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Derby House built on what is today the Salem Maritime National Historic Site . The Derby House is the oldest brick house in Salem. Derby Wharf (1762, extended 1806) – Salem's longest wharf (nearly 1/2-mile). When in active use, it was lined with warehouses of goods from around the world. The Derby Wharf Light (1871) remains at the end of the ...
Native Americans lived in northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas.The peninsula that would become Salem was known as Naumkeag (alternate spellings Naemkeck, [9] Nahumkek, [10] Neumkeage [11]) by the native people who lived there at the time of contact in the early 1600s.
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Leighton, Ann. "' Meate and Medicine' in early New England." History Today (June 1968), Vol. 18 Issue 6, pp 398–405, covers the practice of medicine 1620 to 1700, with emphasis on blood-letting and the use of herbs. McWilliams, John. New England's Crisis and Cultural Memory: Literature, Politics, History, Religion, 1620–1860.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Youth, The History Project, and Culinary Historians of Boston [166] founded. The Channel (nightclub) opens. Sister city relationship established with Barcelona, Spain. Population: 562,994. 1981 Boston Society of Film Critics, Dance Umbrella, [167] and Boston Area Feminist ...
For a timeline of events prior to 1501, see 15th century § Events; For a timeline of events from 1501 to 1600, see 16th century § Significant events; For a timeline of events from 1601 to 1700, see Timeline of the 17th century
The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the United States Post Office Department began with a walkout of letter carriers in Brooklyn and Manhattan, [42] soon involving 210,000 of the nation's 750,000 postal employees. With mail service virtually paralyzed in New York, Detroit, and Philadelphia, President Nixon declared a state ...