1911 Massachusetts Towns Landmarks History Genealogy HOUSES - MONUMENTS - 125+ ILLUSTRATIONS - HC 1st Edit. Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 127.00 Time Left - Bid Count 7 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 22, 2008 End Time Friday, August 29, 2008 Location Monadnock Region, NH See more about '1911 Massachusetts Towns Landmarks History Genealogy' Description Main Heading Goes Here Landmarks "In the Old Bay State" By William R. Comer Norwood, Mass., Norwood Press Copyright 1911. FIRST EDITION See below for extensive description that includes contents, names, excerpts, etc. Please view my other auctions for additional books of historical and genealogical interest. ~ LANDMARKS "IN THE OLD BAY STATE" WRITTEN & PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM R. COMER 1911 ~ FIRST EDITION 350 PAGES, 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" 125+ ILLUSTRATIONS CONDITION: Minor wear to edges and ends.. Binding tight, hinges strong. Internally clean and bright. NOT ex-library. __________________________________________________ Old Corner Book Store, Boston "Mrs. Anne Hutchinson held her séances here in 1735.  She was banished to New York in 1737, and killed by the Indians there in 1743.  Soon after her death, her heirs sold it for sixteen hundred bounds to Edward Sohier." ~ please see additional pictures below ~ This wonderful antique book is a compilation of old photographs and historical vignettes concerning homes and landmarks in Boston and surrounding towns. It would appear that Mr. Comer did a great deal of research, as the text which accompanies each photograph is rich with names, dates and interesting details.  For instance, the photograph of the "Moses Porter House, Danvers" is accompanied by the following account :      "Built in 1638. Originally used as an Indian garrison house.      Moses Porter was born here, in this sturdy old farm-house, in 1757. He began his army career at the age of eighteen, enlisting in Captain Trebett's Artillery Company, May 19, 1775. He helped work one of the guns at the battle of Bunker Hill, and it is said that he attracted general attention by his heroic courage and indomitable pluck, on that occasion serving as a volunteer in Gridley's Artillery Company. He also served in Captain Thomas Foster's Company during the siege of Boston. He was made a Lieutenant in 1780 and rose to be a head of the artillery branch of the Colonial army. He was at the battle of Brandywine and was wounded in an engagement on the Delaware River, below Philadelphia. He also served under General Wayne, in the Indian campaign, and commanded the artillery during the War of 1812. While still in active service, he died in Cambridge, 1822, and was buried in Danvers.      It is said of him that 'No soldier who fought at Bunker Hill remained as long a soldier of the United States as he did, and none had so extended a record, and it was bright from beginning to end.'      This house was also the rendezvous of a company of British soldiers at the time General Gage occupied the Collins House, shown on page 86, as his headquarters. This house was owned by Zerubbabel Rea, up to 1687. He died in 1739, in the Rea - Fowler house shown on page 79.      He was the grandson of Daniel Rea, who was the patriarch of the Rea family in America. Dr. Caleb Rea was born here.      Dr. Rea was a surgeon in a regiment on the expedition against Ticonderoga. The doctor's sister, Sarah, married Benjamin Porter, and they were the parents of General Moses Porter.      In 1902 this place was sold to Mr. A. C. Watts, London, England, who, desiring to have the old house removed, that he might erect a modern residence on this site, he offered it to the Danvers Historical Society if they would remove it; but that organization could not see their way clear to move and fix up the old house, and it was sold at auction, August 6, 1902, to Mr. M. H. Berry, for twenty-one dollars.      This picture was taken the day after the sale, and Mr. Berry had already begun to tear down the rear of this old house."     As this book has no index, I have carefully extracted the names found in the text. The towns are listed in alphabetical order. AMESBURY OLD MACY HOUSE, Main Street * Thomas Macy, Edward M. Stanton BOSTON THE OLD BOSTON STONE, Marshall Street, near Hanover * Tom Childs, Thomas Marshall OLD SOUTH CHURCH, Washington and Milk * Rev. John Norton, Thomas Thacher, Benjamin Wadsworth, Benjamin Colman, Samuel Phipps, Nathaniel Appleton, Samuel Hopkins, Benjamin Franklin TABLET, HANCOCK HOUSE, Beacon Street, near Joy * Thomas Hancock, John Hancock, Lydia Henchman, Dorothy Quincy KING'S CHAPEL, Corner Tremont and School Streets * Governor Andros, Peter Harrison, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Brattle, Benjamin J. Lang, Governor John Winthrop THE OLD CUSTOM HOUSE, State and India Streets FANEUIL HALL, Dock Square * Peter Faneuil, James Otis, Shem Drowne OLD CORNER BOOK STORE, Washington and School Streets * Dr. Thomas Crease, Charles Dickens, Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, Edward Sohier, Herman Brimmer, Dr. Samuel Clarke, Rev. James Freeman Clarke, Isaac Butler, E. P. Dutton, Rev. Phillips Brooks PARK STREET CHURCH, Tremont and Park Streets * Peter Barmer, Rev. Henry W. Dexter, Rev. Edward Beecher, Rev. Andrew L. Stone, W. H. H. Murray, David Gregg, I. J. Lancing, Dr. Conrad, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Lowell Mason, Rev. Parson Cooke, Dr. Griffin, Marcus Whitman, William Lloyd Garrison OLD STATE HOUSE, Washington and State Streets * John Adams, Captain Robert Keayne, Governor John Endicott, Richard Bellingham, John Leverett, Simon Bradstreet, Sir Edmund Andros, Sir William Phipps, Judge Samuel Sewall, Governor Shirley, Governor Hancock, Charles F. Reed OLD PROVINCE HOUSE, Formerly stood on Washington Street, opposite Milk. This wall is on Province Court and is all that remains of the Old Province House * Peter Sargent, Mrs. William Appleton, Governor Shute, John Peck, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James P. Ordway, Lon and Billy Morris, William Sumner Appleton, George Washington THE BOSTON MUSEUM, Formerly stood on Tremont Street, near Court. Demolished in June, 1903. * John B. Clapp, Moses Kimball, Adelaide Phillips, George Locke, William Warren, Gen. Tom Thumb, Dexter Smith, Miss Margaret Anglin, William Seymour BYFIELD THE ADAMS HOMESTEAD THE ADAMS HOMESTEAD, Front Door * Henry Sewall, William Longfellow, Annie Sewall Longfellow Short, Henry Short, George W. Adams, Sergt. Abraham Adams, Chief Justice Samuel Sewall, Samuel Thurlow, Samuel Adams CAMBRIDGE THE WASHINGTON ELM, Garden Street, near Massachusetts Ave. * Edward Winship LONGFELLOW HOUSE, 105 Brattle Street. * John Vassal, General Washington, President Landon, Colonel Knox, Colonel Glover, Nat Tracy, Colonel Lee (of Marblehead), Thomas Russell, Andrew Craigie, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, Joseph E. Worcester TABLET, LOWELL HOUSE, Corner Mt. Auburn and Brattle Streets * John Stratton, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Oliver, Benedict Arnold, Governor Elbridge Gerry, Rev. Charles Lowell, James Russell Lowell TABLET, HARVARD SQUARE, Massachusetts Ave., near Garden St. *  INSCRIPTION: "HERE ASSEMBLED ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 16TH, 1775, 1200 CONTINENTAL TROOPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL PRESCOTT AFTER PRAYER BY PRESIDENT LANGDON THEY MARCHED TO BUNKER HILL" CHELSEA BELLINGHAM - CARY HOUSE, 34 Parker Street * Governor Richard Bellingham, Samuel Maverick, Penelope Pelham, Herbert Pelham THE WAY - IRELAND OR PRATT HOUSE, 481 Washington Avenue * Thomas Pratt, Increase Mather, Governor Andros, Mrs. Rebecca Pratt TABLET, Washington Park * James Pratt TABLET, PRATT SCHOOL, Washington Avenue * Sir Harry Vane, George Downing, Rev. Canon E. L. George, M.A., James Freeman Clarke, D.D. DANVERS MOSES PORTER HOUSE, Formerly stood on Locust Street and demolished in August, 1902 * Moses Porter, Captain Trebett, Captain Thomas Foster, General Gage, General Wayne, Zerubbabel Rea, Daniel Rea, Dr. Caleb Rea, Sarah Rea Porter, Benjamin Porter, General Moses Porter, A. C. Watts, M. H. Berry REA - PUTNAM - FOWLER HOUSE, Locust Street * Daniel Rea, Deacon Edmund Putnam, Augustus Fowler, Deacon Archelaus Putnam, Zerubbabel Rea, Daniel Rea TIDEWATER MILL, Water Street, Danversport * Archelaus Putnam INGERSOLL HOUSE, Centre Street INGERSOLL TABLET, Centre Street *  INSCRIPTION: "Deacon Nathaniel Ingersoll lived 1634-1719. Gave this land to the inhabitants of Salem village as a Trayning Place forever. To the memory of him, and of the brave men who have gone hence to protect their homes and to save their country, this stone is erected by the Town, 1894." "KING"- HOOPER HOUSE, Sylvan and Collins Streets ENTRANCE TO "KING"- HOOPER HOUSE, * General Gage, Robert Hooper, Judge Benjamin Collins, Rev. P. S. Tenbrock, Francis Peabody, Governor Endicott PUTNAM HOUSE, Dayton Street * J. H. Putnam, Sergeant Thomas Putnam, Annie Putnam, Thomas Putnam, Jr. COLONEL ISRAEL HUTCHINSON HOUSE, Centre Street, beyond Newbury Street * Elisha Hutchinson, Israel Hutchinson COLONEL HUTCHINSON'S MONUMENT, Rear of Railroad Station *  INSCRIPTION: "Israel Hutchinson, 1727-1811. Served his country as a Sergeant in the Company of Rangers, 1737. A Lieutenant at Lake George and Ticonderoga, 1758; Captain at Quebec, 1759; Captain at battle of Lexington, 1775; Colonel at siege of Boston, New York, New Jersey, crossing of the Delaware and Trenton. His men manned the boat in the retreat from Long Island. Representative and Councillor twenty-one years, an honorable citizen and loyal soldier." JUDGE HOLTON HOUSE, Built in 1650 by Judge Benjamin Holton, after whom the street on which the house stands was named * Judge Benjamin Holton, Dr. Samuel Holton, Samuel Holton, Jr., Miss Fannie F. Putnam WADSWORTH HOUSE, Centre Street * Dr. Benjamin Wadsworth PAGE HOUSE, Corner Elm and High Streets * Colonel Jeremiah Page, Daniel Andrews FIRST CHURCH PARSONAGE, Centre Street, beyond Collins * Samuel Parrish, Rev. Joseph Green, Dr. Milton P. Brown, Rev. Mr. Wadsworth, Rev. C. H. Adams SITE OF THE FIRST SHOE FACTORY IN AMERICA, Formerly stood on Locust Street "FIRST NEW ENGLAND SHOE FACTORY * Zerubbabel Rea, Bartholomew Brown, Sarah Rea Brown Porter, Benjamin Porter, Zerubbabel Porter, Moses Putnam, Elias Endicott CLARK HOUSE, Centre Street, beyond Collins * Peter Clark, Sally Hobart, Joseph Putnam, Lieutenant Thomas Putnam, John Putnam, General Israel Putnam DORCHESTER MEETING-HOUSE HILL CHURCH, Bowdoin Street, near Quincy * John Maverick, John Wareham, Isaac Royal SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Washington and Centre Streets * Dr. John Codman MAYFLOWER SCHOOL, Dorchester Avenue, near Crescent Avenue * Rev. John White, Robert Howard, Deacon John Wiswall, Humphrey Atherton PIERCE HOUSE, Oak Avenue, near Adams Street * Robert Pierce BARNARD CAPEN HOUSE (Front View), Formerly stood on Washington Street, opposite Melville Avenue, but was demolished in 1908. BARNARD CAPEN HOUSE (Side View), * Barnard Capen BEACH HOUSE, Adams and East Streets * Mrs. Saunders, Miss Beach, Mr. G. Graupner, Mr. William Turner JAMAICA PLAIN CURTIS HOUSE, Centre Street, near Boylston TABLET, CURTIS HOUSE, Centre Street, near Boylston * Samuel T. Curtis, William Curtis, Joshua Bowen, Philip Curtis THE OLDEST HOUSE IN JAMAICA PLAIN, Boylston and Centre Streets * Timothy Palmer, John Ruggles, Samuel Gridley HALLOWELL HOUSE, Centre and Boylston Streets * Captain Benjamin Hallowell, Jonathan Mason, Dr. Louis Leprelet, Ward Nicholas Hallowell GREENOUGH MANSION, Centre and South Streets * Commodore Joshua Loring, John Polley, General Nathaniel Greene, Hon. William Phillips, Colonel Isaac Sears, Widow Anna Doane, David S. Greenough LEXINGTON MUNROE TAVERN, Massachusetts Avenue * William Munroe, Earl Percy, John Raymond, James S. Munroe MUNROE TABLET TABLET, Massachusetts Avenue and Bloomfield Streets * Colonel Percy, Colonel Smith INSCRIPTION: "ON THE HILL TO THE SOUTH WAS PLANTED ONE OF THE BRITISH FIELDPIECES APRIL 19 1775 TO COMMAND THE VILLAGE AND ITS APPROACHES AND NEAR THIS PLACE SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE BURNED" TABLET, Church Green * Herbert Pelham, John Bridge, Robert Herlarkenden, Gov. Joseph Dudley, Isaac Stone, Benjamin Estabrook, John Hancock, Rev. Jonas Clark, Rev. Charles Briggs, Rev. William C. Swett The photograph of the "Tablet, Lexington, Church Green" is accompanied by the following account :      "The early history of Lexington is involved in that of Cambridge. The Hon. Charles Hudson, historian of the town, says that no reliable records of the first settlers can be found, but Herbert Pelham and John Bridge were the first to take up homesteads in this section, about 1642.      In 1650 Robert Herlarkenden built a house somewhere near the 'Green.'  Among the early inhabitants who were prominent were the names Munroe, Tidd, Bowman, Reid, Wellington, and Merriam. In 1713 the towns incorporated under the name of 'Lexington.'  It was named for Lord Lexington, that name being suggested by Governor Joseph Dudley.      In those days it was as unnatural for a typical New Englander to live without an able ministry, as for a blacksmith to work his iron without a fire.      About 1713 a meeting-house was built here. The house having no steeple, a belfry was built near by, and the bell, a present from the town of Cambridge, was hung in it.      In 1761 Isaac Stone gave a large, new bell and it was the prolonged ringing of this bell, on the morning of April 19, 1775, that raised the minute-men on that eventful day.      Two other churches, since the destruction of the first one, have stood on this spot.      Benjamin Estabrook was the first minister, at a salary of forty pounds a year.      In 1698 John Hancock was installed, and continued as the minister for fifty-five years. In 1755 Rev. Jonas Clark, who married a granddaughter of the former pastor, was settled here. Rev. Charles Briggs, Rev. William C. Swett, and many other noted ministers have officiated here." LEXINGTON COMMON THE MINUTE-MAN, On the Green near Massachusetts Avenue * Captain John Parker, Henry H. Kitson, Frances B. Hayes, Theodore Parker, Major Pitcairn, Jonas Parker BOULDER ON THE GREEN, 'The Line of Battle,' April 19, 1775 * Captain Parker, Theodore Parker, George Bancroft, Colonel Wm. Munroe INSCRIPTION: "LINE OF THE MINUTEMEN, APRIL 19, 1775, STAND YOUR GROUND; DON'T FIRE UNLESS FIRED UPON; BUT IF THEY MEAN TO HAVE A WAR, LET IT BEGIN HERE." TABLET, BUCKMAN TAVERN, Lexington TABLET, HANCOCK-CLARKE HOUSE, Lexington INSCRIPTION: "BUILT 1698 - ENLARGED 1734; RESIDENCE OF REV. JOHN HANCOCK, 55 YEARS AND OF HIS SUCCESSOR REV. JONAS CLARKE, 50 YEARS; HERE SAMUEL ADAMS AND JOHN HANCOCK WERE SLEEPING WHEN AROUSED BY PAUL REVERE APRIL 19, 1775" HANCOCK-CLARKE HOUSE, Hancock Street, near the Green * Rev. John Hancock, Elizabeth Clarke, Thomas Hancock, John Hancock, Rev. Jonas Clarke, Lucy Bowes, Dr. Warren, Gov. Gage, Paul Revere, Dorothy Quincy STONE CANNON, In Front of the High School, Massachusetts Avenue, near Woburn Street * Earl Percy MALDEN THE WIGGLESWORTH PARSONAGE, 145 Main Street * Abraham Palmer, Robert Hale, John Allen, John Lewis, Green Family, Rev. Michael Wigglesworth, Rev. Joseph Emerson, Adoniram Judson, George W. Wilson, Miss Maria P. Wilson JOSEPH PERKINS HOUSE, Appleton Street * Capt. James Green, James Green, David Green, Joseph Perkins, Jacob Perkins, Daniel A. Perkins, Increase Mather, Mr. McCheever SPRAGUE HOUSE, Formerly stood on Salem Street, near Sprague, Demolished in 1905 * Joseph Hills, Thomas Newhall, James Kettell, Robert Foster, Dr. John Sprague MARBLEHEAD FORT SEWALL, Under the Guns of this Fort the Ship Constitution took refuge from two British Men-of-war, during the War of 1812 * Colonel Glover, Chief Justice Stephen Sewall, Major Stephen Sewall FORT SEWALL INTERIOR MUGFORD MONUMENT, Pleasant Street * Captain James Mugford, Thomas Russell, Jeremiah Hibbard, William Thomas, Samuel H. Green, James Tophem, John Powers, John Dove, Thomas Dove, John Witham, Samuel Roff, James Quilty, Quinn Battis MUGFORD HOUSE, Mugford Street, near Pleasant * Captain Mugford GRISTA HOUSE, Mugford Street * Captain James Mugford, John Grista OLD POWDER HOUSE, Green Street * Colonel Jacob Fowle, Colonel Jeremiah Lee, Major Richard Reed ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, Pleasant Street, near Washington Street * Rev. David Mossom, George Washington, Widow Custis, General Francis Nicholson, Rev. William Shaw, Thomas Gorman ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, Side View OLD DOAK HOUSE, Recently Destroyed * Benjamin Doak, Sr., Benjamin Doak, Jr., John Doak, Michael J. Doak, Robert Doak MOLL PITCHER HOUSE, * Mary Diamond, Robert Pitcher COLONEL JEREMIAH LEE HOUSE, Washington Street, near Pleasant * Colonel Jeremiah Lee GERRY HOUSE, Washington Street * Captain Thomas Gerry, Elbridge Gerry, Captain William Blackler JOHN HOOPER HOUSE, Washington Square * John Hooper, Samuel Sewall ROBERT HOOPER HOUSE, Washington Square * Robert Hooper, Captain George H. Wilson, George Chamberlin AGNES SURRIAGE WELL * Sir Harry Frankland, Agnes Surriage, Edward Surriage OLD TOWN HALL, Washington Street * Elbridge Gerry, John Glover MEDFORD CRADOCK HOUSE, Riverview Avenue * Matthew Cradock, General Samuel C. Lawrence BURRILL HOUSE, 235 Salem Street * M. Polly, W. Cutler, Joseph Tufts, Francis Wood, J. S. P. Burrill OLD GARRISON HOUSE, Rear of Medford Square * Major Jonathan Wade, General Stark SECCOMB HOUSE, High Street, Medford Square * Thomas Seccomb, Rebecca Seccomb ROYAL HOUSE, Main and Royal Streets * Colonel Isaac Royal, Governor John Winthrop, Colonel Royal, Sr. ROYAL HOUSE, Rear View MELROSE LYNDE HOUSE, Maine Street and Fells Avenue * Ensign Thomas Linde, Joseph Linde, Deacon Thomas Lynde, Rebecca Lynde, Peter and Sally (slaves of Deacon Thomas Lynde) MILTON VOSE HOUSE, Adams Street, opposite Eliot * Daniel Vose VOSE HOUSE TABLET HUTCHINSON HOUSE, Adams Street * Governor Thomas Hutchinson, Mrs. Lydia C. Royal TABLET, HUTCHINSON FIELD, Adams Street NEWBURY MONUMENT, "LOWER GREEN", NEWBURY, Dedicated June 17, 1905 * Rev. James Noyes, John Woodbridge, Rev. Thomas Noyes, Nicholas Easton, Richard Dole, Francis Plummer, John Knight, Aquilla Chase, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Withington LITTLE HOUSE, Hanover Street * Mr. Atkinson, John Noyes, Abigail Noyes, David Little, S. William Little, Major Samuel Noyes, Sarah Little, Moses Little, Molly Flanders, Richard Little, W. Burke Little FLOYD HOUSE, Demolished in 1905 * Robert Floyd, Jacob Floyd, Mr. Isaac Little COFFIN HOUSE, High Street * Tristram Coffin, Tristram Coffin, Jr., Nathaniel Coffin, Colonel Joseph Coffin, Joseph Coffin, Edmund Coffin, Lucy Coffin, Joshua Coffin, General Joseph Coffin, Sir Isaac Coffin TABLET, TRAINING GREEN, High Street, near Hanover * Tristram Coffin, Abraham Tappen, Robert Morse, Anthony Morse, Richard Brown, James Noyes, Edward Rawson ISLEY HOUSE, High Street * Stephen Swett, Hugh March, Captain Henry Lyon, John Woodbridge, Isaac Noyes, David Pierson, Moses Noyes, Jr., David Clarke, Nathan Pierce, Nicholas Titcomb, Oliver Putnam, Isaiah Ilsley, Stephen Ilsley, Jr., Oliver Putnam SEWALL HOUSE, High Street * Henry Sewall, Judge Samuel Sewall, Henry Sewall, Jr., John Brown, Jane Dummer, Edward Woodbridge, Hannah Hull TAPPEN HOUSE, High Street * Dr. Peter Tappen, Abraham Tappen THE OLD ELM, Fromerly stood on Parker St. * Richard Jaques, Elizabeth Knight, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes ANOTHER OF NEWBURY'S OLD ELMS, Still Standing on Hanover Street  NOYES HOUSE, Parker Street, near High * Rev. James Noyes, Thomas Noyes, Sarah Greenleaf, Miss Mary Coffin Noyes, Benjamin Woodbridge QUINCY JOHN ADAMS HOUSE, Franklin Street, near Independence Avenue * John Adams, Abigail Smith, Rev. William Smith, John Quincy Adams JOHN QUINCY ADAMS HOUSE  * John Quincy Adams TABLET, CHRIST CHURCH, QUINCY  * Benjamin Vesey, Mr. Aptheop REVERE YEAMAN HOUSE * John Newdigate, Nathan Newdigate, Mrs. Mary Martin, Colonel (afterward General) John Stark, Sir Henry Clinton ROXBURY DILLAWAY HOUSE, Eliot Square * Rev. Oliver Peabody, Rev. Amos Adams, Rev. Dr. Potts, Colonel Heath, C. K. Dillaway PARTING STONE, Eliot Square * Paul Dudley, Governor Joseph Dudley ELIOT CHURCH, Eliot Square * Rev. Thomas Weld, Joseph Warren, Thomas Walter, Nehemiah Walter, Oliver Peabody, Amos Adams, Dr. Porter, Dr. Channing, Dr. Putnam, John Graham Brooks, Rev. Dr. De Normandie, John Eliot, Thomas Hooker TABLET, ELIOT CHURCH, Eliot Square SOMERVILLE SAMUEL TUFTS HOUSE, Somerville Avenue, near Loring Street * Peter Tufts, Thomas Pierce, John Tufts, Abner Blasdell, Samuel Tufts, Samuel Tufts Frost, Brigadier-General Nathanael Greene PROSPECT HILL, Front, Munroe and Prospect Avenue * General Israel Putnam, General William Heath, Mayor Edward Glines, Rev. William Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson TABLET, SOMERVILLE, Washington Street, near Boston * James Miller, Richard Miller, Hannah Gage, James Miller, Richard Miller, Sarah Lane, Sarah Waters, Charles M. Miller JOHN TUFTS HOUSE, Sycamore Street, near Medford * John Tufts, Peter Tufts, Mrs. Fletcher, Oliver Tufts, Elizabeth Perry, James Tufts, Major General Charles Lee WINTHROP TABLET ON GIBBONS'S ELM, Near Thornton Depot * Edward Gibbons, Edward Buss POINT SHIRLEY, In the background can be seen the buildings on Deer Island, belonging to the city of Boston. In the foreground is the spot where Captain James Mugford was killed. * Captain James Mugford DEANE WINTHROP HOUSE, Shirley Street * Deane Winthrop, Sir John Deane, Governor John Winthrop, Sarah Glover, Rev. Jose Glover, Widow Martha Mellowes, Captain John Mellowes, Mercy Winthrop, Atherton Haugh, Sir George Downing, Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Lindall Winthrop, Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, J. Grafton Minot, David Floyd, Sr., John Floyd, Otis Floyd, Elizabeth Bowdoin, General James Bowdoin, John M. Clarke BILL HOUSE, Marshall Street * James Bill, Lieutenant Jonathan Bill, Jonathan Bill, 2nd, Jonathan Bill 3rd, Herman Bill Tewksbury, Mrs. Joshua Bates, Elizabeth Bates, Madam Van de Weye __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ~ please allow time for images to load ~ Seccomb House, Medford "Built in 1659 by major Jonathan Wade, who died in 1689, this is one of the three garrison houses built in Medford, previous to 1675." Grista House, Marblehead "This is the house to which Captain James Mugford's remains were brought after his death in May 1776, at Pullen Point, now Point Shirley, Winthrop, Mass., while defending his little vessel, the Franklin, against almost overwhelming odds." Ilsley House, Newbury "This house was built by Stephen Swett in 1670.  he sold it in 1691 to Hugh March.  In 1713 March conveyed it to Captain Henry Lyon.  A little later in the same year it was sold by Captain Lyon to John Woodbridge, "for whom the schoolhouse on High Street, facing the Green, is named.' In 1715 Isaac Noyes purchased it.  His widow married David Pierson, and again it was sold to Moses Noyes, Jr., in 1765.  Moses Noyes conveyed it to David Clarke, in 1772, who sold it to Nathan Pierce, who, in 1780, transferred it to Nicholas Titcomb.  In 1783 Oliver Putnam became its owner, and in 1797 Isaiah Ilsley bought it.  In 1802 Stephen Ilsley, Jr., inherited it, and it has remained in this family up to the present time." Tidewater Mill, Danversport "In 1754 Archelaus Putnam established this mill on what was then called Crane River.  This part of Salem was at that time called New Mills.  He built the grist-mill, the oldest of which is called the Lummis Mill, and that is the one in this picture." Robert Hooper House, Marblehead "Robert Hooper's only daughter married Captain George H. Wilson, who lived to be one of the oldest merchant sea captains, dying at the age of eighty-three.  Captain Wilson began his voyages as a cabin boy, when he was but twelve years of age, and during his seventy years of service had visited every known seaport in the world." Bellingham - Cary House, Chelsea "Bellingham's sister was executed as a witch in 1656, being the second victim of that absurd fanaticism.  Some one has said she was hung because she knew much more than her neighbors; and another has said, she proved that she was a spirit, for, being locked securely in one room, she soon appeared at a window in another room." __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ~ please read payment and shipping terms ~ BUYER WILL BE CONTACTED AT CLOSE OF AUCTION PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY 10 DAYS FROM END OF AUCTION HIGH BIDDER PAYS SHIPPING. MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING CHARGE - $3.75 BOOKS PACKAGED SECURELY IN A CARDBOARD BOX. 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