Dr. Bentley's Salem: Diary of a Town
FAIN: GM-10977-77
Essex Institute (Salem, MA 01970-3773)
Anne Farnam (Project Director: April 1977 to present)
To utilize the Essex Institute's museum and library collections to document Salem during the period 1790-1820. The four volume diary of the Rev. William Bentley (1759-1819) with its minute observations of town life and development will provide the framework for the exhibit.