Marblehead Museum is thrilled to announce the acquisition of a 1779 letter from General George Washington to Marblehead's heroic Revolutionary War general, John Glover. This special letter, featuring George Washington's signature, is a reply to John Glover's request to resign from the Continental Army due to the recent death of his wife, Hannah. The response,...
A Lecture by Robert Allison, Ph.D., Suffolk University Thursday, March 21, 7pm At Marblehead Museum & Virtual via Zoom Following the Boston Tea Party, Parliament cracked down on Massachusetts. Find out how the Coercive Acts (or, as Massachusetts called them, "the Intolerable Acts") made otherwise loyal subjects into rebels by taking power to choose local...
G. Patrick O'Brien, an assistant professor at the University of Tampa, will host this Zoom lecture on his research into resisting slavery in colonial Marblehead. This lecture explores the life of Flora Lee, an enslaved Marblehead woman, who had her daughter spirited away from her during the Revolution. Lee's efforts to be reunited with her...
Saturday, April 20th 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Jeremiah Lee Mansion Gardens **Rain Date is Sunday, April 21st** Members: $10 per Person / $25 per Family Non-Members: $15 per Person / $40 per Family Ages 3 & Under: FREE Come enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of colonial New England at Marblehead Museum’s 1st Annual...
This illustrated talk by Judy Anderson will present a portrait of Marblehead at the peak of the town’s pre-Revolutionary prosperity, as social tensions and political divisions began to erupt. Judy will profile our gritty but thriving seaport in the two generations before the grueling struggle for independence. As Britain’s colonies in North America launched into...
