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1) The journals of Ashley Bowen (1728-1813) of Marblehead

Author

Bowen, Ashley, 1728-1813

Series

Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts volume 44, 45

Publication Date

1973

Physical Desc

2 v. (xxiv, 737 p.) illus. 25 cm.

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2) Marblehead: Volume I

Author

Wright, John Hardy

Series

Images of America

Publication Date

1996

Physical Desc

128 p. ; ill. : 24 cm.

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Marblehead: Local Stories & History

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Marblehead, Massachusetts, is a proud community steeped in history, and many fine images of its past still survive today. Paintings from the colonial period and engravings from the mid-nineteenth century complement the town's photographic record, which begins around 1865. In Marblehead Volume I historian John Hardy Wright has brought together many of these images for the first time in a published work. This illuminating pictorial history focuses on...

3) Then & now: Marblehead

Author

Woodcock, Sue Ellen

Publication Date

c2002

Physical Desc

96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Marblehead: Local Stories & History

4) The indispensables: the diverse soldier-mariners who shaped the country, formed the Navy, and rowed Washington across the Delaware

Author

O'Donnell, Patrick K., 1969-

Publication Date

2021

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Tells the history of the the Marblehead Regiment, led by John Glover, which fought at Lexington; on Bunker Hill, formed the Guard that protected George Washington; and conveyed Washington's men across the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776.

5) Marblehead in World War I: at home and overseas

Author

Armstrong, Margery A

Series

Military

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Marblehead: Local Stories & History

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The small seacoast town of Marblehead, in eastern Massachusetts, was the first to answer the call to arms during both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Throughout World War I, Marblehead was affected, and the town influenced the outcome. Boasting of the fifth and final naval militia in history, the Tenth Deck Division, Marblehead's men stood on the front line as the first shots rang out, aimed at the Germans in 1917. It was a town that pulled together,...