[17] Mass. Historical Society Colls. (5th ser.), Vol. 7, p. 10.

[18] Boston News-Letter, Jan. 23, 1766.

[19] Boston News-Letter, Sept. 13, 1753.

[20] Mass. Historical Society Colls. (5th ser.), Vols. 5-7.

[21] Mass. Historical Society Colls. (5th ser.), Vols. 5-7.

[22] This large salt is now owned by Harvard College.

[23] Old-Time New England, July, 1934.

[24] Essex County Quarterly Court Records, Vol. IV, pp. 56-57.

[25] Beer in the making.

[26] Probate Records of Essex County, Mass., Vol. I, p. 47.