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.