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Historic Ipswich

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  • Painting your historic house, a guide to colors and color schemes
    Painting your historic house, a guide to colors and color schemes
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    Historic homes and scenic landscapes
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    Settlers and early inhabitants of Ipswich
  • Wreck of the Ada K. Damon
    Wreck of the Ada K. Damon
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    The Great Dying 1616-1619, "By God’s visitation, a wonderful plague"
  • "At long last, sir, have you left no sense of decency?"
    "At long last, sir, have you left no sense of decency?"
  • Historic houses of Ipswich
    Historic houses of Ipswich
  • The ancient houses of Rowley, Massachusetts
    The ancient houses of Rowley, Massachusetts
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    Let’s Go Walking……. After Midnight……
  • Wreck of the Hesperus, January 6, 1839
    Wreck of the Hesperus, January 6, 1839

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Trails on the Massachusetts North Shore Ipswich Trails
Summer Street by Arthur Wesley Dow Self-guided walking tour of historic Ipswich
Ipswich Riverwalk Mural The Ipswich Riverwalk mural
Old North Burying Ground, Ipswich MA The Old North Burying Ground
First Period Howard House, Turkey Shore, Ipswich MA Ipswich First Period houses (before 1725)

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Tercentenary plaque, the Andros Rebellion Ipswich MA The Ipswich Revolt of 1687 - On August 23, 1687, the citizens of Ipswich, led by the Reverend John Wise, denounced the levy of taxes by the arbitrary government of Sir Edmund Andros, and from their protest sprang the American Revolution of 1689.
Caldwell house, Ipswich MA Sarah Dillingham Caldwell - The story of Sarah Dillingham, wife of John Caldwell is of a loving and most thoughtful life.One of the first children born in Ipswich, and then orphaned, she became a "woman of qualities" that caused her name to never be forgotten. The years entrusted them with eight children and countless Ipswich descendants. Their home on High Street still stands.
Appleton's Pulpit Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission The defiant Samuel Appleton - In 1687, a warrant was issued for the arrest of several Ipswich men for being "seditiously inclined and disaffected to his Majesty's government." The 62-year-old Major Samuel Appleton scorned the appearance of submission and remained imprisoned in the cold Boston Jail through the winter.
George Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States George Washington’s Farewell Address - "The alternating domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, will gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual who turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty."
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