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Feel free to browse around and see the exciting possibilities of studying history in one of America's most historic regions. One historian has claimed that more history books have been written about Essex County than anywhere else in America, and he just might be right.
Salem is home to the China Trade, Nathaniel Hawthorne, spectacular historic buildings, and yes, even the famous witch trials. The city is also the site of the America's first national park, the first living history museum, and, of course a state college with a history department that is dedicated to teaching as well as utilizing this rich historical legacy. Robert Larter, Chronicle of Salem, detail
Nathaniel Bowditch

Contact us: History Department, Salem State College
 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970
 978-542-6286
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Images are details from Robert Larter, A Chronicle of Salem (1966), mural in Meier Hall, Salem State College.

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