Danvers, Massachusetts; a resume of her past history and progress, together with a condensed summary of her industrial advantages and development ... sketches of her representative manufactur

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...during the revolution by John Porter, and, after his death, by his widow, Aphia. Toward the close of the century, said to be about 1796, it passed into the hands of Timothy and Jethro Putnam. Ebenezer, father of the late Eben G. Berry, bought the farm from the Putnams in 18o4. The old hotel on the site of the present one was sold at auction in three sections in 1838, and these were removed to make room for the erection of the original portion o f the present hotel. Mr. Eben G. Berry conducted the house up to 187o, when h e retired from active management. It w a s for a time known as the Howard house, a Mr. Howa r d being the landlord. Later Elias M agoon took the lease, and he i n turn was succe e d e d b y Edwin A. Southwick, who managed it up to the time of his death in 1895. Mr. Berry died the same year, and during the settlement of the Southwick and Berry estates, Mr. Littlefield managed the house. The present lessee, Mr. Brown, took possession in the latter part of 1896. Danvers has lately come into prominence as a summer resort, not to the extent that its fashionable neighbor Hamilton has, distant some four miles, but in a moderate degree its country roads and hillsides are dotted with unpretentious residences which shelter those who hie themselves to the cities as soon as the first frosts come. Of late years many private families have taken summer boarders and the warm weather colony is constantly on the increase. One looking for the excitements of fashionable society should not consider Danvers as a summer home. He will not find such within our borders. But the man of business who wants a place for his family where he can get the greatest amount of pure ozone and the most comfortable place to e1t and sleep for the least expenditure of money, will do...