Washington’s “Navy”

by | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized

A set of six shellback coin silver tea spoons, circa 1760 by Marblehead, Massachusetts silversmith Thomas Grant. (1729-1804) Captain Thomas Grant the silversmith was the owner of the 72-ton schooner Speedwell. A fishing and trading vessel that was refitted as a...

Little Sorceries.

by | May 15, 2016 | Uncategorized

Just a few miles from Salem, Massachusetts were a few old curiosities of daily colonial life displayed in a glass topped curio table.   Among the items was a single brown leather shoe.   Although the items were interesting to me I had not at first sight...

Gallow Hill

by | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized

Proctor’s Ledge, Salem, Massachusetts. Many visitors to Salem, Massachusetts who are here to learn about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 often feel a kinship to the 19 innocent persons hanged at the long enigmatic place referred to as the Gallows.  The search for...