The First Meeting House in Salem, Massachusetts: A Reply to Certain Strictures Made by Robert S. Rantoul (1900) is a historical book written by Abner Cheney Goodell. The book is a response to the criticisms made by Robert S. Rantoul, who had written an article about the First Meeting House in Salem, Massachusetts. Goodell's book provides a detailed history of the First Meeting House, which was built in 1634 and was the first church in Salem. The book...