ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORTOF T H E

PEABOD' H ISTOR ICAL SOC IET'.

INCORPORATED AUGUST 1 51 11 , 1896 .

OFFICERS ,

Pres i den t ,1st Vice Pres i den t ,2d Vice P 1 esident ,Treasu re r

,

A ss i stant Treasure 1 ,R eco 1 di ng Sec 1 etary ,

Correspon di ng Secretary,

Cu rat0 1

Lib rar i an,

Ch ai rman Hosp i tal i ty Com . ,

D IREC TORS .

DA NIEL H . FELTON,

R O B ER T H . GOW IN G ,P . H . O ’CONOR

,

M IS S MAR' W . NIC HOLS , MR S . NANC' J . MOULTON ,MAR' EL I '. P OOLE

,

R I CH ARD S B . MAC' INTOS H,MR S . Jos . Gr. POR TER , REV . OSCAR F . SAFFOR D

,

D ELEG ATE TO T HE BA' ST ATE LEAG UE.

R EV . O . F . SAFFOR D .

REG ULAR MEET ING S 1906— 1907 .

An nu al m eeti ng . Ann ual R eports and e l ect i on of ofiicers.

Annu al F i e l d m eeti n g at Fe l ton ’ s Corn er,th e h om e of M r . D H ,

Fel ton be i ng Ope n to al l . The meeti ng was h e ld on th e tr i angl e,

Gen . Franc i s H en ry Appl eton,Pres . , p res i d ing . Th e fi rst s p eak e r

,

Mr . Dan i e l H . Fe l ton , spok e on th e' Ear ly S ettl e rs ' in that

l ocal i ty,of th e R i ve r- h ead

,

' the o l d wharf,th e c l ay p i ts , th e

Fe lton Sch oo l , th e O l d Ind i an Pound and th e Andove r Turnp ik e .

Mr . Ezra D . H ines of Dan ve rs , n ext gave the h i story of th e Co l l i n sHou se , n ot far away , th e h eadquarters of. Gen . Gage at th e begi nn i ng of th e R evo l ut i on , 1774 . Mr . Thomas Carro l l th en re l ate dth e inc i den t of Arnol d ’ s Army march ing th ru Cou nty

, Surn

m i t , Lowe l l. an d P rospect an d Sy lvan stre ets , th en cal l ed th e ol d

1906— 1907 .

FRANC I S H . AP PLETON

THOMA S C A R R OLL

JEFFE R SON '. COLE

S'LV A NUS L . NEW HALL

HELEN C . ALLEN

MAR' A . FOR NE SS

MR S . ELI'ABETH C . OS B OR N

MAR' A . OS B OR N

MR S . ELI'A B ETH C . OS B OR N

MR S . H . MAR IA PALMER

Ipswi ch R oad , on its way to Q uebec i n 1775 . D e acon Ch as .Whi ppl e of P i k e Wh i pp l e

,gave an i nte resti ng account of h i s

C arr i age busi ness,carri e d on s i nce 1830. i n th e v i c i n i ty 'th e or igi

n al bui ld i n g be ing on th e tr i ang l e and bu rn ed i n 1 85 3 .

R ev . 0 . F . Safford cal l ed atte n ti on to t h e fact th at u nti l 185 5 ,Fe lton ’ s Corne r was th e real cen te r of th e town of Dan vers , th efi rst sch oo l an d th e home o f th e fi rst town c l e rk h avi ng b een n earby . Gen . Appl eton as Massach usetts Commiss i on er fo r th e J amestown Expos i ti on made t ime l y remarks i n regard to th e same .

Pre s id en t Appl eton spok e of th e great l oss th e Soc i e ty h ad su sta ined i n th e d eath of Mr . Nathani e l Symonds , on e of its mosti nterested membe rs .

R efreshments we re th en se rved by Mrs . Mari a H . Palm er , ch a i rman Of Hospi tal i ty Comm itte e , an d ass i stan ts , an d th e com pan yadj o urned to vi si t Mr . Fe lton ’ s Home , th e Fe lton Bu ri a l Gro un d ,th e Fe l to n Sch oo l House and th e R i ve r Head .

Presi d ent Franc is H enry Appl e ton gave a most i nte re st ing ta l ku pon th e J amestown Expos i ti on , i l l u strated wi th l an tern s l i de s ,showing vi ews of bu i ld i ngs comp l ete an d in proc ess of construct i on

,th e wonderfu l wal l of fl owers su rrou nd i ng th e enc l osu re ,

and m any p l aces of h i stor ical i n tere st i n'

V irgi nia. Th i s wasmuch en j oy ed as at th at time vcom parativ e ly l i ttl e was knownabou t th e Expos i ti on .

At th e c l ose Of th e l ectu re,remarks w e re ma de a l ong the same

l ine s by Mr . Arthu r Lord,Pres i d ent of Plymouth H i st or i cal So

c iety , and by Hon . Dana Mal one,Attorney General , who spok e of

th e D eerfie ld H istor ic al Soci e ty .

A meeti ng i n commemorati on of th e b i rth day of G eorge P e abodywas h e l d , V i c e - Presi d en t Th omas Carro l l pre s i d i ng and mak ingth e fi rst address , sp e ak i ng of Mr . Peabody in conn ec ti on wi th th ePeabody H igh sch oo l .

Mr . Fred W . Bushby fo l lowed , sp eak i ng of th e‘purch ase of th ree

autograph l etters of Ge orge Peabody by th e Peabody Insti tute,

al so of h i s Se arch i n London for th e Peabody Bu i l ding and thePeabody Tab l et i n Wes tm i n ste r Abbey .

Miss Mary M . Fa rl ey gave the ge ne al ogy of th e B irthpl ace OfGeorge Peabody .

Mrs . J oseph G . Porter re ad an interest i n g l e tter wr i tten by Geo rg ePeabody to J ohn W . Proctor of th i s town .

Mr . And rew Nicho l s of Danvers gave som e personal rem i n iscencesof Mr . Peabody and supp l emented Mi ss Farl ey ’ s pap e r w i th s omequo tat i on s from th e R ecords .

Mrs . Lyman P . Osborn re ad an en tertai n i n g accoun t of th e ce lebration of 1 85 6 i n honor of George Peabody .

Miss Mary W . Nich ol s of Danvers re ad a short poem wr i tten byh er fath er , th e late Dr . Ni ch ol s , fo r th e c e l eb rati o n of 185 6 .

Mrs . Lydi a W . Thach e r gave some pe rsonal recol l ec ti ons of M r .Peabody and th e ce l eb rat io n of 185 6 .

Mr . O ti s B rown spok e of some i n ci d en ts of th e rec epti on re ception of th e body of George Peabody i n Portl and

,i n wh ich h e an d

others of th i s town had a part .

Light refreshments fo l l owed adj ournment .2

FIR ST HIG H S CHO OL ,PEA B O D' MA S S . . 1 850- 19 5 5 .

FORME R L' C H A P E L OF UN ITAR IA N CHURCH ON CHURC H ST NOW R EMOVE D TO N O . 268 WAS H INGTO N ST

PHOTOGR AP HED B' MR .W . w. WOODMAN , PRESENT PR INC IPAL OF H IGH SCHOOL

PEABO D'' HIGH SCHOO PEA B O D', MA ss— 1 8 5 5- 1903 .

AND TOWN H ALL ON S T EVEN ' S I R EET—IRSS- l8 83 .

P H O TOGRA P H E D B' MR . w . W . WOO DMA N , P R ES E N T P R I N'‘ IP A L OF T H E H IGH SC H OOL.

Th e grave s of th e R evol u ti onary Sol d i ers were decorated wi th'ags as u su al an d l au re l wre ath s p l aced upo n th e monument .Our Soc i e ty was repres en ted at th e mee ti ng of th e Bay State H i storical Leagu e , at Hyde Park ,

i n th e afte rnoon,by Dr . Safiord ,

Miss M . A . Forn ess an d Mrs . L . P . Osborn , who read a pape r .T h e R oom s of th e l o cal Soc i ety we re open to v is i tors du r i ng th eafte rnoon and i n th e e ven i ng a m eeti ng was h e l d at wh i ch Mr .C arrol l p res i ded and gave a most i nte re sti ng tal k u pon th e battl eof Lexi n gton and th e part tak en in i t by our m en from Danvers .

Capt . W 111 . F . Wi l ey Spok e of. th e 19th of Apr i l in ou r C i v i l warand of th e battl e o f Newborn in an extremel y i nte resti ng way ,espec i al l y apprec i ated by those membe rs who h ad sh ared th eexpe ri enc es . After th e re ad i ng of a poem on Our Flag by M r .J e ffe rso n '. Col e , th e e ve n i ng c l osed wi th the usual l i ght refre shIn ents .

NEW MEMBERS .

Nov . 20, 1906 . Feb . 18 , 1907 .

How . Ben j . G . Hal l,

Mrs . Fl orence L . Ward,

Mrs . Han nah G . Hal l,

Miss Sarah S . Moore ,S . Chase Tuck e r

,M . D . ,

Mr . Edw. P . Hambl et,M i ss Isabe l l a A . Ward

,Mrs . C . Isabe l Hambl et .

MayM iss A l i ce M . Patte1 son

,M . D .

,Mr . Harry O . n ood ,

Mr .s Marc i a M . Osgood .

T REASURER’

S REPORT .

Th e Treasu re r of th e Peabody H istori c al Soc i e ty resp ectfu l l y subm i ts th efol l owi ng report for th e year end i ng May 1

,1907 .

Bal an ce i n h ands Of Treasu re r at l ast report,R ec e i ve d for A dmi ss i on and D ues

,

Gi fts f 1 om m embers of th e Soc i e ty ,Candl e Sal e

,

I nte i est from Stim psOn Fund ,Inte re st from Deposi t 1 11 Wai ren F . C . b Bank,From Lib rary at Wash i ngton

,

From Sal e of Post C ards,

Pa id rent for on e y ea i to A pi i lE lectr i c Li gh t for on e yea I ,Decorati ng

b

Lex i ngton MonumentAp 1 i lAn nua l Dues to Bay State League ,2 Doz Bl ags f0 1 G 1 aves of R evol u t i onary Sol di e rs ,Wreath fo i Funeral o f Dr . Putn am ,

I nsu i ance

Mr .s Brook s and F . S . Edgei ly Son f0 1o

i efresh1n ents forSep t , Feb . an d Apr i l mee ti ngs

,

Express i ng Ch ai rs for S ep t . meeti ng ,Pr inti ng Bal l ots

,

300 Cop i es Ann u al R eport,

Pri nting Post Card s,

Stamps,etc . foi th e Secretar i e s an d

T 1 easu 1 e rs ,Bal anc e 1 11 hands of T reasure i ,

8 . L . NEW HALL , Treas .

PEA BO D', M ay

NECROLOG'.

Mrs . Mary El i zabeth Conrey , b . Oc t . 31 , 1833,Miss Susann a Mi l l s

,b . May 2 , 1810,

Nico las M . Q u in t , b . J u l y 18 , 1 838,Ben j . F . Southwick , b . J u l y 5 , 1835 .Nathan i e l Symonds

,b . Dec . 13 , 1 833 ,

Mrs . Ade la i d e M . T igh ,b . Oc t . 4 , 1840,

REPORT OF CURATOR AND L IBRAR IAN.

During th e past y ear,ou r g i fts from 26 members and 30 fr i en d s h ave as

usu al inc l uded boun d vo l umes,pamph lets , manu scri p t papers , n ewspape rs ,

c l i pp i n gs , arti c l e s fo r th e cab i n et and room , and ph otograph s an d mon eyfor post card p l ates . Among th ese spec i a l m ent i on m ight b e m ade of ac an e , made o f wood from th e Ch amber of Bu rgesses , whe re Patri ck Hen rymade h is st i l l rem embered sp eech

,a most t im el y offeri ng of Mr . Thomas

Carro l l , wh en i nterest was c ente red on th e J amestown Expos i ti on . Also , ano ld Powder Horn

,a re l i c of 175 6 and 175 7 , w i th a rare etch i ng u pon i t of

Ft . Wi l l i am Hen ry wh ere Li e u t . El eaze r Li ndsey and othe rs from th i s townwere stati oned . Th i s was th e gift of th e l ate Mr . A l erson G al eucia .

Th e ' Parson Prescott ' cha i r i s of i nte rest. be i ng th e o r igi nal i ns p i ration of th e found i ng of ou r soc i ety . Th i s was w i l l e d to th e soc i ety by M i ssM i l l s , i n whose h ome i t h ad been many years , an d wh e re , many t imes , as adescendan t of Mr . Prescott

,Sen ator Hoar came to c al l an d occupy th e ch ai r .

It was for th e p urpose of mak i ng a h ome in town for th i s ch ai r th at th e suggest ion of an H istorical Soci e ty was first m ad e by Mi ss M i l l s . We have beenh onored by th e Peabody Muse um of Sc i ence by an inv i tat i on to l oan o url arge buffalo sk i n w i th an Ind i an battl e sc en e u pon i t , p ain ted i n b l ack andb l u e and re d , by th e Ind i an s . With th e co nse nt of th e don or , Mr . D . H .

Fe lton , th is was removed an d may be seen in i ts appropr i ate p l ac e in Sal em .

The Soc i e ty room h as be en op en as u sual e ve ry Monday afte rnoon fromto 5 o ’c l ock , wi th members of th e fo l l owi ng comm i tte e i n atte n dance '

Mrs . Nancy J . Mou l ton , Miss He l e n C . Al l e n , Mi ss Mary A . Osborn , Mrs .

J oh n Shan ah an , Mrs . J . G. Porter,Mrs . J . J . Thornd i k e , M rs . L . P . Osborn .

Occas iona l te as h ave been served,and on one afternoon b ayberry candl es

were made at th e room an d a sal e of th e cand l es , wax , berr i e s , etc ., was h e l d ,

wh i l e th e proc ess of candl e m ak i ng by M iss Carol i n e M . Mudge of Danvers ,proved most e ntertai n ing .

C l asses f rom th e publ i c sch oo l s have made several v i s i ts to th e room andth e pract i cal use o f th e t reasu res i n ou r c ustody i s g radua l l y w in n ing app rec iat i on . Acknowl edgment for photograph s fo r new p osta l s , i s d ue Mrs .A . L . Newhal l an d M rs . George H . Green , SO. Peabody 'Mrs . A . L . A rv edson ,

West Peabody'Miss Isabel l a A . Ward , Mr . Fred Hagar,Gen . F . H . App l e

ton , Mr. W . W . Woodman an d 'M ikado,

' Program comm itte e,for b en efit of

J . B . Thomas Hosp i ta l .

Gratefu l acknowl edgment i s du e contribu tors of th e fo l l ow ing i tems re l ating to George Pe abody and ou r H igh schoo l and i t i s hoped th at al l m i ss ingl inks may be furn ish ed by ou r interested fr i e nds .

G IFT AUTHOR D ONOR

1788 ,’93,

’95 . Deeds rel at i ng to homes ofThomas Peabody in

Have rh i l l and Danve rsnow Peabody . Cop i ed by A . N icho ls . Andrew N icho l s .

4

G I FT

1795 , Feb . 18. B i rthp lac eof Georg e Pe abody .

Its gen ea l ogy .

185 2 , J un e 16 . Centen

n i a l C e l ebration of

D anve rs and Found ingof Peabody Inst i tu te .

T ick e ts to exerc is es of .

Peabody Inst i tu te L ib rat y Book p l ate s .

Peabody In st i tute L ibrary Cert ificate .

Pe abody Inst i tu te CardL ists of Lectu re s . (incompl ete .)

185 6 , Oct . 9 . Peabody R eception and D in n e rBadges .

Pe abody R ecepti on an dD in n er Son gs

Peabody R ec epti on .

Poster or Ch i e f Marsh a l ’ s n ot i ce of .

Engrav ing of PeabodyInst itute .

1857, Aug . 13 . PeabodyPicn ic , ace . of i n n ewspap er c l ipp ing .

Peabody Pi c n ic Poster.Peabody R ec ept ion at

Mrs . Eben S utton ’ s .

I nv itation to .

1857- 8 . Framed PhotoOf Bust of George Peabody by

1857. Sk etch of Sy lveste r Proctor ’ s DrugStore , where GeorgePeabody first work ed .

185 7- 8 . Framed Photoof George Peabodyfrom Dague rreotype .

1866 , Sept . 22 . Q u eenV i ctor i a ’ s l etter toGeo . Pe abody . Facs im i l e of

1867. Peabody Coatof—Arms l abe l

,used by

Naumk e ag M i l ls,New

buryport.

AUTH OR

Andrew N i cholsM i ss Mary M . Far l ey .

M i ss Geo . A . Osborn eMrs . Joe l R . Peabody .

F. S . Jon es .

E lbr idge G . Perl ey .

DONOR

IAndrew Nich o ls.

Mi ss Mary M . Farley .

Lym an P . Osborn .

Lyman P . Osborn .

Mrs . M . 0. Stevens .

Lyman P. Osborn .

'IMrs . M . S . Buxton .

Char l es 0 . Warne r.

Miss Su sanna Mi l ls .

Mrs . Picke ring Hart.

M iss A l ic e E . T rask .

Horac e Merri l l .

Lym an P . Osborn .

Mrs. E . C . Osborn .

Mrs . Lyd i a W . T hach er

Mrs . Lym an Osborn .

Miss Florence Torr.

Pe abody Inst itu te .

Lym an C . Osborn .

GIFT

1867 , Feb . 13 . SouthDanve rs Wi zard wi thGeorge Peabody ’ s l ette r concern i ng th eSouth ern Fund .

1868 . Card Photographof George Peabody.

1869 . Framed Engrav

ing of photographtak en by

1869 , Dec . 18 . Georg ePeabody ’ s Fun eral i nLondon , ace .

' of i nHarpe r ’ s Week l y .

1870, J an . 14. D escript i on of Preparat i on s i nPortsm

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ou th for arr i va lof George Peabody ’ sbody . Cl i pp i ng .

1870, Feb . 5 . Broads i dew i th accoun t of GeorgePeabody ’ s Fun e ral .

1870, Feb . 5 - 9. PeabodyPres s w ith accoun t ofGeorge P eabody

’

s u

n e ra l .

1 870, Feb . 8 . Programof Fun e ral S erv i c e atSouth Chu rch . I nv itations to Fun eral Exerc ises and to Col l at i onat In sti tute .

Noti ce to Marsh al l s .

Mou rn i ng R osette an dBaton .

Photograph s of Catafal

'

que i n Inst i tu te .

1871 , Feb . 18 . Peabody ’ s14th Annu al Bi rth daySoc i al Festi val . Prog

.

1895, Feb . 16 . Peabody

Press w i th Sk etch ofGeorge Peabody

.

1 895 , Feb . 18 . GeorgePeabody C entenn i alC e l . Badge

,wh i te

.

George Peabody Centenmi a l C e l . Badge

,

Bl u e .

George Peabody Centenn ia l C e l .

,List of

Comm i tte es .

AUTHOR

Mayal l , of London .

D ONOR

Mrs . Lucy A . Davi s .

Mrs . S . L . Ferguson .

Veteran F i re A ssoc ia ti on

Char l e s 0 . Warner .

L ym an QP . Osborn .

H arryzO. Osgood

M r . Merr i tt'

Cook .

Mi ss A l ic e E. T rasik .

Ch arl es 0 . Warner .

Mr. J . Hen ry. Osgood .

Miss A l ic e E . Trask .

Ch arl es 0 . Warn er.

'

Sy l vanu s L . Newh al l .

Miss Mary M . Far l ey .

Mi ss Adal in e A . L i tt l e .Mrs . M . 0 . Steven s.

Lyman P . Osborn .

Frank L . Fergu son .

Lyman P . Osborn .

TOWN OF PEABO D', 1906 W HEN C OVERED W ITH SNOW.

P H OTOGRA P H E D B' FR E D D . H AGA R .

H ouse No . 3 1 I l lni S r.

,rem ov ed from 35 Main St . , (now occupied by Mr . D anie l P . G rosv enor)form er ly D rug Stt

S v l v ester Proctor , wh e re G eo rge Pe abody first went to work ,1 806

, at age of e lev en .

Pho tographed by G eorge W . H e rsey .

Th e R ooms of th e Soc i ety h ave been open as u su al to vi s i tors , every Monday afternoon f rom ti l l 5 o ’ c l ock , wi th members of th e fol l ow ing comm ittee i n atten dan ceM i ss H e l en C . Al l e n , M rs . J oh n Mou l ton , Mrs . L . P . Osborn , M i ss Mary A .

Osborn , M rs . J . Ben j . Palmer , Mrs . J oh n Sh an ah an , Mrs . J . J . Thornd ik e ,Mrs . J . G . Porte r .The fo l l ow ing pamph l ets are fo r sal e by th e Soci ety , th e rooms be ing Open

to th e p ubl i c eve ry Monday afte rnoon 'Th e Home of J ohn Pro cto r by W i l l i am P . Upham ,

Dedi cat i o n of Memo r i al Tab l e t at Bi rth place of George Peabody ,A fold ed sh eet contain i ng a l i st of som e p l ac es of H istor i c In terest i n

o ur town,

Posta l Card s w i th l ocal v iews ,Photograph s of l ocal v i ews ,

1 . Peabody Inst i tu te .2 . George Pe abody ’ s B i rthp l ace .

3. Q u een V ic tor ia’ s Pic tu re i n Pea

body Insti tu te .

4 . Town Hal l .5 . H igh Schoo l .6 . Sol d i e rs ’ Monum ent and ' O ld

So uth Ch u rch .

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7. Lex ington Mon ument .8 . J oh n Proctor Memori a l .9 . O l d Procto r House .

10. Sh i p R ock .

1 1 . Bowditch Hou se .

12 . Osborn House .

13 . App le Tree Lan e , Osborn Farm .

14 . Peabody from Bu xton ’ s H i l l .1 5 . Catho l ic Chu rch and Paroch i a l

R es id en ce .

16 . Conven t. Paroch i a l Sch oo l and

Paroch ia l R e s i den c e .

17. Ch estnu t S tree t an d TownHous e .

18 . E lm Stre et an d Entranc e to

Monum enta l Cem etery .

19. R es idence of Lew i s Brown,

South Peabody .

20.

21 .

23 .

24 .

26 .

27 .

30.

34 .

35 .

36 .

38 .

n

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40.

.05

.03 each ,o r two for .05

. 10, . 1 5 , 25 , .35 , . 50

Crystal or Uph am ’ s Pond , West

Peabody .

Ph e l p ’ s Mi l l ,' West Peabody .

Hom e for Aged Women .

Cattl e Sh ow .

Un i tar i an Ch urch .

Buri al P l ace of George Peabody .

Parso n Pre scott House,Centra l

Stre e t .

Peabody Square i n 1902 .

Peabody Square i n 1 905 .

W i lson Squ are i n 1902 .

Wi l son Squ are i n 1906 .

Tr i angl e at Fe l ton ’ s co rn er .Buxton ’ s H i l l i n 1905 .

S t . Paul ’ s Epi scopal Ch u rch,

1906 .

George Peabo dy, 1869 .

Tab le t .

Wes tm i nster A bbey .

View of Peabo dy from Meth od i st Chu rch .

Peabody Squ are , c or . Foste r St .Mai n Stre et , look ing west from

Cal l e r .

Chu rch and Sch oo l hou se,West

Peabody .

In 1901 , a commi tte e was appo i nted to copy th e Buri al Grou nd I nscript i on s and B ib l e R ecord s , th rough ou t th e town . Th e fo l l owing was contr i buted by Mr . Sy l van u s L . Newhal l .Th e Cu rt i s—Very Bu ri a l Lot and S ton e Tomb may b e. fo und i n a sm al l en

c l osu re on Lynn stre et , n ear Ly nn stree t co urt , abou t one and on e - h al f m i l e sf rom Peabody square . Th e ston e s are of s l ate 'th e deco rati on , a weep i ngwi l l ow . Th e tomb was bu i l t by Mrs . Esth e r

,wi fe of D an i e l S ton e , J r . , an d

daugh ter of Am o s and Sal ly Ve ry . O th e r part i c u l ars conce rn i ng th ose 1 11te rred h ere may be fou nd at th e Rooms of th e H i s tori c a l Soc i ety , andi n fo rm a tion regard i ng th em w i l l be gra tefu l l y rece i ved .

CURT lS—VER' LOT AND STONE TOMB .

IN Memo ry of

MR AMOS CUR TI S ,who di ed

M ay 13 , 1828 .

age d 74 y ea rs .

I N MEMOR ' OF

MR S M A R ' R US S ELT

R e l i ct of AMOS VER',

A N D REW R US SEL L . A ged 73 .

who d i ed SALL' VER',

Se pt . 24 , 1837 , Aged 82 .

A ged 63 .May They R est In Pea ce .

IN TOMB.

S A MUE L W . FER R IN ,D i ed J an . 2

,1 863 , aged 24 y ears , 1 1 mos

ESTHER ELI'A STON E ,Di ed Apr . 20, 1839 , aged 4 y ears

J O SEP H W . STON E ,Di ed Apr . 25 , 1 839 , aged 2 y ears

GEOR G E W . '. STONE ,Di ed Sept . 23 , 1 85 8 , aged 5 3 years

S A C R E DTo th e Memory ofMR S BETSE' CUR TI S

relict ofM R A MOS CUR T I S

who di edFeb . 21 , 1833,A ged 74 years .

GIFT

George Peabody Centenn ial Ce l . Menu .

George Peabody Centennial Cel . , Orde r ofDance s .

George Peabody Centenn ial Ce l . , Programof Exerc i s es .

George Peabody Centennial Ce l . , Programof Sch oo l C e l ebrat i on .

George Pe abody C entenn ial Ce l . , T i ck et toBanqu et .

1901 , Feb . 2 . Acc ess i o nof Edward VII . London I l l . News .

1901 , Feb . 7 . Fun e ral ofQ u ee n Victor i a i nLondon , 1 11. News .

1901 , Feb . 9 . Fun era lo f Q ue en Vi ctor i a i nLondon

,Sph ere .

1902 . Deed of r igh t toPeabody H i stor i cal Soc iety to m ainta inmark er at B i rthp l ac eof George Peabody .

I 85 0 , June 3 .

1858 , March 1 1 . An nu alR eport to Town an dOrder of Exerc i ses atExam in ati on of Peabody H igh Schoo l .

1 862 , J u l y 22 . Ch al l engeby boys of P . H . S . toth e Femal e Base B a l lP lay ers .

1864 , March 28 . Order ofEx erc i ses at Exh ib i

t ion of P . H . S .

1866 , Nov . 10. P . H . S .

Asso . Consti tut i on .

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1867 , Feb . 18 . P . H . S .

Asso . l st An n ual R eu n ion . George Pe abody present .Ode .

AUTH OR D ONOR

M i ss E . C . 'imbal l .

Adal i n e A . Li tt l e .

Lyman P . Osborn .

Adal i n e A . L i ttl e .

Lyman P . Osborn .

Mrs . J . G . Porte r .

Mrs . J . G . Porter .

Mrs . J . G. Porter.

Charles B . Far l ey .

P eabody H igh S ch oo l opened w ith 40 pupils

and was nam ed for G eorge P eabody .

Mrs . A l i c e B . Lum mus .

Harry O . Osgood .

Harry O. Osgood .

H arry O . Osgood .

Ch as . BancroftMiss Sarah E . Perk ins ,

’60 IHarry O. Osgood .

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1868 , Feb . 18 . P . H . S .

Asso . 2nd Annua l R eu n i on .

Ode .

Poem .

1869. Feb . 18 . P . H . S .

Asso . 3rd Ann ual re

u n i on .

Ode .

Ode .

1 876 , Feb . 18. P . H . S .

Asso . R eun ion .

Poem .

Ode .

1878 , Feb . 18 . P . H . S .

Asso . R eun i on .

Ode .

Poem .

1879, Apr . May , Jun e . P .

H . S . Newspap e r 'Th eR ev i ew ,

' vo l . I . 1, 2

an d 3 .

1892 , Oct . 21 . Co lumbu sDay P . H . S . Badge .

1895 , J un e 26 . P. H . S .

Alum n i Asso . F i rstAnnual R eu n i on .

Song .

1 897, J une 15 . Inv i tat i on to R eun ion .

1898 . P . H . S . A . A .

Consti tu tion and Byl aws .

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1898 , Feb . 18 . P . H . S .

A . A . 4th Annu al R eun i on .

Ode .

1900, J u ne 1 . P . H . S .

50th Ann i . Alum ni A ssoc i ati on R eu n i on

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1902, J une 26 . P . H . S .

Graduation Ex erc i ses .

Ode .

1904. P . H . S . Graduati on Exerc i ses .

Song .

1906 . P . H . S . Graduati on Exerc i ses .

Ode .

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Miss S arah J . Sm i th,

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M iss Sarah E . Perk i ns ,’60 Harry O .

Osgood .

Miss Sarah E . Perk i ns,

’60

M i ss H . F . Osborne,

’62 Harry O . Osgood .

M i ss Marth a 0 . BarrettM iss C arri e W . Bomer . Harry O

. Osgood .

Miss Sus i e Fel ton .

Miss Grace Goodr ich . Harry O.Osgood

.

Char l es C . H i l ls.

Frank L . Fe rguson .

Harry O. Osgood .

M 1ss S . J . Needham. Lyman P . Osborn .

Lyman P . Osborn .

Harry O . Osgood.

Harry O . Osgood . Harry O . Osgood .

E . C . Osborn .

Frank Augustus Ferr i n . E . C . Osborn .

Mary El i z a . Osgood . E . C . Osborn.

Marguer i te Bott . E . C . Osborn .

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T HE STO R' OF OUR H IG H SCHOOL .

B' MR . THOMAS CARROLL .

In 1849 th e n umber of i nh ab i tan ts i n th e town of Danvers was a l i ttl e ove rs i x thou sand . Earl y i n th e year a p rom i n en t c i ti z en

,J ohn W . Procte r ,

th reaten e d to h a ve th e town i n d ic ted fo r not supporti ng a h igh sch ool . Atth e second adj ou rnmen t of ann ual Town meeti ng

, h e ld i n Gran i te Hal l ,North P ar i sh , Ap r i l 2 , 1 849— th e sch oo l comm i ttee were i nstru cte d to con

s i der th e m atte r of e stab l i sh i ng two H igh sch ool s and repo rt at th e n extann u al meet ing .

Apr i l 1 , l 85o— Second adj ournmen t of ann u al m ee ti ng he l d i n Un i on Hal l ,South Pari sh . R epo rt of th e comm itte e havi ng been p ri nted and c i rc ul atedwas b ro ught before th e mee ti ng .

A pri l 8 , 18 50— Town vote d to es tab l i sh two h igh sch ool s , on e i n th e Northand on e i n th e South Par i sh . Approp r i at i on o f pe r pu p i l was made '

of same to be p aid to D i str i cts,and ba l an ce used for H igh sch ool s .

We are conce rn ed parti c u l a rl y w ith th e High sch oo l i n th i s s ect i o n of th etown wh i ch open ed J u n e 7 , 1850, in a smal l , on e sto ry bu i ld i ng , i n th e re arof th e Un itar i an chu rch

,wh i c h had bee n used by the chu rch as a ch ap el or

vestry .

Th e re was on l y one do o r i n th e bu i l d i ng , fo r i ngress an d egr ess . Th e rewere a co u pl e of c l ose ts

,n ea r th e teach e rs ’ p l atform

,fo r stor i ng th e few

p iece s of phys i c al and ch em i c al apparatus be l ongi ng to th e school . Th erewere n o rec i tat ion rooms and l esson s were h eard i n s igh t an d h eari n g of a l l

th e p up i l s . There was seati ng c apac i ty for fo rty - th ree sch o l ars and abou ttwenty -fiv e atten ded th e fi rs t year . Th e fi rst teach e r was Eugen e B .

H i n ck l e y , a n ati ve of New Brun swick ,Ma i ne

,wh o h ad recently graduated

from Bowdoi n Co l l ege , i n h is own town . He was a man o f d i s ti ngui sh edappearance , d i gn ified and ath l eti c . There was an a i r of lof ty a usteri ty abouth im , wh ich made h im feared by th e wrong doe r , but to those who tri ed towal k i n th e stra igh t way , h e was k i nd , sympath eti c an d h e lpfu l .I t seem s i n cred ib l e n ow that o n e pe rson cou l d teach so m any branch e s of

s tu dy eve ry day,wi th n o ass i stance . There was n o evas i on of a l esson at

any t i me . Every task had to be done and done r igh t . Ther e were two ses

s i ons a day '9 to 12 in t h e morn i ng to in th e afte r n oon . Th e experim ents i n c hem istry and ph ys ic s were perfo rmed i n th e pres en ce of th ewhol e schoo l . The boy i n th e Lati n re ader got th e swi ng of V i rg i l f romhear i ng the ol d e r sch ol ars rec i te

,and h i s ear was fam il i ar w ith th e potency

o f x and th e square of th e hypoth enuse l ong before h e took u p A lgeb ra an dGeometry . Every book in th e 'Ene i d was read and the study of V i rg i lb egan w ith th e Geo rgi cs . Every fortn igh t th e boys dec laimed some standard p i ec e from th e p l atform

,th e g i r l s rec it i ng a poeti cal se l ect i on i n th e

i nte rven i ng we ek .

On nearl y every Satu rday morn i ng th e whol e sch ool h ad a re ad i ng l esson .

Each Sch o la r stood u p i n tu rn and re ad a paragraph from a standard reade r ,th e books we re p u t away, words from th e l esson g i v en o ut and wri tte ndown on sl ates by th e wh ol e sch ool . The s lates we re th en e xch anged , th efi rst sch o l ar i n l i n e spe l l ed a word from h i s ne ighbo r ’ s s l ate , gave th e definit ion and so on un ti l th e l esson was ove r .I n th e w in ter o f 1 85 4, th e H i gh schoo l s of th e South and North Pari sh es

m e t togethe r fo r th e first tim e . Th e mee ti ng was h e l d in th e vestry of th eSou th Ch urch , on th e Squ are , and th e occas i on was to re ce i ve th e an no unc em ent of th e g ift Of George Peabody to th e two schoo l s , whereby th e mo stworthy scholars were to rece i ve pr i zes o r medals at th e time of the i r gradu

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ation . T h e gath er ing was a p l easant one , th e l etter from Mr . Peabody wasread by a Mr . Syl vester of th e North Pari sh , sp eech es were made and an ode ,wri tten by Mrs . George 'A . Osborne , was su ng to th e tu ne of Au ld LangSyne .

March 6 , 185 4, at a Town meeti ng h el d i n Un i on Hal l , was an art i cl e inth e warran t to see i f th e town wi l l bu i l d two h igh sch oo lh ou se s ,

' refe rredto comm i ttee .

March 20. 185 4 , th e Town voted to approp ri ate to bu i l d two sch oo lhou ses for th e Peabody and Hol ten H igh sch ool s .

A bu i l d i ng comm i tte e was ch ose n as fol l ows ' Hen ry Cook , Lew i s A l l en ,

J oseph Poor , Edward T . Wa l dron , Ad i no Page , Nath an Tap l ey , J osep hMudge .

Apri l 10, 185 4 , add i ti on al appropr i ation of was made,th e bu i ld ings

to be constru cted so as to prov ide for town purp oses . F i ve m embers wer eadd ed to th e bu i l d i ng commi tte e ' Franc i s Dan e

,D r . George Osborn e , Isaac

H ardy , J r ., El i j ah W . Upton , A l on zo P . Ph i l l i ps .

At a

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spec ial meet in g h el d J une 12, 1 85 4 , add i ti onal was appropr iate

It seems s i ngu l ar now i n th e l igh t of th ese proceed ings that before th ebu i ld i ngs h e re voted for were re ady to b e occup i e d

,th e ol d town shou l d be

ren t i n twai n and each of th e two parts h ave a n ew H igh schoolh ou se and aTown hou se comb i n ed , ready for occ upancy after th e parti ng of th e ways .

The pop ul ation i n th i s p art of th e town had i nc reas ed more rap i dly th an i nth e north ern part . We were fas t becom i ng a manufactu r i n g commun i ty ,wh i l e th ey were mai n l y agr i cu l tu ra l . Th e statemen t was made th at wec ea sed to have l onger any common i nte re sts an d th at e ach part wou l d beben efite d by d i v i s i on . T h e maj or i ty i n th e North pari sh were op posed tod i vi s i on wh i l e in th i s pa rt th e maj or i ty favored i t . Th e contest was fou gh tw i th gre at fee l i ng , app roach i ng to veh emence , but th ere was no b i tte rnessafte r i t was ove r , for in th e ve ry n e xt year , 185 6 , th e two commun i ti e s u n i te di n th e most h armon i ou s and en th us i ast i c manner i n gi v i n g George Peabodya royal wel com e , on h i s fi rst v i s i t to h i s n ati v e town .

On e of th e strongest argumen ts fo r d i v i s i on was th e fact of two h ighschool s i n one town— m i l es apart . Th e act of i n corporati on of th e Town ofS outh Dan ve rs was passed May 18 , 185 5 . I t was agreed th at su rp l u s re venu es of th e town of Danve rs b e d i v i ded pro rata between the ch i l dre n from5 to 1 5 years of age .

Before th e n ew bu i ld i ng was ready for occu pancy,Mr . Hi nck l ey res ign ed

h i s pos i ti on as maste r of th e h igh sch ool,to th e gre at regret of th e p eop l e .

H is five years of teach i ng was confine d to th e l i ttl e b u i l d i ng wh ere th esch oo l was started . but h e l e ft h i s i mpress on th e commun i ty , an impressth at tim e h as not effaced .

J . W . Col cord was th e fi rs t m aste r of th e new h i gh sch oo l , an d h e wass ucceede d by C . L . Cushman . R ob ert E . Babson was th e n e xt p ri nc ipal ,and afte r h i m cam e V . H . Dean . Wil l i am L

.Thompson taugh t duri ng a

part of th e ci vi l war , and Albert C . Pe rk i n s c ame afte r h im . Next i n success io n came Isaac N . Carl eton an d Hen ry Dame

,to h e succeeded by Byron

Groce , who taugh t w i th s uccess fo r seve ral y ears . J ames N.Ham i s rem em

be red h ere as a strong an d e ffic i en t schoolmaster,wh ose term of s e rv ic e was

among th e l ongest of an y . J . '. Be rgen, j r .

,was a finel y equ i pp ed te ach e r

and h e was fo l l owed by Ch arle s A . Holb rook . Next i n o rde r o f teach ingwas J oh n M . Nichol s , wh ose fa i thfu l work i s n ot forgotten . When Mr .Ni cho l s res igned th e comm itte e e l ected W . W . Woodman , who , fo rtu nate lyfo r th e town and th e sch oo l , i s sti l l w i th u s , en j oy i ng th e d i s ti n cti on ofteach i ng i n th e o l d schoo l and th e n ew and doi ng good work i n both .

A s th e town g rew i n importance and popu l ati on,th e number of sch ol ars

in th e h igh sch oo l i n cre ase d i n p roporti on . In 1883 th e n ew town h al l wasbu i l t and th e lower 'oor of th e h igh sch oo l b u i l d ing

,heretofore used for

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PEA BO D' HIG H S CHO OL, CENTR AL ST °

. PEA BO D', MA SS .

,1903 .

P H OTOGRA P H E D ev GEO RGE w. HERS E''

PEA BO D'TOWN HALL, LOWELL STREET ,PEA BO D', MA SS .

, I8 83 .

DON ATE D ev GE ORGE H . JACOBS.

town purposes,was gi ven over for th e u se of th e schoo l . Som e years l ater

th e bui l d i ng was enl arged,but e ven th i s fa i l ed to accommod ate th e i n'ux

of pu p i l s desi rous of getti n g a h igh sch oo l ed uc ation . Th e mai n room wascrowded an d eve ry c l ass room was o ve rfl owi ng . Th e sch oo l comm i tte e repeated ly cal l ed th e atten ti o n of th e town to th e n ecess i ty of a n ew h ou s ewi th greate r accommodati ons

,and th i s movemen t grew , un ti l th e m atte r

was b rou gh t befo re th e tow n i n March ,1901 , when th e comm i tte e was ap

po i nted to con s i de r th e que st ion of a n ew h i gh sch oo l h ouse . In th e fo ll owi ng year th e sam e commi tte e was authori ze d to buy a su i tabl e p i e ce ofl and , e rec t a bu i ld i n g thereon and fu rn i sh i t'and th e sum of wasp laced at th e d i spo sal of th e commi tte e to ca rry out th e wi she s of th e town

,

to be i nc reased two y ears l ate r by an addi t ion al so th at th e undertak ing m igh t be enti re ly comple te .

On e of th e p l e asan test th i ngs wh ich the comm itte e h ave to dwe l l u pon,

i s—th at th ey d i d not overrun th e i r appropri ati on . On th e contrary th eyh ad a h an dsome bal an ce wh i ch they u sed i n grad i ng th e grou nds , l ay i ngout walk s and fenc i ng th e l o t .

Pub l i c ann ouncement was made th at th e bu i ld i ng wou ld be op en for ihspection on th e afte rnoon of Th ursd ay , September 1 , and th at i n th e e veni ng , i n th e assemb l y h al l , i t wou l d be tu rned over to th e town auth ori ti es .

Th e c eremony was s impl e,y et n ot l ack i ng i n d ign i ty . The beauti f u l h al l

was fi ll e d wi th an i nte rested au d i e nc e who h ad pre v iou s ly v i s i ted eve ryroom from th e basement b el ow to th e l aboratori es above . On th e p l atformwere th e board of se l ectmen , th e

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sch oo l comm ittee , th e bu i l d i ng comm itte eand th e a rch i tec t . Thomas Carrol l

,act i ng ch ai rman , i ntrod uced Hon .

Amos Merri l l as th e representat i ve of th e comm i tte e fo r th e occ as ion . Th el ong and h on orab l e caree r of Mr . Merri l l , h i s val u ed se rv i c es to th e town i nth e d i sch arge of h i s du ty i n many posi ti ons of h onor and trust

,and th e

i n te re st h e had always taken i n th e schoo l s m ade i t em i n ently approp ri ateth at h e shou l d be th e i r spok esman i n th i s affai r . Mr . Merr i l l gave a br i e fs tatemen t of th e work of th e commi tte e u p to that t im e

,and p resented th e

k eys of th e bu i ld i ng to An drew N . J acob s , c h airman of th e se l ec tm'en,wh o

,

afte r a sp eech of acceptance , de l i ve red th em to J oh n J . Cah i l l,ch a irman of

th e sch ool comm itte e . Mr . Cah i l l made a neat response and th e bu i l d i ng

gwas then i n th e h an ds of l eg i timate c ustod i ans .

The fo l l ow i ng quotati on may be found i n th e report of the Sch ool Comm ittee of Dan vers for 185 4 .

LON D ON , Nov . 30, 185 3 .

To T H E COMMITTEE OF T H E HOLTON A N D PEA B O D' H IG H SCH OOLS

G ENT L EMEN z— I n ack now ledg i ng th e compl iment paid m e by g i v ing my

n am e to the Hi gh Sch oo l of th e South Par ish i n Dan ve rs , i t i s m y w ish toconfe r on th e sch ool s ove r wh i ch you pres i de some more substanti al ben efit

th an appertai ns to a name .

I wi l l tran sm it to you in th e au tumn of 1854 th e sum of two h u ndred dol

l ars,and I wi l l conti n u e to send th e same amoun t annual l y (p rovid ed th e

re su l t sh al l be sat i sfactory), du ri ng my l i f e , to b e expended i n pr i z es fo r

d i stribut i on as rewards of mer i t to th e p up i l s at th e i r yearly exam i nati on .

Very resp ectfu l ly and tru ly you rs ,GEORGE PEABOD'.

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Aug . 5 , 1867, Mr . Peabody estab l i sh ed a fu n d of fo r medal s ‘to re

p l ace h i s ann ual gi ft of — 'See‘ Th e Peabody In st i tute ’ in ‘ George

Pe abody Ce nten n i a l Ce l ebrati on,

’ p . 77 , compi l e d by Ge n . Fran c i s H . App l e

ton .

Th e m edal s were fi rst g i ven to th e gradu ates of 185 5 whose n ames m ay be

found i n th e R ep orts of th e Sch oo l C omm i tte e for 185 5 and 185 6 .

In th e R ep ort of 1868 we find ' The Tru ste es of th e In st itute h ave th e

comm i tte e ’ s th ank s for so re adi l y co- operatin g w i th th em in gi vi ng th e I n

stitute for th e occ as i o n (gradu ati on ex e rc i se s).

There i s an appropr i aten ess,too , i n d i stri buti n g th e Pe abody s i lver u nd er

a Pe abody roof,and

,as i t were , i n th e dono r

’ s bod i l y presence .

Addi ti ona l i n te rest atte nded th e r ecen t d i str ibuti o n of medal s from th e

fac t th at th e fi rst impress i on s from th e n ew di es were u sed . Th e o l d d i es

h av i ng becom e i nj ti red , i t was foun d n ece ssary to procu re a n ew form . We

are h appy to report th at th e n ew mode l b ears a favorabl e compar i son

w i th th e o l d .

In v i tat i on s h ave b een rec e i ved fo r an d de l egates have atten ded th e fo ll ow i ng m eeti n gs

1906 .

J an . 2 . Annu al m eet i ng of th e ' Bay State H istor i c al Le agu e at Ips

w i ch . Of th i s Leagu e ou r Soc i ety i s a member and Dr . 0 . F .

Safford i s ou r de l egate an d a m ember of th e Board o f D i rectors .

J un e 12 . Ann u al m eeti ng of th e Haverh i l l H i stor i c al Soc i e ty .

J u l y 1 8 . F i e l d me eti ng o f th e Esse x In sti tute,

' at L angsford’s Grove ,

Lan esv i l l e .

Nov . 24 . Bay State H i sto r i c al Leagu e meeti ng at Medford

Dec . 28 . A s ess i on of th e Amer i can H isto r ic al A ssoc i ati on in Mann ing ’ s

Hal l , Brown Un i vers i ty , Prov i dence , at th e 22nd annu al m eet

i ng .

1907 .

Mar . 27 . O l d Pl anters ’ Soc i ety . Annu al meet i ng i n Sal em .

Apr i l 19 .

' Bay State H istor i c al Leagu e mee t ing at Hyde Park .

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