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HISTORY OF
BERKSHIRE COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS,
- WITH
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men.
VOLUME II. Pt. 2
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HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
In 1827 Solomon L. and Zeno Russell purchased the inn on the cor- ner of North and West streets previously kept by Captain Merrick. In the fall of the same year the inn was accidentally burned On the ad. joining side of Park square stood the coffee house then kept by David Campbell, sen., who innnediately leased it to the Russell brothers, who occupied it while they were rebuilding their own hotel, making the lib eral profit of $1,500. In addition to this the town raised for them a sub- scription of about $650. The house built under these auspices -- the Berkshire Hotel-acquired a wide and exceedingly favorable reputation, which it retained for many years. From its erection to the completion of the Western Railroad it was a central station for several stage routes. with whose passengers it was constantly thronged After the comple- tion of the railroad this class of travel greatly diminished ; but from other circumstances the Berkshire continued a popular and prosperous house. Mr. Russell continued his connection with the Berkshire Hotel for nine years when he was succeeded in the firm by byman Warriner. Afterward it became Warriner & Cooley ; and then Mr. Warriner with- drawing. William B. Cooley remained sole proprietor until 1838 when he sold the premises and the site is now occupied by the Berkshire Life In- surance Company's building.
It would be interesting to give, in detail, the account of the various hotel enterprises which, in later years. have aided in building up the prosperity of the town, but space and the plan of this work forbid. The principal hotels in Pittsfield at the present time are : The American House, formerly the old Washington Hotel. owned by Cebra Quacken- bush, of Albany ; the Burbank Hotel. built and owned by Abraham Bur- bank ; and the Berkshire House, owned by Abraham Burbank. and con- ducted by H. S. Munson.
Fire Department and Water Works .- The first recorded movement for protection against the destruction of property by fire was at the town meeting in March, 1811, when a proposition for the purchase of a fire engine was successfully resisted.
The next year an attempt was made to raise. by subscription. funds for the purchase of an engine. The project lingered till 1814. when, by the energetic efforts of Major Melville, the engine was procured. The town was then asked to furnish an engine house and provide buckets and other appendages for the engine, but both these requests were refused. Five years later, at a fire that destroyed the house of William Hollister, on South street, near the Housatonic River, the good services performed by this engine, notwithstanding the lack of complete appurtenances, re moved much of the prejudice that existed against what had been looked on as a useless innovation. Till 1844. however, this box pogine. with two others of a similar character, one owned by Lemuel Pomeroy & Sons, and one by the Pontooshe Woolen Company, constituted the only pro- tection against fire in the town.
In 1844 a committee, composed of Thomas F. Plunkett, E. R. Kel.
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logg, and George S. Willis, was appointed to consider the question of protecting the town against fire. This committee reported a petition for the establishment of a fire district by the town, under the general statute enacted the previous year.
Though the town declined to constitute itself a fire district, it granted land for an engine house, and one thousand dollars for the purchase of apparatus. With this encouragement the Pittsfield Fire District. em- bracing about two miles square, was organized on the 3d of June, 1844.
At its first meeting the fire district taxed itself $20.000, and appointed the following committee to report officers for the district and candidates to fill them : Thomas A. Gold, E. H. Kellogg, Phinehas Allen, Lemuel Pomeroy, E. A. Newton, Jabez Peck, Richard C. Coggswell, Nathan Willis, Levi Goodrich, Merrick Ross, Oliver S Root. Ezekiel R. Colt. H. H. Childs. Robert Campbell, George S. Willis, Jared Ingersoll. and S. H. P. Lee.
An engine house was built on what is now School street, at a cost of $540. Two engines were purchased at a cost of $680 each.
The Housatonic Engine Company was formed in October, 1844, the following names being signed to the by-laws : John C. West, foreman: E. Clapp, first assistant : Martin Blunt. second assistant : Thomas Colt. clerk ; James H. Anderson, Thomas G. Atwood. Julius Bannister, Henry P. Barnes, William W. Barrows. Daniel Bodurtha, Joseph H. Brewster. Henry S. Briggs. Horatio N. Brooks, Crowell Brooks. Leland S. Bnr- lingham, George Burlingham, Matthew Butler, Only Carpenter. Horace Carrier, David Chapman, Joseph B. Cunningham, Heury G. Davis, Daniel J. Dodge, Joseph Gregory, Perry G. Holdridge. E. P. Little, H. M. Mil- lard. Amasa Rice, Cyrus Shaw, Moseley W. Stevens, Frank E. Taylor. William H. Teeling, William M. Walker, William A. Ward. William H. Warren, Charles H. Watrous.
The officers of No. 1 since 1876 have been : foremen. Edwin Clapp. (1846 to 1SS3), John S. Smith : first assistants. J. S. Smith, John How- ison, Lucien D. Hazard : second assistants. George W. Branch, Lucien D. Hazard, Harley Jones : clerks, Edward Cowles. C. B. Watkins, W. F. Osborne, H. V. Wollison, John Howison. Harley Jones, James Goewey ; treasurers, B. F. Robbins, C. F. Hall.
The permanence of the organization of this company has been re- markable, and its esprit du corps equally so.
A second company was organized in 1845, but it was disbanded in 1848, and a new one formed with the following officers : S. W. Morton. foreman ; Gordon MeKay. first assistant ; H. L. Pope, second assistant : Charles Hurlbert, clerk : James D. Colt, 2d, assistant clerk: Newell Bliss. treasurer. The engine and company then took the name of Pontoosuc. In 1872 the name of the company was changed to George Y. Learned. Mr. Morton continued foreman until 1955, and was followed in succession by John Lane. Charles Pitt. John E. Dodge, Wesley L. Shepardson. A. II. Manyan, George W. Smith, Edward Dunham. P. E. Morton. Henry
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Hurlbert, W. G. Morton, John Allen Root, John Nicholson, and Theo- dore L. Allen.
Owing to the destruction of the records by fire, it is impossible to give a list of the other officers prior to 1864. Since that date the first as- sistants have been E. B. Mead. Seymour Gardner, Benjamin Evans, George S. Willis, jr., Warner G. Morton, Louis Blain, Theodore L. Al- len, W. F. Francis, and H. J. Taylor. The second assistants, George S. Willis, jr., Seymour Gardner. David Campbell. Anthony Stewart. Louis Blain, John Nicholson. W. F. Francis, H. A. Taylor, and F. H Smith. This company, like the Housatonic, has been distinguished for its efficiency and the excellence of its discipline.
In the fall of 1844 the Western Railroad Company sent to Pittsfield the fire engine " Union." to be stationed near its depot. In 1853 the com- pany put in place of the Union a better engine, which was first known as the Eagle, then as the Taconic, and afterward as the S. W. Morton. It has been manned mostly by employes of the railroad. Only the records since 1869 are preserved, since which the officers longest in service are: Michael Fitzgerald, foreman ; Terrence MeEnany, first assistant: Michael Doyle, second assistant : James Mannion, treasurer, and John Ready, clerk.
The officers of No. 3 since 1876 have been : foremen. James W. Goewey. T. H. McEnany, M. F. Doyle. M. J. Connors, John Power ; first assistants, John J. Powers. M. J. Connors. J. M. Ready. M. Mar- shall ; second assistants, Patrick Fleming. William Kelley. M. Sheridan, M. Cummings, Dennis McCarty. M. Marshall. Patrick Kelley : clerks, Matthew Fassell, M. F. Doyle. P. Fleming. Bartley Cummings. John Cullen, James Baker, William Powers ; treasurers. Michael Callahan, M. Lahey. Joseph Bastion, James Mannion, Joseph Keegan. William Powers.
The Greylock Hook and Ladder Company has always been a valuable portion of the department. Henry Groot was its foreman until his re- moval from town. The records prior to 1867 are lost. Since that date the officers have been : foremen. George Burbank, William Leslie. Ben. jamin Smith, Robert Francis. Chester Hopkins. P. J. Roberts, J. H. Granger, A. Crandall. Sanford Carpenter, E. C. Carpenter : first assist- ants, William Leslie. S. D. Milliman, Andrew Palmer, J. W. Fuller, H. H. Smith, R. E. Crandall, C. H. Hopkins. E. C. Carpenter. Charles Mer- rill, W. T. Carpenter, C. H. Miller. Sanford Carpenter : second assist- ants. Benjamin Smith, William Leslie, George W. Burbank. J. H. Granger, E. E. Cole. C. H. Hopkins, P. J. Roberts, F. Nichols. Willand Roberts, Sanford Carpenter, John Corkhill. George H. Johnson, George Frey : clerks, W. H. Coleman. E. E. Cole, F. H. Breckenridge. Charles B. Watkins. Edward Cowles, James Burlingame. Frank Robbins, W. G. Keyes, Walter Harrington : treasurers, S. D. Milliman. E. E. Cole. B. F. Robbins. Lyman Fields.
Protective Company, No. 1. was first organized in 1553, and was ac-
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cepted by the fire district as a separate company, in May, 1884. The number of members is limited to twenty, and each member is sworn in as a fire police. The members carry blankets and fire extinguishers. The officers for 1884-5 were J. B. Harrison, captain ; Walter Watson, Ist lieutenant ; James Denny, clerk and treasurer.
The following gentlemen have been engineers of the Pittsfield fire department :
1844. Chief, Levi Goodrich ; assistants. Robert Campbell, George S. Willis, Jason Clapp, Henry Callender, Jared Ingersoll. William G. Backus, E. H. Kellogg.
1845. Chief, Levi Goodrich : assistants, Robert Campbell, George S. Willis, Jason Clapp, Henry Callender, Jared Ingersoll, William G. Backus, Ensign H. Kellogg.
1846. Chief, Robert Campbell ; assistants, E. H. Kellogg, George S. Willis, Phinehas Allen, jr.
1847. Chief, Robert Campbell ; assistants, E. H. Kellogg, T. F. Plunkett, Phinehas Allen, jr.
1848. Chief, Thomas F. Plunkett ; assistants, E. II. Kellogg, P. Allen, jr., John C. West.
1849. Chief, Thomas F. Plunkett ; assistants, William H. Power, Phinehas Allen, jr., John C. West.
1850. Chief, Gordon Mckay : assistants, Abraham Burbank, J. C. West, Thomas G. Atwood.
1851. Chief, Gordon Mckay ; assistants. A. Burbank. J. C. West, T. G. Atwood.
1852. Chief, John C. West : assistants, A. Burbank, Thomas Colt. David Campbell.
1853. Chief, John C. West ; assistants, A. Burbank, Thomas Colt, David Campbell.
1854. Chief, J. C. West ; assistants, Thomas Colt. David Campbell. Robert Pomeroy.
1855. Chief. J. C. West ; assistants. S. W. Morton, F. E. Taylor, Austin W. Kellogg.
1856. Chief. Seth W. Morton ; assistants, Frank E. Taylor, George S. Willis, J. L. Peck.
1857. Chief, S. W. Morton ; assistants, J. L. Peck. Daniel J. Dodge, C. Burnell.
185S. Chief, S. W. Morton ; assistants, J. L. Peck. William M. Walker, L. Scott.
1859. Chief, Jabez L. Peck ; assistants, William M. Walker, Leb- beus Scott, A. Burbank.
1860. Chief, J. L. Peck ; assistants, William M. Walker, L. Scott, Charles M. Whelden.
1861. Chief. J. L. Peck : assistants, William M. Walker, L. Scott, C. M. Whelden.
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1862. Chief, J. L. Peck ; assistants, William M. Walker, L. Scott, William R. Plunkett.
1863. Chief, J. L. Peck ; assistants, Lebbens Scott, William R. Plunkett, John Feeley.
1864. Chief. Lebbens Scott ; assistants, William R. Plunkett, John Feeley, Henry Groot.
1865. Chief. Lebbeus Scott ; assistants, William R. Plunkett, John Feeley, F. F. Read.
1866. Chief. A. Burbank ; assistants, John Feeley, F. F. Read. H. Groot.
1867. Chief, Abraham Burbank ; assistants, John Feeley, F. F. Read, Henry Groot.
1868. Chief. A. Burbank ; assistants, John Feeley, F. F. Read, W. H. Murray.
1869. Chief, John Feeley : assistants, William H. Murray, William C. Gregory, George S. Willis, jr.
1870. Chief. John Feeley ; assistants, William H. Murray, William C. Gregory, Seth W. Morton.
1871. Chief, John Feeley ; assistants, William H. Murray, H. S. Russell. S. W. Morton.
1872. Chief, John Feeley ; assistants, S. W. Morton, H. S. Russell, George S. Willis. jr.
1873. Chief, Jabez L. Peck : assistants, George S. Willis, jr., H. S. Russell. Seth W. Morton.
1874. Chief, Jabez L. Peck ; assistants, George S. Willis, jr., H. S. Russell, Seth W. Morton.
1875. Chief, Jabez L. Peck ; assistants, Edwin Clapp, George S. Willis, jr., Seth W. Morton.
1876. Chief, Jabez L. Peck ; assistants, George S. Willis, William H. Teeling, Seth W. Morton.
1877. Chief, Jabez L. Peck ; assistants, Edwin Clapp. William H. Teeling. Seth W. Morton.
1878. Chief, W. H. Teeling ; assistants, W. G. Backus, Michael Fitzgerald, Erastus C. Carpenter.
1879. Chief, W. H. Teeling ; assistants, E. C. Carpenter, T. H. McEnany, H. A. Hurlburt.
1880. Chief, W. H. Teeling; assistants, E. C. Carpenter, T. H. McEnany, W. G. Morton.
1881. Chief. W. H. Teeling ; assistants, E. C. Carpenter, T. H. McEnany, Eugene H. Robbins.
1882. Chief. George S. Willis ; assistants, E. C. Carpenter. T. H. McEnany, John Allen Root.
1883. Chief. George S. Willis : assistants, Erastus C. Carpenter, T. H. MeEnany. John Allen Root.
1884. Chief. George S. Willis : assistants. T. H. McEnany, George W. Branch, John Howison.
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1885. Chief. George S. Willis ; assistants, T. H. McEnany, George W. Branch, John Howison.
After the lapse of twenty-five years, during which the Pittsfield fire department maintained a high reputation for efficiency, the increase of property exposed to danger rendered it desirable, and the progress of in- vention made it practicable to provide better defense against fire.
In.1865 the purchase of a steam fire engine was recommended, but the town took no action. Similar recommendations were made in 1868 and 1870, with like results. In the spring of 1871 the town appointed a committee of leading manufacturers, who reported at an adjourned meet- ing in favor of the purchase of two steamers.
The town adopted the report, and appointed Jabez L. Peck, Charles T. Barker, H. S. Russell, John Feeley, George S. Dunbar, H. W. Morton. and Jarvis N. Dunham a committee to purchase two steamers, with the necessary apparatus, at a cost not exceeding $8,000.
Two steamers were purchased from the Clapp & Jones Manufacturing Company, of Hudson, and their total cost. inchiding the necessary hose, was 87,800.83. The district afterward expended 8700 for the purchase of a hose carriage for steamer No. 2; to which the company added $250 for ornaments. No. I had already a handsome carriage, made by George Groot, a Pittsfield carriage manufacturer.
The efficiency of these steamers has been subjected to severe tests, and their value for the protection of property has been fully demon- strated.
In April, 1885, the town voted an appropriation of $4,000 for the pur- chase of a new engine, and appointed the following a committee to pur- chase the same : George S. Willis, E. D. G. Jones, J. L. Peck, Theodore L. Allen. and Gilbert West.
The first fire after the establishment of the fire district was in Sep- tember, 1845, and between that dare and July, 1875, the department was called out, wholly or in part. by fire or alarms, 171 times.
The first active service of the steamers was at Lanesboro, February 27th, 1872, when the coal sheds of the Briggs Iron Company were con- sumed. A violent gale was blowing from the northwest and but for the assistance rendered by the two Pittsfield engines it is probable that the furnace and the south village would have been destroyed.
The first attempt to supply any portion of the town with water, otherwise than from wells, was made by Charles Goodrich, prior to the Revolution. His works consisted of an aquednet two miles in length, extending to the hills on the east. It was constructed of logs or timbers, bored, and united at the ends. It failed because of faulty con- struction.
In 1795 Simon Larned, John Chandler Williams, William Kittredge. and Joshua Danforth were incorporated as ". The proprietors of the water works in the middle of the town of Pittsfield." In April of that year they contracted with Joel Dickinson and David Blackman to convey
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water to the town in pipes, and the work was probably done during that year.
Although there are evidences of the existence of the works for some years, there are reasons to believe they never had much success. Earthern tile pipe, which was used to convey the water, has been ex- humed, and the insufficient depth at which it was laid appears to have been the reason for its bursting, and the failure of the works.
In January, 1819, a meeting was held, and a committee, consisting of L. Pomeroy, Il. C. Brown, and T. A. Gold was appointed to receive proposals for delivering water in the town, but the only information in existence concerning the movement is the advertisement of that commit- tee for proposals.
In November, 1827, the occurrence of a fire admonished the people of the necessity for a water supply, and the next year John Dickinson and Oren Goodrich undertook to supply this pressing need by an aque- duet fed by a cluster of springs about a mile from the park, and sitnated upon Captain Dickinson's farm near Lake Onota. The natural outlet of these springs fed a reservoir on Onota street. From this reservoir the water was conveyed. in two inch lead pipes, to a brick distributing res. ervoir, near the south corner of North and Melville streets. The fall of the water was only eleven feet, which was not sufficient for the successful working of the aqueduct, and it was soon abandoned.
The want of a water supply was more and more evident as time went on and the town increased in population, and the subject was from time to time agitated by different citizens. In 1850 Thomas F. Plunkett called attention to the availability for that purpose of the excellent water in Lake Ashley, a pond of about 150 acres on one of the summits of Wash- ington Mountain, six and a quarter miles distant, and about 700 feet higher than the ground in the Park. At the request of the newly or- ganized Library Association surveys and estimates were made by Gordon Mckay, aided by John C. Hoadley and Thomas Colt. These gentlemen made a favorable report and recommended a public meeting, which was held, and at which the following gentlemen were appointed to prepare a petition regarding the water works: E. H. Kellogg, Robert Campbell. Jolin C. West. Charles Hurtbert. N. S. Dodge. John C. Hoadley, and George Brown. This committee reported to a legal town meeting Janu- ary 11th. 1851, and appended to their report the form of a statute em- powering the fire district to construct the works. The town instructed the selectmen to petition the Legislature for its enactment whenever the district should request them to do so. At a meeting of the district a com- mittee, consisting of John C. Hoadley, Wellington H. Tyler, Robert Campbell, Thomas F. Plunkett, Walter Latlin. M H. Baldwin, John Brown. George S. Willis, C. B. Platt, and N. G. Brown, was appointed to make a thorough examination of the quantity and quality of the water in Lake Ashley, and to inquire concerning other somces of supply. This committee reported strongly in favor of Lake Ashley in regard to both
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quantity and quality of water, and gave a detail of the results of their experiments and observations, which extended through the period of nearly a year.
Jannary 1st, 1852. the recommendation of the committee was - adopted, and the desired powers were conferred by the Legislature of that year. To defray the cost of the undertaking the town was authorized to issue water-serip, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and payable in not less than thirty years ; and to indemnify itself by taxing the poles and estates of the district. This serip was to be delivered to the district to be disposed of at its discretion, for the purpose of which it was issued.
The provisions of this act were accepted in 1855 by a vote of seventy- five to four in the district. and one hundred and eighty-five to eleven in the town.
On the 26th of February. 1855. Ensign H. Kellogg. Thomas F. Plum- kett. and John E. Dodge were elected commissioners for the construction of the works, and they at once entered on the business. A dam was built at Lake Ashley, sufficiently high to raise the surface four or five feet above its summer level. A point for a filter and reservoir was selected on Ash- ley Brook, three miles from the Elm street bridge, at an elevation of 136 feet above the level of the park.
After due consideration the commissioners decided to use Hall's Patent Indestructible Cement Pipe, and a contract was made with the manufacturers of this pipe to construct the works. They were completed and ready for service in the spring of 1856. Their cost was $14. 452.92. The amount of pipe laid was 20, 111 feet of ten-inch diameter : 155 feet of eight-inch : 1,196 feet of seven-inch : 3.648 feet of six inch ; 4.785 feet of four-inch : 17,937 feet of three-inch. Thirty one fire hydrants were provided under the contract. and also the necessary air- vents, gates, and other appurtenances.
The depth at which the pipes were first laid was insufficient, and as they have from time to time burst they have been replaced by others at a greater depth. till but few of the original pipes remain.
The works have been in charge of three commissioners, chosen. ono each year. for a term of three years each. They have been as follows : E. H. Kellogg, 1857-59 ; T. F. Plunkett, 1857-50; Seth W. Morton, 185 ;- 59 ; Thomas Colt. 1859; Jabez L. Peck, 1859-63 ; Georg> Brown. 1859- . 62: Edwin Clapp. 1860-64: N. G. Brown. 1866-72 : William R. Plunkett. 1864-85; John Feeley. 1864-85; Henry Colt. 1864-65 ; S. T. Chapel, 1872- 75; William G. Backus, jr .. 1875-85.
Changes, enlargements, and increase of capacity in these works have been found necessary as the population of the village has increased, and errors in the original estimates, the result of a want of experimental knowledge, were discovered, and the original cost forms but a small part of the total construction account. It has been found necessary to in- crease the height of the dam at Lake Ashley, to build an additional reset.
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voir, to rebuild, with improvements, the old dan, which was destroyed by a freshet, and to lay a new twelve-inch iron main, parallel with the original ten-inch cement pipe.
It was found desirable to increase the capacity of the works by the addition of the Sackett Brook, which unites with the Ashley below the reservoir. In 1813 the Merry mill privilege, which covered the right to the water of this brook, was purchased, and in 1974 authority to use the brook for the water supply of Pittsfield was given by the Legislature.
It was recommended by the commissioners to lay a ten inch iron pipe from the Merry mill dam to a point in the twelve inch iron main 5,000 feet below the reservoir, the whole extension being 10.814 feet. making the distance from the Elm street bridge to the Merry mill dam four miles. At the latter point they proposed to build of uncemented moun - tain stone a substantial dam, the level of which should be forty feet higher than that of the reservoir.
The district adopted the recommendations, and they were carried into execution during the summer of 1875, at a cost of $18,000. being 87,000 less than the estimates.
The total length of the main and distributing pipes laid in 1875 was nine miles and a quarter, and every succeeding year has brought a new extension, generally of thousands of feet. In 1884 there had been twenty-seven and a half miles of main pipe laid.
In 1867 the Legislature authorized the district to choose three com- missioners of main drains, common sewers, and sidewalks. Under their direction, in accordance with the votes of the district, an excellent sys- tem of drainage has been established. The commissioners have been : George S. Willis, 1867 to 1880 ; George W. Foote, 1867 to 1869 : Charles T. Rathbun, 1867 to 1885; D. C. Munyan, 1855 to 1875 ; John M. Hateh. 1875 to 1878: Henry H. Richardson, 1878 to 1885 ; W. D. B. Linn, 1880 to 1882 ; Charles M. Whelden, 1882 to 1885.
Since 1863 the district has appropriated money for lighting the streets. increasing from $300 in that year to $2,500 in 1867, the whole amount being paid for gas, the posts being furnished by individuals.
Banks and Insurance Companies .- In February. 1806. Governor Strong signed the charter of the Berkshire Bank, which was located at Pittsfield. The corporators were: Simon Larned. Timothy Childs, Joshua Danforth, Daniel Pepoon. David Campbell, jr .. James D. Colt. jr., Thomas Allen, jr., Theodore Hinsdale. jr., Ebenezer Center, and Joseph Merrick. The capital stock was fixed at 875,000, all to be paid in gokl and silver coin previous to October 8th, 189, and the issue of bills was restricted to $150.000. The bank was organized July 5th, 1807. by the choice of the following director : Simon Larnel. John W. Hulbert. Joshua Danforth, and Daniel Pepoon, of Pittsfield : Joseph Goodwin. of Lenox : Andrew Dexter, of Boston : and James D. Colt. jr. of Pittsfield. Simon Larned was chosen president, and Ebenezer Center, cashier.
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