Current
Exhibit
Trask & Smith
Pewter in Early America
Exhibit location:
Memorial Hall (2nd Floor), Beverly Historical Society & Museum, 117
Cabot St., Beverly, MA 01915
Dates: January 26, 2008 - May 24, 2008
The Beverly Historical Society & Museum’s exhibit will
feature its collection of early pewter and Britannia ware, featuring Beverly manufacturers
Israel Trask, Oliver Trask, and Eben Smith. Other examples of early pewter will also
round out this exhibit.
Located in the historic 1781 John Cabot House, at 117 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA, the Beverly Museum has
assembled a tremendous collection of items that reside in our photo, manuscript, and
artifact collections. This exhibit of pewter and Britannia ware, some of it nearly
200 years old, will be on display for a limited time for your viewing pleasure.
This wonderful exhibit will open Saturday, January 26, 2008 and close
on May 24, 2008. We are open Tuesday,
Thursday – Saturday, 10 am-4 pm and Wednesday, 1 pm – 9 pm. Admission is $5.00 for adults, $4.00 for
Seniors/Students. Society members and children
under six – Free. Call 978-922-1186 for
more information, or e-mail us at info@beverlyhistory.org
Standing
Exhibits
Beverly and The American
Revolution
We have searched through our magnificent collection of manuscripts, and artifacts and
constructed an exhibit that will be entertaining and educational for all students of late
18th century American history.
We have organized the exhibit with a time line that sweeps the exhibit room clockwise
from left to right with paintings and supportive text to tell the story of the American
Revolution from 1775 to 1783.
We have on display many of the 19th century paintings originally used to create book
plates in Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr., 1898 two volume book, "The Story of the
Revolution." We have on display wonderful signed documents by many of the founding
fathers and people like Generals Gage and General Howe.
But the exhibit would not be complete without a cannon ball thought to be fired at the
good citizens of Beverly by H.M.S. Nautilus in 1775.
Also in the exhibit are muskets and swords used by Beverly soldiers during the
Revolutionary War.
Come and see this wonderful educational exhibit.
Beverly Bank: An Early American
Bank, Est. 1802
Built for merchant John Cabot in 1781, the house was the site of Beverly Bank, the
nation's oldest community bank, from 1802 to 1868.  Displaying
original documents and artifacts, the exhibit uses the history of the Beverly Bank to
explore the role of banks in the development of a strong financial system in the United
States during the early nineteenth century. However, this is no dry history lesson! The
Cabots and their business associates used profits from their highly successful, global
trading enterprise to invest in the building of key infrastructure, such as the bridge to
Salem, in Beverly and throughout Massachusetts. Based on research in the Society’s
archives,  the bank’s original records, and physical evidence such as paint still
extant in the room, the exhibit is designed to evoke an early nineteenth-century American
bank. Items on display include an original portrait of the bank’s first president
Israel Thorndike, the bankers’ desk, early currency, original records of the
bank’s shareholders and directors, a ship model, scales for weighing gold, and other
fascinating artifacts. We are grateful for the support of the Beverly National Bank, which
funded the research, design, and installation of this exhibition. The exhibit will
be on permanent display at Cabot House.
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