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Alice Keenan wrote, “When we moved to Ipswich, this lovely old town, its long history, ancient houses and interesting people became almost an obsession. Dry names and dates mean little to me until one firms out the flesh of the past, for it’s those long-ago people without whom Ipswich and its history would be dull.”

Thomas Dennis house, County Street, Ipswich MA Thomas Dennis, legendary Ipswich joiner
The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America by Nathaniel Ward Nathaniel Ward: “The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America”
Abraham Knowlton, “Workman of rare skill”
William Oakes house, Ipswich William Oakes and the great Ipswich putdown
Rebecca Rawson The tragic story of Rebecca Rawson, 1679
Photograph by Clarence White of Arthur Wesley Dow Arthur Wesley Dow
Abigail Adams to John Adams: “All men would be tyrants if they could.”
Atlanta Journal letters to the editor My father’s letter, Feb. 10, 1948
George Washington at Mount Vernon for Christmas George Washington returns to Mount Vernon, Christmas Eve 1783
Lafayette's visit to Ipswich Meeting House Green plaque commemorates Lafayette’s visit to Ipswich
Teddy Roosevelt campaigning by whistlestop in Ipswich MA Teddy Roosevelt’s Ipswich “whistlestop,” December 1912
Paul Revere's ride handing out handbills Paul Revere’s not so famous ride through Ipswich, December 13, 1774
Death in a snowstorm, December 1, 1722
Lieutenant Ruhama Andrews and the 1775 Battle of Quebec
Frank Geist Fortitude, Rectitude and Attitude. Remembering the Life and Times of Ipswich Police Sergeant Frank Geist
Plum Island the Way it Was Nancy Weare
Frozen Ipswich River The boy who fell beneath the ice
Ipswich woman survived two train crashes on February 28, 1956!
Elizabeth Cole Ipswich MA selectman Elizabeth S. Cole elected as first female Ipswich selectman, March 10, 1970
David Tenney Kimball David Tenney Kimball, pastor of First Church, 1805 – 1855
Portraits from Ipswich at the turn of the 20th Century Portraits from Ipswich a century ago
Cartoon portraying Loyalist John Calef as a calf 1774: Ipswich mob attacks Loyalist Representative Dr. John Calef
Birthplace of Nathan Dane Nathan Dane
General Michael Farley
Thatched cottage by a River by Augustus Spencer Mehitable Braybrook, who burned down Jacob and Sarah Perkins’ house, married John Downing and was arrested for witchcraft
House lot of Thomas French of Ipswich Thomas and Susan French of Ipswich, their sons and daughters
Robert Kinsman house, Candlewood Rd., Ipswich Descendants of Robert Kinsman of Ipswich
Capt. Matthew Perkins House Descendants of John and Judith Gator Perkins of Ipswich
Jewett house, High St. Ipswich Homes of the Jewetts
Homes of the descendants of Richard and Ursula Scott Kimball of Rattlesden, who settled in Ipswich
Thomas Lord house, High St., Ipswich MA Homes of the Lords
The Manning Family of Salem and Ipswich Massachusetts Homes of the Manning family of Ipswich
Grape Island Hotel, circa 1900, Ipswich MA 300 years on Grape Island
Luke and Elizabeth Perkins, notorious disturbers of the peace and a “wicked-tongued Woman”
John Wise house Tercentenary sign, Essex MA The Rev. John Wise of Ipswich
Mathison painting, "Examination of a Witch" trial of Elizabeth Howe of Ipswich The witchcraft trial of Elizabeth Howe, hanged July 19, 1692
President Washington visits Ipswich, October 30, 1789
John Fiske Mary Conley Award John Fiske, 1939-2021
Tombstone of Thomas Lull at the Old North Burying Ground in Ipswich Thomas and Elizabeth Lull, the Caldwell sons and their descendants
Woodcut of John Adams A Revolutionary Guest: John Adams’ letters from Ipswich
Mary Walcott The witchcraft accusations against Sarah Buckley and Mary Witheridge
The hanging of Ezra Ross and Bathsheba Spooner, July 2, 1778
Nancy Astor, Hamilton MA Nancy’s Corner
Sally Weatherall
Sullivan's Corner, Ipswich MA Sullivan’s Corner, the last years of the farm
The little old lady from Ipswich seen around the world The “Little Old Lady from Ipswich” who was seen around the world
Rachel Clinton of Ipswich was accused of witchcraft Rachel Clinton arrested for witchcraft, May 28, 1692
William Clancy, WWI hero
Who Were the Agawam Indians, Really?
Ipswich Guard during WWII The Ipswich Company, Massachusetts State Guard, 1942
Arthur Hans Hardy killed in the Vietnam war Captain Arthur H. Hardy, 1972
Eunice Stanwood Caldwell Cowles
Hannah Duston The Amazing Story of Hannah Duston, March 14, 1697
Haselelponiah Wood, buried in the Old North Burying ground in Ipswich Haselelponah Wood
Lord Timothy Dexter's house in Newburyport Lord Timothy Dexter
Daniel Denison grave at the Old North Burying Ground in Ipswich Daniel Denison
Clammer photo by Coco McCabe The Clammer
Stone Soup on Market St. in Ipswich How I came to Ipswich
Flag flying atop First Church in Ipswich A Wager on the Rooster
Emma Safford, Ipswich MA Emma Jane Mitchell Safford
Ann Bradstreet, America's first published poet Anne Dudley Bradstreet, the colony’s first published poet
Persecution of Quakers Persecution of Quakers by the Puritans
Moll Pitcher, the fortune teller of Lynn and Marblehead
Soffron Brothers Ipswich Clams
Living descendants of the Agawam Indians Living Descendants of the Native Americans of Agawam
Burnham's Hooked Rugs Ralph W. Burnham, Antiques and Hooked Rugs
John Updike at typewriter John Updike, the Ipswich years
“Preserve and protect”
John Winthrop Jr., here and gone
Drunk Puritans in Plymouth Colony Drunkards, liars, a hog, a dog, a witch, “disorderly persons” and the innkeeper
Valedictory of Sarah Goodhue of Ipswich Sarah Goodhue’s advance directive, July 14, 1681
The day Nute Brown crashed through the Choate Bridge
Joseph Ross Ipswich MA Joseph Ross, 19th Century Ipswich bridge builder
Ipswich Red Raiders, “a melting pot of awesome contenders!”
Jake Burridge, Ipswich MA Jake Burridge, the sailor
Presidential inauguration After electoral defeat, neither Adams President attended his successor’s inauguration
“At long last, sir, have you left no sense of decency?”
masconomet tombstone The Bones of Masconomet
Names of the Ipswich slaves
Lucretia Brown Ipswich MA Mary Baker Eddy Lucretia Brown and the last witchcraft trial in America, May 14, 1878
Bruce Laing
Flawed people who did their best are back in town | Ipswich Local News
Ipswich mill worker immigrant families A town of immigrants
Gordon Harris and Ruth Strachan Ruth Strachan
Early American Gardens
Slave stories “My grandfather belonged to Thomas Jefferson.”
Abbot Cummings, Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay Abbott Lowell Cummings, author of “The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay”
Old photo of the Hart House Lucy Kimball
Notable persons from Ipswich history
Ipswich MA sale of a Negro girl slave named Patience Her name was Patience
Eulogy for President George Washington by Rev. Eli Frisbee of Ipswich An Eulogy on the Illustrious Character of the late General George Washington
Jack Helfant, the hermit of Sandy Point Jack Helfant, the hermit of Sandy Point, 1962-67
Madame Shatswell’s cup of tea
Ipswich Caring
Federalist Papers, Hamilton's response to Objection XIV Alexander Hamilton: “The Ultimate Object”
Col. Nathaniel Shatswell and the Battle of Harris Farm
Col. Doctor Thomas Berry, “Last of the Ipswich Aristocracy”
Joseph Manning of Ipswich in Civil War battlefield Joseph Stockwell Manning, a Civil War hero from Ipswich
Appleton's Pulpit Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission The defiant Samuel Appleton
Green Street Bridge and Water Street by Theodore Wendel Theodore Wendel’s Ipswich

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