• Eerie Stories on Salem Sound

    Central Wharf 193 Derby Street, (docked behind Waite & Peirce), Salem, MA, United States

    Experience Salem in October like never before! Join us for a 90 minute-long boat tour diving into the eerie side of Salem's historic past. Escape the crowds this fall and take to the sea, where haunting tales and harbor views await! Join us on weekends in October at 2:00 pm & 4:00 pm to dive...

    $25.00 - $45.00
  • To the Farthest Ports of the Rich East: Profit and Peril in the New Trade to Asia

    Salem Armory Visitor Center 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA, United States

    With independence from Britain secured, in the 1780s American began trading to Asia for themselves. They bought tea in China. They sailed to the East India Company-administered India for cloth, to Yemen and Dutch Java for coffee, to Sumatra for pepper, and to many other ports in between. The trade to Asia accelerated as the...

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