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Allegra Boverman/Gloucester Daily Times. East Gloucester third grader Kolby Bolcome practices writing with a quill pen and ink as Jason Healey dips his quill pen in the ink bottle for more during a visit to the school by the Wenham Museum. Members of the musuem helped the students experience what home life was like in Colonial Massachusetts with hands-on experiences like grinding spices, making butter, and learning about a family's daily household chores using colonial reproduction household tools. They also learned about what school was like in Colonial times.

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