Written by Town Historian, Donald A. Doliber in 1999 for the 350th annviersary of the town’s founding, this short article provides an overview of the area’s original, Native inhabitants, as well as the effect of European contact and settlement.

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Donald A. Doliber. “First Inhabitants of Marblehead.” Marblehead Celebrates 350 Years of Democracy, 1649-1999. Marblehead: Marblehead 350th Commemorative Booklet Committee, 1999.

Land Acknowledgement We recognize that this land was home to the Naumkeag band of the Massachusett/Pawtucket Tribes. The Marblehead Museum is committed to incorporating the study and dissemination of this land’s Native History into its mission.

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