Beverly
a city in Essex co., Mass.; on the Boston and Maine railroad; 2 miles N. of Salem. It was founded Oct. 14, 1668; was incorporated as a city, March 23, 1894; contains several villages; and is connected by trolley lines with Salem, Peabody, Gloucester, and Wenham. It is the seat of the New England Institute for the Deaf and Dumb; is principally engaged in the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes, and leather; has considerable shipping and fishery interests; contains high and graded schools, a public library, a National bank, a number of handsome residences belonging to Boston business men. Pop. (1910) 18,650; (1920) 22,561.