Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Essex County, MA Events Date Type 04/03/1867 A Massachusetts shipyard launches the S.S. Erie, the largest wooden screw steamship ever built. Science/Technology 09/05/1865 Famous American poet, Hannah Flagg Gould, dies at her home in Massachusetts Personal People Birthplace of Garrison, William Lloyd Sargent, Aaron Augustus Burial Place of Cushing, Caleb Gould, Hannah Flagg Documents Date Title 07/31/1861 Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Another Prize Saved by a Negro,” July 31, 1861 Images