who do you know in salem history
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Who do you know in Salem
History?
Salem: A Modern City
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Roger Conant
• Founder of Salem in
1626.
• The statue stands on
top of a boulder fromLynn.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Famous author born
in Salem.
• Would later change
last name.• Most famous works:
The Scarlett Letter &
The House of Seven
Gables.
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Elias Hasket Derby
• 1st millionaire in
America.
• Owner of The Grand
Turk – the first NewEngland vessel to
trade directly with
China.
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Samuel McIntire
• Born in Salem.
• One of America’s 1st
architect.
• His homes are seenall over Salem.
• Skilled artisan;
especially w/ furnitureand carvings.
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Nathaniel Bowditch
• Born in Salem.
• Published a
Navigation book that
is still used today bythe US Navy.
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Joseph Hodges Choate
• Born in Salem.
• Lawyer and diplomat.
• In 1899, President
McKinley appointedChoate ambassador
to Great Britain.
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Timothy Pickering
• Born in Salem.
• Served as Secretary
of State under
President GeorgeWashington and John
Adams.
• Fought in American
Revolution.
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Caroline Emmerton
• Founder of House of Seven GablesMuseum.
• Opened a settlementhouse in Salem - thepurpose of which wasto provide aneighborhood center for Eastern Europeanimmigrants whoworked in the textilemills and tanneries in
Salem.
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Leverett Saltonstall
• 1st mayor of Salem.
• Member of MA House
of Reps.
• Famous lawyer inSalem.
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Tituba
• One of the first people
accused of witchcraft
during the Salem
Witch Trials in 1692.• She was a slave that
worked in the Parris
household and was
later sold to another owner after the Witch
Trials.
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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
• Lived in Salem for short time.
• Part of Transcendentalism
Movement (19th-century Americanreligious andsociologicalmovement) .
• Opened the 1st English languagekindergarten in theUS.
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William Driver
• Sea Captain inSalem.
• Owned and named
the original “OldGlory” flag.
• His mother andseveral young ladies
in Salem sewed him ahuge flag with 24stars on it (12 feet by24 feet).
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Rebecca Nurse
• Falsely accused of witchcraft.
• Family owner 300
acres of land at the
time of the Witch
Trials and was
fighting with the
Putnam family.• Home is currently in
Danvers.
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George Parker
• One of three brothersthat created board
games such as
Monopoly, Clue,
Sorry and Nerf.
• Parker Brothers plant
was located where
the HawthorneCommon Apartments
were built.
• Plant was torn down
in 1994.