Marblehead Museum

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  • How Did the American Revolution Become Inevitable in 1774?

    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United States

    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...

  • Codfish with folk art painting of the Town of Marblehead. With text Marblehead Museum.

    1779 letter from General George Washington unveiling

    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United States

    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,...