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The Revolutionary War letters of Joseph Hodgkins and Sarah Perkins

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Letters of Joseph Hodgkins to Sarah Perkins

Throughout the Revolutionary War, Joseph Hodgkins sent letters home from the battlefronts to his wife, Sarah Perkins Hodgkins.

Posted in Revolutionary WarTagged 1776, Hodgkins, letters, Perkins, Revolutionary War, women

A Revolutionary Guest: John Adams’ letters from Ipswich

July 1, 2021March 24, 2023 Gordon Harris2 Comments
Woodcut of John Adams

John Adams visited Ipswich many times during his tenure as the Boston representative to the colonial legislature from 1770 to 1774.

Posted in PeopleTagged 1774, Bruce Laing, Ipswich, John Adams, letters, Revolutionary War, town government, visit

The mill girl’s letter: “I can make you blush.”

January 7, 2021 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
letter from an Ipswich mill girl

Dear Sir,

I received the ribbon you sent me by mail, and I thank you ever so much for it. I was asking Asa Howe who you were, and he told me. He also said you were a great man for girls. How is it you never holler at me and my chums? I think you're bashful. If you wasn't, you would of handed me the ribbon instead of sending it by mail.

Posted in StoriesTagged letters, mill, women

Reply by the Town of Ipswich to the Boston Pamphlet, December 28, 1772

August 27, 2019March 24, 2023 Gordon Harris1 Comment
Boston circular let ter 1772

A document known as the “Boston Pamphlet” was distributed throughout the colony, asserting the colonists’ rights. Ipswich held a Town Meeting and established its own “Committee of Correspondence."

Posted in DocumentsTagged 1772, December, letters, Massachusetts Circular Letter, Revolutionary War

Recollections of A Boy’s Life In The Village

July 23, 2019October 20, 2022 Gordon Harris3 Comments
Ipswich Village Schoolchildren

This story was written by Amos E. Jewett in 1945. At the time, he was 83 years old. having been born in Ipswich Village, near Rowley, on June 16, 1862. 

Posted in StoriesTagged Ipswich Village, Jewett, letters, Rowley

The Massachusetts Circular Letter, February 11, 1768

February 12, 2019March 22, 2023 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
Faneuil Hall

Dr. John Calef represented Ipswich in the Massachusetts Assembly and was one of only 17 members who voted to retract the Circular Letter opposing the Townshend Acts. An engraving by Paul Revere portrays Calef being pushed into Hell.

Posted in HistoryTagged 1768, February, John Calef, letters, Revolutionary War

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