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Ipswich in the Great Depression

October 29, 2021December 8, 2022 Gordon Harris4 Comments

In March 1934, Congress passed the Civilian Conservation bill, creating the Works Progress Administration and the Civil Conservation Corps which accomplished several projects in Ipswich.

Posted in HistoryTagged 1933, ccc, poor, town government, wpa, WW2

The Ipswich jails

May 27, 2021November 21, 2022 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
The Ipswich jail on Green Street

The second jail in the Colony was erected in Ipswich in 1656. Sixteen British prisoners were kept hostage in the cold and cruel stone jail during the War of 1812. A large brick House of Corrections was constructed in 1828 at the site of the present Town Hall on Green Street.

Posted in StoriesTagged 1652, Court, jail, poor, town government

1793 and 1818: the “Burden of the Poor” divides Ipswich into 3 towns, Ipswich, Hamilton and Essex

March 21, 2021November 4, 2022 Gordon Harris5 Comments

As the people of the Hamlet were financially stable, the burden of taxation for the support of the poor in the old town of Ipswich was considered to be an unjust imposition. 25 years later, the men of Chebacco petitioned the Legislature for incorporation as a separate town.

Posted in HistoryTagged 1793, Essex, Hamilton, poor

The first jailbreak in the Colony, March 30, 1662

February 26, 2021October 20, 2022 Gordon Harris1 Comment
Jailbreak escape

On the morning of the 30th of March, 1662, the Ipswich jailer found that a prisoner had escaped, the first offense of this nature committed in the country.

Posted in StoriesTagged 1662, Court, Ipswich, jail, poor, prison

The Essex County Receptacle for Idiots and the Insane at Ipswich

March 30, 2020October 20, 2022 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment

After Dorothy demanded that the State conduct an investigation, the "Report on Insanity and Idiocy in Massachusetts" found that 68 insane or demented persons were being housed in the Ipswich jail.

Posted in PlacesTagged Commission on Lunacy, insane receptacle, poor
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