The Local Lore

For over ten years, members have received The Local Lore, a monthly newsletter with articles about local Topsfield, Massachusetts and New England history.

To receive a copy of the Local Lore, membership applications are available here.

Here are a few downloadable samples:

• June 2014

  

• September 2014

  

• October 2014

  

• November 2014

  

• Home
• About the Society
• Parson Capen House
• Gould Barn
  Rentals website
  or email:
  Events@GouldBarn.com
• Strawberry Festival
• Oldest Tree in Topsfield
• Phillis Wheatley Peters - video recording of January 2024 meeting
• Historical Overview
• Topsfield Stories
  • Colonial Period
    • Slavery
  • Revolutionary War
  • Civil War
    • "Kiss Clara for Me":
      Civil War Soldier Letter
    • Joel Lake Sweeney
      Civil War Soldier Letter
    • Topsfield in the Civil War
    • Lincoln
    • Soldiers buried in Topsfield
• THS Report on Mile Brook Bridge
• Original Town Hall Project
• Membership
• Captain Joseph Gould Barn
• Scholarships
• Newsletters
• THS on YouTube
  
  
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