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A few months ago, we had a research request about the indigenous history of the area around Brooksby Farm and our historic Nathaniel Felton Jr. and Sr. houses. The Pawtucket are the Indigenous people who lived in present-day Essex County and who had relations with the...
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October 1, 2025 | S. M. Smoller | 10 min read PEABODY – Long before masquerading trick-or-treaters roamed the streets in celebration of Halloween, a supernatural bell demon with two flaming eyes terrorized the local grave digger in a tale of local history...
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About this guide: This guide was collated over the summer of 2025 by the Peabody Historical Society and Museum. It’s purpose is to provide educators and community members a place-specific tool for learning about Peabody’s long history of immigration. Each page...
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July 1, 2025 | Sophia Richter | 15 minute read In the weeks after Juneteenth, and days before Independence Day, we look at what the abolition movement looked like in Peabody leading up to the Emancipation Proclamation Act of 1865. Abolition most commonly...
