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Today’s Postcard from Peabody’s Past celebrates the birthday of Captain Samuel Flint, born on April 9, 1733 – 291 years ago today! The Flint family emigrated to what is now Peabody, from Flint, a part of northern Wales, around 1640. Captain Flint’s grandfather,...
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For this First Lady Friday, we are bringing ourselves up to present-day. Today, we are delving into the accomplishments of Peabody’s first female city clerk, Natalie “Nat” Maga. Natalie was born to Mary (Sullivan) and Harry Karpinski in 1944. Natalie has two sisters,...
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Today, we are bringing back our popular series First Lady Friday with Elizabeth Cheever Osborn. She was born on August 8, 1858 in East Boston. In 1891, she married Lyman P. Osborn, president of the Warren National Bank. They lived at 55 Central Street. Elizabeth was...
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When Lavinia P. Osborne died in 1867, she left the South Danvers Ladies’ Benevolent Society $2,000 for “the purpose of founding a permanent home for the Old Ladies in Peabody.” Eliza Dustin Sutton, a leading member of the Benevolent Society, formed...
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With the Newton teacher’s strike in the news, we thought we would throw it back to the 1988 Peabody Teacher’s Strike. If you or anyone you know have images of this event, please consider sharing with the Historical Society! On September 7, 1988, 406...
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On January 18, 1904, St. John Finnish Lutheran Evangelical Church was formed in Peabody. That was 120 years ago today! Like many other immigrant groups at the turn of the 20th century, the Finnish people came to Peabody for better opportunities in the leather working...
