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HISTORY
OF THE
TOWN OF PLAINFIELD,
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS.,
From its Settlement to 1891,
INCLUDING A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF TWENTY-THREE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, WITH ANECDOTES AND SKETCHES.
BY CHARLES N. DYER.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. : PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
1891.
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PREFACE.
No history of the town having been published since that by Dr. Jacob Porter in 1834, it seemed to me desirable and proper that another should be written. The old records being in my care made it an easy matter to refer to them constantly in compiling this work. It is believed that all dates given can be relied on as accurate, being taken from the original records, with very few exceptions. The his- tory by Dr. Porter has been of great assistance. I have also obtained some facts from the Hampshire County Gazetteer, and also from an article in the "Magazine of American History," of March, 1887, by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb. I am also indebted to Mr. Levi Clark. Mr. Levi N. Campbell, Mr. Chas. Lyman Shaw, and others, for infor- mation furnished. The genealogical record of some of the original settlers has been omitted because their de- scendants have all long since removed or deceased,-and others because their records are very imperfect.
The plates of portrait of Charles Dudley Warner, his birthplace, and the present church and town hall were kindly loaned by Messrs. Wade, Warner & Co., proprie- tors of "Picturesque Hampshire," for use in this work.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
SITUATION AND EXTENT. - BOUNDARIES, ANGLES AND MEASUREMENTS .- SURFACE .- STREAMS AND PONDS .- FISH .- MINERALS. - SOIL .- PRODUCTIONS. - TIMBER.
CHAPTER II.
EARLY CIVIL HISTORY .- " HATFIELD EQUIVALENT."-GRANTS .-- FIRST SETTLERS. - FIRST TOWN MEETING .- SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS .- LIST OF SELECTMEN .- TOWN CLERKS .- REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT.
CHAPTER III.
CHURCH HISTORY .- EARLY MINISTERS .- ORGANIZATION OF FIRST CHURCH .- LIST OF ORIGINAL MEMBERS .- FIRST MEETING-HOUSE .- PRICE OF MATERIALS .- PLAN OF INTERIOR .- DEDICATION .- BELFRY AND BELL .- SUNDRY ITEMS .- CALL AND SET- TLEMENT OF REV. MOSES HALLOCK .- INSTALLATION .- ENTERTAINMENT.
CHAPTER IV.
SKETCH OF REV. MOSES HALLOCK .- HIS SCHOOL .- ANECDOTES. - COLLEAGUE CALLED. -REV. DANA GOODSELL .- " STOP THAT PREPARATION."-HIS SUCCESSORS .- DEA- CONS .- PRESENT MEETING-HOUSE .- DANIELS FUND .- ORGANIZATION OF FIRST PAR- ISH .- BAPTIST SOCIETY .- ADVENT CHAPEL.
CHAPTER V.
SCHOOLS .- FIRST LOCATION OF HOUSES .- NUMBER INCREASED .- REDUCED IN NUMBER AND RE-LOCATED .- " MOVING COMMITTEE."-INCIDENTS OF REMOVING .- DISTRICT SYSTEM .- LIST OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE .- STATISTICS .- NAMES OF PRESENT PUPILS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
CHAPTER VI.
TOWN HALL .- ROADS .- EARLY MODES OF TRAVEL .- LOST IN THE WOODS. - EARLY BRIDGE BUILDING .- PRESENT SYSTEM OF REPAIRING ROADS. - ROAD COMMISSION- ERS .- NAMES OF STREETS .- POST OFFICES .- POSTMASTERS. - FIRST MAIL SUPPLY. -- PRESENT MAIL FACILITIES .- EARLY RATES OF POSTAGE.
CHAPTER VII.
CEMETERIES .- BILL OF MORTALITY .- LIST OF AGED DECEASED .-- SUICIDES .-- SUDDEN DEATHS.
CHAPTER VIII.
STORES AND MANUFACTURES .-- JOHN MACK .- I. K. LINCOLN AND OTHERS. - JACOB AND LEVI CLARK .-- LEONARD CAMPBELL .- STORES AT PRESENT TIME. -- ROBINSON'S CORN MILL .- WARNER, WHITING & CO .- STREETER'S FACTORY .- TANNERY .-- OTH- ER MANUFACTURES.
CHAPTER IX.
PHYSICIANS .-- DR. TORREY .-- DR. PORTER .- DR. SAMUEL SHAW .-- " HIT HIM ANOTH- ER." -- LATER PRACTITIONERS .-- JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
CHAPTER X.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS .- SOLDIERS OF 1812 .-- ARTILLERY COMPANY .-- LIST OF SOLDIERS IN WAR OF THE REBELLION .- DEATHS AMONG .-- G. A. R. POST.
CHAPTER XI.
COLLEGE GRADUATES AND PROFESSIONAL MEN.
CHAPTER XII.
CENSUS .- VALUATION .-- LIST OF VOTERS .- POLITICAL PARTIES .-- CAMPAIGN OF 1810. BITS FROM THE OLD RECORDS. -- INCIDENTS AND REMINISCENCES .-- FIRES.
CHAPTER XIII.
PERSONS NOW LIVING HERE OVER 75 .-- FOREIGNERS .-- OLD HOUSES .-- GENERAL TYPE -- ORIGINAL DWELLINGS NOW STANDING .-- SINGING SCHOOLS .- - " THE OLD VILLAGE CHOIR." -- DRAMATIC CLUB .- " SADDLE THE DOGS." -- CONTRAST.
INDEX OF GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.
EBENEZER BISBEE.
ISAAC JOY.
JOSEPH BEALS.
JACOB NASH.
JOHN CAMPBELL. ABRAM CLARK.
BARNABAS PACKARD.
JACOB CLARK.
JAMES RICHARDS. JOSIAH SHAW.
ANDREW COOK. JESSE DYER.
SAMUEL STREETER.
JOSIAH TORREY.
AMOS TIRRELL.
JOSEPH GLOYD. MOSES HALLOCK. JOHN HAMLEN. JACOB JONES.
EILJAH WARNER.
CALEB WHITE. DAVID WHITON.
JACOB WHITMARSH.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHARLES N. DYER. FIRST MEETING HOUSE. PLAN OF INTERIOR. CHURCH AND TOWN HALL. MILL OF MOUNTAIN MILLER. DR. SAMUEL SHAW.
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER. HIS BIRTHPLACE. LEVI N. CAMPBELL. LOUIS L. CAMPBELL. LEAVITT HALLOCK. FREEMAN HAMLEN.
CHAPTER I.
SITUATION AND EXTENT. - BOUNDARIES, ANGLES AND MEASUREMENTS .- SURFACE. - STREAMS AND PONDS .- FISH .- MINERALS .-- SOIL .-- PRODUCTIONS. - TIMBER.
Plainfield is situated in the extreme north-west corner of Hampshire County, twenty miles north-west from Northampton. It has an area of about twenty square miles, measuring about five miles east and west, and four miles north and south. It is bounded on the north by Hawley, east by Ashfield, both in Franklin Co., south by Cummington, and west by Windsor and Savoy, both in Berkshire Co. According to a survey made by Eliphalet Darling in 1831, by order of the General Court, the boun- dary lines and angles are as follows : Beginning at the N. W. corner, which is nearly a mile north of Edward W. Mason's, where A. N. Remington formerly lived, thence running E. 19º S. four miles, 314 rods to the N. E. corner, this line being the boundary between Hawley and Plainfield. The N. E. corner is about 125 rods north of the former residence of L. N. Campbell, where G. W. Billings now lives. From this corner, the boundary be- tween Ashfield and Plainfield runs S. 17º W. 217 rods, thence S. 30' E. 122 rods, thence E. 19º 20' S. 85 rods, thence S. 19º 20' W. 401 rods, thence S. 30' E. 517 rods to the S. E. corner, this being also the S. W. corner of Ashfield. The N. E. corner of Cummington is about three-fourths of a mile east of this corner. The monu- ment marking the S. E. corner of Plainfield, is about
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three-fourths of a mile N. E. of the house of James W. Loud. The boundary between Cummington and Plain- field runs from this corner, W. 17º S. 195 rods, thence W. 20° N. five miles and four rods to the S. W. corner and Windsor line, running over the summit of Deer Hill. This corner is in a small mow lot not quite half a mile N. W. of the mill of the L. L. Brown Paper Co. in West Cummington. The boundary between Windsor and Plainfield runs from this corner N. 18° W. two miles and 287 rods to a monument which marks the N. E. corner of Windsor. This is about fifty rods S. of Geo. A. Blanchard's. Thence running W. 18º N. 166 rods to Savoy line. This corner is about sixty rods S. of Ed- ward W. Mason's, and not far from the South Pond in Windsor. The line between Savoy and Plainfield runs from this corner N. 18° E. one mile to the place of be- ginning. These lines are perambulated and the marks and bounds renewed whenever necessary by the Select- men of Plainfield in company with the Selectmen of the adjoining town, once in five years, according to law. The Ashfield line was last run Nov. 15, 1886-Cumming- ton and Windsor in Oct. 1888-Savoy, Nov. 6, 1890-Haw- ley, Nov. 17, 1890. Plainfield was incorporated later than any of the adjoining towns. The geographical center is near the house of Wm. C. Whiting.
SURFACE.
This township lies on the eastern side of the Green Mountains. It is divided into two nearly equal portions by Mill Brook, the largest stream in town, which rising near Hawley line, flows S. W. and S. and empties into the north branch of the Westfield in Cummington, a few
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SURFACE.
rods east of the "Otis" bridge. Two ranges of hills traverse the town from north to south on each side of Mill brook, the highest points of these ranges being about equi-distant from the brook and the eastern and western boundaries of the town. The west range is considerably higher than the east, the highest points being named as follows, beginning at the north. The heights given are from the late official survey. Beals Hill, 1980 feet high, the summit of which is just across the line in Hawley, derived its name from the fact that Samuel Beals, one of the early settlers lived on it, well up toward the sum- mit, as well as his son Dennis, who spent his life on the same spot. This house we believe is still standing; the town line runs through it. The Beals however always claimed their residence and voted in Plainfield. South of this is Bond Hill, the origin of the name being un- known. Then West Mountain, 2160 ft .- the highest point in Western Hampshire. Further south is Deer Hill, 2020 feet high, so called, tradition says, because large numbers of deer made it their headquarters in the earlier times. Magnificent views are to be obtained from their summits, particularly from West and Deer Hills, and our summer residents never fail to visit one or more of them for that purpose. Standing on these hills, one may see Haystack Mt. in Vt. on the north, Monadnock in N. H. in the north-east, Mt. Lincoln in Pelham on the east, Chester and Blandford on the south, Saddle Mt. in the north-west and Hoosac Mt., under which passes the famous Hoosac Tunnel. With a good field-glass one may discover many other points of interest. The east range is much broader than the west, forming a gently undulating table land, which decreases in breadth toward
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. HISTORY OF PLAINFIELD.
the south part, and ends abruptly near the Cummington line. The only abrupt elevation on this range, and even this slopes gently south and east, is at the north end of the range. It is proposed to name this elevation, which is 1900 feet high, Mt. Warner, in honor of Charles Dud- ley Warner, who was born and reared on its heights. From this east range the town undoubtedly derives its name. It is nearly two miles in breadth at the widest part, and falls toward the south at the rate of about 100 feet to the mile. The village is built near the top and on the western slope. The house of the late Dea. Free- man Hamlen, in the upper part of the village, is just 1700 feet above sea level.
STREAMS AND PONDS.
The principal streams besides Mill Brook, are Meadow brook and "the Grant " brook. The former is made by the union of three small streams which take their rise on the old Ebenezer Nash farm, a short distance east of Russell Tirrell's, and flowing south-east passing near Wm. H. Dyer's and No. 2 school-house, finally empties into the Westfield at Cummington Village. The Grant brook, so called because it passes through the tract of land known as Wainwright's grant, of which we shall speak later, takes its rise on the 'Squire Clark place, now occupied by A. L. Richmond, and flowing south-east through "the Hollow " near David Packard's and Sam- uel Parker's, enters a corner of Ashfield, thence to Cum- mington, where it becomes the north branch of Swift River, emptying into the Westfield at Swift River P. O. The town abounds in durable springs and nearly all dwelling-houses, and also barns, are supplied from them
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STREAMS AND PONDS.
with running water. The upper village is supplied by an aqueduct from a never failing spring, half a mile north; the lower village from several springs. Wooden pipes made from spruce trees five or six' inches in di- ameter, are in many instances used for an aqueduct. When laid in wet or moist ground, they often last until worn through by the action of the water.
There are two natural ponds, the North and Crooked, both in the north-west part of the town. The North pond is about a mile long and half a mile in width in the widest part. The outlet is in a northerly direction and empties into the Deerfield river above Charlemont, while the waters of the Crooked pond, which takes its name from its form, flow south-westerly into the South pond in Windsor, which is the head of one of the branches of the Westfield river. Both the first named ponds are on high land and the outlet streams fall very rapidly. The Crooked pond though only three-fourths of a mile from the South pond, is probably 200 feet higher. The North pond is a much handsomer body of water than the Crooked, the shores for the most part being hard and gravelly, while those of the Crooked are muddy, the waters being shallow and dotted with stumps, Both have been raised somewhat by dams. These ponds contain pickerel and perch. The pickerel increase but slowly, from the fact that it devours nearly all of its young. It is a sort of fresh water shark, feeding on almost any fish smaller than itself. One specimen caught on being opened was found to contain another recently swallowed, and this contained a third one. The writer believes that stocking these ponds with pickerel was a great mistake. The North pond was the natural home
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HISTORY OF PLAINFIELD.
of the trout, and if the pickerel had not been introduced, it might now under the protection of the fish and game laws, have been well filled with this most desirable fish. Perch were introduced into these ponds about twenty years since, and have now become plentiful. Nature has furnished them with weapons which enable them to successfully defend themselves and their young from the attacks of the pickerel. They are easily taken with hook and line, while the pickerel are only caught by the ex- pert angler, and but seldom by him. The most success- ful mode of capturing the pickerel is practiced in winter, hooks being set in holes cut through the ice. This method, however, if the ice be thick is attended with con- siderable labor. It is hoped that some time in the fu- ture they may be wholly exterminated from these ponds. The various streams are moderately well stocked with trout, and if they were absolutely protected throughout the year for four or five years they would attain consid- erable size and numbers.
MINERALS AND SOIL.
Dr. Porter, in his history of the town published in 1834, gives a full treatise on its geology and mineralogy. As the writer is neither a geologist or mineralogist, these subjects will be omitted in this work. Any one who wishes information on these topics, I would respectfully refer to "Porter's History of Plainfield," several copies of which are still preserved in town and elsewhere. I will only say that with one exception no valuable min- erals have been discovered here, at least not in sufficient quantities to be of any commercial value. The exception referred to is manganese or oxide of manganese. This is
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MINERALS AND SÓIL.
found in the southwest part of the town, on the farm of Wm. H. Packard, and also on Allen Thayer's. It was mined to some extent on the Packard farm years ago, and it is understood that it was found in paying quan- tities, but for some reason the enterprise was abandoned. Outside parties have recently leased a portion of the farm for this purpose, and will soon commence operations. Iron ore, said to be of superior quality, has been dug on the old Robinson place, now owned by Allen Thayer, about one and one-half miles west of the village, but has not yet been developed in paying quantities. Some years since gold was discovered on West Hill, in the dirt thrown out by a woodchuck in digging his hole. It was after- ward ascertained, however, that the "claim " had been "salted " with small specimens of genuine California ore, by a young man living in the vicinity, who wished to create a little excitement. The soil is a heavy loam, varying in different localities. It has become somewhat exhausted, and produces good crops only by the use of fertilizers, which in early times were not considered essen- tial. Much flax was then raised without fertilizers, the same piece of ground being sown for several years in succession in many instances. Flax being a very exhaust- ing crop, much of the land on which it was raised has never recovered its fertility.
PRODUCTIONS AND TIMBER.
Corn, oats, barley, rye and buckwheat are successfully raised, as well as all kinds of garden vegetables, with the exception of onions and melons. Potatoes are so liable to be affected by rot that they are now considered a very un- certain crop. Fifty or sixty years ago the price of corn
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was one dollar per bushel, varying but little from that price. Nearly all the corn was raised at home, very little if any being brought into town. It was nearly all used for food, it being almost an unheard of thing to feed corn or Indian meal to neat stock or horses. A little was fed to swine. Considerable quantities of corn are now sown, which is used green as feed for milch cows, or cured for winter use. It is also used as ensilage to a limited ex- tent, a few of the farmers having built silos for that pur- pose. By using fertilizers, many tons of this can be pro- duced on an acre, and it is considered a profitable crop. The western or "horse tooth " variety is generally sown for this purpose, though sweet corn is sometimes used. The exhausted condition of our pastures makes it nec- essary for farmers to produce some green crop to be used after the month of August as feed for milch cows. As yet no fertilizers are applied to pastures, being used only on field and garden crops, and as top-dressing for mead- ows. The native trees are principally maple, beech, birch, cherry, ash, hemlock and spruce. Elm, bass, poplar, pine and balsam are occasionally met with, but are not as com- mon as the first named. Each of the first five are found in two or more distinct varieties. Oak, chestnut and hickory do not grow in the limits of the town. The writer is informed by an old resident, that so far as known, only one chestnut tree has ever arrived at maturity here. This stood about half a mile north of the meeting-house, but was struck by lightning and destroyed many years since. Very little of the original growth of timber is now stand- ing, though first growth rock maples are still quite com- mon, and a few beeches yet remain. Scarcely any first quality spruce lumber is now produced in town. Enough
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PRODUCTIONS AND TIMBER.
second quality may be had for such dimension lumber and rough boarding as are needed by the inhabitants for building purposes. Finishing lumber, clapboards and shingles are mostly obtained from lumber dealers in the larger towns. Clapboards from native bass are occasion- ally used. Hard wood lands when cleared without burn- ing, are soon covered with a growth of spruce and hemlock. while soft wood lands cleared in the same way, are apt to spring up to cherry, white birch or poplar. The price for hard body wood is $3 per cord, delivered. One of the first things attended to by the early settlers after being comfortably located, was the setting out of an apple orch- ard. These in most cases flourished and bore fruit well. Many of these produced only natural fruit, a part only being grafted. From the natural fruit great quantities of cider were manufactured, every farmer putting into the cellar for use during the year at least six or eight barrels, and many a much larger quantity. Some of these ancient apple trees still remain and the site of some of the old houses is marked by the proximity of a few of these trees. Other orchards have taken their places, and the town now produces of grafted fruit in an average year, more than double enough for the use of the inhabitants. On account of the elevated situation, grapes and peaches do not thrive. Pears do rather better. Blackberries grow wild in abundance. Raspberries and wild straw- berries are less plenty.
CHAPTER II.
EARLY CIVIL HISTORY .- " HATFIELD EQUIVALENT."-GRANTS .- FIRST SETTLERS .- FIRST TOWN MEETING .- SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS .- LIST OF SELECTMEN .- TOWN CLERKS .- REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT.
Plantation No. 5, which included both Cummington and Plainfield, was sold at public vendue, June 2, 1762, at the "Royal Exchange Tavern in King St.," Boston, to John Cummings, for 1800 pounds, he paying twenty pounds down and giving a bond for the remainder. At a division of lots, Dec. 29, 1762, the names of twenty-seven others are recorded as having become proprietors. March 16, 1785, the north part of Cummington was set off and incorporated as the District of Plainfield. It appears that the state for some public service performed had given a certain tract of land to the town of Hatfield. This land was afterwards incorporated into the area of other towns, and a section north and west was given to Hatfield in its stead. This latter was known as "Hatfield Equivalent." Plantation No. 5, when surveyed, was found to include a large part of this "Equivalent." What the exact limits of this tract were I am unable to ascertain. It was prob- ably as large as an ordinary township, and extended north into the east part of Hawley, beyond the southwest corner of Buckland and possibly to Charlemont. In shape it was irregular, the south part extending further west than the north part. Frequent mention is made of the tract in the early town records and deeds. It is certain that it ex-
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tended south within half a mile at least of Cummington line. The farm of John Hamlen, now occupied by E. A. Atkins, the farm of Marshall Stetson, and also that of Ebenezer Nash, lying east of Russell Tirrell's, are de- scribed in the several deeds as consisting of certain lots, designated by number, of Hatfield Equivalent. Simon Burroughs, who lived just north of J. W. Sears, is men- tioned as being a resident of Hatfield Equivalent. "At a Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the District of Plainfield, at Samuel Streetor's barn, on the twenty Ninth Day of July, A. D. 1788, Voted that they would take no Notice of the Request of No. 7 (Hawley) which was as Fol- lows, Viz .: first that they had Enominated Nine men, and we Should choose one out of Sd Number, and the Equiv- alent one and No. 7 the third, to Settle the dispute respect- ing the Equivalent being annexed to Plainfield, if not they would leave it to the Selectmen of three Towns which they Enominated, and if we would not comply with either of the proposals they would have us make them some," &c. March 16, 1789, "Voted that Capt. John Cunningham, Jeremiah Robinson and Simon Burroughs [serve] as a Committee to meet the Committees from No. 7, Charlemont and Hatfield Equivalent, in order to Choose an Indifferant Committee to Determine the Dispute that has so long Subsisted between No. 7, Plainfield, and Hat- field Equivalent." Several similar votes were passed dur- ing the next year or two, and the matter appears to have been settled before 1794, for the record of a meeting held April 7, 1794, states that " made choice of Peter B. Beals, as a Committee to Examine into the matter concern- ing the Vacancyes laid out in what was formally called Hatfield Equivalent," &c. March 12, 1792, "Voted to 2
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accept of a Tract of Land lying east of Plainfield and west of Ashfield, with the Inhabitants living thereon." The only inhabitants living on this tract, so far as known, were Joseph Clark and Jonathan Beals, and their fami- lies. This tract was a gore not previously included in the limits of any town, and was bounded as follows: Begin- ning at a point on the present Ashfield line nearly due east from Wm. Jones's, thence following said line to the southwest corner of Ashfield, thence west 17° south 195 rods on the present Cummington line, thence a little east of north in a direct line to the place of beginning. This last described line crossed the road which leads by Geo. E. Harris's, passing very near where his house now stands. Joseph Clark, before named, lived in a house which stood a few rods east of Harris's. Jonathan Beals, it is sup- posed, lived about one-fourth of a mile south, on an old road, now discontinued. June 21, 1803, one mile of the south side of Hawley was set off to the District of Plain- field, since which time the town lines have remained un- altered. May 15, 1806, it was " voted unanimously to petition the General Court to set off the District of Plainfield from Cummington and incorporate it into a town." This was accordingly done June 15, 1807. So far as appears, districts had all the privileges of towns, ex- cept that they had no representative in General Court and were joined to some other town for the purpose of ob- taining such representation.
" THE GRANT."
A tract in the northeast part of the town was early granted to Mr. Mayhew for services among the Indians.
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EARLY SETTLERS.
The north part of this grant was soon after transferred to one Wainwright, whose name it subsequently bore. The boundaries of Wainwright's grant are believed to be as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner, the same being the northeast corner of the Ebenezer Nash farm, thence running easterly on the south line of the farm now owned by A. L. Richmond, and continuing on the same range to Ashfield line; this was the northern boundary. The western boundary ran from the first named corner southerly on the east line of the Ebenezer Nash farm, Ste- phen Parsons's and H. S. Packard's lands to the northeast corner of the Rufus P. Bates lot, now owned by Homer Cook. The south line ran easterly from this corner to Ashfield line, following the range of the north line of the Bates lot. This grant contained about 1000 acres.
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