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Captain Dennison Wallis was born in Ipswich in 1756 and raised in Danvers (now Peabody). Wallis joined the local minutemen as they gathered at the Old Bell Tavern (image below), at the corner of Washington and Main Streets, on April 19, 1775. From there, the local...
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March is a special month. We are shaking off the cold of the winter, and finally seeing flowers emerging from their winter rest. March is also Women’s History Month, so it seemed only appropriate to talk about the life and accomplishments of Peabody’s...
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Elizabeth Whitman’s story may not have been preserved by time, had a female author not penned a bestselling novel, based on her life. Born in 1752, Whitman was the daughter of a Connecticut minister and his wife. Well-educated, and widely admired for her poetry and...
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Engraving of Gideon Foster,March 7, 1836 Work of M. C. Torrey and B. F. Nutting Peabody’s own General Gideon Foster was born February 24th, 1749 – making him 273 years young today. He was born to Lydia Goldthwaite and Gideon Foster. The Goldthwaite family...
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April 1956, Razing of Juniorate Seminary In April 1956, the last buildings were razed at the Juniorate Seminary, making way for the North Shore Shopping Center. It ushered Peabody into a new era of shopping – away from mom-and-pop businesses on Main Street to...
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Thank you for supporting the Peabody Historical Society & Museum over the years. We strive to preserve and celebrate Peabody’s history through exhibits, research, advocacy and preservation projects. Despite still being in the COVID epidemic, we at the Society have...
