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   1815 book in French "Maximes et Reflexions Morales" du Duc De La Rochefoucault. William F. Abbot incribed the the book with his name and noted that it came "...from the books of his mother, 1883"

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   A hardbound book, A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar by Rev. Dr. Brewer. This book has imagery along the binding of small children with a telescope, a boat on the ocean under the sun, and a kettle boiling. There are floral impressions on the front cover. This book was owned by Daniel A. Kilham, and his initials and "June 4, 1876" were written on the first page in pencil. The author was from Trinity Hall in Cambridge, Engla...

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   A hardbound book, Eighteen Sermons and a Charge. This book was owned by Daniel A. Kilham. The following was written in ink on the first page: "To Hon. Daniel Kilham, from his friend and classmate, James Freeman."

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   A one-hundred and eighty page book with the title, "Memoirs of a Little Italian Boy." This was written by Beverly born and raised David A. Govoni. The book is filled with little stories and anecdotes regarding his childhood in Beverly.

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   A four-hundred and eighty page soft covered book with the title, "While Memory Serves." This book was written by Humphrey E. D. Lloyd, M.D. Dr. Lloyd spent part of his professional career at Beverly Hospital in Beverly.

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   A light brown hard covered copy of the Beverly, Mass Vol. II Vital Records to 1850. This volume contains all of the marriages and deaths in the community until 1849. The first volume would contain all of the birth information. This book was published by the Topsfield Historical Society in 1907.

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   A three-hundred and seventy-six page soft covered book with the title, Puritans and Yankees: The Winthrop Dynasty of New England, 1630-1717. This was written by Richard Dunn in 1962. This book follows the lives of members of the Winthrop family in a revealing index to New England's early development and epitomize the transformation from a Puritan to a Yankee society.

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   A dark blue softcover 1911 page book with the title, Machinery's Handbook. This is an essential book for machinists and this copy belonged to an employee of the United Shoe, Jack Card. He worked in the Development Laboratory 2. This is a 14th edition printed by The Industrial Press in New York in 1950.

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   A fifty-six page tan hardcover book with the title, Gen. John Glover and his Marblehead Regiment. This was originally presented as a paper read before the Marblehead Historical Society on May 14, 1903 by Nathan P. Sanborn, the President of the Society. This was published by the Society the same year. There is an image of Glover on the front page that was in the possession of Mrs. Henry E. Waite.

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    A dark blue soft cover book with the title, The Use of Handbook Tables and Formulas. This book was printed by The Industrial Press of New York in 1939. This book should be used in conjunction with the 13th or latest edition of the Machinery's Handbook. This edition contains 500 examples and test questions on the application of tables, formulas and general data in Machinery's Handbook, selected especially for engineering and trade schools, appr...

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    A grey and red hardcover one-hundred and fifteen page autographed book about a naval fiasco during the American Revolution called Fired by Manley Zeal. This book was written by Philip Chadwick Foster Smith of the Peabody Museum of Salem.

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    A three-hundred and two page hardcover book with a color dust jacket with the title, Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictoral Needlework, 1650-1850. This was written by Betty Ring, one of the preeminent experts in the field and was published in 1993. This is the second volume of a two volume set.

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    1792 Book: The Only Sure Guide to the English Tongue, by W. Perry. Owned by Henry Larcom and originally stored in the secretary/bookcase owned by Henry and Fanny Larcom. Inside the front cover it says "My father's first spelling book. He was born Feb 21st 1777." That is the birthdate of Henry Larcom, son of Henry and Priscilla Larcom.

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    The Abridged compendium of American Genealogy: The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of the First Families of America, Volume 4

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    A book that presents the details for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Temple B'nai Abraham in 2008. This book includes the comments from families on the 100th anniversary and the history of some of the older members.

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    Book "The Greatest High School Class Ever" was written by S.T. Mugglebee in 2012. This book discusses the years of Beverly High School's Class of 1959 from their early years all the way through their graduation day. Donated by Frederick C. Hammond.

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    The genealogy of the Clason Family.

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    A light greenish soft covered book with the title, "Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia." This two-hundred and twenty-five page book was written by Herbert B. Adams, Ph. D., an associate professor of History in the John Hopkins University. This is the second part of a series published by the U.S. Bureau of Education Circular of Information of those who made contributions to the American Educational History. Authorized sketches of H...

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    Beverly Historical Society: A Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition, September 11-14, 1895. Inside the hard-cover book is a list of people who loaned objects for the exhibit as well as the objects and where they were displayed in the Cabot House. On the inside cover and flyleaf are newspaper clippings about the exhibit.

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    The Starkeys of New England and Allied Families; including Lawrence, Waite, Balcom, Greaves-Graves, Capron, and Blackington families

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