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Colonial Essex County

Below you will find primary sources from before 1776.

Click here for sources specific to the colonies’ fight for independence: American Revolution
  • Excerpts from Probate Records, 17th Century
  • Town Meeting, Salem 1634 and 1635
  • Inventory of Thomas Barnard, Sr., Amesbury 1677-1684
  • Boundary Dispute Between Beverly and Wenham, 1678
  • Diary of Margaret Smith, 1678
  • The Last Will and Testament of John Spofard, Sr., Rowley 1678
  • Will and Probate Inventory of Roger Conant, Salem 1679
  • Town Warrant, Gloucester c. 1700s
  • Town Meeting Minutes, Salem 1700
  • Town Meeting Minutes, Salem 1725
  • Protest Against Tea Tax, 1770
  • Boston Committee for Donations, Marblehead 1774
  • Leslie’s Retreat in Essex Gazette, 1774
  • “Resolves of the Town of Marblehead” from the Virginia Gazette, 1774
  • Diary of Captain Benjamin Farnum, 1775-1777
  • Letter to Lieut. Lindsay, 1775
  • Gravestone of Sarah Wood (d. 1775), Harmony Cemetery, Boxford
  • Call for Essex County Political Convention, Ipswich 1776
  • Col. John Glover Letter to the Massachusetts General Assembly, Beverly 1776
  • Town Meeting Minutes, Salem 1776
  • Accounting of Soldiers’ Articles, 1777
  • Draft Document, 1777
  • Result of Convention of Essex County Delegates, Ipswich 1778
  • Dispersal of Money from Privateer Ships, 1782
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