Amasa Delano is one of Duxbury’s most famous historical figures. Born in 1763 to Samuel Delano, Sr. and Abigail Drew, Amasa would spent most of his life as a master mariner, circumnavigating the globe three times. In 1817 Amasa Delano published the account of his voyages in A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and [...]
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Amasa Delano and Benito Cereno
Posted in Collections, News, tagged Amasa Delano, Benito Cereno, Herman Melville, Samuel Delano on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Duxbury Family
Posted in Collections, tagged Jonathan Smith, Judith Winsor Smith, Zilpha Wilde on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Come to the Drew Archival Library this evening and hear history come alive. Letters will be read from the family of Captain Jonathan Smith, a master mariner from Duxbury, MA. Jonathan and his wife Zilpha Drew lived in the stately home located at 18 St. George Street. The home was later occupied by their daughter, [...]
Tsk, tsk, Mr. Weston
Posted in Collections, tagged Ezra Weston, Gershom Bradford Weston, King Caesar House on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ezra “King Caesar” Weston II (1772-1842) was one of Duxbury’s most prominent 19th century citizens. He ruled his vast ship building empire from his stately home on Powder Point. But even Ezra Weston was not above the law. In 1834 a warrant was issued for Mr. Weston’s arrest. It seems he was selling distilled liquor and allowing it to be consumed in his shop. [...]
A Gift to Longfellow.
Posted in Collections, tagged 1864, 1879, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lyman Drew, Myles Standish on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, I do love a good mystery! If you check out our SMALL COLLECTIONS link on the right and click on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow you will see that we have two letters by the venerable poet. One of the letters is actually a very brief note sent to Duxbury resident, Lyman Drew, in 1879. In it, Longfellow [...]
Sea Fencibles? What?
Posted in Collections, tagged 1812, Judah Alden, Sea Fencibles on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I like to think that I know a thing or two about early American history but every once in a while something comes along that makes me say “what?” Just such a thing happened today as I was cataloging one of our smaller collections. I came across a folder entitled “Sea Fencibles.” Contained within were [...]
Small Collections are coming!
Posted in Collections, tagged Civil War, Duxbury Alms House, Elizabeth Hedge, John Southworth on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Over 25 small collections, and we do mean small, have recently been processed. Some collections are no more than one item, most are no more than one folder. They range in topic from the 1742 Indenture papers of young Elizabeth Hedge, to the Civil War letters of John Southworth, to the construction documents of the [...]
