Saturday Night at Old South Church in Newbury Port
A stormy Saturday night scene in Newbury Port shows families in distress as a bankrupt husband sits jailed for debt. A mother prays with her children for bread, and a neighbor offers a loaf, illustrating fragile support networks during hardship.
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Mutual Life Insuranc Company
New York
Joseph B. Collins
T. Isaac Abbatt
Brooklyn
United States
Washington Street
Benj. Perkins
Board of Reference
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State Street
Messrs Edwards
Bates & Co
India Wharf
Gardiner G. Hubbard
Henry Wainwright
Central Wharf
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George Denny
Granite Bank
Daniel Safford
Beacon Street
Charles Scudder
Pearl Street
Pickering
Dr Spring’s
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Deacon Solomon
Harry Harmless
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