Collection	Marblehead Town History
Abstract	PIRATES 1-20 1 SKETCH OF PIRATE SHIP DROPPING ANCHOR OFF FORT SEWALL... 3 SPECIAL THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO THE FOLLOWING... 5 PICTURE OF 'PIRATE HOUSE' AND FIRST 'ADAM'S HOUSE' AT FRONT STREET...courtesy of Marblehead Historical Society...PICTURE OF 'LOVIS COVE'...Where a lady was killed by pirate's looking for her rings... 7 SKETCH OF OLD FOUNTAIN INN WHERE PIRATES GATHERED...SKETCH OF PIRATES COMING ASHORE... 9 TOP PHOTO- FORT SEWALL, 1900'S...BOTTOM PHOTO- FORT SEWALL, 1800'S... 11-15 FORT SEWALL 1644-1987... 17 FAMOUS GREAT HEAD,ON CASTLE ROCK ON THE NECK... 21 THE GREAT HEAD ON CASTLE ROCK...references too: site of silent movie starring Mary Pickford...Battle of Old Iron Sides with British Frigates Endymion and Tenedos...the freightor "Norseman" running aground off Tom Moore's Rocks...The Castle built by Lydia Pinkman Gove... 19 PIRATES...lists a few local ones... 20 PIRATES THAT HELPED SHAPE MARBLEHEAD'S HISTORY... 23 'HEADER'S HOPE WEATHER OF 1898 WILL NOT COME AGAIN...PICTURE OF Harbor frozen over in 1898 and causeway after storm... 25 1968 COLD RECALLS OLD ICY DAYS...by Harry Wilkinson...pictures of frozen over harbor... 27-29 A SCRAP FROM THE PAST...A page from an old diary...December 10,1786 31-33 WINTER OF 1920...A PIECE OF CURBSTONE VISIBLE ON PLESANT STREET (VERSE)...'THE SNOW' by Elizabeth Brackett age 8...messenger 1920... 35 OLD WEATHER RECORDS... messenger, July 21, 1911...WINTER OF 1882...messenger January 22, 1882... 37 AS A BOY REMEMBERS...by 'then young boy now old boy"...messenger 12, 1919...1958 picture of Harbor Boiling in Advance of Blow.... 39 TWENTY-SIX YEARS AGSO...1867-1868...messenger November 30, 1894... 41 COLD WEATHER OF 1857...messenger January 27, 1882... 43 FROM JOHN PRINCE'S WEATHER BOOK...he lived for many years on State Street...LEACH WORM WEATHER GLASS...messenger July 20, 1928.. 45-47 storm of 1851...James J.H.Gregory...messenger Dec. 31, 1909...GREATEST STORM SINCE 1898...December 25, 1909...ANNIVERSARY OF THE Gale of 1869... Messenger September 13, 1918.. 49 BACK IN 1786 WHEN NEW ENGLAND HAD THOSE GOOD OLD FASHIONED WINTERS... 51-53 YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER 1816... 57 GENERAL COURT GRANTS 'HEADERS PERMISSION TO CONDUCT LOTTERY TO RAISE RELIEF FUNDS IN 1790...from 'History and Traditions of Marblehead' by Samuel Roads Jr... 59 TOWN OPPOSES ROYAL TAX; PENNY-PITCHING POPULAR HERE...from 'History and Traditions of Marblehead' by Samuel roads Jr... 61-67 "THE KNOW NOTHINGS"... (Rise and Fall of a Mushroom Political Party, The Marblehead Council and How it was Conducted)... 69 TOM FOSS' PROCLAMATION HATS...messenger Nov. 15, 1918 71 OF MY: AIN'T IT AWFUL!...Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marblehead, Mass...messenger January 7, 1921... 73 TWO LOCAL STORIES... 75 IF A NUISANCE IT SHOULD BE ABATED...re: gas companies fouling sea shores with their...waste...byJ.H.Gregory...messenger...August16.1907...THE BREAKWATER..."Barnegat" may refer to Mass Statute of 1845, Chapter 172...which incorporated Marblehead Breakwater Co. to build the breakwater...messenger March 23, 1906... 77 AS JOHN ARTHUR RICE SEES LITTLE HARBOR... 79-81 OUR TOWN GUARDIAN...our town not as it ought to be!...by a taxpayer...messenger Jan. 24, 1908... 83-93 OLD TIME POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS RECALLED...HARRISON CLUB FLAMBEAUX...Hon. Arthur S. Adams Gives Interesting Reminiscences - Start of Harrison Club - Causeway Built.. 95 BLISTERS AND BLACK EYES...TORCHLIGHTS SPARKED POLITICAL FIREWORKS... 97 A CROCKERY CELEBRATION...messenger Nov. 10,1882... 99 A SON OF MARBLEHEAD... (HONORABLE EDWARD AVERY)...messenger January 1, 1897... 101 LETTER FROM MRS. BARKIS...Eighth Month 28th, 1872...written by Maria Barkis...messenger August 31, 1872... 103-105 "PLANCHETTE"...a little machine, invented by an ingenious man, holds a pointed pencil firmly and surrounded by an exited circle. In response to inquires, reveals mysteries of past, present and future...messenger March 2,1872... 107-109 THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...THE VOTE OF MARBLEHEAD...A VERY HEAVY VOTE POLLED...Saturday, Nov. 11, 1876... 111 INFORMATION WANTED. (PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE)... messenger April 2, 1909...REP. DOOLING OF MARBLEHEAD....wanted to know what"quore clausum frigit" in a bill meant... 113-115 FORMER MARBLEHEAD REPRESENTATIVES...messenger Sept. 4 1908... 117 WAS MR LITCHMAN AT THE CAUCUS...a letter to the editor Oct. 18, 1876... 119-121 TOWN MEETING SATURDAY MORNING APRIL 1, 1876...messenger ... 123-125 A LIST COMPILED FROM THE ASSESSORS BOOKS OF PERSONS WHO PAY $50 AND UPWARDS IN TAXES IN MARBLEHEAD... 127 TOWN MEETING...3/18/76... 129 REGARDING STREET BUILDING COSTS IN 1873...messenger February 15, 1873... 131-139 BODGEO AND LOLIWANDO...by Harvey Somerworth...a story worthy of being retold about the opening of a G.A.R .affair in Beverly....April 26,1929... 141 MORE REMINISCENCES...the boys of sixty years ago had their political preferences...messenger June 24, 1921... 143 ELECTION WEEK INMARBLEHEAD BEFORE THE CIVIL WAS...election week was celebrated in Marblehead in May and part of the event was held at the home of Black Joe, who was the son of a Gay Head Indian and a negress...messenger August 26, 1927... 145 ABOUT THE GREAT CLAMBAKE...held in Swampscott at what is now Pumping Station Hill on Sept. 6,1864...messenger August 19, 1904...(Condensed from Article of Historical Society)... 147 SQUABBLE OVER SURPLUE REVENUE ($13, 000) RETURNED TO TOWN DURING ANDREW JACKSON'S PRESIDENCY...March 1837... 149 HEADERS HAIL ELECTION OF ELBRIDGE GERRY VISE PRESIDENT OF U.S. UNDER PRESIDENT MADISON...from 'The History and Traditions of Marblehead' by Samuel Roads Jr... An entertainment committee and funds were voted at a town meeting when General Lafayette was contemplating a visit to America... 151-153 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS IN 1800 VOTE TO BURN THAT LYING PAMPHLET INTRODUCED TO THIS MEETING...from 'The History and Traditions of Marblehead' by Samuel Roads Jr... 155 LIQUOR USED AT TOWN MEETINGS BECAME "DISORDERLY"...from 'The History and Traditions of Marblehead' by Samuel Roads Jr... 157 HEADERS RETURN 5 DEMOCRATS TO GENERAL COURT IN 1805 IN MARKED CONTRAST TO VOTING IN 1957...from 'The History and Traditions of Marblehead' by Samuel Roads Jr... 159 ELBRIDGE GERRY GIVES REASONS FOR NOT SIGNING CONSTITUTION ALONG WITH OTHER DELAGATES...from' The History and Traditions of Marblehead by Samuel Roads Jr... 161 OLD TAX BILL...A bill to Mr. Sam Goodwin dated 1786 and signed by Ebenezer Clough...messenger April 15, 1910... 163 OLD TAX BILL DATED 1777...issued to Mary Orne...AN OLD TAX LIST OF 1747...Issued in the name of His Majesty George 111...messenger December 5, 1913... 165 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY...Boston, July 18. 1768...at a meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Marblehead, legally assembled, the following Vote of Thanks to the Ninety Two members of the Late House of Representatives, who were against "Rescinding" was passed and ordered to be published...The Boston Post July 18, 1768...Essex Inst. Hist.Coll. Vol.LIV April 1918... 167 NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PERTAINING TO ESSEX COUNTY...John Chipman of Marblehead, Barrister at Law suddenly seized in Court with an apoplectic fit and died...Boston Evening Post July 11, 1768... 169 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS...Capt. Bowden returned from Halifax...Boston Evening Post February 10,1766...CAPT. PHILLIPS WHO ARRIVED HOME FROM NEWFOUNDLAND STATES THAT FOUR MEN OF WAR ARRIVED THERE FROM ENGLAND AND WERE ORDERED TO DEPART IMMEDIATELY AS THE GOVENER OF NEWFOUNDLAND WAS DETERMINED TO PREVENT ALL TRADE WITH THE FRENCH IN THOSE PARTS FOR THE FUTURE....Boston Evening Post july 22, 1765 (Essex Inst.Hist.Rec.Vol L1) April 1915... 171-173 DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO MARBLEHEAD FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES...looking for tax abatement for loss of fisheries last summer...Petitioners listed...Vol.113 #100 Essex Inst. Hist,Coll. January 1919 Vol LV... 177 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO MARBLEHEAD FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES...petition of the Inhabitants of Marblehead...6 May 1646...complaining of fishermen coming ashore and taking firewood and stage timber...lists petitioners...Essex Inst.Hist. Coll. Vol.LIV. July , 1918...*See Mass. Bay Records Vol.2 #147 and Vol.60 #35... 179 TOWN MEETINGS HAVE OWN ROUSING HISTORY... 181 INTERESTING FACTS...Nov.19, 1667....town meeting agreed that selectmen are to provide and sett a man to ring ye bell at nine every night this year...June 1667 "Twenty two men were fined two shillings per man for not attending Town Meeting...1675 "Voted at Town meeting that "No person shall gallop any horse in ye streets of Marblehead unless absolutely necessary"...messenger January 21, 1916... 183 RECKLESS AUTOMOBILISTS... Complaint of reckless driving coming from Pond Street to Green Street...by .James J.H. Gregory...messenger Oct. 11, 1907... 185 VALUABLE PAPERS...PAPERS FOUND HISTORICAL SOCIETY... 187 STRANGE FOODS... 189 NEWSPAPER ITEMS REFERRING TO ESSEX COUNTY...we the freeholders and Inhabitants of Marblehead note with profound Reverence for the British Parliament are deeply concernd of the Difficulties and Distresses brought on us in and by THE STAMP ACT...Boston Evening Post Oct. 14, 1765... 191 'HEAD'S MEETING HISTORY---IT'S DOTTED WITH DRAMATICS...
Home Location	Shelf in Far Room
Object ID	1961-003-05021
Object Name	Album
Title	Black Notebook #21

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