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    Salem Photos

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     Five Centuries of

     Salem Architecture

                 What Happened

The Victims

Bridget Bishop
Rebecca Nurse
George Burroughs
Martha Carrier
Giles Corey
Martha Corey
Mary Eastey
Sarah Good
Elizabeth Howe
George Jacobs, Sr.
Susannah Martin
Alice Parker
Mary Parker
John Proctor
Ann Pudeator
Wilmott Redd
Margaret Scott
Samuel Wardwell
Sarah Wildes
John Willard

        

The Afflicted (the Accusers)

Ann Putnam
Abigail Williams
Mercy Lewis
Sarah Bibber
Elizabeth Booth
Sarah Churchill
Elizabeth Hubbard
Elizabeth Parris
Susannah Sheldon
Mary Warren
Mary Walcott

 

     The Judges      

Johnathan Corwin

John Hathorne

Bartholomew Gedney

John Richards

Nathaniel Satonstall

Samuel Sewall

Peter Sergeant

William Stoughton

Wait Still Winthrop

 

Other Important People
  Thomas Brattle
Cotton Mather

Governor Phips

 

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Spectral Evidence

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     Salem Info

    ●Why and How Puritans Came

          to Salem   PDF

    John Adams in Salem

     Roger Conant, Salem's Founder

    ●Birthplace of America's Military  

    ●America's First Millionaire

    ●First Long-Distance Phone Call

    ●Nathaniel Hawthorne

    ●Leslie's Retreat

    ●John Winthrop

    ●London Gets the News about  

         Lexington & Concord

    ●Salem Witch Trials

    ●Roger Williams

    ●Old Glory (and Captain

         William Driver)

    ●Richard More- Mayflower passenger

    ●Quakers in Salem

    ●Salem Athenĉum

    ●Nathaniel Bowditch

    ●Elias Haskett Derby

    ●John Endecott

    ●Joseph Story

    ●Captain William Driver

    ●Puritan Names

    ●Caroline Plummer - Philanthropist

    ●Cleopatra's Barge

    ●Chestnut Street

    ●Samuel McIntire-Federalist Period 

          Architect

    ●Caroline Emmerton

    ●Baker Island Twin Light Houses

    ●Oldest Pear Tree in America

     

      Community Information     

     Salem population:  42,000

    Salem is the county seat of Essex County

    Land area: 8.10 sq. mi.

    Water area: 9.95 sq. mi.

    Shoreline: 18.5 miles

 

   Salem owns 10 islands in Salem Sound including

   Baker's Island, Great Misery Island and Little

   Misery Island. The other seven include one on the

   Atlantic side of Marblehead and one off  the coast

   of Swampscott.

 

   Hospitals: North Shore Medical Center consisting

   of the Salem Hospital, the Salem Childrens

   Hospital, and the Shaughnessy-Kaplan

   Rehabilitation Hospital.

 

   1 College:  Salem State College 

 

 Downtown Salem has:

   56 restaurants

   15 attractions

   27 gift and souvenir shops

   14 food and beverage shops

   14 clothing and accessories stores

   10 book, hobby, and sporting stores

   18 witch shops

 

       Recreation:    

  2 golf courses: Olde Salem Greens (public)

                        Kernwood Country Club   (private)

 

 30 parks, including the Salem Common,

Winter Island, McCabe Marina and Recreation

Area,  Salem Willows Park, Forest River Park

and pool,  Salem Woods, Collins Cove Park,

Gallows Hill Park, Mack Park, as well

as the operation of the  Witch House

and the Haunted City program.

 

With  Salem's parks the city manages

22 basketball courts, 20 playgrounds,

15 baseball diamonds, 

12 tennis courts, 5 staffed beaches,

2 street-hockey courts and 1 skate park.

                                                                  

                                                              İ Richard T. Scott

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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