History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 201

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1538

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Bass River was then a boundary between Salem and Beverly. The heirs of Ebenezer Woodbury, in 1798, sold the mill property to Thomas Davis, Jr., who had married a daughter of Israel Woodbury.

This property was purchased in 1848 by Aaron Dodge, who in 1851 enlarged it and added the eleva- tor and tower, said to be the first in the State.

This well-known mill was run by tide-water as a grist-mill until 1882, when it was purchased by a Bos- ton man and used for grinding rubber.

In 1882-83 a son of Mr. Dodge, Israel W., and as- sociates, erected the large structure known as the Eastern Elevator and Mills, four stories in height, surmounted by a tower three stories higher, or ninety feet from summit to basement. This is one of the

best establishments of its kind, and is furnished with every known appliance for discharging and loading cars, grinding grain, etc.

In 1885 there were in Beverly nine claimants en- titled to reparation for French spoliation, on account of the losses to hrig "Nancy" in 1798, and to the schooner "Esther" in I799.

The oldest person in Beverly, Joseph K. Russell, died at the age of ninety-four years, seven months. He was a soldier and pensioner of 1812, and liad lived for seventy years in the same house in Black Swamp, froni which he had not been absent a month.

In August one of the most promising of Beverly's daughters, Miss Alice L. Moulton, died in Steelen- bosch, South Africa, whither she had gone as a teach- er in February, 1884. Miss Moulton was a graduate of Wellesley College, where she had won high honors Her ideals and aspirations were pure and elevated, and her young life was consecrated to the cause of Christianity.

FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WATER-WORKS .- In August and September, 1885, the town voted to accept the act of Legislature giving it permission to erect water-works and maintain an independent water sup- ply, at a cost, exclusive of land damages, not to ex- ceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

A committee of sixteen was appointed, who made a report in November, recommending a pumping sta- tion at Wenham Lake, with two pumps, each of two million gallons daily capacity, a reservoir on Brimble Hill capable of holding three million gallons, an eighteen-inch main to connect with the street pipes already laid, and a twelve-inch main to the Farms. Brimble Hill is one hundred and seventy seven feet above sea-level, and is thirty higher than the Salem reservoir.

Ground was broken for the reservoir on Brimble Hill, the highest elevation in town, in May, 1886, land having been bought here and on the shore of Wenham Lake, where a pumping-station and a cot- tage for the engineer have since been erected. The sy tem was completed within the appropriation, and went into full operation on the 1st day of October, 1887, and the town is abundantly supplied with water, both highlands and lowlands, having over fifty miles of pipes extending throughout its length and breadth. Beverly had been served with water from the Salem system of supply, which was established in 1807, its reservoir and pumping-station being within the town- ship limits.

Wenham Lake, from which Beverly and Salem ob- tain their water supply, is from forty to fifty feet in depth, and is fed by springs beneath the surface. The bottom of the lake is composed of white quartz or sand, and the water, from analysis by our best chem- ists, has been pronounced remarkably pure. The ice formed here is so clear that it has been used success- fully as a lens in igniting powder by the sun's rays.

The pond was once famous among the Indians as

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the local fishing-ground of the Naumkeags, a stream flowing from it being a tributary of the Ipswich River, on the banks of which their principal settle- ment was located.

The first murder committed in colonial times, of which we have any record, was near its shore. on the main road from Salem to Ipswich, and the famous Hngh Peters (who was afterwards executed by Arch- bishop Laud) preached here from the summit of a conical hill (now removed) from the text, "At Enon, near Salim, for there was much water there."

At a town-meeting in 1774 it was voted that if a number of men, not exceeding thirty-five, would pur- chase a good fire apparatus and engine. and contract to improve the same for extinguishing fires, they should be exempt from serving in any town office, or as jurymen. This vote was carried into effect, a com- pany formed and engine purchased. The company, in 1795, gave up their apparatus to the town, and in 1805 it was voted to raise $1,000 and purchase a new fire-engine, and in 1828 another.

The fire apparatus, in 1843, consisted of three en- gines, with hose, buckets, axes, etc., one company in the North Parish and two in the centre of the town.

Fire hooks-and-ladders were placed convenient for use. In addition to these, the Union Fire Society, formed in 1804, had ladders, fire-hooks, sails and axes, each member being provided with two leather buck- ets, a two-bnshel bag, a bed-key and a screw-driver. For furnishing a supply of water for fires, four cis- terns had been built. The Union Fire Society had a fund of $4,000, which was divided among its members when they disbanded, their services becoming of less importance as public facilities increased.

The first steam fire-engine was purchased by the town in 1866, and on the introduction of Wenham water into the town, hydrants were established exten- sively, hose-houses were built and efficiently equipped, and the most approved system of apparatus purchased. In all six hose-houses were erected, so that every sec- tion, no matter how remote from the town-centre, was thoroughly protected. In addition to these was the steam fire-engine at the central station ; and in November, 1885, the building known as the Cen- tral Fire Station was dedicated, which cost nearly $20,000, and is provided with a tower, with perfect ap- paratns, two engines, trained horses and efficient en- gineers.

At the Farms, in addition to the hose-house, is a new building containing a fine steamer and appoint- ments equally good with those in the central dis- trict.

1886 .- An electric fire-alarm was established in February, beginning in the manufacturing district, and extending thence into the outlying sections of the town. It started with ten boxes, two in the manufac- turing centre, two on Cabot Street, and one each in the South, Washington, Cove, Montserrat, North Beverly and Farms Districts.

An indicator and a two-circuit repeater was pnt into the Central Station, a striker attached to the First Baptist bell, and a whistle-blower on one of the factories.

In July, 1886, electric lights were introduced into the town, under the management of the parties con- trolling the gas company, superseding gas for street lights in the most densely-populated parts.

The Beverly Gas-Light Company was incorporated in 1859, furnishing gas to light the streets and to pri- vate consumers.

The street railway system was extended in one di- rection to Chapman's Corner, at the Cove; in another, through North Beverly, to Wenham.

TEMPERANCE AND OTHER SOCIETIES .- We may say of Beverly to-day, as was said of her by the historian of forty years ago, that, "on the subject of temper- ance she has kept in the van of enlightened public sentiment."

The customs of early times prescribed "drinks " upon nearly all public occasions, but this town was one of the first to abolish that custom. By a vote of March 9th, 1807, the selectmen were requested "not to approbate or recommend for the renewal of their license any person, in the future, as an innholder, who was not provided with accommodations for entertain- ing travelers."

Such popular educators as Rev. Joseph Emerson and Dr. Abiel Abbott used their influence in promot- ing the cause of temperance ; but the first temperance society was not formed until about 1830, up to which time nearly every grocer in town was licensed to sell intoxicating liquors.

The Beverly Baptist Temperance Society was or- ganized in 1832, as also was a similar association at the Farms. A Temperance Association was formed in the Second Parish in 1833, the Union Temperance Society in 1835, and a Total Abstinence Society in 1838. In 1840 the Washingtonian movement swept over the land, the beneficial influence of which Bey- erly experienced.

In 1844 the Sons of Temperance, Franklin Division, organized and contained a large and influential mem- bership, which, after many years of valned service, finally disbanded ; the new division of the same name in 1882.

The Young Men's Catholic Temperance Society was organized in 1872, the Woman's Christian Total Abstinence Union organized in 1875, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, at the Farms, in 1885.

The Crystal Fountain Lodge of Good Templars was organized in 1882.

Other societies of various kinds, which illustrate the intellectual and industrial life of the town, are numerous, as follows :

The Female Charitable Society was incorporated 1836 ; Beverly Fuel Society, already mentioned ; Sea- man's Widows' and Orphans' Friend Society, organ- ized 1833; Fisher Charitable, organized 1810; Old

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Ladies' Home Society, organized 1886 ; New England Industrial School for Deaf Mutes (on a farm of fifty-six acres, at Ryal Side), organized 1876; Woman's Re- lief Corps, John H. Chipman, Jr., No. 30, organized 1883 ; Knights of Honor, organized 1877; American Legion of Honor, Reuben Kennison Council, organ- ized 1881; Beverly Gas-Light Company, capital stock, $40,000, par value $100 ; Light Infantry Com- pany, organized 1814; Beverly Co-operative Associa- tion, organized 1879; Grand Army Post, organized 1869; Shoe Manufacturers' Association, organized 1865 ; Lasters' Protective Union, organized 1882; United Order American Mechanics, organized 1883 ; Independent Order of Red Men, Chicataubut Tribe, organized 1886; Royal Arcanum, Roger Conant Council, organized 1879; Sons of Veterans, Camp John Low, organized 1882 ; Thorndike Bicycle Club, organized 1881; Daughters of Liberty, Mayflower Council, organized 1885; Golden Rule Alliance, or- ganized, 1885 ; Beverly Fireman's Relief Association has a fund of $4,500.

THE POST-OFFICE .- Owing to its contiguity to Sa- lem, Beverly did not possess distinct postal facilities so early as some other towns in the county. The first postmaster was Asa Leech, before the building of Essex bridge, who also had charge of the ferry and kept a public-house at the corner of Cabot and Davis Streets. He was postmaster for many years. Previons to the establishment of the office here our citizens, as well as those of some other towns, obtained their mail from the Salem office.

Dr. Josiah Batchelder succeeded Mr. Leech, at his death, and kept the office in a house on the corner of Davis and Front Streets. On his removal to Maine, John Burley was appointed, who resigned, and was succeeded by John Lemon, he by Farnham Plum- mer, who removed the office to a building next to the Thorndike mansion, now the town-hall. Jonathan Smith was the next postmaster, who held the office nine years, until Stephens Baker was appointed, in 1833. Mr. Baker held office sixteen years, at first in his store, where the Hinkley Block now stands, and during his last ten years in the building he erected on the corner of Cabot and Milton Streets. Joseph D. Tuck, who succeeded him, kept the office in the same place, until another change of administration gave it in charge of Gilbert T. Hawes, who established it at the corner of Cabot Street and Railroad Avenue. Thomas A. Morgan succeeded him, under whom the office was opened in the Masonic Block, where his successor, Thomas D. Davis, continued it. Mr. Davis was a soldier of the late war, whose health was seri- ously shattered by barbarous treatment in the pris- ons of Richmond and Andersonville. His successor was another veteran of the war, Colonel Francis E. Porter. Under him and his predecessor the office had been brought into a high state of efficiency ; but the accession to power of a Democratic administration caused the removal of Colonel Porter, and the appoint-

ment of the present incumbent, Jeremiah Murphy. Within the year past the post-office was removed to the Odd-Fellows' Block, at the instance of the inspec- tor from Washington, and fitted with every ap- pointment, so that it is now second to none of its class in the State.

BEVERLY'S REPRESENTATIVES .- Of the early lead- ing settlers of Beverly, Roger Conant was one of the Representatives for Salem to the first General Court in 1634; John Woodbury in 1635, '38 and '39; John Blackleach and Thomas Scruggs in 1636; Captain Thomas Lothrop in 1653, '62 and '64, and from Beverly in 1672, '73, '74 and '75. The other Repre- sentatives from Beverly have been Lieutenant John Dodge, son of Richard Dodge, in 1676, '78, '79, '80, '81,'83,'89 and'90; John West, 1677 ; William Dodge, Sr., 1680 ; Lieutenant Paul Thorndike, 1681 ; Exercise Conant, 1682, '83 and '84; Captain William Raymond, 1683,'85 and '86; Thomas West, 1687 (he was also the first Representative from Manchester) ; Sergeant Peter Woodbury, 1690; Lieutenant Andrew Elliott, 1691, '92, '94, '95 and '97; Captain John Dodge, son of William, Sr., 1693, '96 and 1702; Deacon Samuel Balch, 1698, '99, 1700, '01, '05,'06, '07, 09,'10,'13, '14, '15, '16, '19; Isaac Woodbury, 1703, '04; Robert Hale, Sr., 1708; Lieutenant John Balch, 1711, '12, '27; Captain Joseph Herrick, 1717,'18, '20, '21 ; Lientenant Robert Briscoe, 1721, '22; Lieutenant John Thorn- dike, 1723; Deacon Jonathan Rayment, 1724, '25; Captain Robert Woodbury, 1726, '30 ; Andrew Dodge, 1728, '29; Lientenant (afterwards colonel) Robert Hale, 1731, '32, '33, '34, '35, '38, '40, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '54, '56, '57; Captain Henry Herrick (of the French and Indian War), 1736, '37, '39, '51, '52, '53 ; Lieutenant Daniel Conant, 1749,'50 ; Captain John Leach, 1755 (who had been Representative from Salem in 1750 and'51, before Ryall's Side was annexed to Beverly); Lieutenant (afterwards colonel) Henry Herrick, son of Captain Henry, 1758, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, '73 ; Captain Josiah Batchelder, 1774, '75, '76, '77, 778, '79 (and in the Provincial Congress for three of those years) ; Jonathan Conant, 1779, '81 ; Colonel Larkin Thorn- dike, 1780, '82, '86, '87, '90, '91, '92; Nathan Dane, 1782, '83, '84, '85 (also Senator, 1790, '94, '96, '97, '98. Representative to Congress, 1785,'86, '87; Presidential elector, 1812, in Constitutional Convention, 1820) ; Joseph Wood, 1786, '87, '88, '89, '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, 1802, '03, '04, '05, '06; Captain (afterwards colonel) Israel Thorndike, 1788, 1802, '03, '04, '05, '06, '08 (also Senator, 1807, '08, '10, and in State Conven- tion, 1788, to consider the Federal Constitution) ; John Cabot, 1792; Captain Moses Brown, 1799, 1800, '01 (and elector of President, 1808) ; John Stephens, 1800, '01; James Burnham, 1800, '01; Abner Chapman, 1804, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15; Thomas Davis, 1805, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '19, '20, '22, '23 ; Thomas Stephens, 1808, '09, '10 (and Senator, 1811, '12, '13, '14, '15) ;

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Robert Rantoul, 1809, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '23, '24, '25, '26, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33 (Senator, 1821, '22, 23, and in Constitutional Conven- tions of 1820 and 1853); Isaac Rea, 1809, '10, '11, '12, 13; Nathaniel Goodwin, 1811, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, 17; Nicholas Thorndike, 1814, '15, '16, '17; Josiah Lovett, 1816, '20, '21 ; Oliver Obear, 1823, '24, '25, '26; William Thorndike, 1824, '25, '26 (in the Senate, 1828, '29, '30, and its President in 1831) ; Pyam Lovett, 1823, '37; Henry Larcom, 1827, '28, '29, '30; Thomas Ste- phens, Jr., 1829, '30; Josiah Lovett 2d, 1829 (Senator 1852) ; Amos Sheldon, 1829, '30; John Safford, 1833, '34, '35, '36, '38, '39 (and in Senate, 1842, '44) ; Charles Stephens, 1833, '57; Jesse Sheldon, 1833, '34; Cotton Bennett, 1834, '35, '36; Nehemiah Roundy, 1834, '35, '36; Stephen Nourse, 1835, '36; John Conant, 1835, '36 ; David Larcom, 1837; Ezra Dodge, 1837; Daniel Cross, 1837 ; Jonathan Batchelder, 1836, '38 ; Andrew Ober, 1838; Edwin M. Stone, 1839, '42, '44; Thomas B. Smith, 1839, '40; William Lamson, 1840, '41; Ed- ward Stone, 1841; Jobn Pickett, 1842, '44; Albert Thorndike, 1845, '46, '47 (and Senator, 1850, '51) ; John I. Baker, 1840, '45, '46, '47, '52, '56, '65, '66, '69, '71, '75, '78, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84 (Councillor, 1860, '61, Senator, 1863, '64) ; William H. Lovett, 1848, '49, '50; Paul Hildreth, 1848, '49, '50; Levi A. Abbott, 1852,'54; William Endicott and Joseph E. Ober, and the latter in the Constitutional Convention ; John B. Hill, 1855, '74, '76 ; Richard P. Waters, 1856 (and in the Peace Congress of 1861) ; John Knowlton, 1857 : Robert S. Rantoul, 1858; Thomas A. Morgan and James Hill, 1859; Andrew F. Wales, 1860 ; Augustus N. Clark, 1861 (and Presidential elector, 1880) ; Elijah E. Lummus, 1861; John Meacom, 1862; Robert R. Endicott and Robert S. Foster, 1863; Benjamin D. Grant, 1864; Charles H. Odell, 1865; John W. Ray- mond, 1866, '67 ; Joseph Wilson, 1868; Freeborn W. Cressy, 1869, '72; Henry P. Moulton, 1870; Nathan H. Webb, 1870, '71, '72; Francis E. Porter, 1873, '74; John H. Woodbury, 1875; David A. Preston, 1876; Henry P. Woodbury, 1877; Charles L. Dodge, 1885, '86, '87. Senators who have not been Representatives : Joshua Fisher, 1805 ; Warren Tilton, 1859, '60; Fred- erick W. Choate, 1866,'67; Francis Norwood, 1881, '82.

BEVERLY'S INDUSTRIES .- The Fisheries .- The ear- liest industries of Beverly were farming and fishing. From the sea came the principal subsistence, until the meadows and forests were cleared and planted. The first settlements in Beverly were located with special reference to their contiguity to the fishing- grounds, as the houses erected by William and Hum- phrey Woodbury and their people. After the fish- eries were established nearly every male inhabitant old enough, and not too old, went off for the sum- iner's fishing. Few were left at home, except the old men and young boys, women and girls. Even the boys were taken away at a very early age, some at eleven, and nearly all of them at fourteen or fif- teen.

At the outset the voyages were greatly prolonged by the custom, then prevailing, of drying the fish be- fore the return of the vessel to port, on the Mag- dalen or the coast of Labrador, which they after- wards took, in the same vessels, to the West Indies, etc. Later on, and for the past hundred years or so, the fish were salted in the hold and brought home to be " cured." Then it was possible to make two voy- ages each season, sailing on the 1st of March or April, and returning about the 4th of July,-this was the "first fare; " the "second fare" would keep them out till cold weather had commenced, into No- vember, and sometimes even December. In all, from six to eight months were taken for the two fares ; sometimes three fares were made. Every avail- able headland on the coast, from Tuck's Point to Paine's Head, was covered with fish-flakes, where, in the summer and autumn months, thousands of tons of fish were cured for market.

These fish-drying places have now become too valu- able as real estate to be used for this purpose, and but a few fish-flakes can be seen on our shores. Most of the fishermen resided on the coast, between the Old South and the Manchester line. When the cod fishery was at its best, which was probably between the years 1840-50, there were seventy or eighty vessels engaged, and all manned by natives of this town. Each vessel carried from six to nine men, and rarely exceeded eighty or ninety tons burthen. The prin- cipal vessel-owners were Thorndike & Endicott, Stephen Nourse, Foster & Lovett, Pickett & Ed- wards, James Stone, Capt. Bradshaw, Ezra Batchel- der, Samuel Ober, John Morgan ; and some vessels were owned by the crews.

But the co-operative system did not work very well, as all the "combined powers" wanted to be skippers, and could not agree.

The average cost of a new schooner was about four thousand dollars. A good season's receipts, even for the "skippers," was five hundred dollars, and an av- erage of two hundred quintals of fish was considered a "great catch." The fishermen did remarkably well immediately after the withdrawal of the embargo, in 1815, and during the period of the Civil War, as prices were very high in the first instance, and crews scarce in the second.

The fishermen led a hard life at the best, and in the early times lacked the many conveniences that their successors enjoy, some even being subject to piracy. Until within a comparatively recent period they carried no stoves, but in each vessel was a capa- cious fire-place, in cabin as well as in forecastle. In de-cending into the fo'castle the sailors were obliged to go "down the chimney," as they expressed it, there being no other aperture for the escape of the smoke than that by which their quarters were reached. But they had " lots of comfort " with their great wood- fires, especially in the autumn months, even though the smoke was annoying. At first, every man was

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his own cook, and it is likely that the fare was hard.

With the advent of a special cook, or a man drafted from the crew for that purpose, the "grub" was im- proved a little, the staple articles of diet being beef, salt pork, beans twice a week, potatoes, bacon, fish, " duff," doughnuts and pies. Duff and doughnuts were great luxuries, however, and "duff day" was always looked forward to with pleasurable auticipa- tions Although the distance traversed by the fish- ing schooners was not vast, yet the length of the voy- age made it wearisome, especially as land was rarely sighted after Cape Ann had beeu left astern until it hove in sight again four months later; on the return the government gave a bounty of four dollars per ton for each voyage of four months and over, and even if a full fare was secured in half that time, the requisite numbers of days must be passed at sea be- fore port could be entered. The great event of the voyage was "washing out day," when the fish had been landed and the crew were given a royal dinner. As winter came on, the vessels were hauled up at the wharves and the crews dispersed to seek employment at shoe-making, or to spend their hard-earned money in completing their education. Many a boy, taken from home at an early age, returned to the village school on successive winters, to acquire what learn- ing he could in the time at his command. It was a wholesome discipline they got at sea, and a school in which were reared many who afterwards served faithfully their country when volunteers were needed for the navy.

At the present day our fisheries are of little im- portauce. The great fleet of schooners has disap- peared, and scarcely half a dozen vessels sail from our port for the Banks each season ; and these are manned by strangers. How far the policy of the Na- tional Government has contributed to this result is one of the debated questions.

Between the years 1828-40 there were two full- rigged ships, the "Shamrock " and " Malabar," and nine brigs, making a total of eleven "square-riggers," owned in Beverly, besides one hundred and twenty schooners. In 1859 the schooner " Dove" was sold to Eastern parties. This vessel was built in 1817, and was the last of her class, of half-deck vessels, in Beverly.

In 1860, just prior to the Civil War, fifty-four ves- sels from Beverly were engaged in the fisheries, with 4072 tonnage, a valuation of $166,800, carrying 457 men, and using 5366 bushels of salt and 1172 bush- els of bait. In 1861 the amount of fish bounty paid was $15,000. In 1863, when the greatest number of our fishermen were away, serving in the navy, but thirty-seven vessels were engaged. The value of fish and oil obtained that year was about $200,000. The " catch " was large, but fishermen were scarce. In 1875 some twenty-four vessels were fitted out here; in 1877 twenty-two, besides smaller craft, carrying ahou: 300 men.

But even this small number has been reduced in the past teu years, so that the present year finds but four fishing-vessels employed at the Bauks, and one' of these is supposed to have been lost, with all on board. A hundred years ago, in 1786, Beverly owned sixty vessels, mauned by 492 men ; nineteen of these were in the West Indian trade. In 1788 thirty-two vessels, with 271 men.

Shoes and Shoemaking .- For nearly two centuries the industries of Beverly were essentially agricultural and maritime; farming, fishing, coastwise and for- eign commerce engaged the attention of its inhabit- ants, with an occasional digression to repel the In- diaus or beat off foreign invaders. It has been already shown that the town took active part in every affair of national importance from the Pequod War in 1637 to the Rebellion of 1861. The growth of the town was slow, and resulted more from the nat- ural increase of its native population than from alien accessions. The early industries were few in number, and newer forms of occupation were adopted cautiously. Unlike Lyun, which seems to have been predestined to traffic in leather from earliest times, Beverly did not choose deliberately that which has now become its chiefest industry. Resident shoe- makers were scarce within its borders before the close of the seventeenth century. One of the first re- corded cordwainers is Andrew Elliot, who was also our first town clerk, who lived in that part of the town known as the "Haymarket" or "City," where also resided another shoemaker-John Smith, son of James, born in 1662. He probably worked upon the low bench, having the " kit"-knives, hammer, lap- stone, awls, etc .- on one end and the seat at the other, and with the shoe held by a strap over the knee.

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. I, Part 201

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1 Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1538

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed. n 85042884-1
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1538