Take an online tour of Peabody’s Revolutionary History through an interactive map exhibit. Peabody’s history of the American Revolution is all around you, if you only know where to look! Click on the button to the left to explore our map. See you there!
Explore the primary sources behind this map! Whether you are a teacher or an independent learner, these primary sources can be studied by anyone. When looking through this selection of newspapers, broadsides, photographs, military records, and census records, what do you notice? Interested in learning more? Reach out to us!
Amos King, muster card.
Francis Symonds, muster card.
George Southwick, Jr., muster card.
Census Records, Danvers.
Henry Jacobs, Jr. muster card.
Census Record, Danvers.
Jeremiah Page, muster card.
Gideon Foster, muster card.
Census Records, Danvers.
Jonathan Wilson, III, muster card
Robert Shillaber, Muster Card
Bickerstaffs Boston Almanac, Library of Congress
“Bloody Butchery by the British,” April 1775.
“Sixtieth Anniversary,” Salem Gazette, April 21, 1835
Howard King, “South Peabody”, Salem News, 1979.
Peabody Historical Society Petition, 1898.
