Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society
Class„ . .. CHARLES NEWHALL THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE DANVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 7 Edited by the Committee on Publication DANVERS. MASS. PUBUSHED BY THE SOCIETY 1919 Nkwoomb & Gauss, Printers SALEM, MASS. y'/r^ 7 CONTENTS. The Danvers Post Office, by Charles Newhall (Illustrated), ...... 1 Newspaper Items Relating to Danvers, . 22 The Old Ipswich Eoad, by Ezra D. Hines, . 29 Center of Salem Village in 1700, by Sidney Perley (Illustrated), ...... 33 Henry Putnam's Journey, .... 54 Physicians of Danvers, by Harriet S. Tapley, 56 Journal of Doctor Samuel Holten, . 59 Wife of One of the "Signers," .... 67 Buildings Erected in Danvers in 1918, 67 Danvers People and Their Homes, by Rev. A. P Putnam, D. D., (Continued), . 68 "The Elm-Tree Story," a poem, by Miss E. Josephine Roache, ....... 75 An Old Tree, 77 Bill for Teaching at Danversport, 77 Governor Endecott an Horticnlturalist, by Samuel P Fowler, .... ... 78 Some Account of the Reverend Benjamin Balch, . 86 From Rev. Dr. William Bentley's Diary, . 94 The Plains: Part of Salem in 1700, by Sidney Perley (Illustrated), ...... 97 Recollections, by Samuel Preston, 125 Necrology, ...... 131 OFFICERS FOE 1918-19. President, Charles H. Preston, Vice-Presidents, George B, Sears, Lester S. Couch, Secretary, Miss Harriet S. Tapley, Treasurer, Wallace P, Perry, Curator, Capt, Henry N, Comey. Librarian, Miss Bessie P, Popes. Historian, Ezra D. Hines, Executive Committee, Walter A. Tapley, Loring B. Good- ale, George W. Emerson, Miss Annie G. Perley and Miss Annie W. Hammond, Committee on Publication, Ezra D. Hines, Andrew Nich- ols AND Miss Harriet S. Tapley, On March 26, 1919, the Society received, at the Page House, the bequest of furniture, china, glass, shawls and pic- tures from the estate of Mrs.
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