Ipswich

They sailed from London on the 12th of April, 1635, on a ship called the Susan and Ellen.

Upon arrival, they settled in the, the Shabako area of Ipswich, Massachusetts.

The elder Procter owned many properties and was considered one of the wealthiest residents of Ipswich.

He had two shares in Plum Island in 1664.

He also had various offices within the colony.

Her death registry reads, "Martha, wife of John Procter, died on the 13th of June- 1659, which is exactly what I just read.

Anyway, Benjamin Procter was the only surviving child from this marriage.

On the 1st of December 1662, Procter married Elizabeth Thorndike, daughter of John Thorndike, founder of Ipswich, Massachusetts.

And since Tituba had testified Sarah Osborne was present at the meeting with the devil, and Sarah Osborne had shown she was home in bed at that very time, why, forsooth, she was in both spots at the same moment, and therefore more undoubtedly a witch than ever.

Tituba, Sarah Osborne, and Sarah Goode were sent to Ipswich Jail as convicted witches, there to lie awaiting the hangman's convenience.

Exposure and the weight of the heavy iron fetters riveted on her wrists and ankles proved too much for Mrs. Osborne.

She died in jail.

The witch woman, the wicked witch woman was here.

Nonsense, child, her father answered testily.

Thou knowest the witches are in Ipswich Jail.

How can they plague thee now? Nathless, father, Anne Putnam replied stubbornly.

I visited the one in Danvers.

It was filmed in Ipswich, which is a really interesting place.

Ipswich is a little bit more rural than where I live, and it's more in the It's more in like the cultural sway of places like Rockport and Newburyport, things like that.

So it's a little bit further north in the North Shore.

But I've always been fascinated by Ipswich.

They have some really cool legends.

There's one we talk about in Strange Tales of New England about a minister who has a fight with the devil.

I mean, how many years now? Eight years, nine years or so? Maybe even 10 years.

We did it at this retreat in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and it was phenomenal.

And again, the rooms were there, the food was already prepared for us there.

It was fantastic.

The Birthplace of American Independence, 1687.

How Ipswich, Massachusetts won this inscription for its town seal by John Howard Burnham.

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We sometimes think of liberty’s roots in the Swiss mountains where William Tell slew the tyrant Gessler, and we often refer to the English plains of Runnymede where the barons compelled King John to assent to England’s Magna Charta.

But the branches of our own tree of American liberty have been nourished by many very deep-growing roots concerning which history is sometimes entirely silent or to which it has been given but niggardly praise, and we can, perhaps, spend a few moments profitably in tracing one rootlet of our liberty tree which has not been exactly overlooked by history but which from the present generation of Americans has attracted little or no general attention.

I was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, in the very school district where the leader in the events I am about to describe was the settled pastor in the Congregational church, in what was then called Chebacco Parish and which is now, since 1819, the little town of Essex.

Ipswich, whose Indian name was Agawam, is located on the north side of Cape Ann, about thirty miles from Boston, and fronts on Ipswich Bay.

Wow.

Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Wow.

Ipswich.

Founded by a guy named Andrew Cabot, began shipping in 2011.

I'm liking it more and more, man.

This can occur when water evaporates faster than alcohol during the aging process.

Massachusetts climate conditions can therefore increase ABV in some of their barrels.

The Birthplace of American Independence, 1687.

How Ipswich, Massachusetts won this inscription for its town seal by John Howard Burnham.

This is a LibriVox recording.

All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.

We sometimes think of liberty’s roots in the Swiss mountains where William Tell slew the tyrant Gessler, and we often refer to the English plains of Runnymede where the barons compelled King John to assent to England’s Magna Charta.

But the branches of our own tree of American liberty have been nourished by many very deep-growing roots concerning which history is sometimes entirely silent or to which it has been given but niggardly praise, and we can, perhaps, spend a few moments profitably in tracing one rootlet of our liberty tree which has not been exactly overlooked by history but which from the present generation of Americans has attracted little or no general attention.

I was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, in the very school district where the leader in the events I am about to describe was the settled pastor in the Congregational Church, in what was then called Chebacco Parish and which is now, since 1819, the little town of Essex.

Ipswich, whose Indian name was Agawam, is located on the north side of Cape Ann, about thirty miles from Boston, and fronts on Ipswich Bay.

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We sometimes think of liberty's roots in the Swiss mountains, where William Tell slew the tyrant Gessler, and we often refer to the English plains of Runnymede, where the barons compelled King John to assent to England's Magna Carta.

But the branches of our own tree of American liberty have been nourished by many very deep-growing roots, concerning which history is sometimes entirely silent, or to which it has been given but niggardly praise, and we can, perhaps, spend a few moments profitably in tracing one rootlet of our liberty tree, which has not been exactly overlooked by history, but which from the present generation of Americans has attracted little or no general attention.

I was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, in the very school district where the leader in the events I am about to describe was the settled pastor in the Congregational Church.

in what was then called Chebacco Parish, and which is now, since 1819, the little town of Essex.

The workers of the Draper Loom plants at Hopedale and Milford, Massachusetts, rebelled against low wages and long hours, but were defeated in their strike.

Textile workers at Ipswich, Massachusetts, struck for an increase in wages and the return of pay deducted by the companies as forfeits for quitting without giving two weeks' notice.

The strike resulted in an increase in wages from 5 to 15 cents and forcing the company to refund $60,000.

Ten thousand barbers in New York won a strike of short duration.

The workers of the Draper Loom plants at Hopedale and Milford, Massachusetts rebelled against low wages and long hours, but were defeated in their strike.

Textile workers at Ipswich, Massachusetts struck for an increase in wages and the return of pay deducted by the companies as forfeits for quitting without giving two weeks' notice.

The strike resulted in an increase in wages from five to fifteen cents and forcing the company to refund sixty thousand dollars.

Ten thousand barbers in New York won a strike of short duration.