[Rarebooks] FS: 1929 Study of Essex County Trades & Tradesmen

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Trades and Tradesmen of Essex County, Massachusetts, Chiefly of
the Seventeenth Century”

By Henry W. Belknap.
Published in Salem by The Essex Institute in 1929.

DISCUSSION: One of the pioneering studies of Colonial-era crafts and
tradesmen. Includes bakers, blacksmiths, carpenters, curriers, a hatter,
locksmith, paver, and many more. Henry W. Belknap was the Secretary of the
Essex Institute. His 1946 obituary noted- "Henry Wyckoff Belknap
[1860-1946] had a lifelong interest in history and genealogy, especially
that concerning Salem and Essex County, Mass. From 1918 to 1931 he served
as curator and secretary of Essex Institute in Salem and before assuming
his duties at the Institute he did genealogical research on a large scale.
Among his many writings are the Burnap-Burnett genealogy, the Grafton
genealogy, "Artists and Craftsmen in Essex County," and "Trades and
Tradesmen in Essex County." He was a member of the American Antiquarian
Society, the New York Historical Society, and the Society for the
Preservation of New England Antiquities. Mr. Belknap was born in New York
in 1860 and had considerable business experience before going to Salem to
live. For seven years he was connected with the Tiffany Studios in New
York and was in charge of its exhibit at the Paris Exposition in 1900 and
of an exhibit at the Buffalo Exposition later. He also did interior
decorating in New York for a number of years. Mr. Belknap died in Salem on
September 19, 1946."

"The Essex Institute (1848-1992) in Salem, Massachusetts, was a literary,
historical and scientific society. It maintained a museum, library,
historic houses; arranged educational programs; and issued numerous
scholarly publications. The Essex Institute was "formed by the union of
the Essex Historical Society and the Essex County Natural History
Society." According to an 1880 travel guide, "its objects are general and
varied. Perhaps the most important is that of local historical discoveries
and the preservation of everything relating to Essex County history." By
the 1930s the institute owned "two fine [Samuel] McIntire houses in Salem
- the Peirce-Nichols House, built in 1782, and the Gardner-Pingree House,
built in 1804, both ... open to the public." In 1992 the institute merged
with the Peabody Museum of Salem to form the Peabody Essex Museum.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 96 pages, plus 12 black & white
illustrations.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor soil, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight
binding.

PRICE: $125 -

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