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George Francis Dow

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in Wakefield, The United States

January 07, 1868

Died

June 05, 1936

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George Francis Dow (January 7, 1868 – June 5, 1936) was an American antiquarian for the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, active in Massachusetts.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 157 ratings · 16 reviews · 117 distinct works • Similar authors

	Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony 3.88 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1972 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730 by George Francis Dow, John Henry Edmonds 3.62 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1993 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slave Ships and Slaving 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1968 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whale Ships and Whaling: A Pictorial History 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Topsfield, Massachusetts 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1940 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Domestic life in New England in the seventeenth century : a discourse 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arts And Crafts In New England 1704-1775 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1967 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. 3: 1675-1681 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Historical Collections Of The Topsfield Historical Society, Volume 23 by George Francis Dow, Topsfield Historical Society (Creator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Historical Address Delivered At The Celebration Of The 250th Anniversary Of The Incorporation Of The Town Of Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 16, 1900 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Tabby. Named for a quarter of Bagdad where the stuff was woven. A general term for a silk taffeta, applied originally to the striped patterns, but afterwards applied also to silks of uniform color waved or watered. The bride and bridegroom were both clothed in white tabby (1654). A child's mantle of a sky-colored tabby (1696). A pale blue watered tabby (1760). Rich Morrello Tabbies. (Boston Gazette, March 25, 1734).”
― George Francis Dow, Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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“Our ancestors had a highly developed appreciation of the value of condiments. In a Salem inventory at a somewhat later date appear salt, pepper, ginger, cloves, mace, cinnamon, nutmegs, and allspice.”
― George Francis Dow, Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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“One of the standard examples of American humor is the picture of the Mayflower loaded to the cross-trees with the chairs, chests and cradles that devout New Englanders now own and claim were brought over on that memorable voyage.”
― George Francis Dow, Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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