Skulls of history in a forgotten tomb
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 […]
Sir William Pepperrell
Tiny travel, big world at the Peabody Essex Museum
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 […]
The Ghost of a Pepperrell Lady
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 […]