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THE AGAWAM
MANUAL AND DIRECTORY
B. NEWMAN,
MARKET ST.,
VARIETY STORE,
Fruit, Nuts and Confection- ery. Fancy Goods, Notions, Toilet Articles, Grocer's Drugs, Cigars, Pipes and Tobacco, etc.
SIDNEY PERLEY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAI 2561/2 ESSEX ST. SALEM, MASS.
SAMUEL J. GOODHUE, Pier 1, foot of Peatfield Street. Headquarters for BOATING IN SUMMER, SKATING IN WINTER.
Tobacco and Cigars, Cooling Summer Drinks, Billiards and Pool.
BOATS AND SKATES TO LET
JEROME DONDERO,
Has all kinds of FRUITS in their season. NUTS, CIGARS AND TOBACCO MARKET ST., COR. UNK( N. IPSWICH.
conDon, GROGER,
SPECIALTY - COFFEE. CALDWELL'S BLOCK, IPSWICH.
ROBERT STONE Carpenter Contractc. and Builder.
WASHINGTON STRI.I.T. IPSWICH.
MRS. MARY J, SANDERSON, SELLS MILLILERY and FANCY GOODS
OF THE FINEST GRADE AND LATEST STYLE. ALSO DR. WARNER'S HEALTH CORSET. Market St,, next Jordan's.
m. PERRY SARGETA MERRIMAC, MAS: LAW AND PROBATE.
Justice of the Peace, Specia Trial Justice, Commis- sioner of Maine and New Hampshire. NOTARY PUBLIC
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MANUAL AND DIRECTORY 1
A SUMMER RESORT, RELIGIOUS, SCHOOL AND SOCIETY
MANUAL
AND RESIDENT AND BUSINESS
DIRECTORY
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THE AGAWAM DISTRICT
FIRST PART: IPSWICH, ROWLEY AND HAMILTON.
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COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY .
M. V. B. PERLEY.
PRICE, -
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$1.00.
IPSWICH, MASS. H. LEE M. PIKE, PRINTER. Nov. 1888.
[COPYRIGHTED]
PUBLISHER'S NOTICE,
The publisher of the Agawam Manual and Directory de- sires to express to this business community his cordial thanks for their liberal patronage, which contributed so largely to the success of the work, and especially to the following per- sons for their important aid in its compilation : John M. Dunnels, Edwin T. Pike, John W. Newman, Luther Wait, chairman of the selectmen, and Charles W. Bamford, town clerk, of Ipswich; Benj. P. Mighill, town clerk, Frank P. Todd, chairman of the selectmen, and George B. Blodgette, Esq., of Rowley ; and. James F. Gwinn, chairman of the selectmen, and Andrew Haraden, of the school committee, of Hamilton.
The names in the book are divided as follows :
Soldiers-see page 102.
653
Ipswich Directory
1836
Tenants on Little Neck
19
Rowley Directory.
589
Hamilton Directory
370
Lessees at Asbury Grove
251
Proprietors of Hamilton Park
22
Total number of names, 3740
The Ipswich directory of three years ago contains 1552 names, of which more than 300 have been dropped by reason of deaths, marriages of females and removals from town; therefore this directory contains 284 names more than the old one, and more than 600 new names.
There are some, though no grave errors. After much of the Manual had been written a change was made to admit twenty-five pages of soldiers' names, and the manuscript had to be abridged and a few slight ambiguities crept in. as on page 19: "a plank road across the marsh and small creek" might be built with comparatively little expense. There are some grammatical errors which are not to be specified, since the sense is evident. On page 86 among the Hardys is "col- ored-name unknown." which was intended to be placed at the end of the Ipswich list. On page 109 we do not intend to say that there is any Cross street now; there is none. On
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page 110 "River Coast" should read River Court. "Warren" on page 111, is corrected at the bottom of page 109.
The book has, nevertheless, been prepared with care, and we believe will be found reliable for social and office reference, and to the thoughtful, suggestive of important service for the Ipswich of the future, while its feeble ray may light some one to a home and an industry within our border.
The book contains more than 200 pages, and is a work of considerable magnitude for the average country printing office; yet when ten weeks ago the manuscript was given to the printer, we had no doubt that the book would be on sale before the holidays came. We regret very much the suspense, and perhaps feel it in sentiment and purse more keenly than any one else. We thank our patrons for their indulgence, and bespeak their just appreciation of our honest intention and endeavor.
IPSWICH, Jan. 4, 1889.
ADVERTISERS' INDEX,
Bailey, A E : opp page 175. Baker, SN; p 44.
Lefavour, Wm J; p 191.
Lord, Asa; p 16.
Bell, Wesley K; last cover.
Lord, W E; p 24.
Blake, J A ; p 14, 26.
Macarthy, Mrs Geo E; p 155.
Blake, Samuel; p 48.
Macarthy, Dr Geo E; last cover.
Blodgette, Geo B: p 154.
Malenfant, Jos F; p 8, 14, 22. 60.
Bond, J W ; p 50.
Newman, Benj; first cover.
Boynton, H P; p 174
Brown, . has W : p 48.
Newman, Mark; p 76.
Brown, Wm G; p 74. Burnham, N; p 64, 155.
Olson, Chas; p 60, 64.
Palmer, Dr Chas; last cover.
Peabody, John P; iii, 103.
Perkins, I E B; 10,34.
Perley, Laura E; opp first cover.
Clark, Dr Wm H; last cover.
Perley, Sidney ; first cover.
Collins, Miss E 8; p 22.
Pike, Edwin T; p 4, 60, 190.
Condon, thos E; first cover.
Pike, H Lee M; opp last cover.
Damon, Curtis ; p 20.
Plouff, A H; p 42.
Daniels, Geo E; p 60.
Porter, Geo E; opp 154.
Dexter, Geo E; p 48, 66. Dodge & Spiller; p 50.
Ross, Joseph ; p 54.
Dondero, Jerome; first cover.
Russell, W S; p 2.
Sanderson, Mrs M J ; first cover.
Sargent, M Perry ; first cover.
Savings Bank, Salem 5c: p 62.
Smith, Ebin R; p 46.
Goodhue, Frank T; p 32. Goodhue, J W ; p 40 Goodhue, Samnel JJ; first cover.
Smith, Mary B; p 58.
Spiller, Win A; p 3 ;. '
Graffiun, James; p 12.
Stockwell, F H: p 30, 36, 38, 40. Stone, Robert; first cover.
Thurston, S H; p 56.
Tucker, Dr W E; last cover.
Tyler, D M; p 26, 52.
Whipple Bros; p 52. Willcomb, Mrs CS; p 68. Willcomb, Wm; p 28. Young, Geo G; p &.
Haskell, Geo; p 18.
Haskell, Geo H: p 10. 28. Hayes, J W ; p 22. Hicks, A H; p 38. Hills, A S; p 8. Hills, C A & Co: opp 190. Jordan, R & Son ; p 56. Kyes, F W : p 8. 1 , 18, 22.
Newman, J W ; p 6.
Canney, S F; p 34. Chaplin, Wm; p 36. Clark, C H; 14, 48. Clark, Philip E; 1 70.
Perley, M V B; p 104.
Ringler, F A & Co ; p 72.
Dunnels, John M; p 40, 56, 190. Fall & Fellows; p 30. Fewkes, Benj; p 36. Glover, John S; p 38.
Smith, H P & Co; 155, 174.
CONTENTS.
Page.
Page.
Advertisers' Index
V111
Appleton Farms.
25
Appleton, Gen frontispiece
Bands, The. 13
Board of Trade
23
Box Factory 29
Brick-Making
31
Bridges 31
Bridge Building 29
Brooks-Ipswich.
111
Brown's Grain Mill 33
Burley Fund
53
Business
21
Churches :
First, 35; South, 37; Linebrook, 39; Method- ist, 43; Episcopal, 47; Catholic, 49; Rowley, 157; Hamilton, 176.
Clubs, The Political.
Creamery . Directory 106 Schools :
Ipswich, 112; Rowley,
160;
Hamilton, 177;
Little Neck, 154; Hamil-
ton Park, 185; Asbury Grove, 186; Business, 192.
Discoverers 1
Fire Department. 55
Barnicoat Engine Co Warren Engine Co 59 Grand Army Post, etc 73
Heards' Gift, The.
105 Summer Resort.
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Hills of Ipswich.
Howe House, The.
41
Incorporation of Ipswich .. 11 Isinglass. 23
Jeffries' Neck. 19
Jeffries, William 7
Knit Goods
21,
29
Lefavour, Issachar
55
Library, The Public 53
Linebrook in the War
105
Maps :
Ipswich, opp 155; Row-
ley, opp 174; Hamilton, opp 191.
Mills, The Ipswich Hosiery 21
Norwood, Caleb J.
25
Officers
106
Ipswich, 107; Rowley, 156; Hamilton, 175.
Organizations, The Various 63
71 Planters.
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27 Potter, I. J.
29
Public, 51; Private, 53.
Settlers.
9
Shoe Manufacturers.
33
Soldiers :
Graves, 77; Monument, 105; Roll, 77 to 102. Soldiers : Died during war 78 Survived war .... 81
61 Streets :
Ipswich, 109; Rowley, 159, 173; Hamilton, 175.
11 Tenney, J. Harrison
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CHAPTER I.
DISCOVERERS AND PLANTERS.
HE first discovery of America," wrote a learned geographer about 1800, "is generally ascribed to Chris- toval Colon, or as commonly called from the first Latin writing on the subject, Christoper Columbus; but it is now universally admitted that America was first visited from Green- land by Norwegian's, in the year 982; and again in 1003, when Vinland was discovered. The territory thus named seems by their description to have been a part of Labrador or of Newfound- land." The writer regards the story that abundant grapes were found and the signification of the name as an embellish- ment, or fiction, to induce emigration; but it all stands on the same authority, and probably should be received entire or rejected entire. Recent archæologists, notably our own, Mr. Fewkes of Newton, a summer resident of this town, and Mr. Andrew K. Ober of Beverly, received the story in its en- tirety, tracing our coast in the descriptions, and regarding the story of the grapes and the signification of the name as true to fact. The Vinland colony was, however, soon destroved by intestine divisions, yet, as these gentlemen claim, left marks of their presence in domestic and martial implements, wells whence they drew their water, and the foundations, well preserved, of their houses.
The first discoverer of this coast, however, of whom we have authenticated record, was Giovanni Gaboto, a Vene- tian, called by the English John Cabot. He was commissioned
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. S. RUSSELL,
DRY AND FANCY GOODS, SMALL WARES, ETC. -
LADIES' AND MISSES'
KID GLOVES & HOSIERY
A SPECIALTY.
MARKET ST., IPSWICH.
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by Henry VII. in 1495 to open a Northwest passage to India. He discovered what his sailors called New-found-land, and in- spected the bays, estuaries and rivers along the coast as far as Virginia, and no doubt gave Ipswich bay and estuary and river a careful exploration. He voyaged again in 1498, and his son, the "Grand Pilot," or Great Seaman, in 1517. The Portuguese were here about 1500; French fishermen were at Newfoundland and along this coast by 1504. In 1523 John Verazzani, a Florentine, explored the coast, and, it is record- ed, held friendly intercourse with the natives. If those who were the leading adventurers had been all, it would be easy to understand how the Indians in the seventeenth century came by their fields of corn and tobacco and their gardens of squashes and beans.
The business of fur-trading and fishing along this coast received a new impetus about the beginning of the seven- teenth century. Gosnold was along this coast in 1602, and Martin Pray and William Brown in 1603. In 1604 Aga- wam was the center of Arcadia, so called in the French pat- ent of 8 November 1603, to M. De Mons. Captain Wey- mouth was along this coast in 1605. During all this time, a century or more, no attempt at settlement had been success- ful in this section, but traffic and barter with the Indians and the fisheries had been remunerative, and King James I. was prevailed upon to divide Virginia into North and South. This he did 10 April 1606 by patent, and granted them re- spectively to the Plymouth and the London companies, each with a government of thirteen members. In 1614 John Smith, who had been the life of the South Virginia colony, was sent here with two vessels by some London merchants, "who were [then] engaged in American fisheries." He landed on the east side of the Kennebec river, where in 1795 the ruins of some of his houses were to be seen. Captain Smith at this time, with eight men, ranged the coast to Cape Cod, "bartering with the natives for beaver and other furs, and making observations on the shores, islands, harbors and headlands," which on his return to England he wrought into a map; and presenting it to Prince Charles, with the request that he would give the country a name, it was called for the first time New England. During the six years that followed "Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason spent £20,- 000 each in attempts for settlements, and each of them thought it advisable to give over their design and sit down with the loss." Accordingly King James, 3 November 1620, granted a new patent, incorporating the Duke of Lenox, the Marquises of Buckingham and Hamilton, the Earls of Arun- dle and Warwick, Sir Francis Gorges and thirty-four others,
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EDWIN .PIKE
No, 4 CENTRAL BLOCK, CENTRAL STREET,
Keeps constantly on hand a full and complete line of
BOOT'S, SHOES & RUBBERS
for Ladies' and Gents', Misses' and
Children's wear.
Repairing neatly and
promptly done, and all
work finished when promised.
Also, agent for the
White Sewing Machine.
Oil and Needles for all
Machines.
EDWIN T. PIKE,
No. 4 CENTRAL BLOCK, CENTRAL ST., IPSWICH, MASS.
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and their successors, styling them "The Council established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and governing of New England in America." This patent covered the territory lying between 40° and 48° of north latitude and extended from ocean to ocean, and was the basis of all subsequent grants of land in New England. The company retained the power vested in them by the Crown till 1635, when they resigned their charter, about the time that Winthrop the younger came to Ipswich. Previous to 1635 they made several grants, particularly two. Cap- tain John Mason, who was a member of the company, had a grant of land extending from the Naumkeag river around Cape Ann to the Merrimac river and from the sea to the heads of those rivers, with the islands lying within three miles of the coast. The district was called Marianna and in- cluded Agawam. Another grant was made in 1627 to Sir Henry Roswell et al., which Endicott occupied in 1628, and was reoccupied by Winthrop in 1630, on authority of the charter of 4 March 1628. William Jeffries had a right which he obtained of the Indians, but his claim then covered only the tract now known as Jeffries' Neck. Thus regarding this ter- ritory there were many rights by discovery and many by royal authority, and it was very fortunate for the early set- tlers that only three conflicting claims appeared-Jeffries', from the Indians; Mason's, from the Plymouth company, and Winthrop's, from the Crown. Mason obtained his grant about 1621. Perchance he never occupied it; if he did, he had abandoned it and removed all trace of his occupancy be- fore the settlement by Winthrop in 1633. The settlers knew nothing of the grant till about 1680. The case was in litiga- tion two years and a half. At last Mason won his case. John Wallace and Content Mason, relict of John Tufton Ma- son, were to give deeds, as her husband had done, and "some of the settlers paid a quit-rent of two shillings a year for 'every house built on the land of his grant, which was in their possession." Mason's heirs hoped to establish their inherit- ancy, name it Marianna, and hold it "in fee and common soc- age." So the decision, which was against the settlers, was favorable. .
Jeffries' right seems to have been derived from the Ind- ians, and presumably from Masconnomet. The court that determined his claim made their decision "a final issue of all claims by virtue of any grant heretofore made by any Ind- ians whatsoever." Jeffries was an agent of the Plymouth company and may have come here in 1614 with Captain John Smith, when he was about 23 years of age; or he may have come in 1620 upon the formation of the new company ;
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. W. NEWMAN,
DEALER IN
Hardware and Mechanics' Tools.
CORDAGE, FARMING TOOLS, PUTTY, WINDOW GLASS, PAINT BRUSHES, PICTURE FRAMES, SHEATHING PAPER, BOAT TRIMMINGS, ETC. ETC. ETC.
Locks Repaired and Keys Fitted.
Harness and Shoemakers' Thread, Wax, Awls, Needles, Shoe Pegs, Nails, Rivets and Knives.
No. 3 CENTRAL BLOCK,
IPSWICH.
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or he may have come (he was old enough) some time during the century's first decade, for Captain Smith in 1614 found here twenty-seven or twenty-eight fisheries and trading posts. At any rate, Winthrop called him "an old planter," and it is said that he had derived a title to land here from Ma- son, which about 1622-3 he occupied and improved, and in 1625 he owned the terri- tory of the present town.
William Jeffries was de- rived from good stock. In a letter of instruction from his company he is addressed A PLANTER'S CABIN. " William Jeffries, Gentle- man." His native place is Chittingly, Essex County, England; his father's name was Andre, or Andry, and he had a brother Robert, who settled in Newport, R. I. He was an Episcopalian, and so fared hard in the hands of the Puritans. In this light we understand the order of the court in 1630, commanding those "planted at Agawam forthwith to come away." Mr. Jeffries, how- ever, remained till about May 1638, when the magistrates had power to remove him. Jeffries and Nicholas Easton fol- lowed Mrs. Hutchinson to Newport, where Easton became President and Governor of the Rhode Island colony, and Jeff- ries a prominent official. While residing here Jeffries became acquainted with Mary Gould, sister of John and. Daniel Gould, whom he subsequently married. Their children were six : Mary, the eldest, who was born in Weymouth, "20 : 1", 1642, married John Green and lived in Newport; Sarah, who married Barzilla Barker, son of James of Rowley ; Susannah ; Priscilla; John, and Thomas. In settlement of his claim to territory here he was given 500 acres of land on the south side of "our patent," which probably was near to the town of Weymouth, where he had made his home, was one of the proprietors in 1641, and a selectman in 1642. He also had property rights at the Isles of Shoals, Manchester, which was called Jeffries' creek, and during the last part of his life at Newport, where he died 2 January 1675 at the good age of 84 years. Ipswich thus became free to the settlers.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
F. W. KYES, D. D. S.,
WILDES' BLOCK, - - - CENTRAL ST.,
IPSWICH, MASS.
JOSEPH F. MALENFANT, CARRIAGE, SIGN and ORNAMENTAL PAINTER, Over GRAFFUM'S CARRIAGE SHOP, Hammatt St., Ipswich OUR MOTTO -"Neatness and Dispatch."
S. S. HILLS,
DEALER IN FLOUR AND GRAIN, AND GROCERIES
58 NORTH MAIN STREET, IPSWICH.
GEORGE G. YOUNG,
TORSORIAL ARTIST
BUILDING AND FURNITURE ALL NEW.
Call in and see : We guarantee A towel clean, A razor keen, And shave that's prime For a silver dime. We'll cut your hair, and whiskers trim, And treat you so you'll call again.
MARKET ST., NEAR DEPOT SQUARE.
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CHAPTER II.
WHO SETTLED IPSWICH, AND WHY.
HE real cause of the settlement of Agawam so early and by men of such distinguished quality were her natu- ral attractions; the wealth hoarded in her soil and her natural aspect of hill and vale, of river and glen. She had then long enjoyed a reputation for "beauty of situation" and scenery, for the wealth sporting in her rivers, and, fur-clad, in her forests, and the productive richness of her soil. John Smith in 1614 found here "a multitude of people," and thus described the place : "Here are many rising hills, and on their tops and descents are many corne fields and delightfull groues. On the east is an isle two or three leagues in length, one halfe plain marish ground fit for pasture with many faire high groues of mul- berry trees. There are also okes, pines, walnuts, and other wood to make this place an excellent habitation."
Then the emigrant figured out his venture in pounds and pence as now in dollars and cents. There was money in the fisheries, in traffic with the Indians for furs, in pasture-fed beef, the exportation of tobacco (a new and lucrative branch of commerce), and in the sale of lands. The expenditure for early settlements was not remunerative because the fit time for them had not come. The plan involved business fore- sight, but in the providential purpose was premature. In the near future, however, time ripened, and business in all de- partments flourished.
These early men "builded better than they knew." They were John-the-Baptists, preparing the way for a glorious era. From 1630 to 1640 religious intolerence drove waves of emi- grants to these shores, and in 1635 a tidal wave brought more than 3000 souls. The men who appreciated Agawam and cast their lot here were largely citizens of wealth and- learning, and some were merchants. They were thoughtful, consciencious, heroic, righteous, God-fearing-thoughtful, for they had clear views of the tenets of their religion and of civil life; consciencious, for they could not brook known errors;
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
C.
IASKELL,
DEALER IN
Fine Groceries,
TEAS, + COFFEES + AND SPICES
CIGARS, TOBACCO AND CONFECTIONERY,
CENTRAL STREET, IPSWICH, MASS.
SEASONABLE - STYLES
IN ALL KINDS OF Carefully Selected Footwear
For all seasons, comprising extensive lines of newest and most fashionable Ladies' Shoes, Gents' Boots and Shoes, Children's Shoes, Babies' Shoes, Rubbers, Over- shoes, &c.
THE PRICES ARE LOW.
No one can sell you respectable goods cheap- er.
I. E. B. PERKINS, NO. 5 CALDWELL'S BLOCK,
Repairing neatly done.
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heroic, for they suffered for principle; righteous, for they made a righteous civil code; God-fearing, for it was their purpose in all things to serve Him. It was for such men that "a court holden att Newe Towne (Cambridge), August 5th O. S., 16th N. S., 1634, ordered that Aggawam shalbe called Ipswitch," an order that gave them "a local habitation and a name"; that placed an approving seal upon their govern- ment and the church, the object and end of their government.
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CHAPTER III.
IPSWICH A SUMMER RESORT, AND WHY.
URING the centuries that have pass- ed the natural features of Ipswich have never failed to please, and now their attractiveness is enhanced by the increased facilities of business and the unsurpassed opportunities for recreation, recuperation and pleasure.
Our landscape affords an agreeable variety and a peculiar beauty. The diversity of hill and vale, of meadow and marsh, of woodland and field, of river and pond and brook-enhanced by the variety of the seasons,-verdure and flowers, the cattle upon the hillside and the husbandman in the field, the fruit-setting and the waving grass, the ripening apple and the purpling plum, the yellow corn and the nod- ding grain, and the enchanting beauty of our frost-painted forests, gratifies the eye, educates the heart and sheds over the mind a soft radiance of perennial joy.
Our hills are very prominent and work out for us a won- derful economy. Their names and heights in feet are as fol- lows: Prospect, 260; Mt. Turner, 250; Turkey, 240; old Muzzy or modern Jewett, 212; Bartholomew, 204; Little Turner, 197; Heartbreak, 196; Bush, 193 .; Town, 184; Scott, 180; Sagamore, 172; Castle, 168; Mt. Pleasant, 159; North Ridge, 133; Plover, 128; Little Neck, 86.
The economy of these hills contributes largely to the wealth of this town. From them at eventide come the low- ing kine with distended udder and contribute for our table three most wholesome requisites: butter, cheese and milk.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
JAMES GRAFFUM
MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN
CUSTOM-MADE - CARRIAGES AND · SLEIGHS.
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FARM WAGONS, SLEDS, CARTS TO ORDER.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION GIVEN TO REPAIRING.
ALL KINDS OF TRIMMINGS FOR CARRIAGE TOPS AND SHAFTS ON HAND.
SHOP, HAMMATT STREET DEAR DEPOT IPSWICH,
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In the early years of the town these hills furnished beef for the local supply and contributed "many hundred quarters annually to feed the town of Boston." These grand old hills are nature's own chemists; all animal and vegetable decay that falls upon their summits and sides, by the aid of nature's own great solvent, the rain and the melted snow, they con- vey to the valleys below, to replenish or deepen the soil, where the grasses feed and grow, the esculents and cereals mature, and where ripens the fruit of tree and vine. Notable illustrations are the Damon farm on Pine street between Bush and Turkey hills, the Sutton farm east of Town hill, the farms around Heartbreak and Mounts Turner and Pleasant. Other valuable farms rest on a substratum of argillacious clay, which holds the moisture necessary to their fertility. The Lowe farm, off High street, near the brick yard, is nota- bly one of this nature. This argillacious soil-bed may extend to the rich hay farms of Candlewood and Argilla and a por- tion of the Appleton farms, and may have suggested to Gov- ernor Symonds to call his possessions there Argilla. Two farms, principally, have been enlarged and increased in value by the liberal use of the spade and ax-David T. Perley's in the Linebrook district and the Appleton farms in the Apple- ton district.
Our hills are unsurpassed for permanent and summer resi- dences. The views from their tops are magnificent and charming. No place in Essex County is better adapted to mechanics' homes than Mt. Pleasant. Its location is excel- lent. It is within five minutes' walk of the depot and its as- cent is gradual and easy, even to the top, which is level with the turrets of the First Church edifice. The hill is at present pasture land and cannot be expensive for house-lots, though it is excellent for its present purpose. Hardly any hill so easy of ascent presents so charming a prospect. With a glass on a clear day the view is extensive, varied and delight- ful. Look northward, and beneath old Muzzy's hill reposes Ipswich Village. Over Muzzy's top rise the church spires of Rowley, and beyond the church spires of Newbury and New- buryport. To the northeast is the broad basin of the Parker, the Rowley and the Plum Island rivers, the extensive stretch of marsh, the ebb and flow of the tide and the sand reefs of Plum Island. On the west are Turkey, Bush and Bartholo- mew hills, and a little beyond Mt. Turner. From these hills in summer armies of berry -pickers, from near and from far, gather the fruit. Between these hills are the farms of Damon, Clark, Chapman and Gwinn. The hillside and the vale dur- ing the summer months are a farming scene of singular beauty. Looking southward are seen the winding courses of
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