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