSTERY…NOTED PAINTING DONE SEVERAL TIMES BY SAME ARTIST…OLD PHOTO A PUZZLER…by Herbert A. Kenny…
25 OTHER WILLARD PAINTINGS? YES, BUT ONLY ONE 'SPIRIT OF '76'…by Michael Shavelson…reported that a Portland Maine Gallery owner would auction off the" SPIRIT OF '76" …only 18-24" believed to be one of a number done by Willard as set-ups for the Marblehead version now owned by a Maine family…
26 SMALL PICTURE OF THE "SPIRIT" TO BE AUCTIONED OFF …by Robert Elowitch a Portland art dealer…
27 WILLARD DESCENDENT VISITS MARBLEHEAD…picture taken in front of painting in Abbot Hall with Willard Gordon the great- great grandnephew of Archibald Willard…Also a newspaper article by Bill Rolfe titled…KIN OF DRUMMER BOY VIEWS 'SPIRIT OF '76' PAINTING…
29 TOWN FATHERS MAY USE RENOVATED "SPIRIT OF '76 ROOM NEXT WEEK…an article describes the renovations made to the reading room at Abbot Hall…Charles H. Snow a well known local artist to start restoration of the
'SPIRIT', date 1912…another article referring to:" The Spirit of '76 is reproduced and adorns label on Liquor Flask"...The painting has been re-hung dated 5/12/1912…
33 SPIRIT OF '76 REPATCHED…several articles referring to Edward Fish's questioning of which painting of the "Spirit" is the original and if there have been changes made to the painting at some point in time…selectmen charged $100 for a reproduction of the painting to be used by publishers of a history book…
35 GROUP DRAFTS NEW VERSION OF 'SPIRIT OF '76' HISTORY…the Marblehead Bicentennial Comm. Is attempting to purge all references to the city of Cleveland, Ohio, from th explanation of the town's masterpiece…another article referring to the final say by the selectman and a legal agreement for any reproduction of the painting…
37 YANKEE DOODLE…WILLARD'S FAMOUS PAINTING, "YANKEE DOODLE"' OR "THE SPIRIT OF '76" HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY COLONEL JOHN S. DEVEREUX OF CLEVELAND AND WILL BE PLACED IN ABBOT HALL…messenger 5/14/1880…"YANKEE DOODLE"…now in reading room at Abbot Library…messenger May 21, 1880…
39 THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM…by M.G.B... MESSENGER Dec. 9, 1904..an article referring to a quote from a patriotic magazine called the "BLUE RIBBON OF TRENTON"…referring to the men of Marblehead crossing the Delaware…ARCHIBOLD M. WILLARD DIED NONEMBER 18,1918 IN CLEVELAND AT THE AGE OF 93YRS…
41-45 THE COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHING OF THE 'SPIRIT OF '76'…the painting was taken outside by professional photographers from the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington…five letters follow showing concern for this act… Their concerns being…who was responsible for giving permission…A Disgrace to the town…To Advertise Whiskey?...Who was responsible…and a letter from Archibald M. Willard expressing his surprise to such a move and to the possible damage that may or may not have been done to the painting…the above articles were printed in the messenger between June 15-22, 1906…
49 PAINTINGS OR DAUB…an article suggesting that only works of real merit sustain the walls of Abbot Hall…
51 ABBOT HALL LIBRARY CLOSES DOORS AFTER77 YEARS OF LOCAL SERVICE…opened December1877…Miss Anna B. Cole was head librarian…mover to new building on the corner of Pleasant and Maverick Streets….ABBOT HALL GETS PAT ON BACK FROM VISITOR…ABBOT HALL…an article mentioning the historic articles that are there…"SPIRIT OF '76"…In April, 1889, General John H. Devereux of Cleveland, Ohio, asked to present the town of Marblehead with Willard's historic picture of Yankee Doodle and further asked that it be "erected" in Abbot Hall in memory of the brave men of Marblehead who have died in battle on sea and land for their country…
53 THE SEWALL PORTRAIT… A self -explanatory letter sent by William D. Northend to the Trustees of Abbot Library …Messenger June 26, 1885…The portrait is of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall.LL,D, he was the great grandson of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall of the Colony…
55-59 JOHN FOGY CRITICIZED…messenger May 3,1878
60-63 IN A QUANDRY…VANDALISM…LACK OF APPRECIATION...
Vandalism done to portrait of Benjamin Abbot on stage at Abbot Hall by a lad throwing candy at the painting...
63 "SPIRIT OF '76 PAINTING IN ABBOT HALL… a description of the painting…
A HEADA FOREVER COLUMN…discusses comments made by tourists view of the paintings etc. in Abbot Hall….
65 AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR AN AUCTION IN PORTLAND, MAINE WHEN A COPY OF THE SPIRIT WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF…
67 M'HEAD HISTORIAN SAYS TOWN'S 'SPIRIT OF '76' IS THE ORIGINAL…Russell W. Knight, a well known historian doesn't agree with Ripp Prat who says that the painting isn't the original…
69 TOWN REPORT COVER FOR BICENTENNIAL YEAR…photo by Robert Sinclair…
71 REAL SPIRIT OF '76 APPEARS IN INDIA…Prof. Holden Furber receives a letter from Darjeeling, India bearing a stamp that has a reproduction of the original painting, printed preserving the integrity of the art work…
73 CARTOON…SPIRIT OF '71 MARBLEHEAD ELECTION… FAMED PICTURE OF 'SPIRIT OF '76' IN BIG DEMAND…selectmen updated requests for reproduction of picture…must be in 'good taste' which carries with it several requisite compliances…article from Lynn Item May 31, 1973…
75 HERE LIVES THE SPIRIT OF '76…JULY 4 RITES TO HONOR ABBOT HALL PAINTING…special commemorative envelopes to go on sale July 4 at
Abbot hall…two pictures of volunteers stamping envelopes…
76 MARBLEHEAD FIRST- DAY COVERS READY FOR THE COLLECTORS…PICTURE OV VOLUNTEERS PREPARING ENVELPOES…article by Charles McDonald...
77 WHICH ONE GOES ON BICENTENNIAL POSTAGE STAMP…Cleveland's or Marblehead's…article by Stephen Bennett…
79 BOWDEN COLLEGE'S MUSEUM OF ART AND LOS ANGELES MUSEUMOF NATURAL HISTORY EXHIBITING COPIES OF WILLARD'S PAINTING OF 'SPIRIT…
80 'SPIRIT OF '76' WILL BE DISPLAYED AT BOWDEN…
81-82 YANKEE DOODLE AGAIN…Archibald Willard, who painted our 'Spirit, some 30 years ago has just completed another picture of the same subject in Cleveland…'old Marblehead' says that the men in the picture are playing "Yankee Doodle"…
83-84 WILLARD'S PAINTING AT ABBOT HALL…messenger Nov. 11, 1904…discussion as to who the drummer boy is…messenger April 10, 1914
85 SOUR GRAPES DON'T TRAVEL WELL…debate continues between Cleveland and Marblehead regarding painting…
86 COMMISSION UPDATES HISTORIC PAINTING…the Bicentennial Commission voted unanimously to change the description framed outside the railing which surrounds the art work by adding two more frames of text…COMMERCIAL REPRODUCTION OD '76 PAINTING OPPOSED…permission denied to jewelry maker for using reproduction on costume jewelry…
87 HIGH, HIS HOMOR STRONG…cartoons
89 WILLARD'S SPIRITS WERE…he was a man with a puckish sense humor who translated his wry and whimsical sense reflection's on human nature and current events into impish sketches…by Patricia Babcock
91-93 IT'S BEEN A POPULAR YEAR FOR 'SPIRIT'…messenger August 18, 1976…there's a new book out on all of the 'Spirit's' that Willard created…
95 WHAT'S 'TRUTH' ABOUT SPIRIT OF '76 PAINTING?...confusion remains after sign put up in Cleveland dedicating 'Willard Memorial Park' in memory of Willard whose painting in 1876 of the 'Spirit' hangs in the City Hall in Cleveland…
97 CLEVELAND CHALLENGES MARBLEHEAD WITH A 'SPIRIT OF '76' BY WILLARD…4/3/74 by Ron Hutson, Globe staff…
98 NEW CLAIM THICKENS 'SPIRIT OF '76' PLOT…MARBLEHEADERS DISCREDIT 'SPIRIT OF '76' CLAIM…
99 PHOTO OF THE 'SPIRIT'…BRITISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM RECEIVED PERMISSION TO USE A REPRODUCTION OF THE FAMED PAINTING…SELECTMEN STATE PAINTING NEVER TO BE REMOVED FROM ABBOT HALL…old timer's say that painting was once taken outside and hosed down on the green by order of the selectmen…
101 'SPIRIT OF '76' ARTIST'S KIN IN 'HEAD TO TRACE PAINTINGS…Willard "Bill" Gordon of San Gabriel, California…
102 THE 'SPIRIT' TAKES A TRIP… a California citizens group, headed bu Willard's kin, plans to take on a tour of the nation and to place a copy in every school room in the country…also a picture of the descendent in Abbot Hall…
103 'SPIRIT OF '76' SLATED FOR RESTORATION INSPECTION…by Bill Rolfe…
104 'SPIRIT' TO GET MORE EXPOSURE- AND MAYBE A CLEANING JOB…three noted Marblehead symbols -The Spirit of '76, the Gerry-mander and town seal to get new circulation…
105 TOO MANY STARS?...restores Joseph Battaglia spots traces of another flag and pole…he feels that the artist might at first painted too many stars on the standard…
107 PICTURE OF RUSSELL W. KNIGHT IN FRONT OF PAINTINT IN PPENNSYLVANIA WHERE PENNSYLVANIA DISPLAYS COPY OF 'SPIRIT OF '76'…
108 A LEGAL "FRAUD' IN MARBLEHEAD…artist reproduces Marblehead's spirit…by Peter Homan…in preparation for the bi-centennial observance of the founding of the country the Washington Crossing Foundation of Penn, commissioned the artist, Robert B. Williams of Washington , D.C. to make the duplicate…
109 A SPIRITED GIFT…Mr. and Mrs. Russell Knight donate a full sized copy of the painting to the Washington Crossing (Penn.) Foundation…
110 WHICH ONE'S OURS?...picture of reproduction by artist Robert Williams…
111 TWO PICTURES OF "SPIRIT': ONE OF CLEVELAND'S GOPY AND ONE OF MARBLEHEAD'S COPY…
113 TWO PHOTOS OF PAINTING: ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HANGING IN ABBOT HALL AND ONE PHOTO TAKEN BY FRED LITCHMAN SOME TIME AFTER THE TOWN ACQUIRED THE PAINTING…many differences noted between photo and original…
115 PHOTO OF THE "SPIRIT OF '76" UNTOUCHED-1905…find many surprising differences caused by "overhaul" done by the artisans of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts…
117 CASE OF FALLEN SOLDIER…IKE MAY HEAR CLAIMS OF FALLEN SOLDIER…SELECTMAN SAY FALLEN SOLDIER CLAIM NOT R. F. CURTIS…articles referring to identity of "fallen soldier" in painting…
119 CASE OF THE FALLEN SOLDIER…a serial presentation of the data of which Mrs. Rufus Fair Curtis has presented to the Board of Selectmen to establish recognition of her husband as model of the "fallen soldier" in the "SPIRIT"…No action taken by the Board…
121 CASE OF FALLEN SOLDIER… another serial presentation of data of "Fallen Soldier"…
123 QUOTES HEARD IN THE READING ROOM…humorous quotes heard… messenger August 31,1928…"YANKEE DOODLE" RETOUCHED BY SKILLED ARTIST IN OCTOBER, 1887…
125 SPIRIT OF '76 PAINTING SUBJECT OF ARTICLE BY BPSTON TEACHER…BIOGRAPHY OF WILLARD NOW BEING WRITTEN…CASE OF FALLEN SOLDIER TAKEN TO CONG. BATES…his decision same as boards - not sufficient evidence…SEEK TO USE 'SPIRIT' IN FRENCH HISTORY…
127 MEMORIAL DAY…a poem by Arthur V. Rice…
129 WILLARD'S OWN STORY OF THE PAINTING "SPIRIT OF '76"…from messenger August 6, 1937…
131-133 THE FIFER OF "YANKEE DOODLE"…HUGH MOSHER AND HIS QUAINT CHARACTERISTICS…VERSUS THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF APOCALYPSE by Margaret S. Urann…THE 'SPIRIT' BOXED AND SENT TO CLEVELAND TO BE RETOUCHED BY WILLARD HIMSELF…
135 ABBOT HALL THE COMMON…often called "The Common" …the land under Abbot Hall surrounded by an iron fence…the only parcel off land owned by everyone in the town since the town's incorporation in 1649…once called "Training Field Hill", in 1700 called "Wind Mill Hill" and once called "Marblehead's Forty Acre Lot"… "ABBOT HALL CLOCK" a poem by Stephen H. Fagg 1963…ABBOT HALL…Voted at Town Meeting held May 21, 1875 to erect a brick building as such size that would contain an audience hall to seat 1200 people - a public library and reading room - a fire proof vault for the safety of records and rooms for various boards of town offices…
137 PRICELESS WORK OF ART…photo of painting…
138 MARBLEHEAD TOWN HALL GIFT OF BARREL-MAKER… the donor was Benjamin Abbot, a Boston cooper, who left all of his estate to Marblehead when he died in 1872…the building was built in 1876 after some disgruntled town folks went to court to prevent the use of the town's training field as a site…they lost…
139 SELECTMEN'S QUESTION -HOW TO HANG WHOM…IGNORED FOR YEARS, 'BENJIE' DUE BREAK… portrait of Abbot painted by J.H. Young dated 1878 to be restored and hung in place of honor for all to see…
143 TWO NIGHT TIME PICTURES OF TOWER…
144 LIGHT'S OUT… light's on tower turned off for energy conservation first time since 1965…tow photos by Bob Sinclair…
145-147 TOWN MAY FACE COURT PROCEDINGS OVER IDENTITY OF FALLEN SOLDIER…CASE OF FALLEN SOLDIER…court action by Mrs. Rufus F Curtis, of Englewood Colorado, may be settled by courts after 4 year old controversy...
149 IS THIS THE GENUINE "SPIRIT OF '76"...questions have arisen around photo taken by Fred B. Litchman and changes in painting noted...THE SPIRIT OF '76....excerpts noted from town records referring to the painting...
151 THREAT RECEIVED TO DESTROY 'SPIRIT OF '76 PAINTING...NO SPIRIT FOR CZECHS...'SPIRIT OF '76 TO GET 500,000 MAGAZINE CIRCULATION...
155 FROM COMIC TO HEROIC... by James Morgan a Globe writer...talks about range of products painted by Willard...'HEAD SEEKS SPIRIT OF '76 STAMP ISSUE...President Johnson to be asked for same by selectmen 5/17/68...
157 THE SPIRIT...a poem written by Paul Lehto, Sr. to A.M. Willard's "Spirit of '76"...PICTURE OF A STIRRING RENDITION OF THE Spirit of '76, No.15 IN THE YE OLDE HISTORICAL SERIES MADE IN Staffordshire, England in the 1880's...
159 STORY OF '76 PAINTING, HUMAN ONE BY m. Ruth Putnam...MAROON VELVET CURTAINS...now surround painting of Benjamin Abbot...
161 SELECTMEN SEEK CLEANING FUNDS FOR HISTORICAL PAINTING ...11/6/1969...cleaning to be done in Abbot Hall do to previous vote by earlier selectmen for painting not to be removed from hall...
163 'SPIRIT OF '76 CALLED GENUUINE DESPITE CLEVELAND CHALLENGE...DONT FEAR MRS.TOPPS, IT'S THE ORIGINAL PAINTING...TAPESTRY ON LOAN CREATES PROBLEM...held for duty and bond by U.S.Customs...
165-171 THE DUPLICATE IN ABBOT HALL... an article by Rip Pratt published in Yankee magazine Sept. 1962...
173-175 THE TITLE TO THE COMMON NOT CLEAR...messenger January 25,1878...
177 THREE LETTERS TO MESSERS EDITOR... 11/6/85---11/9/85...
179-180 THE TOWN'S TITLE TO THE COMMON...THE INJUNCTION REFUSED...4/22/1876...4/22/1876...
181 PICTURE OF 'COMMON'...
183 THREE PICTURES...WEATHERVANE ATOP HALL...BELL IN TOWER...
NEW DRAPES IN SELECTMEN'S ROOM... VIEW OF TOWER FROM WATERFRONT...
185 POEM DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SPIRITED AND GENEROUS DONOR...by J.H. Gregory...messenger Nov.26, 1906...
187-193 PICTURES OF ABBOT HALL FROM VARIOUS LACATIONS IN TOWN...
197 PICTURES OF ABBOT HALL WEATHERVANE...
199 PICTURE OF CLEANED CLOCK WORKS IN TOWER AND DIRECTIONS FOR SAME...PICTURE OF ABBOT HALL FROM HARBOR...
201 ABBOT HALL CLOCK... messenger Dec. 7, 1877...DEDICATION OF...
203 THE BELL'S OF ABBOT HALL...PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD IN 1877 BY J. H. GREGORY...one means of Marblehead to signify the 9PM curfew...
205-207 ABBOT HALL'S BIG BELL IS RUNG BY HAND...messenger Feb.10, 1974...pictures of bell and ringing of...
209 ABBOT HALL'S CLOCK...poem of by Stephen H. Fagg, chief custodian at Abbot Hall...
301 ABBOT HALL BELL...
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| Home Location |
Shelf in Far Room |
| Object ID |
1961-003-05019 |
| Object Name |
Album |
| People |
Fagg, Steve |
| Search Terms |
Abbot Hall
Spirit of '76 |
| Title |
Black Notebook #19 |
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