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1820-1877

  • Town Meeting, Gloucester 1822
  • Town Warrant, Haverhill 1822
  • By-Laws, Gloucester 1824
  • Daybook of J. Morgan, 1824
  • Schooner Ann and Mary, Gloucester 1825
  • Act Directing the Mode of Choosing Electors, 1828
  • Account Book for Hannah Rowell, 1828-1831
  • Excerpt on “Indians” from A History of Andover, 1829
  • Ladies’ Miscellany, Salem 1829 (1)
  • Ladies’ Miscellany, Salem 1829 (2)
  • Letter to the Overseers of the Poor, Haverhill 1829
  • Letter for Tax Abatement, Gloucester c. 1830
  • Account Book for Abel Page, 1831-1832
  • Town Papers, Gloucester c. 1831
  • Constitution of the Anti-Slavery Society, Lynn and Vicinity 1832
  • Map of Ipswich, 1832
  • First Shoe Pegged by Samuel Preston’s Machine, 1833
  • Order of Arrangements for the Reception of the President, Andover 1833
  • Female Anti-Slavery Society Membership Certificate, Lynn 1834
  • Records of the Female Anti-Slavery Society, Lynn 1836-1837
  • Letter to the Overseers of the Poor, Haverhill and West Newbury 1836
  • List of Town Offices, Beverly 1836
  • Program for the Anniversary of the Andover Anti-Slavery Society, 1836
  • Jarvis Miller letter, Amesbury 1839
  • Town Warrant, Rockport 1839
  • Fancy “turned shoe” c. 1840
  • Circular Specifying Polling Rules, 1840
  • Rev. Samuel Jackson Letter, Andover 1840
  • Citizenship Papers for the Bark Chalcedony, Salem 1841
  • List of Persons (crew list) for the Brig Athens, 1841
  • Act Regulating Electors, 1844
  • Ballot Counts of Electors for President and Vice President, 1844
  • Essex Railroad Ticket, 1848
  • Coasting Manifest for the Barque San Francisco, Beverly 1849
  • Sarah Trask’s Diary, 1849
  • Sea Journal of the Barque San Francisco, 1849
  • Map from the Lawrence City Directory, Mid-1800s
  • Poem, “Hannah, Binding Shoes” by Lucy Larcom, Mid-1800s
  • Studded Brogan (shoe), mid 1800s
  • View from Prospect Hill, Lawrence 1850s
  • Railroad Transport Receipts, Manchester 1851
  • Nickerson Indenture, Gloucester 1852
  • The Poor Voter on Election Day – A Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, 1852
  • Ann Letter, Lawrence 1854
  • Statement of the Accounts of Danvers, 1855-1856
  • Charlotte Forten Valedictory Poem, Salem 1856
  • Diary of Fanny Farnum Fuller, North Andover (Jan 1859)
  • Diary of Fanny Farnum Fuller, North Andover (July 1859)
  • Diary of Fanny Farnum Fuller, North Andover (Nov 1859)
  • A Circular to the Benevolent: A Plea to Help “Union Refugees”, 1860s
  • Civil War Envelopes, Andover 1860s
  • Educational Commission Donations, Beverly 1860s
  • Peabody Petition for Name Change, c. 1860s
  • Advertisement for Businesses, Lawrence 1860
  • Estimate for Town Expenses, Gloucester 1860
  • Endicott Rantoul Letter, Beverly 1861
  • Hannah Rantoul Donation Letters, Beverly 1861
  • The Ladies Charitable Society of West Boxford, 1862
  • Town Warrant, Andover 1862
  • General Order No. 1 of the 54th Mass Regiment, 1863
  • Image of Pray’s Stitching Shop, Salem c. 1863
  • Noah Hanson Letter to Hannah Rantoul, Beverly 1863
  • 54th Regiment Pay Letters, 1864
  • New England Women’s Auxiliary Association Meeting, 1864
  • 54th Regiment Letter instructing that “freedmen [be] treated with kindness”, 1865
  • William Lloyd Garrison Centennial Letter, Boston 1876
  • Daniel Hunkins’ Shoe Shop, Haverhill
  • Letter to Selectmen, Gloucester
  • Photograph of Fuller House, North Andover
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