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The City Library Association, Springfield, Mass. LITERATURE :: ART :: SCIENCE
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT
Stack case x G 844 SP #162
1859-60
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
HAMPDEN
Fire Insurance Company OFFICE, PYNCHON BANK BLOCK, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Capital $150,000. Surplus $75,000. Will Insure Real and Personal Property against Fire.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION. Assets, June 1, 1859.
Cash on hand and due from Agents,
$17,118 03
Real Estate, unincumbered,
13,264 59
Mortgages of Improved Real Estate,
70,807 50
Massachusetts Bank Stocks, (market value,) . 86,159 00
10,005 00
'New York City Bank Stocks, (market value,) . Railroad Stocks, (market value,) Railroad Bonds, (market value,)
5,225 00
Other Bonds and Stocks, (market value,)
4,950 00
Loans on Call secured by Collateral,
4,082 50
Loans on Personal Security,
4,481 14
Interest and Rents accrued,
2,632 50
All other Investments,
3,783 57
$225,008 83
Liabilities.
Unpaid Claims for Losses,
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$5,731 97
DIRECTORS.
JOS. C. PYNCHON,
ANSEL PHELPS, JR., JAMES KIRKHAM,
CHARLES L. SHAW, HENRY FULLER, JR., H. B. CRANE, ALFRED ROWE,
· EPHRAIM W. BOND,
H. ALEXANDER, JR., OTIS CHILDS, HOMER FOOT,
PHILOS B. TYLER,
E. F. MOSELEY,
EDWIN SEEGER,
W. E. MONTAGUE.
JOSEPH C. PYNCHON, President.
CHARLES MARSH, Secretary.
2,500 00
ADVERTISEMENTS.
MASSASOIT
Insurance
Company,
Office, No. 4 Fort Block,
SPRINGFIELD,
MASS.
Capital Stock, $150,000 00 Surplus over Capital, 81,097 65
Cash Assets, June 1, 1859, 231,097 65
Losses incurred and unpaid, 3,965 33
Board of Directors.
SAMUEL S. DAY, CHESTER W. CHAPIN, J. B. VINTON, HENRY GRAY, STEPHEN C. BEMIS, HENRY FULLER, JR.,
J. B. M. STEBBINS, C. L. COVELL, O. H. GREENLEAF, ETHAN S. CHAPIN, WILLIAM BIRNIE, ABIJAH W. CHAPIN, AUGUSTUS L. SOULE.
SAMUEL S. DAY, President.
J. S. PARISH, Secretary.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Springfield Fire & Harine INSURANCE COMPANY. OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Cash Capital,
$200,000.
Cash Assets, - - $448,315 86.
Insures Dwellings, Stores, Manufacturing Estab- lishments, Merchandise, and other Property, against Loss or Damage by Fire. ALSO, AGAINST THE HAZARDS OF MARINE AND INLAND NAVIGATION, On as favorable terms as other well established Stock Companies.
Losses Promptly Adjusted and Paid.
DIRECTORS:
EDMUND FREEMAN, CHESTER W. CHAPIN, DANIEL L. HARRIS, GEORGE WALKER, MARVIN CHAPIN, EDW'D SOUTHWORTH,
JACOB B. MERRICK, LOMBARD DALE, ALBERT MORGAN, WILLIAM BIRNIE, CHARLES MERRIAM, HENRY E. RUSSELL, WAITSTILL HASTINGS.
EDMUND FREEMAN, President. WILLIAM CONNER, Jr., Secretary.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
HERMAN'S FURNACE ESTABLISHMENT.
The subscriber offers for sale, at Wholesale or Retail, his CELEBRATED
Premium Hot Air furnaces, FOR COAL OR WOOD.
In which recent improvements have been made, rendering them, in simplicity of construction and ease of management, in durability and efficiency, as well as in all other qualities go- ing to constitute a perfect Furnace, vastly superior to any oth- er kind offered for sale in this market. The large number re- cently put into Model School Houses, Churches, Seminaries, Court Houses, Hospitals, Banks, and other edifices erected for charitable, benevolent, or scientific purposes, together with first-class private dwell- ings, proves their superiority, and the appreciation of their merits by the public. Attention is also called to a large assortment of
Improved Cooking Ranges,
The best in the market, Portable Furnaces, English, Parlor and Chamber Grates, Flat Heater Stoves, Chimney Tops, Room and Roof Ventilators, Iron, Bronzed, Enameled, and Plated Registers, Parlor, Office, and Cooking Stoves, Rumford Ovens, and Heating and Cooking apparatus generally.
LEOPOLD HERMAN,
New Marbled Block, 336 and 338 Washington Street, [NEARLY OPPOSITE THE ADAMS HOUSE.] BOSTON.
THOMPSON & CO.,
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN
EXPRESS FORWARDERS,
Office in Springfield, 3 Court Street.
JAMES W. HALE & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
AND DEALERS IN
Grass Seeds, Salt, Oils, Mineral Acids, UNADULTERATED Paints, Varnishes, Brushes, Twines, Cordage, Mats, Glue, Shellac, Wooden Ware, &c., &c.,
Opposite Court Square, Springfield, Mass.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Springfield Institution for Savings.
Incorporated A. D. 1827. BANKING ROOM !NO. 7 FOOT'S BLOCK, Corner of Main and State streets.
Receives Deposits and pays interest on all sums from One to One Thousand Dollars.
JOSIAH HOOKER, President. P. F. WILCOX, Vice President. HENRY S. LEE, Treasurer.
HENRY VOSE, Secretary.
DIRECTORS .- Benjamin Day, P. F. Wilcox, Henry Vose, Josiah Hooker, J. M. Thompson, J. B. Stebbins, William Gunn.
THE SPRINGFIELD
FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK
Banking| Room, No. 1 Court Street, Hampden House Block, North Side of Court Square. Business Hours from 9 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M.
JOSEPH C. PYNCHON President.
VICE PRESIDENTS-E. D. Beach, William B. Calhoun, William Rice, Gad O. Bliss, Marvin Chapin.
TRUSTEES-F. Chamberlin, E. W. Bond, A. W. Chapin, Daniel Pynchon, Thomas Warner, Jr., Henry A. Chapin, B. K. Bliss, Charles O. Chapin, E. F. Moseley, George B. Ide, David Smith, J. T. Rockwood, H. Fuller, Jr., Springfield ; Aaron Bagg, West Springfield ; J. B. Merrick, Palmer; Gilbert A. Smith, South Hadley ; J. C. Parsons, Holyoke; M. Raymond, Wilbraham.
DANIEL J. MARSH, Treasurer. EPHRAIMTW. BOND, Secretary.
HORACE C. LEE,
Applications received and insurance effected in the Merchant's Fire Insurance Office, Hartford, Conn., Dorchester Stock and Mutual Office, Dorchester, Mass., American Insurance Co., Providence, R. I., And various others of the best offices in the country. Agent also for the sale of WHEELER & WILSON'S
Celebrated Sewing Machines,
The BEST Family Sewing Machine manufactured.
HORACE C. LEE, No. 283} Main street, up stairs.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. K. BLISS, DRUGGIST AND SEEDSMAN,
WILL REMOVE,
About the first of August, to the new and commodious store, No. 210 Main Street, Pynchon Bank Block,
Which has been greatly enlarged and improved expressly for his accom- modation, where he will offer for sale, at Wholesale or Retail, a large and well-selected stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
Patent Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Manufacturers' Articles, Artists' Materials, Photographic Chemicals, Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder Braces, Suspenders,
Lubin's Perfumery, Fancy Soaps, Cosmetics, Hair, Tooth and Nail Brushes.
physicians' Prescriptions and Family Medicines
Compounded with Accuracy and Despatch. Medicines delivered at all hours of the night.
Open on Sundays, for the Sale of Medicines Only.
He would also invite the attention of AMATEURS, FLORISTS, GAR- DENERS, and all engaged in Agricultural Pursuits, to his extensive as- sortment of
Flower, Vegetable, and Agricultural Seeds,
Received from the most reliable sources, embracing the most desirable varieties in cultivation.
The Following Catalogues Are published during the year :
NO. 1 .- SEED CATALOGUE, published the first of February .- A Descriptive List of Flower, Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds. Also of small Fruits, viz. : Grapes, Strawberries, Raspberries, Currants, Blackberries, &c.
NO. 2 .- GENERAL PLANT CATALOGUE, published April 1st-Containing a De- scriptive List of choice Dahlias, Gladiolus, Hollyhocks ; English, Carnation, and Picotee Pinks, Verbenas, Petunias, Geraniums, and many other Bedding and Greenhouse Plants.
NO. 4 .- BULB CATALOGUE, published September 1st-Containing a choice Collec- tion of Double and Single Hyacinths, arranged in their several colors ; Tulips, in many varieties, both Double and Single ; Polyanthus, Narcissus, Crown Im- perials, Jonquils, Snow Drops, Lillies, &c., & :.
Plants and Seeds Carefully Packed for all climates.
SPRINGFIELD CITY DIRECTORY,
AND
BUSINESS ADVERTISER,
For 1859-60.
From July 1, 1859, to July 1, 1860.
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY.
SPRINGFIELD : PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL BOWLES AND COMPANY. 1859.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
D. B. SPOONER & CO.,
Photographic Stock, Chemical AND
Fine Art Gallery
No. 4 Pynchon Bank Block,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Portrait Photographs, Patent Ambrotypes, Photographs, &c.
L. & H. CLARK,
House and Sign Painters,
GLAZIERS and PAPER HANGERS.
ALSO
Patent Mastic Roofers,
AND
Agents for the Biotina Rooting Co.
62 NORTH MAIN STREET, Springfield, Mass.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. C. SPOONER'S Photographic and Ambrotype PICTURE PALACE.
Formerly owned by Otis H. Cooley, and since by Spooner Brothers, FOOT'S BLOCK,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Stereoscopes with Pictures, and Photographic Stork, for Sale.
C. R. CHAFFEE & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Standard, School, Theological, Miscellaneous, and Sabbath School Books,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC tationery, Of Every Grade and Style, FRENCH, ENGLISH, AND AMERICAN aper Gangings, BORDERS, CURTAINS, FIRE-BOARD PRINTS, &c., &c.
School Committee-men, Teachers, and those who buy to sell again, supplied on the most favorable terms, with all the School Text Books of the day.
Clergymen and Library Committees supplied with any and all desired publications, at a liberal discount from trade prices, at the
Hampden County Bookstore, 190 MAIN ST. (Hampden Block), SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY.
CITY GOVERNMENT-1859.
MAYOR-WILLIAM B. CALHOUN.
CLERK AND TREASURER-JOSEPH INGRAHAM.
ALDERMEN-First Ward-Chauncey L. Covell. Second Ward-Roger S. Moore. Third Ward-Edmund Freeman. Fourth Ward-Daniel L. Harris. Fifth Ward-William Hitchcock. Sixth Ward-John G. Ca- pron. Seventh Ward-Horace Smith. Eighth Ward-Geo. W. Holt.
COMMON COUNCIL-President, SAM'L LEONARD. First Ward-Joshua M. Harrington, James M. Cooley, John V. Jones. Second Ward-George H. Roberts, Lewis H. Taylor, Gurdon C. Judson. Third Ward-Va- cancy, Daniel Gay, Hosea C. Lombard. Fourth Ward-Samuel Leon- ard, Alfred Rowe, Reuben T. Safford. Fifth Ward-Theodore Bishop, Walter Maynard, Walter North. Sixth Ward-Isaac D. Gibbons. Sev- enth Ward-Ransley Hall. Eighth Ward-Warren L. Shaw.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL-Lucius E. Ladd.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE .- Term of three years-at large, Josiah Hooker; First Ward, R. B. Hildreth; Second Ward, James E. McIntyre. Term of one year-Third Ward, Rev. Samuel Osgood; Fourth Ward, Charles Marsh; Fifth Ward, Dr. V. L. Owen, Term of two years-Sixth Ward, Edwin L. Hall; Seventh Ward, John Kimberly; Eighth Ward, Marcus W. Fay.
CITY SOLICITOR-Ambrose N. Merrick.
CITY PHYSICIAN-Dr. A. S. McClean.
ASSESSORS-Henry Smith, Roderick Ashley, Horace C. Lee.
TAX COLLECTOR-Francis Norton.
MESSENGER-John K. Gardner.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CITY MARSHAL-Otis Childs.
ASSISTANT MARSHALS-Wells P. Hodgett, E. S. Crosier, J. N. Par- menter, H. D. Braman, L. H. Pease, H. C. Fuller, John M. Whitney.
POLICEMEN-E. M. Holcomb, Orson White, Henry Clark, Levi Street- er, D. Schoonmaker, Thomas Moore.
WATCHMEN-Elijah Newell, John M. Brainard, Chauncey Sanderson.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-The Mayor, ex officio, Henry Gray, Eli- jah Blake, G. W. Harrison.
SUPERVISORS OF STREETS-The Mayor, ex officio, Alderman Capron, Cominon Councilman Lombard.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS-Justin Sackett.
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF ENGINEER-George Dwight.
ASSISTANT . ENGINEERS-Henry . Gray; P. A. Rockwell, James D. Brewer, Elisha. Guns, Jr., John Q. A. Sexcon, Amos Call, William Smith, C. F. Bennett.
NIAGARA ENGINE-Joseph Marsh, Foreman.
CATARACT ENGINE-E. B. Hovey, Foreman. OCEAN HOSE-L. O. Hanson, Foreman.
EAGLE No. 1, U. S .- Levi Streeter, Foreman.
EAGLE No. 2, U. S .- Henry Dana, Foreman.
HOOK AND LADDER CO .- Alfred Clough, Foreman.
WARD OFFICERS-First Ward-warden, Tyler Childs; clerk, J. C. McIntosh; inspectors, Henry Clark, Richard Bliss, W. S. Wood. Second Ward-warden, Henry A. Robinson; clerk, Henry Smith; inspectors, A. S. Dwelly, Charles Osborn, D. H. Brigham. Third Ward-warden, E. W. Dickinson; clerk, Joseph K. Newell; inspectors Lewis L. Fitts, C. Ward, Luther Bliss, Jr Fourth Ward-warden, Augustine Burt; clerk, Ros- well G. Shurtleff; inspectors, W. H. Webster, John W. Bliss, John Mc- Elwain. Fifth Ward-warden, F. A. Strong; clerk, George Hosmer; inspectors, John Hannis, E. P. Chapin, Philo H. Cook. Sixth Ward- warden, E. M. Holcomb; clerk, Robert Crossett; inspectors, James White, Charles B. Rice, Obed Peck. Seventh Ward-warden, W. G. Burdick; clerk, l'eter Valentine; inspectors, Orrin M. Lombard, E. P. Cook, N. F. Bates. Eighth Ward-warden, Milton Foster; clerk, Joseph P. Webster; inspectors, Hiram Warner, E. P. Robbins, John Gliddon.
POLICE COURT-James H Morton, Justice. Special Justice :- Chas. A. Winchester, Harvey Chapin. Court held daily (Sundays excepted), at 9 a. m., in Police Court Room, City Hall.
HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
TIME OF HOLDING COURTS .- Supreme Judicial Court, law term, fourth Monday in september; nisi prius term, fourth Tuesday in April. Superior Court, civil terms, second Monday in March and June and first Monday in October; criminal terms, third Monday in May and first Mon- day in December. Probate Court, holden at Springfield on the first Tuesdays of January, February, March, April, June, July, November, and fourth Tuesdays of April, August and September; at Westfield, on the third Tuesdays of March, June, September and December; at Mon- son, on the second Tuesday of June; and at Palmer on the second Tues- day of September. No stated days for the sitting of the Court of In- solvency.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
JUDGE OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY-John Wells, of Chicopee. Office in post office building, Springfield.
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY-William S. Shurtleff, of Springfield. Office in Court House.
CLERK OF COURTS-George B. Morris, of Springfield. Office in Court House.
REGISTER OF DEEDS-James E. Russell, of Springfield. Office in Court House.
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
COUNTY TREASURER-Charles R. Ladd, of Springfield. Office in Court House.
OVERSEERS OF HOUSE OF CORRECTION-Norman T. Leonard, of Westfield; John R. Hixon and Daniel Gay, of Springfield.
SHERIFF-Robert G. Marsh, of Holyoke.
JAILOR-Elihu Adams.
DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR SPRINGFIELD-Levi P. Rowland.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-Henry F. Brown, of Brimfield, Nelson D. Parks, of Russell, Henry Charles of Ludlow. Special Commissioners --- Gamaliel Collins, of Palmer, Daniel G. White, of W. Springfield. Times of Meeting-at Springfield on the second Tuesday of April and first Tues- day of October, and fourth Tuesdays of June and December.
COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY CIVIL OFFICERS-Springfield-Eras- mus D. Beach, George Bliss, Richard Bliss, William B. Calhoun, James W. Crooks, George B. Morris, Justice Willard, Oliver B. Morris, William S. Shurtleff.
CORONERS-Springfield-Elijah Blake, Harvey Chapin, Wm. G. Breck.
NOTARIES PUBLIC-Springfield-E. W. Bond, J. W. Crooks, J. F. Comstock, A. L. Soule, J. M. Stebbins, J. H. Morton, O. A. Seamans, H. Vose, George Walker, John Wells, J. M. Thompson, Charles Marsh, William Stowe, Horace C. Lee.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, including Justices of the Peace and Quorum, designated by a *, and Justices throughout the Commonwealth, by a t-Hen- ry Alexander, Jr., David Ames, tGeorge Ashmun, Wm. K. Baker, El- kanah Barton, F. A. Barton, *E. D. Beach, Stephen C. Bemis, Wm. L. Bemis, Richard Bliss, George Bliss, *Ephraim W. Bond, Walter H. Bowdoin, Wm. Bridgman, Harvey Butler, +Wm. B. Calhoun, F. Cham- berlain, C. W. Chapin, Harvey Chapin, *R. A. Chapman, Thomas Chub- buck, *James W. Crooks, Benjamin Day, Samuel S. Day, E. W. Dick- inson, Edmund Freeman, Henry Gray, Solomon Hatch, Erastus Hayes, R. B. Hildreth, *Josiah Hooker, tCharles Howard, Nathaniel Howard, Joseph Ingraham, N. A. Leonard, James E. Mcintyre, A. N. Merrick, F. E. Merriman, fJohn Mills, Wm. E. Montague, R. S. Moore, *Henry Morris, George B. Morris, R. D. Morris, James H. Morton, Harvey E. Moseley, Simeon Newell, Norman Norton, H. S. Noyes, Edmund Palmer, Ansel Phelps, Jr., Jos. C. Pynchon, *Caleb Rice, William Rice, James E. Russell, *O. A. Seamans, Warren L. Shaw, Henry Smith, Heman Smith, *William S. Shurtleff, * Wm. L. Smith, Augustus L. Soule, Charles, Sterns, Henry Sterns, John M. Stebbins, Theodore Stebbins, *Wm. Stowe, James M. Thompson, *Eliphalet Trask, P. B. Tyler, Lu- ther Upton, Henry Vose, George Walker, *Solomon Warriner, James S. Whitney, *Justice Willard, C. A. Winchester, ;John Wells.
COMMISSIONERS, resident in Springfield, appointed to take testimony to be used, and acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded, in said States-Con- necticut, O. A. Seamans; Illinois, George Walker; Iowa, George Walk- er, O. A. Seamans; Maine, James H. Morton; Michigan, New Hamp- shire, George Walker; New York, George Walker, E. W. Bond, A. L. Soule, William S. Shurtleff; Ohio, Pennsylvania, George Walker; Rhode Island, O. A. Seamans, James H. Morton; South Carolina, James H. Morton; Vermont, O. A. Seamans.
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BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, ETC.
BANKS.
AGAWAM BANK-Capital, $300,000. President, Theodore Stebbins; Cashier, F. S. Bailey.
CHICOPEE BANK-Capital, $300,000. President, Philo F. Wilcox ; Cashier, Thomas Warner, Jr.
JOHN HANCOCK BANK-Capital, $150,000. President, James M. Thompson; Cashier, Edmund D. Chapin.
PYNCHON BANK-Capital, 150,000. President, James Kirkham; Cashier, Frederick H. Harris.
SPRINGFIELD BANK-Capital, $300,000. President, Henry Alexan- der, Jr .; Cashier, Lewis Warriner.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS-President, Josiah Hook- er; Treasurer, Henry S. Lee. Deposits, $680,300; Reserved Profits, $25,000. Office in Foot's Block. Deposits received from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., and 2 to 3 P. M. daily (Sundays excepted).
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK-President, Joseph C. Pynchon; Treasurer, Daniel J. Marsh. Deposits, $175,000. Office, Court street, opposite Court Square. Deposits received every day and evening (Sundays excepted), from five cents to a thousand dollars.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK-President, Stephen C. Bemis; Treasurer, F. S. Bailey. Deposits, $140,000. Deposits received every business day at Agawam Bank, from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY-Cash Capital, $200,000. President, Edmund Freeman; Secretary, William Conner, Jr. Office in Fort Block.
MASSASOIT INSURANCE COMPANY-Cash Capital, $150,000. Presi- dent, Samuel S. Day; Secretary, J. S. Parish. Office in Fort Block.
HAMPDEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY-Capital, $150,000. Presi- dent, Joseph C. Pynchon; Secretary, Charles Marsh. Office in Pyn- chon Bank Building.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY-President, Elijah Blake; Secretary, Lewis Gorham. Office over Chicopee Bank.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-Capital, $100,000. President, Caleb Rice; Secretary, Francis B. Bacon. Office in Foot's Block.
LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATIONS.
SPRINGFIELD LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION-President, G. W. Winchester; Secretary, Francis B. Bacon. Office in Foot's Block.
MASSASOIT LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION-President, Erastus Hayes; Secretary, Heman Smith. Office No. 6 Goodrich Block.
HAMPDEN LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION-President, Daniel Gay; Secretary, Charles A. Winchester. Office corner Main and Sanford streets.
MUSICAL ASSOCIATIONS.
SPRINGFIELD MUSICAL INSTITUTE-President, Edward Ingersoll; Secretary, Henry A. Chapin; Director, E. J. Fitzhugh.
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RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES-PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SPRINGFIELD PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY-President, J. W. Crane; Secretary, A. A. Adey; Director, E. J. Fitzhugh.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES IN SPRINGFIELD,
When Founded, and Date of Settlement of present Pastor.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL-Court Square. Founded, 1637. Samuel Osgood, D.D., senior Pastor, settled January, 1809. Rev. Henry M. Parsons, November, 1854.
OLIVET, CONGREGATIONAL-State street. Founded, 1833. Rev. George DeForest Folsom, April, 1855.
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL-Bliss street. Founded, 1843. Rev. S. G. Buckingham, January, 1847.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL-Main street. Founded, 1846. Rev. James Drummond, June, 1858.
UNITARIAN-State street. Founded, 1819. Rev. Francis Tiffany, December, 1852.
CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-State street. Founded, 1838. The late Rector, Rev. Wm. S. Child, resigned the rectorship May 12, 1859.
BAPTIST-Main street. Founded, 1811. George B. Ide, D.D., Octo- ber, 1852.
FIRST METHODIST-Upper Water Shops. Founded, 1815. Pulpit supplied by Rev. M. Raymond.
UNION ST. METHODIST-Founded, 1823. Rev. A. O. Hamilton, April, 1858.
PYNCHON ST. METHODIST-Founded, 1844. Rev. Nelson Stutson, April, 1859.
UNIVERSALIST-Main street. Founded, 1827. Rev. Josiah Marvine, January, 1859.
ST. BENEDICT'S, ROMAN CATHOLIC-Union street. Founded, 1847. Rev. M. P. Galligher, 1857.
BELIEVERS IN HARMONIAL PHILOSOPHY, OR SPIRITUALISTS- Meet every Sunday, in Hampden Hall.
THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, or SWEDENBORGIANS-Organized 1853. Holds regular meetings at their place of worship in Chestnut street, but have no settled preacher.
SECOND ADVENTISTS, or the Association of Believers in the Pre- Millenial Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, hold meetings in a small hall in the third story of Music Hall building corner of Pynchon street. Preaching every Sabbath, and prayer meeting on Thursday evenings.
ZION'S M. E. CHURCH (Colored)-Sanford street. Founded, 1849. Rev. J. N. Mars, May, 1859.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL-Court street. Teachers, Ariel Parish, Margaret Bliss, Lavinia B. Hastings, A. Jeanette Swan.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS-Court street-Teachers, James K. Lombard, Melia Newhall, Fannie Northam. Auburn street-J. D. Stratton, Hat- tie A. Judd. Union street-Chas. Barrows, E. F. Cady, S. A. Rawson. Central street-E. F. Foster. York street-Ira O. Seamans, Harriet
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PRIVATE SCHOOLS-MASONIC ORDERS.
Adams. State street (Intermediate)-Jane A. Miller, Martha Sexton ; First Intermediate, Clara Pease, Carrie E. Crane; Second do., Cynthia E. Whitman, Vilona Eaton. Bridge street (Intermediate)-Julia A. Bruce. Auburn street (Intermediate)-Electa Miller, Helen Fuller. Charles street-First Intermediate, Celeste Newhall; Second Intermedi- ate, Hannah J. Bartlett. Oak street (Intermediate)-Emily E. Dickin- son. Central street (Intermediate)-Sarah E. Clemmer. Indian Or- chard (Intermediate)-Martha J. Pomeroy.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS-State street-Jane L. Parker, E. C. Salisbury. Bridge street-E. H. Tourtellotte, M. Etta Griffin. West Union street- Julia Greenleaf, Grace Aitchison. School street-Carrie E. Jenks, El- nora Swetland. Emory street-First Primary, Caroline E. Clark; Sec- ond Primary, Martha Calhoun. Charles street-First Primary, Lizzie S. Ashley; Second Primary, Clara E. Stillman. York street-Hattie Russell. Oak street-Mrs. M. A. Warren, Laura D. Ball. East Union street-Abbie E. Rice. Pine street-Emma A. Wallace. Central street -Mrs. M. A. Parker. Indian Orchard-P. A. Atchison.
MIXED SCHOOLS-Long Hill, Louise M. Alden; Carlisle District, Emily M. Holmes; Five Mile Pond, Sarah Phelps; Sixteen Acres, Eli- za Hannis; Wachogue, H. C. Pease; Putt's Bridge, Emily A. Coe.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
YOUNG LADIES' SEMINARY-Mrs. M. W. Lee, Principal. Hooker's Block, State street.
SPRINGFIELD ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL INSTITUTE-Miss L. W. Stebbins, Principal. Court street.
MASONIC ORDERS. -
COUNCIL OF ROYAL MASTERS-Instituted, A. L. 5818. 'Officers for 1859-1st, Ocran Dickinson; 2d, James W. Crooks; 3d, Thomas J. Shepard; Charles Stearns, Treasurer; S. E. Bailey, Captain of Guard; Isaiah Call, C. C .; Galen Ames, Marshal; F. A. Strong, Steward and Tyler.
ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS-Instituted, A. L. 5827. James W. Crooks, G. C .; Charles Stearns, Gen .; S. E. Bailey, C. G .; Isaiah Call, P .; Ocran Dickinson, S W .; James H. Call, J. W .; Rev. S. Osgood, Chaplain; F. A. Strong, W .; D. Reynolds, Treasurer and Recorder; Amos Call, Standard Bearer; G. O. Lombard, Sword Bearer; O. H. Cooley, P. Grover, W. L. Saxby, Guards; John Brown, Sentinel.
MORNING STAR CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS-Organized, A. L. 5817. Ocran Dickinson, M. E. H. P .; James W. Crooks, M. E. K .; H. Hutchins, M. E. S .; G. W. Wilson, C. H .; Amos Call, P. S .; Dana Read, R. A. C .; Henry C. Smith, Secretary; S. E. Bailey, Treas- urer; J. L. King, M. Elmer, G. W. Harrison, M. of V .; Isaiah Call, Tyler.
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