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