| Collection |
Marblehead Town History |
| Abstract |
Many and various clippings and articles about Marblehead and Marblehead People. Pages are numbered.
Front pocket: 2 copies of one sheet of "Salem Civil War Facts"; A letter to Mrs. Gosling from Ronald J. Joy, 61 Grenville Drive, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 8DP, England which discusses list of Americans imprisoned in Dartmoor Prison and Chatham Hulks during the War of 1812; three sheets of photocopies of six pages from a book by David C. Brown "A Guide to the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692"; three sheets of yellow paper typewritten about naming streets especially Mugford St.
1-14) "Index for Perley's Marblehead in the Year 1700"
17-18) Thatcher's Island "Watch and Wait in 1635 Hurricane" by Edward Rowe Snow and "Tragedy of Thatcher's Island Salem News 29 July 1966
19-21)Baker's Island and other islands near Marblehead
23-30) Cat/Children's Island
31) Brown's/Crowinshield Island
33) Gerry Island
35-36) Miserys Islands
37-39) Winter Island
41) Nine tear sheets from "Early American Life" magazine about old houses particularly in Marblehead.
43-49) Handwritten notes on houses and other buildings in Marblehead
51) Short stories of houses in Marblehead
55-131) Names of Streets etc. in Marblehead
135) Article from "Walter's Stamp Magazine" about Marblehead being the first post office in the country.
137-147) Essex Post Offices Prior to 1850: a Look at the Stampless Era
149) Handwritten copy of "National Telephone Directory", Oct 1895 it list two Public Stations and 17 subscribers.
151) Wilkins article and photo of the old "honey cart"
155-178) News clippings about Marblehead Schools (these clippings have been copied and the copies inserted in an effort to preserve the information)
179) Roads School
182) Story school and misc. items about schools
183-184)Two articles by Lorraine Allison about old Marblehead Schools
185) A Pocket containing two notes to Mrs. Gosling and "List of Private School Ap. 1843". It is a list of teachers, no. children, no. Months, Per Quarter Tuition, No. Teachers and amt. per Year.
184-196) News clippings about Jews in Marblehead
197-199) List of Irish in Marblehead (no date)
201-215) News clippings about Irish in Marblehead
219-220) Clipping "Polish Heroes of the American Revolution , Lynn Item 30 Oct. 1981
221) Page from " The Negro in the American Revolution"
225-300) Type written and clippings for talks on Marblehead as follows:
255-228) Where some of Our Old Ministers lived by J.J.H Gregory
13 Aug 1884
229) Where the First Settlers Dwelt by H. E. W. Messenger 1904
231-247) Times Change by Stephen P. Hathaway, Esq. in Marblehead
Messenger 29 June 1906
249-257 John O. J. Frost on: Candlelight days, when winter froze up the
town pumps, Shoemaking in the old days, Family
reminiscences, and Bakeries
259-266) Old times in Marblehead
267-273) Life in Marblehead by Joseph Wormstead March, 1921 about
how things were 75 years ago
275-285) Histories of various streets, occupations, foods available and
misc. other items by Amos R. Evans, Jr. written
in 1877
287-288) Hand written pages from a paper written by J.J.H. Gregory
289-291) The murder of Frank Hathaway 3 May 1881
293) Swearing in Marblehead, April 1894
298) On Gambling Reporter 9 July 1998
297-300) Linc Hawkes in Lynn Item 2 Oct. 1975
303-307) Marblehead Town Seal
309-314) Ringing bells and the Town Crier
317-324)Trolley Cars
325-365 The Railroad and train stations.
Back pocket: Yankee Host for Boston & Greater Boston guide to restaurants, lodging, business services, real estate and maps and an envelope with a note to Mrs. Gosling from Ginny Gamage attached to a package of papers on the history of Marblehead
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| Home Location |
U Archival Box Charlie Shelf#1 |
| Object ID |
2003-006-008 |
| Object Name |
Album |
| Search Terms |
Marblehead History |
| Title |
Gosling notebook - Green plastic |
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