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The City Library Association, Springfield, Mass. LITERATURE :: ART :: SCIENCE
REFERENCE DEPARTMENT
Stack Case x G 844 SP 162
1860-61
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Springfield fired Varine INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Springfield, Mass.
Cash Capital, $200,000. Cash Assets, $448.315 86.
Insures Dwellings, Stores, Manufacturing Establish- ments, Merchandise, and other Property, against Loss or Damage by Fire.
ALSO, Against the Hazards of Marine & Inland Navigation
On as favorable terms as other well established Stock Companies.
LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND PAID.
DIRECTORS.
EDMUND FREEMAN, JACOB B. MERRICK,
CHESTER W. CHAPIN, LOMBARD DALE,
DANIEL L. HARRIS, ALBERT MORGAN,
GEORGE WALKER, WILLIAM BIRNIE,
CHARLES MERRIAM,
MARVIN CHAPIN, EDW'D SOUTHWORTH, 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 other kind offered for sale in this market. The large number recently 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 MARBLE 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 etail 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. HENRY S. LEE, Treasurer.
P. F. WILCOX, Vice President. WM. S. SHURTLEFF, Secretary.
TRUSTEES .- Josiah Hooker, P. F. Wilcox, Benjamin Day, William Gunn, James M. Thompson, John B. Stebbins, Henry S. Lee.
AUDITORS .- Homer Foot, James D. Brewer, Edmund Freeman.
Dampfen Savings Bank
SPRINGFIELD. OFFICE AT THE AGAWAM BANK. Deposits received every business day from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
S. C. BEMIS, President.
VICE PRESIDENTS .-- C. W. Chapin, D. L. Harris, E. Trask, F. Morgan. TRUSTEES .- S. S. Day, Caleb Rice, M. Chapin, W. N. Flynt, H. Gray, T. W. Wason, E. Southworth, W. K. Baker, T. Stebbins, Gad O. Bliss, William Melcher.
A. L. Soule, Secretary. F. S. Bailey, Treasurer.
Deposits made at any time between the quarters ending the third Mondays of February, May, August and November, will be put on interest on the quarter day succeeding the deposit, at the rate of five per cent. per annum.
"THE SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK.
Banking Room, No. 1 Court Street, Hampden House Block, North side of Court Square. Business hours from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., 2 to 4 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., Charles Marsh, Springfield; Aaron Bagg, West Spring- field; J. B. Merrick, Palmer; Gilbert A. Smith, South Hadley; J. C. Parsons, Holyoke; M. Raymond, Wilbraham.
Daniel J. Marsh, Treasurer.
Ephraim W. Bond, Secretary.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. K. BLISS, DRUGGIST AND SEEDSMAN, No. 210 Main Street, Pynchon Bank Block, Offers 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,
Green House Plants, Shrubs, Dahlies, Bulbs, &c., &c., 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 Green House 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 Imperials, Jonquils, Snow Drops, Lillies, &c., &c.
Plants and Seeds carefully packed for all climates.
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From July 1, 1860; to July 1, 1861.
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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY.
1860-61.
CITY GOVERNMENT-1860.
MAYOR-DANIEL L. HARRIS.
CITY CLERK AND TREASURER-HORACE C. LEE.
ALDERMEN-First Ward-Edmund B. Haskell. Erastus Hayes. Third Ward-Franklin Chamberlin. -John W. Hunt. Fifth Ward-William Hitchcock.
Second Ward-
Fourth Ward Sixth Ward- John G. Capron. Seventh Ward-William Foster. Eighth Ward -George W. Holt.
COMMON COUNCIL -- N. A. LEONARD, President. First Ward-
Joshua M. Harrington, H. S. Noyes, J. H. Demond. Second Ward -Lewis H. Taylor, G. R. Townsley, C. A. Winchester. Third Ward -William L. Wilcox, John Hamilton, Clark W. Bryan. Fourth Ward-N. A. Leonard, William Birnie, Alfred Rowe. Fifth Ward- William Higley, A. F. Strong, Charles Woodman. Sixth Ward-Rob- ert Crossett. Seventh Ward-Orrin Lombard. Eighth Ward-George W. Holt.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL-Lucius E. Ladd.
CITY PHYSICIAN-Dr. J. M. Foster.
ASSESSORS-Henry Smith, David A. Adams, Francis Norton.
TAX COLLECTOR-Francis Norton.
MESSENGER-Rodolphus Kinsley.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-At Large, Josiah Hooker. By Wards-First Ward, R. B. Hildreth. Second Ward, James E. McIntire. Third Ward, Samuel Osgood. Fourth Ward, Osmond Tiffany. Fifth Ward, Gershon W. Harrison. Sixth Ward, E. L. Hall. Seventh Ward, John Kimberley. Eighth Ward, Marcus W. Fay. Chairman, Josiah Hooker; Clerk, James E. McIntire.
JOSEPH STONE, School House Agent for the Central Wards. MARCUS W. FAY, School House Agent for Ward Eight.
WARD OFFICERS.
WARD ONE- Warden, Horace J. Chapin; Clerk, Edward C. Rogers; Inspectors, Joseph R. Burnett, W. H. Allis, Solomon B. Davis.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
WARD Two-Warden, W. C. Sturtevant; Clerk, Henry S. Lee; Inspectors, Charles C. Blague, D. W. Bemis, Lewis A. Tifft.
WARD THERE- Warden, Elijah W. Bliss; Clerk, Hiram A. Keith ; Inspectors, Luther Bliss, Jr., David Warner, William H. Smith.
WARD FOUR-Warden, E. S. Taylor; Clerk, Tilly Haynes; Inspect- ors, John W. Bliss, Benjamin F. Bowles, Hosca C. Lombard.
WARD FIVE- Warden, Peter V. B. Havens; Clerk, George Hosmer ; Inspectors, P. H. Cook, E. P. Chapin, John Hannis.
WARD SIX-Warden, Obadiah Frary ; Clerk, Amos Call; Inspectors, Everett W. Walker, John Dickinson, Henry Rice.
WARD SEVEN-Warden, Winthrop G. Burdick ; Clerk, Thomas Rogers; Inspectors, Norton Bates, Eli Cook, John F. Anable.
WARD EIGHT-Warden, H. E. Moseley; Clerk, James H. Osgood ; Inspectors, George Foster, Francis J. Warner, Daniel P. Woolson.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
POLICE COURT-James H. Morton, Justice. Special Justices, Har- vey Chapin, Charles A. Winchester. Court held daily (Sundays ex- cepted) at 9 A. M. in Police Court Room, City Hall.
CITY MARSHAL-Otis Childs.
ASSISTANT MARSHALS-E. S. Crozier, H. D. Braman, L. H. Pease, H. C. Fuller.
POLICEMEN-Luther Clark, J. M. Whitney, E. M. Holcomb, W. W. Day, Orson White, D. Schoonmaker, Levi Streeter, Ashbel T. Webber.
NIGHT WATCH-Elijah Newell, Chauncey Sanderson.
DAY AND NIGHT WATCH-John W. Brainard.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-The Mayor, ex-officio, W. C. Sturtevant, Tyler Childs, Edwin Booth.
SUPERVISORS OF STREETS-The Mayor, ex-officio, Alderman Hunt, Common Councilman Harrington.
SUPERVISOR OF STREETS-Justin Sackett.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF ENGINEER-Hosea C. Lombard.
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS-Joseph Marsh, L. O. Hanson, Edmund Bigelow, Alfred Clough, John Q. A. Sexton, Amos Call, William Smith, James H. Osgood.
NIAGARA ENGINE-A. Hanrahan, Foreman.
CATARACT ENGINE-E. B. Hovey, Foreman.
OCEAN HOSE ENGINE-A. P. Lasheur, Foreman. EAGLE No. 1, U. S .- George Hosmer, Foreman. EAGLE No. 2, U. S .- Henry Dana, Foreman.
HOOK AND LADDER CO .- J. H. Boss, Foreman.
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HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTER.
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 Monday 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 De- cember; at Monson, on the second Tuesday of June, and at Palmer on the second Tuesday of September. No stated days for the sitting of the Court of Insolvency.
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.
COUNTY TREASURER-Charles R. Ladd. Office in Court House.
OVERSEERS OF HOUSE OF CORRECTION-William Stowe, John W. Hunt, A. N. Merrick.
SHERIFF AND JAILOR-Frederick Bush of Westfield.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-Nelson D. Parks of Russell, Henry Ful- ler of Westfield, Henry Charles of Ludlow. Special Commissioners -Cyrus Frink of Palmer, Charles C. Wright of Agawam. Times of Meeting-at Springfield on the second Tuesday of April, and first Tuesday 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. Mor- ris, William S. Shurtleff, A. N. Merrick.
CORONERS-Springfield -- Elijah Blake, Harvey Chapin, William G. Breck.
NOTARIES PUBLIC-E. W. Bond, J. W. Crooks, J. F. Comstock, A. L. Soule, J. M. Stebbins, J. H. Morton, O. A. Seamans, George Walker, John Wells, J. M. Thompson, Charles Marsh, William Stowe, Horace C. Lee, Stephen E. Seymour, William C. Ide.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, including Justices of the Peace and Quorum designated by a *, and Justices throughout the Commonwealth by a t- Henry Alexander, Jr., David Ames, +George Ashmun, Wm. K. Ba- ker, Elkanah 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, Roderick Burt, Harvey Butler, +Wm. B. Calhoun, F. Chamberlin, Chester W. Chapin, Harvey Chapin, 1*
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BANKS.
*R. A. Chapman, Thomas Chubbuck, *James W. Crooks, Benjamin Day, Samuel S. Day, E. W. Dickinson, Edmund Freeman, Henry Gray, Solomon Hatch, Erastus Hayes, R. B. Hildreth, *Josiah Hooker, +Charles Howard, Nathaniel Howard, Joseph Ingraham, Charles R. Ladd, Horace C. Lee, N. A. Leonard, James E. McIntire, *A. N. Mer- rick, +John Mills, Wm. E. Montague, R. S. Moore, *Henry Morris, George B. Morris, R. D. Morris, James H. Morton, Harvey E. Mose- ley, Simeon Newell, H. S. Noyes, Edmund Palmer, Joseph C. Pynchon, *Caleb Rice, William Rice, James E. Russell, *O. A. Seamans, War- ren L. Shaw, Henry Smith, Heman Smith, William S. Shurtleff, *Wm. L. Smith, Augustus L. Soule, John M. Stebbins, Theodore Stebbins, *Wm. Stowe, James M. Thompson, *Eliphalet Trask, P. B. Tyler, Luther Upton, Henry Vose, George Walker, *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 -Connecticut, O. A. Seamans, A. N. Merrick; Illinois, George Walk- er; Iowa, Geo. Walker, O. A. Seamans; Maine, James H. Morton; Michigan, New Hampshire, George Walker, A. N. Merrick; New York, George Walker, E. W. Bond, A. L. Soule, William S. Shurt- leff; Ohio, George Walker, A. N. Merrick; Pennsylvania, George Walker; Rhode Island, O. A. Seamans, A. N. Merrick, James H. Morton; South Carolina, James H. Morton; Vermont, O. A. Seamans, A. N. Merrick; Wisconsin, A. N. Merrick.
BANKS.
AGAWAM BANK-Capital $300,000. President, Theodore Stebbins ; Cashier, F. S. Bailey ; Teller, Julius F. Hartwell; Book-keeper, P. S. Bailey ; Clerk, Andrew J. Bryant ; Directors, Theodore Stebbins, Chester W. Chapin, Lombard Dale, Marvin Chapin, D. L. Harris, Ed- ward Southworth, J. B. Vinton, Roderick Ashley, J. B. M. Stebbins.
CHICOPEE BANK-Capital $300,000. President, Philo F. Wilcox ; Cashier, Thomas Warner, Jr .; Teller, Francis H. Fuller; Book- keeper, Lewis Warner; Clerk, Edward A. Warner; Directors, Philo F. Wilcox, Henry Fuller, Jr., James D. Brewer, George Walker, Gad O. Bliss, Elijah W. Bliss, James B. Rumrill.
JOHN HANCOCK BANK-Capital $150,000. President, James M. Thompson ; Cashier, Edmund D. Chapin; Clerk, James D. Safford; Directors, James M. Thompson, R. S. Moore, Pliny Cadwell, George Ashmun, Elisha Gunn, William Conner, Jr., E. S. Chapin.
PYNCHON BANK-Capital $150,000. President, James Kirkham ; Cashier, Frederick H. Harris; Teller, Julius H. Appleton ; Book- keeper, Merrick H. Joy; Directors, James Kirkham, Benjamin K. Bliss, H. N. Case, Chester R. White, Homer Foot, H. B. Crane, E. W. Bond.
SPRINGFIELD BANK-Capital $300,000. President, Henry Alex- ander, Jr .; Cashier, Lewis Warriner ; Teller, John L. Kilborn ; Clerk, William E. Montague, Jr. ; Directors, Henry Alexander, Jr., Josiah
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Hooker, Benjamin Day, H. N. Case, William Gunn, Lewis Gorham, Franklin Chamberlin, George B. Morris, Henry Brewer, J. P. Bige- low, Horace Kibbe.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS-Incorporated 1827-Pres- ident, Josiah Hooker; Vice President, Philo F. Wilcox; Trustees, Philo F. Wilcox, Benjamin Day, James M. Thompson, John B. Steb- bins, William Gunn, Henry S. Lee; Treasurer, Henry S. Lee ; Secre- tary, W. S. Shurtleff. Deposits $830,473.78. Business hours from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. and from 2 to 3 P. M. 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.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK-President, Joseph C. Pynchon ; Vice Presidents, E. D. Beach, William B. Calhoun, Wil- liam Rice, Gad O. Bliss, Marvin Chapin; Trustees, F. Chamberlin, E. W. Bond, A. W. Chapin, Daniel Pynchon, Thos. 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., Charles Marsh, Springfield; Aaron Bagg, West Springfield; J. B. Merrick, Palmer ; Gilbert A. Smith, South Hadley ; J. C. Parsons, Holyoke; M. Ray- mond, Wilbraham ; Treasurer, Daniel J. Marsh; Secretary, E. W. Bond. Deposits $225,000. Office Court street, opposite Court Square. Business hours from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. and from 2 to 4 P. M. Deposits received from Five Cents to One Thousand Dollars.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK-President, Stephen C. Bemis; Vice Presidents, C. W. Chapin, D. L. Harris, E. Trask, F. Morgan; Trus- tees, S. S. Day, Caleb Rice, M. Chapin, W. N. Flynt, H. Gray, T. W. Wason, E. Southworth, W. K. Baker, T. Stebbins, Gad O. Bliss, Wm. Melcher ; Secretary, A. L. Soule ; Treasurer, F. S. Bailey. Deposits $190,000. Business hours, every business day at Agawam Bank from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Deposits made at any time between the quarters ending the third Mondays of February, May, August, and November, will be put on interest on the quarter day succeeding the deposit, at the rate of five per cent. per annum.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY-Cash Capi- tal $200,000. President, Edmund Freeman; Secretary, William Conner, Jr. ; Bookkeepers, J. A. Schlessinger, Luther Spencer ; Clerk, George H. Ingersoll; Directors, Edmund Freeman, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel L. Harris, Marvin Chapin, Edward Southworth, Jacob B. Mer- rick, Albert Morgan, William Birnie, Waitstill Hastings, George Walker, Lombard Dale, Charles Merriam, Henry E. Russell. Office
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MASSASOIT INSURANCE COMPANY-Cash Capital $150,000. Presi- dent, Samuel S. Day; Secretary, N. A. Clarke; Bookkeeper, S. J. Hall; Clerk, J. D. Comstock; Directors, Samuel S. Day, Chester W. Chapin, J. B. Vinton, Stephen C. Bemis, Henry Fuller, Jr., J. B. M. Stebbins, E. S. Chapin, William Birnie, A. W. Chapin, Henry Gray, C. L. Covill, A. L. Soule, O. H. Greenleaf. Office Fort Block.
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HAMPDEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY-Capital $150,000. Presi- dent, Joseph C. Pynchon; Secretary, Charles Marsh ; Bookkeeper, L. J. Tifft; Clerk, R. E. Ingraham; Directors, Jos. C. Pynchon, Ephraim W. Bond, H. Alexander, Jr., E. F. Moseley, Otis Childs,„Ansel Phelps, Jr., James Kirkham, Charles L. Shaw, W. E. Montague, Edward See- ger, Homer Foot, P. B. Tyler, Alfred Rowe, H. B. Crane. Office Pyn- chon Bank Block.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY-President, Elijah Blake ; Secretary, Lewis Gorham. Office over Chicopee Bank.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-Capital and surplus $300,000. President, Caleb Rice; Secretary, Francis B. Bacon; Clerk, Cornelius B. Jocelyn ; Medical Examiner, Alfred Lam- bert, M. D. ; Directors, Caleb Rice, E. D. Beach, Henry Fuller, Jr., R. A. Chapman, Otis Childs, William Rice, W. C. Sturtevant, Albert Mor- gan, James Kirkham, P. B. Tyler, Homer Foot, F. B. Bacon, Samuel Bowles, E. F. Moseley, Alfred Lambert, Sylvanus Adams, J. P. Brooks, Ralph W. Holman, Elam Stockbridge. Office in Foot's Block.
LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATIONS.
SPRINGFIELD LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION-President, G. W. Winchester; Vice Presidents, P. B. Tyler, John C. McIntosh, Wilson Eddy; Secretary, Francis B. Bacon; Surveyor, C. L. Shaw; Attorney, Ephraim W. Bond; Directors, E. Stockbridge, W. L. Wilcox, Horace Kibbe, James Kirkham, E. F. Moseley, Daniel Collins, J. O. Moseley, Charles L. Shaw, William Patton, John W. Hunt, Silas Cook, H. B. Crane, George E. Page, H. C. Lee, C. A. Winchester.
MASSASOIT LOAN AND FUND ASSOCIATION -- President, Erastus Hayes; Vice Presidents, Daniel L. Harris, Warner C. Sturtevant, William Patton; Secretary, Heman Smith; Attorney, John M. Steb- bins; Surveyor, David A. Adams ; Directors, William E. Montague, Charles Barrows, Horace Kibbe, John W. Hunt, Joseph M. Griggs, George P. Geer, William H. Parsons, Elam Stockbridge, John M. Stebbins, William Hitchcock, John M. Wood, David Warner, John C. Putnam, Joel Kendall, Henry D. Carroll, Flavius Searle, James Par- ker, Aaron Leland.
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.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
UNITARIAN-State street. Founded 1819. Rev. Francis Tiffany, December, 1852.
CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL-State street. Founded 1838. Rev. George H. McKnight, November 1st, 1859.
BAPTIST-Main street. Founded 1811. George B. Ide, D. D., Oc- tober, 1852.
FIRST METHODIST-Upper Water Shops. Founded 1815. Rev. Samuel Jackson.
UNION ST. METHODIST-Founded 1823. Rev. Daniel Steele, April, 1860.
PYNCHON ST. METHODIST-Founded 1844. Rev. Nelson Stutson,
April, 1859.
UNIVERSALIST-Main street. Founded 1827. Rev. Josiah Mar- vine, January, 1859.
ST. BENEDICT'S, ROMAN CATHOLIC-Union street. Founded 1847. Rev. M. P. Galligher, 1857.
THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, OR SWEDENBORGIANS-Organized 1853. Meet for Divine worship Sabbath afternoons at No. 11 Maple street.
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 M. E. CHURCH (Colored)-Sanford street. Founded 1849. Pulpit vacant.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL-Court street. Teachers, Ariel Parish, Margaret Bliss, Lavinia B. Hastings, A. Jeanette Swan.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS-Court street-Teachers, Thomas H. Tucker, Melia Newhall, Fannie Northam. Auburn street-J. D. Stratton, Hattie A. Judd. Union street-Charles Barrows, E. F. Cady, S. A. Rawson. Central street-E. F. Foster, Clara J. Eaton. York street -Ira O. Seamans. State street (Intermediate)-Jane A. Miller, V. M. White; First Intermediate-Clara Pease, Carrie E. Crane; Second Intermediate-Cynthia E. Whitman, Amelia A. Crocker. Bridge street (Intermediate)-Flavia J. Moseley. Auburn street (Interme- diate)-Electa Miller. Emory street (Intermediate), Mary L. Fuller. Charles street, First Intermediate-Celeste Newhall; Second Inter- mediate-Mrs. A. F. Chandler. Oak street (Intermediate)-Emily E. Dickinson. Central street (Intermediate)-Mrs. M. A. Parker. In- dian Orchard (Intermediate)-Martha J. Pomeroy.
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