1770 – Historic Ipswich

Ipswich and the American Revolution, Part 2: The Revolutionary War

October 17, 2025December 7, 2025 Gordon Harris2 Comments

On June 10th, 1776, the men of Ipswich, in Town-meeting assembled, instructed their Representatives, that if the Continental Congress should for the safety of the said Colonies Declare them Independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain, they will solemnly engage with their lives and Fortunes to support them in the Measure.

Ipswich Pillow Lace

July 28, 2025October 22, 2025 Gordon Harris5 Comments

In the late eighteenth century, Ipswich had 600 women and girls producing more than 40,000 yards of lace annually. Ipswich industrialists imported machines from England to mechanize and speed up the operation, which destroyed the hand-made lace industry.