Excerpt from Chronicles of Danvers: Old Salem Village Massachusetts, 1632-1923 The following pages were written in 1898, with the intention of bringing out a book for the use of the public schools in the study of local history. Circumstances prevented its publication at the time, and it is now offered, with much additional matter, as a chronological record of the principal events in the nearly three hundred years of community life in this important section of old Essex County. Cordial thanks are due to all who have assisted in the work, and especially to the Essex Institute, Peabody Historical Society, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Peabody Institute Library, Danvers, and the Danvers Mirror Press, for courtesy in loaning cuts. The author is also greatly indebted for valuable information to previous historians of Danvers, including Rev. Charles W. Upham, Judge Alden Perley White, Samuel P. Fowler, Rev. J. W. Hanson, Sidney Perley, Esq., Andrew Nichols, Rev. Alfred P. Putnam, D. D., Ezra D. Hines, Rev. Charles B. Rice, D. D., Dudley A. Massey, Frank Cousins, and others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.