George Jacobs, Sr.
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Caption: "Trial of George Jacobs, August
5, 1692."
Description: This well-known, dramatic painting by New York artist Thompkins. H. Matteson, was painted in 1855. Four years later, it was presented to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem by local businessmen Messrs. Ripley and Charles A. Ropes. More Description |
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Caption: "Trial of George Jacobs, August 5, 1692." (Detail) Source: Oil painting. © Peabody and Essex Museum, used with permission. |
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Description: Gravestone of George Jacobs, Sr. placed in the cemetery of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, 1992. The remains of a man believed to be George Jacobs, Sr. were recovered from the Jacobs property in the 1950s and finally laid to rest Sunday, August 2, 1992, 300 years after he was hanged on Gallows Hill. Source: Photograph by Richard B. Trask. |