Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Essex County, MA Events Date Type 08/19/1861 Editor of a Southern-leaning newspaper tarred and feathered in Haverhill, Massachusetts Campaigns/Elections 02/03/1862 Massachusetts court orders six men to trial for the August tarring and feathering of a Haverhill editor Crime/Disasters People Birthplace of Whittier, John Greenleaf Documents Date Title 03/27/1860 Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Failure Of A Strike,” March 27, 1860 Images