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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LEU_william-lloyd-garrison_Newburyport-MA.html
1805-1879
Garrison the Liberator
Presented by William H. Swasey July 4 1893
Side 2 I solicit no man's praise. I fear no man's censure. The Liberty of a People. Is the gift of God and Nature
Side 3 Neither God nor the World will judge us by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHS_robert-pike-homestead_Salisbury-MA.html
Near by stood the house built in 1639 by Robert Pike, a leader in civil and military affairs who represented Salisbury for thirty-seven years in the general court.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F9G_gloucester-spanish-american-war-memorial_Gloucester-MA.html
North facing, front side
G. Co. Eighth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, U.S. Vols.
Reviewed by General Maximo Gomez
at Matanzas, Cuba, February 20, 1899
Gloucester's sons, one hundred strong
answered the nation's call to arms
in the war for the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F3Q_samuel-de-champlain_Rockport-MA.html
Due east from here on July 16 1605 the Sieur De Monts sent Samuel De Champlain ashore to parley with some Indians. They danced for him and traced an outline map of Massachusetts Bay. These French explorers named this promontory, The Cape of Islands.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYS_the-first-settlers-of-sandy-bay_Rockport-MA.html
To the glory of God and in honor of the first settlers of Sandy Bay
The First Parish in Rockport was constituted in 1755. The corner stone of this meeting house laid in 1803. The tower was shattered by a British bombardment in 1814.
Reveren…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYR_benjamin-tarr-house_Rockport-MA.html
1630 - 1930 Benjamin Tarr House — Answering a sudden alarm to meet at the house of Lieutenant Benjamin Tarr, grandson of Richard Tarr the first settler, sixty-six men from this village under Captain John Rowe, marched to Charlestown and foug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16HL_privateer-warehouse_Salem-MA.html
Elias Hasket Derby, Salem's prosperous ship-owner, and his bride Elizabeth Crowinshield began their married life in the brick house behind you in 1762. Seven children later, in 1780, Derby began building a much larger structure on the site in fron…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16HI_derby-house_Salem-MA.html
The Derby House is the oldest brick house still standing in Salem, and one of the finest examples of Georgian colonial architecture in the United States. Merchant and fleet-owner Richard Derby built the house in 1762 as a wedding present for his s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16HF_narbonne-house_Salem-MA.html
Salem Maritime National Historic Site-The modest house in front of you is one of the oldest in Salem. Built here in 1672, the Narbonne House is also one of America's few surviving middle-class homes of the 1600s. The builder and first owner was a"…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16HD_wharves-in-the-late-1800s_Salem-MA.html
Not until the later 1800s did we have photographs of sailing vessels berthed along wharves here, but by then we had declined as a world port. The shallow harbor could not accommodate the clipper ships and larger vessels that dominated the seas aft…