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A great book based on the ship "Robert H Dixey" sailed by Captain Richard Dixey of Marblehead. Good history of the clipper ship days. Some genealogy. Signed by author with a note to me (I was mentioned in the book)!

A book of history and stories. My first Marblehead book, a Christmas gift from my wife, that got me started in all of this!

An Antebellum Life At Sea

L Tracy Girdler 1997

The Spirit of '76 Lives Here

Lord & Gamage 1972

This book was "Published by Vote of the Town". Lists all the properties, value of personal estates, value of real estate, owners name and tax amounts for the year 1883. Total value of real estate in Marblehead was $3,133,350.00!

The bible of Marblehead history. Covers history from the early settlers through the period when the book was written, 1880. Lots of illustrations.
Valuation of the Town of Marblehead 1883

1884

History and Traditions of Marblehead

Samuel Roads, Jr. 1880

Volume I. Full of old photos of Marblehead.

Order of Exercises commemorating the Church's restoration, April 18, 1888. Has a great written history of the church by the Honourable Samuel Roads, Junior.

Images of America, Marblehead Vol I

John Hardy Wright 1996

St. Michaels Chvrch

1888

Volume II. Full of more old photos of Marblehead.

A sampler of stories from a girlhood in Marblehead. Lots of photos.

Images of America, Marblehead Vol II

John Hardy Wright 2000

MCML Mary Cole Mason Lord 1887-1988

Martha Mason Lord Getchell 1993

A book showing 19th century architecture around Marblehead. Lots of photos.

Journals of life at sea of a Marblehead kid.

Victorian Marblehead

Gail P Hercher 1980

The Journals of Ashley Bowen (1728-1813) of Marblehead,   Vol. I & II

Philip Chadwick Foster Smith 1973

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