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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16HA_salem-maritime-national-historic-site_Salem-MA.html
Salem Maritime National Historic Site-Welcome to Salem Maritime National Historic Site, a unit of the National Park System. Since 1938, this park has preserved the wharves and historic buildings associated with Salem's prosperous years of overseas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ1F_the-burying-point_Salem-MA.html
Here are buriedCaptain Richard MoreMayflower PassengerGovernor Simon BradstreetReverend John HigginsonChief Justice Benjamin LyndeJustice John Hathorneof the Witchcraft Court
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWO8_first-armed-resistance_Salem-MA.html
In the revolution the first armed resistance to the Royal authority was made at this bridge 26 Feb. 1775 by the people of Salem. The advance of 300 British troops, led by Lt. Col. Leslie and sent by Gen. Gage to seize munitions of war, was here ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBY_leslies-retreat_Salem-MA.html
Here, in defiance of King George III, local minutemen hid 17 cannons, and were confronted by 300 British troops under command of Colonel Leslie. The Redcoats were routed, with only Joseph Whicher of Salem being wounded. This was the first open res…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBW_saint-peters-episcopal-church_Salem-MA.html
The first congregation of the Church of England gathered in Salem in 1626. Driven underground by the puritans, it re-emerged in 1733 as Saint Peter's Parish, built on land given by Philip English, one of the accused Salem witches. Just before the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIP_home-of-nathaniel-h-felt_Salem-MA.html
This house, formerly located at 10 Liberty Street, was once the home of Mormon pioneer and local church leader Nathaniel Henry Felt (1816-1887). Born and raised in Salem, Nathaniel and his brother John ran a tailoring business at 217 Essex Stre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFT3_the-custom-house_Salem-MA.html
Inside this impressive building were the offices of the United States Customs Service collectors, inspectors, and other officials. It was here that ship's captains and owners paid duties on imported goods, ordinarily about 5% of their value. Be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFQV_derby-wharf_Salem-MA.html
The wharf in front of you was Salem's longest, and was once one of the busiest in the nation. During the War of Independence, American privateers sailed from here to prey on British ships on the high seas. After the war, fleets of trading vessels …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFOS_salem-harbor_Salem-MA.html
If Salem was once a prosperous world seaport, it was not due to the geography of the harbor, but to the enterprise of her seamen, tradesmen, and merchants. Unlike other major ports such as New York, Salem Harbor had no major river to link it w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNL_to-the-farthest-port_Salem-MA.html
In the late 1700s and early 1800s Salem's ships reached out to the world. From this wharf alone between 1785 and 1799, shipowner Elias Hasket Derby dispatched 170 trading vessels on pioneering voyages to China, India, the East Indies, and the Balt…
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