Local Lore Articles 2002-2016

The Local Lore is the Society's history-rich monthly newsletter.

Local Lore 2016
- Issue #127 November/December 2016 America's First President? John Hanson
- Issue #127 November/December 2016 October Snow Hurricane October 9, 1804
- Issue #126 September/October 2016 Postwar Olympics 1920
- Issue #126 September/October 2016 Presidential Gazette Salem Gazette October 1868
- Issue #125 July/August 2016 Boston Pops on the Esplanade
- Issue #125 July/August 2016 No Country for Old Men - The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
- Issue #125 July/August 2016 Train Troubles Salem Gazette 1868
- Issue #124 May/June 2016 this Month in History - The Hindenburg Airship
- Issue #124 May/June 2016 The Old Boston Post Roads
- Issue #123 March/Aril 2016 A Post-Revolution Feminist - Judith Sargent Murray
- Issue #123 March/Aril 2016 Topsfield in 1874
- Issue #123 March/Aril 2016 Hail Washington!
- Issue #122 January/February 2016 Leading Inventor From Massachusetts - Lewis H. Latimer 1848 - 1928
- Issue #122 January/February 2016 Aviation Navigation 1924
- Issue #122 January/February 2016 A Glance At History - King Phillip's War 1675
Local Lore 2015
- Issue #121 November/December 2015 Maria Mitchell - First Woman Astronomer
- Issue #120 September/October 2015 James Otis
- Issue #120 September/October 2015 Zaccheus Gould Obituary Salem Gazette 1874
- Issue #119 June 2015 World War II Evacuee Visits Old Home - Parson Capen House
- Issue #118 May 2015 World War II Casualty
- Issue #118 May 2015 Topsfield's Stone Walls
- Issue #117 April 2015 The White House Easter Egg Roll
- Issue #117 April 2015 State is a Leader in Education - 1837
- Issue #117 April 2015 Masconomet
- Issue #116 March 2015 Stained Glass Congregational Church
- Issue #116 March 2015 SPAM, Wonderful SPAM!
- Issue #115 February 2015 Salem Gazette, August 7, 1846
- Issue #114 January 2015 The Town Tavern
Local Lore 2014
- Issue #113 December 2014 Georgetown Man Had the "Sole" of an Inventor
- Issue #112 November 2014 Topsfield's Summer Resort
- Issue #111 October 2014 Topsfield in World War II
- Issue #111 October 2014 We CAN Achieve Victory - WWI Community Canning Club
- Issue #110 September 2014 Read All About It - The Topsfield Library Society
- Issue #109 June 2014 From the Essex Gasette, Aug. 4, 1772
- Issue #109 June 2014 A Close Call - WWII New England Watchtowers
- Issue #108 May 2014 19th Century Ladies' Magazine and Album: Farmers' Wives
- Issue #107 April 2014 Game of War
- Issue #107 April 2014 A Bit About the Union Oyster House
- Issue #106 March 2014 Society Artifact Indicates Topsfield's Stand on Slavery
- Issue #105 February 2014 Congregational Church Records - December 30, 1733
- Issue #105 February 2014 Baby, It's Snowy Outside
- Issue #104 January 2014 Selected Warrants from Town Meeting 1905
- Issue #104 January 2014 Bog Mining
Local Lore 2013
- Issue #103 December 2013 Jennie Wade - Human Interest Stories of the Battles at Gettysburg
- Issue #102 November 2013 Topsfield's Independence Decision of 1776
- Issue #102 November 2013 Some Points on Etiquette
- Issue #102 November 2013 Mount Washington History
- Issue #101 October 2013 Civil War General Ambrose E. Burnside
- Issue #101 October 2013 Three Centuries of Topsfield History (excerpted from THS Historical Collection 1951)
- Issue #100 September 2013 One Hundred Years Ago (Letter by Norm Isler, President)
- Issue #100 September 2013 Topsfield's Three Steeples
- Issue #100 September 2013 Baseball in Topsfield
- Issue #100 September 2013 Bradley Palmer and Willowdale
- Issue #100 September 2013 Forgotten World War II Incident
- Issue #100 September 2013 Thomas Emerson Proctor
- Issue #100 September 2013 Right or Left?
- Issue #100 September 2013 A Prince Visits Topsfield
- Issue #100 September 2013 A Daring Highway Robbery
- Issue #100 September 2013 1859 Topsfield School Committee Report
- Issue #100 September 2013 Confederacy Vice President Visits Topsfield (May 11, 1865)
- Issue #100 September 2013 Topsfield During the Civil War
- Issue #100 September 2013 Ketchup Origins
- Issue #100 September 2013 England Ho!
- Issue #100 September 2013 Number Please!
- Issue #100 September 2013 Lacrosse
- Issue #100 September 2013 A Sketchy Past
- Issue #100 September 2013 Mush!
- Issue #100 September 2013 The Art of Good Behavior, 1848
- Issue #100 September 2013 African Princess in Topsfield
- Issue #100 September 2013 Governor General Thomas Gage's Local Connections
- Issue #100 September 2013 Displaced Persons in Topsfield
- Issue #100 September 2013 The Mills of Topsfield
- Issue #100 September 2013 Zaccheus Gould Fined for Associating with Quakers
- Issue #100 September 2013 How Topsfield Was Named
- Issue #99 June 2013 Behavior at Dinner (1848)
- Issue #98 May 2013 Two Local Heroes
- Issue #98 May 2013 America's First Millionaire
- Issue #97 April 2013 1860 Election in Topsfield
- Issue #97 April 2013 Crocker Snow
- Issue #96 March 2013 USS Constitution (expanded article based on November 2008 article)
- Issue #95 February 2013 Grape Island, Ipswich
- Issue #95 February 2013 Confederate Soldier in Union Territory
- Issue #95 February 2013 5 Main Street
- Issue #94 January 2013 William Lloyd Garrison
Local Lore 2012
- Issue #93 December 2012 The Beginning of Marine Aviation
- Issue #93 December 2012 Earhart Once a Teacher
- Issue #92 October/November 2012 A Closer Look at History
- Issue #91 September 2012 Paul Revere's Other Ride
- Issue #90 June 2012 Topsfield as a Hub of Education
- Issue #89 May 2012 Toppesfield England
- Issue #88 April 2012 Prince Visits Topsfield
- Issue #88 April 2012 Electric Cars - Not Such a New Idea!
- Issue #88 April 2012 Birth of the Tea Bag
- Issue #87 March 2012 What If… Fort Ticonderoga
- Issue #87 March 2012 The Boys - a poem
- Issue #86 February 2012 Dr. Justin Allen
- Issue #86 February 2012 1897 Letter from M.K. Cross to George F. Dow
- Issue #85 January 2012 Timothy Pickering 1745-1829
Local Lore 2011
- Issue #84 December 2011 Local Civil War Facts
- Issue #83 November 2011 History of Hood's Pond
- Issue #82 September 2011 Brigham Young's Topsfield Ancestry
- Issue #81 June 2011 Topsfield During the Civil War
- Issue #80 May 2011 1885 Advertisement Sale of Emcerson Center Property by Charles H. Holmes
- Issue #80 May 2011 The Sub That Sank a Train
- Issue #79 April 2011 Stray Cow (Salem Gazette 1797
- Issue #79 April 2011 Irish/English War Assistance
- Issue #78 March 2011 Another Arnold Connection
- Issue #78 March 2011 Local Mill Sites
- Issue #78 March 2011 Paul Revere's Other Ride
- Issue #77 February 2011 Arnold's Expedition to Quebec
- Issue #76 January 2011 Deadliest War
Local Lore 2010
- Issue #75 December 2010 Perkins Row Stone Bridge
- Issue #74 November 2010 Topsfield Copper Mines
- Issue #74 November 2010 Topsfield, Maine
- Issue #73 October 2010 How Close to Topsfield Did George Washington Come?
- Issue #72 September 2010 Marquis de La Fayette
- Issue #71 May 2010 Leslie's Retreat
- Issue #70 April 2010 Forgotten Independence Hero
- Issue #70 April 2010 Bull Brook Paleo Indian Site
- Issue #69 March 2010 Washington and the Rebellion
- Issue #68 February 2010 Henry Knox's Impossible Task
- Issue #67 January 2010 Marquis de La Fayette
Local Lore 2009
- Issue #66 November 2009 Early Crawford Inn in the White Mountains
- Issue #65 October 2009 How Topsfield Was Named
- Issue #65 October 2009 Boxford’s Holyoke French House
- Issue #64 September 2009 Judge Daniel Appleton White Letter 1811
- Issue #63 June 2009 The Railroad Comes to Topsfield
- Issue #60 March 2009 George Washington Meets Martha Custis
- Issue #59 February 2009 Zaccheus Gould Fined for Associating with Quakers
- Issue #58 January 2009 Thomas Emerson Proctor
Local Lore 2008
- Issue #56 November 2008 USS Constitution
- Issue #55 October 2008 George Washington's Visit to Essex County
- Issue #54 September 2008 The 1640 Hart House
- Issue #53 June 2008 Castaway
- Issue #53 April 2008 Washington's Defeat in 1741
- Issue #52 March 2008 How a Lady Should Dress (Exceprted from the Art of Grand Behavior published 1818 in New York)
- Issue #51 February 2008 Displaced Persons in Topsfield
- Issue #50 January 2008 Topsfield's Last Remaining One Room Schoolhouse Update
- Issue #50 January 2008 African Princess in Topsfield
Local Lore 2007
- Issue #49 December 2007 Mary L. Gould, excerpts from an autograph album
- Issue #49 December 2007 Essex County Co-operative
- Issue #48 November 2007 Topsfield News Reported in the Salem Gazette (1864-1867)
- Issue #47 October 2007 Willowdale Mill
- Issue #46 September 2007 Good Behavior (excerpts from The Art of Good Behavior, pub. 1848)
- Issue #45 August 2007 The Middlesex Canal (1793)
- Issue #44 May 2007 Governor General Thomas Gage's Local Connections
- Issue #43 April 2007 Annual Meeting - March 11, 2007
- Issue #42 March 2007 Stanley Steamers and Topsfield
- Issue #42 March 2007 Kids Express Gratitude (school group tours of Parson Capen House)
- Issue #41 February 2007 Topsfield East School House (history for discussion at 3/11/07 meeting)
- Issue #41 February 2007 Origin of Knots (Speed)
- Issue #41 February 2007 Aviation History in Massachusetts
- Issue #40 January 2007 Confederacy Vice President Visits Topsfield (May 11, 1865)
Local Lore 2006
- Issue #39 December 2006 Towne Family Reunion Sept 13-15, 2007
- Issue #39 December 2006 Roger Rangers
- Issue #38 November 2006 The Parson Capen House in the Great War
- Issue #38 November 2006 Aviation History in Massachusetts
- Issue #37 October 2006 A Message from the Topsfield Main Street Foundation
- Issue #37 October 2006 The Lost Shipyard
- Issue #36 September 2006 The First Fairy Tale
- Issue #36 September 2006 President's Message (Norm Isler, September 2006)
- Issue #35 August 2006 Canoes in Boston Harbor in 1605 as noted by Samuel de Champlain
- Issue #34 June 2006 Lieutenant Francis Peabody's Mill Site, Special Supplement
- Issue #34 June 2006 Essex Heritage Area 100 Milestones
- Issue #33 April 2006 Thomas Emerson Proctor (brief history)
- Issue #32 March 2006 Annual Meeting March 2006
- Issue #31 February 2006 Alexander Hamilton Exhibit
- Issue #30 January 2006 The Earthquakeof 1628
Local Lore 2005
- Issue #29 December 2005 Way to Cure a Bad Husband, The (From "Ladies' Album" -c. 1849)
- Issue #29 December 2005 Some New Year History
- Issue #28 November 2005 Notice to Genealogists (Lynnfield Public Library)
- Issue #28 November 2005 Historic Deeds (land ownership since 1639)
- Issue #28 November 2005 Before Parson Capen
- Issue #27 October 2005 Kimball Scholarship News
- Issue #27 October 2005 Historic Marker Project
- Issue #26 September 2005 Topsfield Town Record Excerpts (1698-1699)
- Issue #25 May 2005 Topsfield and the American Revolution Display
- Issue #25 May 2005 Stone Wall Builder – William Buckner Taylor
- Issue #25 May 2005 Historic Marker Project
- Issue #24 April 2005 Report of the School Committee of Topsfield for the Year 1859-'60
- Issue #23 March 2005 Shoe, The (Ryal Side, Beverly)
- Issue #22 February 2005 Willowdale and Bradley Palmer
- Issue #21 January 2005 Videotaping Recollections
- Issue #21 January 2005 Town Hall Clock Lighting
- Issue #21 January 2005 Newspaper, 1888
- Issue #21 January 2005 Kimball Scholarship
- Issue #21 January 2005 Gates Matching Gift
Local Lore 2004
- Issue #20 December 2004 Archives and Historical Records Survey Project Final Report Readout
- Issue #19 November 2004 Abolitionist Paper Issued
- Issue #18 October 2004 Essay Contest Winner (Caroline Gallagher on "Plastic and Bakelite")
- Issue #18 October 2004 Case of the Wandering Wife – special attachment
- Issue #17 September 2004 WWI Artifact Returns to Topsfield
- Issue #17 September 2004 Recent THS Acquisitions
- Issue #17 September 2004 Kimball Scholarship Awarded
- Issue #17 September 2004 Capen House Restoration Update
- Issue #16 June 2004 Project Grant Awarded (2004 Essex National Heritage Commission)
- Issue #16 June 2004 Mystery Item Identified (primitive striking mechanism for Revere bell)
- Issue #16 June 2004 Capen House Restoration Update
- Issue #15 May 2004 George Peabody's London Trust
- Issue #14 April 2004 FamousProctor School Support for the Capen House Restoration
- Issue #14 April 2004 Famous Firsts in Massachusetts
- Issue #13 March 2004 The Battle of Bloody Brook
- Issue #12 February 2004 Deerfield Massacre 300th Anniversary
- Issue #12 February 2004 Capen House Preservation Fund
- Issue #11 January 2004 Forgotten WWII Incident
- Issue #11 January 2004 Capen House Preservation Fund Drive
Local Lore 2002-2003
- Issue #10 December 2003 Jack Kimball Scholarship
- Issue #10 December 2003 History Channel Filming ("The Devil's Choice")
- Issue #9 November 2003 Capen House Preservation Fund Drive (Letter by Norm Isler, President)
- Issue #8 October 2003 Capen House Preservation Drive
- Issue #7 September 2003 War Contributors 1775-1900
- Issue #7 September 2003 Lake Family Cemetery
- Issue #7 September 2003 Cummings Family Reunion
- Issue #6 August 2003 Historical Records Project (PastPerfect program)
- Issue #6 August 2003 Capen House Preservation Campaign
- Issue #5 July 2003 War Contributors 1775-1900
- Issue #5 July 2003 Fun Facts (1640)
- Issue #4 June 2003 Topsfield's 3 Steeples in a Row
- Issue #3 April 2003 The Old Boston Post Roads
- Issue #2 March 2003 Peabody Century Chest
- Issue #1 February 2003 Love Through the Ages
- Winter 2002-2003 Topsfield's Abolitionist Past
- September 2002 Putnam House to be Danvers Museum
- September 2002 Tree Ring Dating Identifies Capen House Timber Cutting Times

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Local Lore Articles 2002-2016