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It is situated, some distance in the field, on the Salem 

 road leading out from Tapleyville, and is quite near 

 the carpet factory. It is now owned by Mr. Orrin 

 Putnam, and remains in a good state of preservation. 

 There is an orchard in front of it, an inclosed burial lot 

 twenty or thirty rods to the west, and the surroundings 

 indicate quite a thrifty farm. 



At Samuel Parris's house, for a year preceding the 

 breaking out of the delusion in full force, a circle of girls 

 met and practised the arts of fortune-telling. Among 

 these were Mary AValcott, Mary Warren and Ann Putnam. 

 Mary Walcott, who was a daughter of Jonathan Wal- 

 cott, lived at the time in a house on the field northeast of 

 the common, now owned by Mr. Moses Prince. 



One of the pleasant drives during the day was that 

 which a small party took in company with Mr. Mudge 

 and Mr. Wm. R. Putnam. It extended through the fine 

 estate of Mr. George Peabody, Avhich is one of the most 

 attractive in this part of the town, over the Newburyport 

 turnpike to the farm of Mr. Francis Dodge on Hathorne's 

 Hill, and thence down upon the other side to Mr. Wm. 

 R. Putnam's house, which is historically distinguished by 

 something more creditable than witchcraft, namely, as 

 being the birthplace of Gen. Israel Putnam, of French 

 war and revolutionary fame. 



Hathorne's Hill is put down on some of the county 

 maps as Prospect Hill, though Dodge's Hill is perhaps as 

 familiar a designation as any in the neighborhood. We 

 do not know how many hills there are in Essex County^ 

 each claiming to be the highest, but this certainly is 

 spoken of as the highest in the southeast part of the 

 county. It conunantls a very wide and extensive prospect 

 of the surrounding country, including all the neighboring 

 towns and villages, Wachusett, and a number of the 



