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Save the Ingersoll Tavern!

Sharing for visibility – this is an important structure in our local history. Read the linked proposal (from Danvers’ Historic District Commission’s March meeting) on changing bylaws to protect historically significant structures (such as the Ingersoll Tavern) that are in danger of being demolished due to abandonment and neglect. Final Report of the Ad-Hoc Historic…

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1/9/2024: Spectral Evidence

SPECTRAL EVIDENCE Between the 17th and 19th centuries, spectral evidence was frequently given as witness testimony in court proceedings. Spectral evidence was usually comprised of two corresponding ideas. The first is that the spectral shape/spirit of the accused would leave their physical living body, through witchcraft, to interact with the living to complete a nefarious…

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Save the Ingersoll Tavern!