Tag Archives: Sir William Pepperrell

Skulls of history in a forgotten tomb

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Dianne Fallon

Where was he, the most noteworthy man who ever called my town home? Back and forth I wandered, searching. Where was the life-sized portrait of Sir William Pepperrell? At the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, nobody seemed to know, … Continue reading →

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Tiny travel, big world at the Peabody Essex Museum

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Dianne Fallon

I call this blog The Maniacal Traveler because I have a mania for travel in all its forms.  Visiting museums, wherever they are, is a sort of super-condensed travel, or tiny travel. The Peabody Essex Museum – established by the … Continue reading →

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The Ghost of a Pepperrell Lady

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Dianne Fallon

Elizabeth Royall was a royal – a member of New England’s informal royalty.  When she was a tween girl, she and her older sister Mary sat for a young John Singleton Copley when he came to their Medford, Massachusetts house … Continue reading →

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