Ipswich Inn Papers Inventory

The Ipswich Inn papers are a miscellaneous collection of papers from “an Ipswich Inn” that were donated to the BHS in Spring of 1961 from Conservation Officer, John Bartolomeo, 15 Pierson St., Beverly, MA. The papers concern Topsfield and Boxford. A large number appear to have originated from the Gould family. A number also concern the first official formation of the Boxford school districts.

Gould, Andrew:

Promissory note from Andrew Gould to Leverett Saltonstall, Salem, MA, May 13, 1809

Letter to Andrew Gould from sister Abigail Gould, Middleton, MA, January 13, 1812

Letter to Andrew Gould from sister Lucy Putnam Gould, Mount Vernon, March 29, 1822

Receipt of money paid to Pamela Gould, Topsfield, MA, June 9, 1825

Receipt of money paid to Pamela Gould, Topsfield, MA, October 10, 1827

Receipt of money paid to Pamela Gould, Topsfield, MA, January 12, 1829

Receipt of money paid to Pamela Gould, Topsfield, MA, September 15, 1827

Receipt of money paid to Pamela Gould, Topsfield, MA, March 4, 1830

Receipt of money paid to Pamela Gould, Topsfield, MA, May 14, 1831

Letter to Andrew Gould, highway surveyor, from Boxford Selectment Moses Dorman, Joshua Day and George Pearl, Boxford, MA, April 22, 1840

Deed for oxen purchased by Andrew Gould from Moses P. Horne, April 11, 1844

Receipt of money paid to Moses Jewett, September-December 1848

Letter to Andrew Gould from Edward Todd, Rowley, MA, September 6, 1858

Envelope addressed to Andrew Gould from Adjutant-General’s Office, Boston, MA (N.D.)

Letter to Andrew Gould from D. P., San Francisco, CA (N. D.)

Gould, Mary P. (Lake):

Mary P. Lake Sunday School certificate, Topsfield, MA, October 12, 1820

Note to Mary P. Lake from Helle (?) Fletcher

Letter to sister Sarah Lake, Topsfield, MA, November 17, 1831

Poem, “Blue Ey’d Mary” by H.A.G., Topsfield, MA, June 24, 1827

Letter from sister Sarah Lake, Topsfield, MA, December 14, 1856

Clarke Family

Note with Civil War enlistment, reenlistment and desertion dates for George G. Clarke

Discharge paper for Thomas Peabody with note about George G. Clarke on reverse, Ipswich, MA, May 9, 1870

Lake Family

Handwritten genealogical notes

Nichols Family

Letter to Mary L. Nichols (Gould) from P.C. Davis (mentions Sarah R. Gould Towne and death of John Pike Towne), Newburyport, MA, March 29, 1862 

Certificate of Exemption [from Civil War service] for Warren Nichols, signed by Andrew Gould and Asa Pingree, Topsfield, MA, July 17, 1863

Certificate of Exemption [from Civil War service] for Warren Nichols, Topsfield, MA, August 21, 1863

Boxford: 

Schools:

Warrant for District 1 school meeting, to Samuel Killam, signed by selectmen of Boxford, Moses Dorman and George Sawyer, December 25, 1835

District 1 school meeting minutes, chose Andrew Gould as moderator, January 2, 1836

District 1 school meeting minutes, May 17, 1841 and May 12, 1842

District 1 school meeting minutes, May 13, 1843

Town:

Boxford petition for new postmaster, October 20, 1842

Lists of landowners or damaged land (?), c. 1852

Topsfield:

Eliezer Lake Jr.’s copy of record of Topsfield selectmen’s meeting to form a new town highway, April 2, 1711

Request to Andrew Gould to notify a Congregational Parish meeting, Topsfield, MA, May 28, 1852

Warrant by Andrew Gould to Rodney D. Perkins for Congregational Parish meeting, Topsfield, MA, May 29, 1852

List of soldiers drafted from Topsfield for the Civil War, Salem, MA, July 10, 1863

Miscellaneous

Poem about death

Writing exercises by Cornelius B. Bradstreet as a child