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Northshore October 2025
Title: Salem History Society: "Reign of Terror: The Salem Murder of 1830" Location: Cornerstone Bookstore, 45 Lafayette St., Salem, MassLink out: Click hereDescription: 180 years ago, on the night of April 6, 1830, in the quiet seaport of Salem, Capt. Joseph White, 82, one of the wealthiest men in America, was killed in his house on Essex Street. Nothing had been stolen, and there seemed to be no motive for the crime. For several weeks, Salem experienced a reign of terror: the killer or killers remained at large, despite the efforts of a "Committee of Vigilance" that tried to find them. White's nephew and chief heir, the Hon. Stephen White, w
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