George Francis Dow

George Francis Dow

George Francis Dow (January 7, 1868 - June 5, 1936) was an American antiquarian for the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, active in Massachusetts.

Dow was born in Carroll, New Hampshire, and joined the American Antiquarian Society in 1910. The Parson Capen House (Topsfield, Massachusetts) was restored under his direction, circa 1913.

Selected works

* "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County", ed. George Francis Dow, 1911-1975.
* "Domestic life in New England in the seventeenth century; a discourse", 1925.
* "Whale ships and whaling; a pictorial history of whaling during three centuries, with an account of the whale fishery in colonial New England", 1925.
* "Arts & Crafts in New England, 1704-1775", 1927.
* "Slave Ships and Slaving", 1927.
* "Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony", 1935.
* "History of Topsfield, Massachusetts", 1940.


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