_Figure_ A. An inner door, wrought-iron latch that may have been made by a local blacksmith. Outer door latches were of similar type but larger. The lifts were made straight until about 1800 and the thumb-press was not saucered until about the same time. There is great individuality in the ornamentation, varying with the fancy of the smith. _Figure_ B. This latch was imported from England. It was cheap and in common use between 1750 and 1820. The cusp, resembling the outline of a lima bean, and the grasp, thumb piece and lift are always flat. _Figure_ C. The Norfolk latch appeared about 1800 and until about 1810 was made with a straight lift. The grasp is riveted to the plate of sheet iron as is the end of the bar and after about 1825, the catch. This latch was commonly used in the 1830's. After 1840 the cast-iron latch was generally adopted.] _Plate 29_ [Illustration: JOHN WARD HOUSE, SALEM, MASS. The Parlor] [Illustration: JOHN WARD HOUSE, SALEM, MASS. Corner of the kitchen showing dresser with its "dress of pewter," wash bench, meal chest, wooden ware, etc.] _Plate 30_ [Illustration: PARLOR IN PARSON CAPEN HOUSE, TOPSFIELD, MASS. Built 1683] [Illustration: DRESSER IN THE KITCHEN OF THE PARSON CAPEN HOUSE, TOPSFIELD, MASS.] _Plate 31_ [Illustration: THE DASH CHURN From a photograph by Miss Emma L. Coleman] _Plate 32_ [Illustration: AMERICAN COURT CUPBOARD. ABOUT 1660 Owned by Gregory Stone of Watertown and Cambridge Courtesy Concord Antiquarian Society] _Plate 33_ [Illustration: RECESSED COURT CUPBOARD OF AMERICAN OAK About 1680. From the Dwight M. Prouty collection] _Plate 34_ [Illustration: A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY OAKEN CHEST ON FRAME Probably made about 1651-1655 for Samuel and Hannah Appleton of Ipswich, Mass.] _Plate 35_ [Illustration: CANE-BACK ARM CHAIR, 1680-1690 From the family of Hon. Peter Bulkley Courtesy Concord Antiquarian Society] _Plate 36_ [Illustration: BANISTER-BACK CHAIR, ABOUT 1720 Courtesy Concord Antiquarian Society] _Plate 37_ [Illustration: A QUILTING BEE IN THE OLDEN TIME From a drawing by H. W. Pierce] _Plate 38_ [Illustration: COUNTERPANE MADE FROM A BLANKET SHEET Embroidered in blue, greenish blue, red and yellow] _Plate 39_ [Illustration: QUILTED COUNTERPANE MADE IN BEVERLY, MASS., BEFORE THE REVOLUTION] _Plate 40_ [Illustration: COUNTERPANE WITH PATTERN WORKED IN INDIGO BLUE ON A HOMESPUN LINEN SHEET] _Plate 41_ [Illustration: JOHN WINTHROP THE YOUNGER 1606-1676 Founder of Ipswich and Governor of Connecticut From the original portrait in possession of Mrs. Robert Winthrop] _Plate 42_ [Illustration: REV. RICHARD MATHER 1596-1669 From a wood engraving by John Foster made in 1669] _Plate 43_ [Illustration: DOCTOR JOHN CLARKE 1601-1664 Practiced in Newbury, Ipswich and Boston Courtesy of Massachusetts Historical Society] _Plate 44_ [Illustration: MRS. ELIZABETH (PADDY) WENSLEY Painted in Boston about 1670-1675 Courtesy of the Pilgrim Society, Plymouth]