The History of Rowley,

Anciently Including Bradford, Boxford, and Georgetown, from the Year 1639 to the Present Time.

by Thomas Gage 

First edition.  Boston:  Ferdinand Andrews, 1840 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Brown cloth covers have blind tooled frame. 
• Boards show some wear to shoulders, scuffing, smudges, edgewear.  Corners are worn, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt text dimmed and is sunned, with chipped ends.  See photos.
• Binding is shaken. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some moderate foxing, owner's marks.
• Frontispiece is present.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits scattered light foxing, some smudges, stains, light edgewear.
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have a few marks. 
• PS2025.0129

483 pages. 4 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches

Scarce First Edition copy of this history of Rowley, Massachusetts, compiled on the occasion of the second centennial celebration of the town's settlement in 1639.  Publisher's brown cloth with blind tooled borders and gilt title to the spine.  The frontispiece is a view of Rowley Common, where the town's bicentennial was celebrated on September 5, 1839.  Overall Very Good- condition, with wear at shoulders and spine shaking the binding.  Some foxing, but text is very legible.

Thomas Gage, part of the committee tasked with commemorating the town's bicentennial, gathered together a large number of historical records, many of which are included in this volume.  As such, this book offers the student of history a valuable entry into the early years of Rowley.  For instance, when Gage refers to the troubles known as the "Salem Witchcraft," he includes the texts of a number of complaints brought against local women.  In his Preface, Gage notes that he consulted a large number of documents, "with as much care and attention as time would permit," in order to bring the "historical mementoes of his native place" out from the "rubbish of years." 

The frontispiece is a lithograph by Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), lithographer and painter best known for his role in the White Mountain school.

With an Index and Errata page at the back.    

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