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The content of this book consists of meeting notes and copies of warrants. The entries are typically dated (04/1863-05/18/1904) though they are not signed by the authors. The book has a leather binding with gold lettering ("JOURNAL"), a cardboard cover, and a label inside the front cover reflecting that the book was manufactured by H.P. Ives in Salem, Massachusetts. The book has 528 numbered pages on lined blue paper, though only 114 pages...
Record Type: Library
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964.001.001 - Book
Inside front cover: "First Book of Records Commencing November 13th 1713." This book reflects a narrative of the organization and establishment of the Second Congregational Church, consisting primarily of meeting notes, votes, decisions, parishioner information, and records of donations and contributions. The content is handwritten, and although the entries are dated they are unsigned by the author. Second page: "This booke belongs to th...
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.002 - Book
This book contains records of sacraments, including documentation of communion, marriages, baptisms, and deaths. The handwritten entries are dated from 1715 to 1848 and are typically unsigned by the author. It is important to note that the introductory pages reflect a "Covenant," or an intention agreed upon by the institution's founding members. The covenant is dated 12/28/1715 and lists members John Chipman, Edward Dodge, John Dodge (2), Jona...
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964.001.003 - Book
This book, labeled "Second Book of Records," on the first page, reflects meeting notes, warrants, votes, decisions, ledgers, and other miscellaneous documentation of the SCC's activities between 05/08/1753 and 1792. The entries are typically dated though are not signed by the authors. The book is bound in leather. The pages are laid paper with a watermark in the center of the page. The watermark is circular with a crown on top, a crowned l...
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.004 - Book
The content of this book consists of meeting notes, records of votes and decisions, and ledgers reflecting members, taxes, and contributions. The entries are typically dated (1793-1862) though they are not signed by the authors. However, many of the entries are signed by John Conant, Ebenezer Trask, Jr., Levi Dodge, and Andrew Elliott, among others. The book is bound in suede, though the handsewn binding is somewhat deteriorated. The paper ...
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964.001.006 - Book
The content of this book consists of meeting notes and miscellaneous ledgers and parishioner information. The entries are typically dated (12/02/1834-07/31/1894) and are occasionally signed by the author. Some church members who recorded notes are: Sam Lummus, Charles Moulton, Francis Jenness, and Dennis Moore. The book has a leather binding, a cardboard cover, and a label inside the front cover reflecting that the book was manufactured by W...
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.007 - Ledger
This book contains a ledger of funds received and funds paid by the SCC, with explanations such as "Sunday school concert collection." The entries are dated and range from 10/27/1894 to 05/10/1896. A number of the entries are signed by "Collector F. Wallis." The book itself has a cardboard cover, sewn-in binding, and a leather spine with gilded detail. The pages are unnumbered. A significant number of pages at the front of the book appear ...
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.008 - Ledger
Inside front cover: "The Property of the Parish of the Precinct of Salem and Beverly. To be kept by their Treasurer." This book contains a ledger of funds received and funds paid by the SCC, with explanations such as, "...settled with Levi Dodge, treasurer of the Precinct of Salem and Beverly, and settled all accounts." The entries are dated and range from 04/29/1785 to 04/25/1893. The book's pages are antique laid paper with a crowned c...
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964.001.009 - Ledger
Inside front cover: "This Book Belonging to the Precinct of Salem and Beverly..." This book contains a ledger of funds received and funds paid by the SCC, with particular regard to abatements on various collectors' settlements. Some collectors listed are John Trask, Roger Conant, Jacob Griggs, William Trask, Joseph Trask, Joseph Perkins, and William Dodge. The entries are dated and range from 07/27/1717 to 08/18/1783. The book's pages are...
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.010 - Ledger
This book contains a ledger of funds received and funds paid by the SCC, with particular regard to services rendered to the church and to abatements on various collectors' settlements. Each entry is accompanied by a brief explanation such as "An order in favor of Ezekiel Dodge on account for making wall on the bur[y]ing ground of fourtey four dollers 25 cents." The entries are dated and range from 06/1809 to 03/15/1835. The book's pages are ...
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964.001.011 - Book
This book contains records of both the 4th and the 2nd Congregational Churches in North Beverly. Content includes meeting notes, lists of council members, and sacrement records (birth, communion, marriage, death). Each entry is dated. The book's pages are made of lined wove paper. The pages are unnumbered and are mildly discolored at the edges. The end pages are made of thicker marbled paper and reflect more extensive foxing. Although th...
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964.001.012 - Book
This book contains baptismal records of the SCC, ranging from 02/05/1716 to 09/14/1826. The book's suede cover and spine show moderate signs of age; the spine has detached in places and was repaired using tape. The pages are lined and unnumbered; although they display discoloration and foxing at the edges, are otherwise intact. There was a handwritten note interleaved in the book. The note is undated, but the content is pertaining to th...
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.013 - Directory
The Essex County Directory for the year of 1869-1870. The book's content includes locations of businesses all over Essex county based on category (Jewelry Manufacturers, Junk Dealers, Justices of the Peace, etc.). The book also includes numerous advertisements for businesses. The book's paper cover is intact, though the spine is moderately deteriorated. The binding's glue has become brittle and has crumbled somewhat, though the pages remain...
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.014 - Note
Scrap of paper with handwritten notes, found interleaved in the First Book of Records of the SCC (item # 964.001.001), which was used beginning in 1713. The item is on laid paper. The notes are incomplete and undated but pertain to a vote. A low-acid photocopy of the item was left interleaved in the First Book of Records.
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.015 - Note
Scrap of paper with handwritten notes and sums, found interleaved in the First Book of Records of the SCC (item # 964.001.001), which was used beginning in 1713. The item is on laid paper and the notes are undated. A low-acid photocopy of the item was left interleaved in the First Book of Records.
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.016 - Note
Scrap of paper with a handwritten note, found interleaved in the First Book of Records of the SCC (item # 964.001.001), which was used beginning in 1713. The item is on wove paper and the note is undated, though it is signed by E.H. Chipman. A low-acid photocopy of the item was left interleaved in the First Book of Records.
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.017 - Receipt
Scrap of paper with a handwritten note, found interleaved in the First Book of Records of the SCC (item # 964.001.001), which was used beginning in 1713. The item is on laid paper. One side is dated 03/791, while the other is dated 06/18/1795. Both sides contains notes pertaining to church expenses. Both notes were signed by Abner Dodge. A low-acid photocopy of the item was left interleaved in the First Book of Records.
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.018 - Note
Scrap of paper with a handwritten account of a visit by General George Washington to the cotton factory in North Beverly. The account was related by Mr. Isaac Babson to the writer on March 13, 1845. Isaac was born in 1771, the son of James and Eleanor Babson. He married Sarah Francis in 1830. The note has been encased in conservation paper. A photocopy of the item was left interleaved in the First Book of Records.
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.019 - Note
Note card with a typewritten note that reads, "Vol. I. Film and Xerox copies were made of this volume in June, 1961." The note card was interleaved in the First Book of Records of the SCC (item # 964.001.001). The note itself is undated. A low-acid photocopy of the item was left interleaved in the First Book of Records.
Record Type: Archive
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964.001.020 - Note
Typewritten note that was interleaved in the First Book of Records of the SCC (item # 964.001.001). The note reflects that the book was known to SCC members as "CHURCH RECORDS (Reverend Chipman's Book)" and contained parishioner records. The note itself is undated. The note is on paper that bears a watermark identifying the manufacturer as Eaton's, in the Berkshires. A low-acid photocopy of the item was left interleaved in the First Book ...
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