Pride, Peter | Historic Beverly

004.030.014 - Deed

A warranty deed between Peter Pride and Peter Pride, Jr. dated December 21, 1859. The elder Pride was a yeoman and the younger was a cordwainer. The younger Pride paid forty dollars to his father for a piece of land off of Hale Street in Beverly Farms. This document was cosigned by Clarissa Pride. This document was witnessed by Josiah A. Haskell, Justice of the Peace.

Record Type: Archive

010.031.009 - Booklet

A booklet from the Seventy-Fourth Anniversary of the First Baptist Sunday School in Beverly, Massachusetts from June 18, 1893. The booklet contains excercises from the day, scripture reading, and list of church members who organized the event, along with a schedule of church services. In the end of the booklet, there is a list of all of the teachers involved in the Sunday School.

Record Type: Archive

6266 - Document

1786 memo of the fishing vessels cleared out of the Naval Office in Beverly for that year.

Record Type: Archive

6267 - Document

1786 list of reports of fishing schooners and the amount of fish (in quintals) caught for summer 1786.

Record Type: Archive

7949 - Bill-of-sale

1773 bill-of-sale for the slave Reuben age about 12 years sold by David Larcom to James Thistle for 40 pounds 13 shillings and 4 pence. Reuben was the son of Juno Larcom and her husband Jethro Thistle. Jethro was owned by Jeffery Thistle - James Thistle may have been a cousin. The document was witnessed by Peter Pride and Peter Pride, Jr.

Record Type: Archive

988.523.8 - Quilt

Quilt created by artisans for the country's bicentennial in 1976. Locations represented in each quilt block include: Balch House, Peter Pride's House, Witches Wood, Mingo Beach, Nehemiah Wood, Cherry Hill Farm, Exercise Conant House, West Beach, Beverly Common, Olde Woodbury Tavern, Hale House, Hospital Point Lighthouse, First Parish Church, Olde Burial Grounds, Cabot House, Independence Park, Beverly Bridge, The Hannah, Glover's Wharf, Fish Flak...

Record Type: Object