Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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C .M Founded in 1626 H unique among.Q5iEUieaI!r,,eitie9. munity -retaini-ng Past tonc fleft and 'detail at tj, now in Salem, was erected int1761 by hig father, Capt. lived here until after the lupper leftj was Builtmigg 1319 for offxgers ef?-ithe customs revenue who handled'fl1gi, lpliSing5gf:oi the port for the Federal government. Seveialloffices are restored, including one used by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ,mw- fi 'VL Q 1 ff I 41 ' t I

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Q ' iwkx...tt 1' f ' 5 cv The Essex lnstitute is a collection of books and manuscripts, fur- niture and furnishings, and period houses, It contains, in the words of its charter, the authentic memorials relating to the civil history of Essex County, Massachusetts, and of the eminent men who have resided within its limits from the first settlement through the nineteenth century. It thus provides more materials for an accurate history of this part of our Commonwealth than may be found in any other single place. It was founded in 1848 by the ioining together of the Essex Historical Society tincorporated in 15211 and the Essex County Natural History Society Cincor- prirated in 18361. Salem is a city of bright beginnings. Much of what was started here has grown up and gone elsewhere, but new beginnings are still happening here today. Traces of early be- ginnings are visible in the city's architecture, in the pattern of its streets, and in the col- lections of its museums and historic houses. Early history Salem was first settled in 1626 by men who had failed in an effort to set up a fishing sta- tion on Cape Ann. Roger Conant let them to Naumkeag, now Salem, for a new and brighter beginning. John Endecott arrived on the ship ABIGAIL with about fifty new settlers in September 1628. King Charles of England dismimissed his puritan Parliament in 1629 for protesting his repressive acts against the Protestant dissenters. For eleven years he ruled without a Parliament and Protestants fled to New England in the thousands for the right to worship as they pleased. .-4 e .,.. 'X i x The Crowninshield-Bentley House xx.islNu1lt.it 106 Essex Street tor john Crowninshield in 1727, added to in 1794, and parts of the interior remodeled twice before 1800. lt presents under one roof the main architectural styles of the 18th century with appropriate furnishings based on inventories and other documentary evidence. The noted diarist, scholar, linguist, and clergyman, the Reverend William Bentley, boarded here from 1701 until his death in 1819. Q- 1- - i X. if ' Sig f S ifisifff . ,- 4 .X gq T . 5 Lui - E ., gf Inf i 3 y' if l l e fl 'V Pnl .ff T S SVI if ' 1 A5 J-Wi. I a ilflflm., fri 45 .1 1' ri ' 3 In-f 21 ' 'w ' Q H: ,,-- -e a IIIJ 4 - ' Q E i g H pr-,L ' .-- s . . 1 . A ' H 6 C ' f - , 's'q:E'-1-:Q 1 ii' . 2 'Yip--.'.f,3 'i A - --- ' ' A A la-if-45: : .i. . ' 'F tfavf A-sq . , ' Ui, ' ., :ff :.. ft.. fy, .P-