REPORT OF THE CURATOR

OF THE IPSWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ENDING DEC. 1, 1902.

FOR THE YEAR

The total number of names of visitors entered in the Visitors' Book was 1097.

The total number of residents of Ipswich recorded was 251 and the number of residents in the state of Massachusetts, not including residents of Ipswich was 533. The total of Massachusetts visitors was 784.

The remainder were residents of nearly every state in the Union, as will appear from the following tabulation, covering four years.

On February 22, the House was opened to the public and 31 names of visitors were recorded.

On February 28, an old-fashioned supper was served and about 175 were present. No names were recorded on this occasion.

The Ipswich Woman's Club held a Reception to officers of other Clubs on April 14, and 64 names were recorded. The North Bridge Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution from Salem were entertained on June 5. Thirteen members were present. Twenty members of the Historical Class of the Crombie Street Church, Salem, were entertained on July 23.

On July 31, the day of the Dedication of the bronze Tablets, 62 visitors recorded their names, and on Sept. 1, 48 delegates to the Convention of Epworth Leagues visited the House.

RALPH W. BURNHAM, Curator.

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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE IPSWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR

ENDING NOV. 29, 1902.

T. Frank Waters in account with Ipswich Hist. Society,

DONATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDING

DEC. 1, 1902.

DANIEL FULLER APPLETON. Life and Speeches of Rufus Choate in 2 vols.

MISS GEORGIANNA APPLETON. Boston. Harvard College Plate made by Enoch Wood & Sons.

BENJAMIN H. CONANT. Wenham Town Report, 1901. Catalogue of Wenham Public Library.

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & Co., New York. Miss Esther Singleton's "Furniture of our Forefathers," Nos. 5 to 8.

MRS. JOSIAH DUDLEY and Miss S. LOUISE HOLMES.

Ancient deeds.

Dr. Daniel Dana's sermon on death of Mr. Benjamin Moody, 1802. OLD ELIOT.

1902.

MRS. ROBERT FARLEY. China tea-pot.

REV. J. EDWARD FLOWER, London, Eng. Photograph of Stocks on the Village Green, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England. Drawing of the Stocks and Whipping Post, Portskewett, near Chepston, Monmouthshire, England. Photograph of "Ye Ancient Ducking Stool," Leominster Priory Church, England.

MISS ELIZABETH W. GARDNER, Salem. Two hand-woven towels. An Oration delivered at Ipswich, April 29, 1783: "On account of the Happy Restoration of Peace," by Rev. Levi Frisbie. JOSHUA B. GRANT. Edward Everett's address at the erection of a monument to John Harvard, Sept. 26, 1828. Mr. Eliot's sermon at the Ordination of Mr. Joseph McKean, and other pamphlets. DR. SAMUEL A. GREEN, Secretary Massachusetts Historical Society. Pamphlet. Two Narratives of the Expedition against Quebec, A.D. 1690, under Sir William Phips: one by Rev. John Wise of Ipswich, the other by an unknown author.

GEORGE F. HOVEY. Two pamphlets.

MISS S. LOUISE HOLMES. File of The New York Independent, Jan. 12, 1854 to Dec. 27, 1855. Five Commissions of Henry S. Holmes, signed by Gov. Levi Lincoln. Loan, a white silk bridal bonnet. IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY. Duplicates of Ipswich Seminary Cata

logues.

MISS BETHIAH KINSMAN. Straw hat worn in West Indies, pocket books, etc., owned by her father, William Kinsman.

CLARENCE NEWMAN. Temperance pledge with list of names. Small trunk owned by William Oakes. Lock from old Ipswich Jail. ESTATE OF BENJAMIN NEWMAN. Collection of minerals. One old circular plane. A foot stove.

NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY. Calendar of Council Minutes, 1668-1783, Public papers of George Clinton, first Governor of New York. Vol. V.

MISS HANNAH M. PEATFIELD. History of New England by Hannah Adams, 1807. Biography of the principal American Military and Naval Heroes, 2 vols. 1821.

MISS MARGARET PEATFIELD. Three old books.

RECORDS OF THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY,

Vol. I.

CHARLES H. RICKER.

A sand shaker.

TIMOTHY B. Ross.

An old-fashioned door lock. A tinder box A roasting iron.

Piece of metallic fringe, used in decorating a triumphal arch that spanned Choate Bridge, when Lafayette visited Ipswich, June, 1824, preserved by Asa Andrews, Esq. GEORGE A. SCHOFIELD. Manual General Court, 1902.

COL. NATH. SHATSWELL. Souvenir, First Regiment of Heavy Artillery, Mass. Vol., dedication of monument, May 19, 1901. HON. GEO. SHELDON, Deerfield. Vol. m. History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. Pamphlets: "The Little Brown House on the Albany Road"; "Flint-lock or Matchlock in King Philip's War"; "The Flint-lock used in Philip's War."

EDWARD A. SMITH, Salem. Ancient Tapestry, wrought by Priscilla Baker.

E. N. SPINNEY, Shelburne Falls. Ancient papers, Howe and Proctor families.

ROBERT C. WINTHROP, JR., Boston. Copies of papers in suit of

Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Antipas Newman, of Wenham, daughter of John Winthrop, Jr., to recover Salt House property, Royal side, Beverly, 1677.

PROCEEDINGS OF STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN, 1902.