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where Quakers were persecuted. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
AND REMINDER 
Vol. XIII 
Manchester, Mass., Friday, August 6 
No. 32 
By MISS KATHERINE GAUSS 
GALEM’S witchcraft, Salem’s commerce, Salem’s associa- 
tions with men of world fame, and Salem’s co'anial 
architecture—all are drawing cards for the visitor to this 
oic town. To many the world over, Saiem is noted chiefly 
as the place where witches were hanged; where Roger 
Williams was driven out of the state to Rhode [sland and 
But it did Jess m tars 
line than many other places, and what was done was 
because it was the law and spirit of the times. Salen’s 
commerce has made for her a mark in the world, and.in 
olden times it was the merchant marine of this grand old 
city that explored into the countries of the far east and 
brought home rich and useful gifts and cargoes from the 
Orient. And as to her prowess in war, Salem’s pr:vatecrs 
aid more damage to British shipping in the Revolution than 
was done by those of all other American towns together, 
and there was a big fleet of privateers out of Salem in the 
war of 1812. Again Salem can boast of the great men 
who have been born and brought up in this town, such 
men as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nathaniel Bowditch, Joseph 
Story, Timothy Pickering and others whose fame is world- 
wide. 
Historically speaking, few cities in this country have 
greater attractions than Salem. Founded by Roger Conant 
in 1626 and revived by John Endicott in 1628 and by Joha 
Winthrop in 1630, it has had a marked career. Here 
was offered the first armed resistance to British tyranny 
and the first blood of the Revolution was shed at the 
old North bridge. Here was born and here grew up the 
greatest romance writer of America, and one of the 
greatest of any country in any age. And here, at the 
present, Salem has the finest types of Colonial architec- 
ture to be found in this country and the most complete 
and wonderful museum of Eastern treasures in existence 
in this present day. And such men as Ross Turner, 
Frank Benson, Philip Little and Isaac H. Caliga are 
making a new name for Salem as an art centre. 
A short walk around the town is of great interest and 
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Dr. Grimshaw House 
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at this time of year thousands of visitors are pouring into 
the city to see things of historic value. One of the first 
places to see and near to the railroad station is the’ oid 
Market Place, where on Saturday night the farmers and 
teaders from all the surrounding country ..gather -with 
their teams, lining both sides of the square” . The old 
Town Hall and Market House that stands at the head 
cf the square was built in 1816, the lower floor :being 
opened as a market in that year and the hall above in 
July, 1817, on the occasion of the visit of President 
Munroe to Salem. ‘This old Town Hall was used for 
town meetings until the incorporation of the city some 
thirty years later. The land on which the hall stands 
was a portion of the estate of the great Salem merchant, 
Elias Haskett Derby, who built a mansion there that cost 
$8o0,coo, and the square and Derby street were named in 
honor of his family. At Mr. Derby’s death, no pur- 
chasers could be found for such a costly esfate, and it was 
sold, with the one provision that a public fish market 
should be forever maintained thereon, and that contract 
is carried out to this day. 7 
On Central street, just a bit of a way from Essex 
street, is another building of interest to the visitor, for 
here the Custom House was located in 1805, and over 
the main doorway was formerly a large wooden eagle, 
carved by Mackintire, that decorated the building when 
used for government purposes. Beyond Central street 
one passes to Charter street, where just at the -crest of 
the hill is the Charter street burying ground, the .oldest 
burying ground in Salem. And just at the right of this 
spot is the “Grimshaw House,” made famous by) Haw- 
thorne’s “Dr. Grimshaw’s Secret,’ and the added fact 
that it was here that Sophia Amelia Peabody, whom 
Hawthorne married, lived. 
In the old cemetery will be found the curious stone 
erected to the memory of Timothy Lindall, a merchant, 
and near at hand the stone of Nathaniel Mather, the 
precocious younger brother of the celebrated Cotton 
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Ward House (Before Restoration) 
