The Old School House – Haverhill, Massachusetts
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
The Old School-House
Drawing of “The Old School-House” , Haverhill Massachusetts
Was attended by poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
Drawing is from an 1879 magazine.
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John Greenleaf Whitter Birthplace – Haverhill, Massachusetts
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
John Greenleaf Whittier Birthplace Near Haverhill Massachusetts
The poet John Greenleaf Whitter was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on December 17th, 1807. And lived there for 20 years.
He did some writing for the Haverhill Gazette.
The etching of his birthplace is from around 1879.
Haverhill, Massachusetts Fire Jan 4th 1897
Monday, February 23rd, 2009HAVERHILL, Massachusetts, Jan. 4th 1897-
The grain elevator and hay sheds of J. O. Ellison & Co.have just been burned , entailing a loss of about $10,000. The fire was one of the hardest that, has occurred here for years. and the entire department was called out.
An old man, Peter Tremblay, and the family of his daughter. Mrs. Robideaux, were sleeping in the tenement, and were taken out by the police, almost suffocated by smoke.
The stock in the Ellison sheds and elevator will be a complete loss, and the buildings are practically destroyed.
