History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. I, Part 85

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 700

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1794 .- Eleazer Hammmim, Noah Janes, Oliver Clark.

1795 .- Elijah Wright, Lemuel Lyman, Joel Parsons.

1796 .- Eleazer Wright, Noah Janes, Oliver Clark.

1797 .- Elijah Wright, Lemuel Lyman, Joseph Clapp, Jr.

1798 .- Noah Janes, Lemuel Lyman, Joel Parsons. 1799,-David Lyman, Levi Clapp, Joel Parsons. 1800 .- Oliver Clark, Levi Clapp, Solomon Lyman. 1801 .- Oliver Clark, Joel Parsons, Solomon Lyman. 1802-3 .- Oliver Clark, Uriel Clark, Levi Clapp.

1804 .- Oliver Clark, Solomon Lyman, Justus Lyman.

1805 .- Oliver Clark, Solomon Lyman, Jonathan Janes, Jr.

ING .- Thaddens Clapp, Solomon Lyman, Jonathan Janes, Jr.

1807 .- Thaddeus Clapp, Oliver Clark, Justus Lyman. I.ON .- Jonathan Janes, Jr., Oliver Clark, Justus Lyman.

1:09 .- John Hannum, Thaddeus Parsons, Justus Lyman.

1810 .- John Hannum, Jonathan Janes, Jr., Justus Lyman.

IXII .- John Hannum, Thaddeus Parsons, Justus Lyman.

1×12 .- John Hannum, Thaddeus Clapp, Justus Lyman. 1813 .- Solomon Lyman, Thaddens Parsons, Justus Lyman. 1814-16 .- John Hannum, Solomon Ferry, Justus Lyman. 1817-21 .- John Hannum, John Ludden, Seth Janes. 1822-23 .- John Endden, Deran Clapp, Julius Clark. 1824-26 .- John Ludden, John Ilannum, Luther Clark.

1827-29 .- Levi Clapp, John Hannum, Luther Clark. 1830 .- John Ludden, John Hannum, Luke Janes. 1831-32 .- John Ludden, Daniel Lyman, Luke Janes. 1533 .- John Hannum, Levi Clapp, Luke Janes. 1834 .- Luther ( Tark, Levi Clapp, John Luddet. 1835-37 .- Luther Clark, Jason Janes, John Ludilen. 1:38,-Luke Janes, E W. Hannum, John Ludden. 1830-40 .- L. P. Lyman, E. W. Hannum, Luther Clark. 1841 .- E. W. Hannom, Augustus Clapp, Lorenzo Clapp. 1×42-44 .- E. W. Hannum, Zenas Clark, Solomon Alvord. 1845,-E. W. Hannum, Luther Clark, Theodore Clapp. 1846-47 .- E. W. Hanmum, Luther Clark, Solomon Alvord. 1848-49 .- Lemuel P. Lyman, Luther Lyman, Solomon Alvord. 1850 .- E. Ferry, Luke Janes, Solomon Alvord.

1851 .- E. Ferry, Luke Janes, II. G. Knight.

1852 .- E. W. Hannum, Luke Janes, II. G. Knight.

1853 .- E. W. Hanmum, E. Ferry, Luther Clark.

1854,-J. H. Lyman, E. Ferry, Luke Janes.

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1855 .- L. F. Clapp, Q. P. Lyman, Ransloe Daniels. 1856 .- L. F. Clapp, Joseph Parsons, Solomon Alvord. 1857 .- E. W. Hannum, Joseph Parsons, L. P. Lyman. 1858 .- Alanson Clark, L. F. Clapp, E. H. Sawyer. 1859-60 .- Alanson Clark, L. F. Clapp, Levi Parsons. 1861 .- Alanson Clark, Lewis S. Clark, Levi l'arsons. 1862 .- Lewis S. Clark, Alanson Clark, Seth Warner, Lauren D. Lyman, Lewis Clapp.

1863 .- Lauren D. Lyman, Seth Warner, E. S. Janes. 1864 .- Lauren D. Lyman, E. S. Janes, E. A. IIbbard. 1×65 .- Edwin S. Janes, Lewis S. Clark, Joel Bassett.

1866 .- Joel L. Bassett, Ansel B. Lyman, Lewis S. Clark. 1867-69 .- S. Alvord, Q. P. Lyman, L. W. Hannnm. 1870 .- S. Alvord, Theodore Clark, A. S. Ludden. 1871 .- G. L. Manchester, Theodore Clark, A. S. Ludden. 1872-76 .- A. S. Ludden, J. W. Wilson, H. T. Ilannum. 1877 .- 11. J. Bly, A. S. Lndden, A. P. Clark.

1878 .- A. S. Ludden, H. J. Bly, Austin P. Clark, E. R. Bosworth, elected at a special meeting in the place of II. J. Bly, resigned.

1879 .- A. S. Ludden, E. R. Bosworth, L. B. Searl.

TOWN CLERKS.

David Lyman, 1785-87; Jonathan Clapp, 1788-89; Joseph Clapp, Jr., 1790-96; Tophni Clapp, 1797-1802; Obadiah Janes (2d), 1803; Joseph Clapp. 1804-7; Obadiah Janes (2d), 1818-20; Levi White, 18H-12; Obadiah Janes (20), 1813-15; Isaac Clapp, 1810 ; Zalmon Mallery, 1817-20; Isaac Clapp, 1821-22; Zalmion Mal- lery, 1823-28; Samuel Wright, IN29-33; Ebenezer Ferry, 1834-40; Edwin Han- num, 1841-42; Ebenezer Ferry, 1:43-54; Lucius Preston, 1855-63; George S. Clark, 1864; Chas. B. Johnson, 1865-66; Watson II. Wright, 1867; Charles B. Johnson, 1868-69; Lafayette Clapp, 1870-76; Lafayette Clapp, Jr., 1877-80.

REPRESENTATIVES.

The district became a town and entitled to representation in 1807.

Dea. Thaddeus Clapp, 1810-12; P. Nichols, 1>13-14; Capt. L. Lyman, 1815-16; John Hannum, 1817-18; Ahira Lyman, 1819; Dea. Thaddeus Clapp. 1820-24; Ahira Lyman, 1825; John Ludden, 1826-29; Veran (lapp, 1830; Luther Clark, 1831; John Lndden, 1832; Jason Janes, 1833-34; Luther Clark, Jr., 1835-37; Juhn Ludden, 1839; Sammel Williston, 1842; E. W. Hannum, 1843; E. M. Wright, 1844; Zenas Clark, 1845; H. Bartholomew, 1848; John Wright (2d), 1849- 50; H. G. Knight, 1851-52; Lemmel Lyman, 1853; Seth Warner, 1854; Lafayette Clapp, 1859; Eli A. Hubbard, 1862; Edmund H. Sawyer, 1865; Lucas W. Han- mum, 1870, died in office; Wm. G. Bassett, 1874; Lafayette ('lapp, 1876-77.

VILLAGES.

New England villages are pot incorporated, and have no municipal government of their own. To citizens of other States it appears strange to find the people of a rural district, several miles away, paying equally with the village residents for costly water-works, sidewalks, and similar public improve- ments ; but it seems to be submitted to without a murmur in these law-abiding towns. Even a hapless non-resident owner of a wood-lot on the outskirts of a town will not perhaps complain if once in his life he can tread the pavement, drink of the water, and study in the library, for all of which he has helped pay, at the rate of two or three per cent. upon his property.

The village of Easthampton is situated nearly in the cen- tre of the town, and at the present time extends over a wide extent of country, comprising a large number of manufac- tories and business establishments, pleasant private residences, and fine public buildings.

The beginning of the village was coeval with the settlement, or at least with the incorporation, of the district. It grew up near the old mill of the Bartletts, authorized by Northampton in 1675.

Whatever there was of a village in early times was at the falls of the Manhan, near the "old cartway." The entire extent of the present village, northeast, east, and southeast from the covered bridge, is the growth of modern times. There are men living who remember the erection of almost every house over all this newer territory, except a few of the old pioneer homesteads. They remember when in the vicinity of Union Street were broad fields of rye; when the woods still covered the present grounds of the seminary, and children went there Sunday noon to eat their dinner, and soberly, as became their New England training, watch the squirrels

running from tree to tree ; and some of these are not very old men, either. The present village is mainly the growth of thirty years.

Stores .- One of the first to open a store was Joseph Clapp, Jr. Hle commenced trading in 1792, in bis house, nearly opposite the present store of A. J. Lyman, on Main Street. llis wife was the daughter of Timothy Lyman, of Chester. On the day of his marriage Mr. Lyman said to him, " You are now going to trading. The maxim of the world seems to be, Trade so that you can live by it. My advice is, Trade so that you can die by it."

A few years later Mr. Clapp erected a store where the hotel now stands, Bohan Clark afterward traded there for a time, but finally removed to Northampton.

Eldad Smith followed him in the Clapp store. He sold out about 1821, and removed to Granby. After this Baxter Bur- nell and William R. Gillett traded successively at the same point. In 1841 this building was sold out, removed to Union Street, and was used as the seminary boarding-house for a long time.

Soon after 1800, Asahel Janes, and, later, Obadiah Janes, kept store in a house near the hotel, afterward the place of Capt. Ebenezer Ferry. The latter himself opened a store in 1843, when he received the appointment of postmaster. In 1850 he removed to Knight's brick block, then just erected, and continued there until his retirement, when he was suc- ceeded by F. H. Putnam, who is still in trade.

In 1835, Mr. Williston opened a store near his residence, particularly for the purpose of paying his employés, although he sold goods to other people. llere Horatio G. Knight became his clerk and won the confidence of his employer, so that at the age of eighteen he was intrusted with the purchase of goods, and soon had the entire management of a trade amounting to $40,000 a year left to him. In 1842 or 1843 Mr. Williston sold out to the firm of Knight & Snow (E. L. Snow). The business was, however, closed two years later. The building was used as a warehouse, and in 1848 removed to a location near the factory.

About this time the firm of John HI. Wells & Co. was formed. This changed in 1858 to Gregory & Wells. Mr. Gregory died, and the firm was again John II. Wells & Co.

In 1830, when the Farmington Canal was creating " great expectations" in the minds of the people, Luther Clapp opened a store on the banks of the canal just north of the Manhan River. In 1840 he sold out to Harris Bartholomew, who re- mained until 1850.

In May, 1855, John Mayher opened a tin-shop in the place. Miletus Parsons somewhat earlier, and also S. W. Lec, Jr., had commenced this line of business, but continued it only a short time. Mr. Mayher made the enterprise successful, and from the small beginning of a tin-shop has developed a busi- ness of great extent and variety.

This traces the mercantile interest down to a recent period. During the last fifteen years there has been with the rapid growth of the village a large number of men in trade, too numerous for special notice.

PUBLIC-HOUSES.

The first tavern within the limits of the town was kept by Joseph Bartlett. It stood where Deacon Thaddeus Clapp lived, a few rods north of the Manhan River. He was licensed in 1727, and probably continued the business for some twenty years, though the accounts of early settlement would imply but few customers in his immediate vicinity.

Maj. Jonathan Clapp, the nephew of Joseph Bartlett, as elsewhere mentioned, commeneed to keep tavern where R. S. Dresser now lives, about 1750. He continued the business until his death, in 1782.

It is said that the soldiers from Southampton met here when they were about to start for Boston in the days of the Revolu-

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tion, and that travelers from Connecticut to Vermont passed over this route in early times and often stopped with Maj. Clapp.

After his death, his son, Jonathan Clapp, opened a tavern in a house that stood across the road from his father's place ; that was the present Fargo place. The house was on the site of the present. In 1793, Capt. Joseph Clapp, hrother of the last-mentioned Jonathan, opened a tavern at the old stand of Landlord Bartlett, where he continued until his death, in 1797. Ilis son, Luther Clapp, succeeded him for fourteen years, and then the brother of Luther, Deacon Thaddeus Clapp, kept the same house long enough to complete nearly a hundred years of tavern-keeping by the same family,-father, sons, and grandsons. After Thaddeus Clapp took down the old sign there was no hotel for some years. But after the opening of Williston Seminary there arose a greater necessity for the accommodation of travelers, and Mr. Williston built the one which, after many subsequent changes, is now the Man- sion House, mentioned below. Luther Clapp was the first landlord there. It was afterward closed awhile during re- pairs, but was reopened and kept under the name of the Union Hlouse, by George MI. Fillibrowne.

The Easthampton Mansion House .- This is not much like the pioneer " tavern" of Joseph Bartlett that was opened in the forest, near the " cartway over the Manhan," probably one hundred and fifty years ago. A public-house in a rural village always has a variable history. But since 1869 East- hampton has had a model hotel. William Hill, from the North- ampton Mansion House, bought the property at that time, and has proved what a wide-awake man of principle can do in keeping a temperance house. With him it is not the compul- sion of public sentiment nor the force of law, to which an un- willing, reluctant compliance is so often given by men who would sell liquor if they could. With an enthusiastic love of temperance principles, and a natural hospitality that makes him the prince of landlords, he has proved that the hotel of a village may rank with its best institutions, whether of a busi- ness character, or social, moral, and religious.

In 1870 he added a story to the main building, in the shape of a mansard roof, greatly improving its appearance. In 1871 he built a three-story extension in the rear, 80 hy 40 feet. Ile can easily accommodate 100 guests, and has cared for 150. Ile has doubled the capacity of the house and more than quad- rupled its business, receiving much patronage, during the summer season, from city guests. Much has been said- though not too much-in praise of Mr. Ilill's excellent man- agement.

PHYSICIANS.

Dr. David Phelps located here about 1780, and practiced medicine six or eight years.

Dr. Hophni Clapp, a native of Southampton, studied with Dr. Woodbridge of that town, and settled here about 1790. ITe spent his life in Easthampton.

Drs. Hall, Munson, and Edson practiced here for a short time.

Dr. Salmon Mallery settled in Easthampton, not far from 1815. lle had a large practice, and was exceedingly popular. In 1835 he removed to Michigan.

Dr. Atherton Clark commenced the practice of medicine here about the time Mr. Mallery left. Ile was for many years the only physician in the place.

Other physicians have been Dr. Solomon Chapman, Dr. Ad- dison S. Peck, Dr. Thomas Ilenderson, and Dr. Barber.

In recent years the physicians have been Dr. F. C. Greene, Dr. Winslow, Dr. Ward, and Dr. C. R. Upson, a homœo- pathie physician, residing near Mount Tom station.

Various dentists have practiced here : R. D. Brown, Thomas Bolton, A. E. Strong, R. E. Strong, and H. S. Bascom.

LAWYERS.

So much other material of a valuable character is crowded into this sketch that we cannot enter upon a lengthy notice

of the legal profession. Wm. G. Bassett and A. J. Fargo are the lawyers of recent years, and of the present time.

THE POST-OFFICE OF EASTHAMPTON

was established in 1821, and before that the inhabitants had their mail from the office at Northampton or Southampton. The llampshire Gazette, which they could no more keep house without then than they can now, was brought to their doors by post-riders.

Postmasters have been Baxter Burnell, 1821-23; Wm. R. Gillett, 1823-28; Thaddeus Clapp, 1828-40; J. Emerson Ly- man, 1840-41; Thaddeus Clapp, 1841-43; Luther Clapp, 1843; Ebenezer Ferry, 1843-61; J. H. Bardwell, 1861 to the present time.

The office was first kept in a store that stood where the Man- sion House is now located. Dr. Thaddeus Clapp kept it in his tavern.

This little office of 1821, worth to the postmaster about $75 a year, has changed into one of the most important offices in the county. It is estimated that 150,000 letters are yearly mailed here, and it is a money-order office, both domestic and foreign.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

The town has a regularly-organized and thoroughly-equipped fire department, of which E. T. Sawyer is chief, and E. R. Bos- worth and Wm. Hill assistants.

Pipes have been laid through the principal streets (in all, 6500 feet of iron pipe), with hydrants at proper intervals. There are at the upper mills no less than five pumps, each con- meeting with these pipes, and capable of foreing water through the village. One is a bucket-plunger steam-pump of the largest size, owned by the town. There are two other steam-pumps and two rotary-pumps run by water-power, which are owned by the corporations. In case of fire, force can be instantly applied sufficient to lift a stream of water over any building within reach of a hydrant. The Williston Mills village is protected in the same way by a pump at each mill. Several of the corporations have trained hose companies, and there is besides in the town a hose company, a hook-and-ladder com- pany, and the old Manhan Engine Company, all of which forees are under the command of the fire engineers.

THE PRESS.

A job printing-office was opened in 1869 by F. A. Bartlett. He continued it about two years, and then sold it to Il. C. Me Laughlin.

The latter sold it, March 1, 1873, to Mr. H. M. Converse, who still continues the business.

In the fall of 1875, Mr. HI. De Bill also started a weekly news sheet, called the Easthampton Leader. The first num- ber was issued October 14th. Mr. De Bill enlarged it twice, and continued it through thirty-three numbers. He then sold out to Mr. Converse, of the job-office above mentioned. The new proprietor changed the name to The Enterprise, and still continues the publication.

GLENDALE.

This place received its name-somewhat in a faneiful way, perhaps-from the natural features in the vicinity. It began to be so designated at the time the Elastic Fabrics Company established their works at that point. When they went to the centre village they retained the name and " moved" it with their machinery.

To avoid a conflict of names, the present silk-works at this point are known as Glenwood Mills.

Besides the mills there are the boarding-house, the school- house, and a few private residences.

MOUNT TOM STATION.

This place is the eastern terminus of the Mount Tom Rail- road, and both are rightly named, in view of their proximity

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to the mountain. The station building is neat and conve- niently arranged. There are three or four residences near. In front and a few rods distant is the Holyoke steamboat- landing. A little north is the famous "Ox-Bow."

Altogether, the place is somewhat romantically situated, be- ing in the "gateway of the mountains," at the foot of the bold northern peak of the Mount Tom range, and spread out before it, north and east, there is a combination of valley, plain, and stream, bordered in the distance by Northampton and Hoekanum.

A little north, across the southern part of the Ox-Bow and just within the town of Northampton, is the extensive lumber- mill of the Melndoes.

A movement has been made recently to establish a school in this neighborhood.

THE MOUNT TOM RAILROAD.

This is entirely an Easthampton institution as far as its lo- cation is concerned, beginning and ending within the limits of the town. It belongs to the Connecticut Valley Railroad Company, though it was necessary to obtain a separate charter and build it by a separate company at first.

The first train of cars was run over the road Thanksgiving- day, 1871. It is three and one-half miles long. It accom- modates travel very much, especially as it has sic stations, counting the termini.

SCHOOLS,

" The first school which was taught in town of which we have any reliable record was at Pascommuek, in the year 1739. At that time Northampton ap- propriated a sum of money for a school there. There is no account of any fur- ther appropriation until 1748. In this year and nearly every subsequent year they gave money for schooling at Bartlett's Mill and at Pascommuck. The wages of teachers in those times appear small in comparison with what teachers now receive. Six shillings a week were paid to Obadiah Janes, Philip Clark, Juel Parsons, and others for keeping school in their own districts when they boarded themselves. If the teacher lived out of the district, more was sometimes paid."

At a meeting of the frecholders of Easthampton soon after its incorporation £15 were raised for the use of schools, of which at that time there were probably but three. The same sum was annually appropriated until 1793, when it was in- creased to £20.

The appropriations at various times have been as follows : 1807, 8200; 1820, $220; 1830, $300; 1840, 8360; 1850, $600; 1860, $1200; 1865, 82200; 1866, $3500. In this last year $3800 was also appropriated for building new school-houses.

Nov. 24, 1788 .- Voted £15 for schooling, and appointed a committee,-Philip Clark, Eleazer Hannum, and Elijah Wright. This appears to have been the first school commit- tee in town.

The town was divided into four school districts in 1797. Nashawannuck District was bounded ou the south by Manhan River, and west by Saw-mill Brook. The west district was bounded on the south by Manhan River, and east by Saw-mill Brook. Pascommuck District was bounded on the north by Manhan River, and on the west by Broad Brook. The Centre District comprised the remaining portions of the town, but a few in the southeast were not ineluded in any district. At first the management of each school was left entirely in the hands of the district, the money raised by the town being equitably apportioned to the several districts, and by them spent according to their discretion. Later, however, a general committee was appointed, whose duty it was to examine teach- ers and visit the schools to inquire into their progress. The hiring of teachers, the disbursement of the money, and the ownership of the school-houses was still in the hands of the districts. In 1864 the districts were abolished, and the town committee have full control.

The Central High School was established in 1864 by a vote of this town. A your passed in the erection of a suitable building, at a cost of $15,000. The house was dedicated Aug. 29, 1865. It will accommodate 212 scholars,

In earlier times-1833 to 1843-there was a grammar school, the first town-house being built partly for this pur- pose.

WILLISTON SEMINARY .*

This celebrated institution was founded by Hon. Samuel Williston, It was opened to students Dec. 2, 1841. The first builling, which was of wood, was burned March 4, 1857, and its place was supplied by a large brick building, completed near the close of the same year at an expense of about $20,000. A second building had already been erected at this time, comprising a chemical and philosophical department, a large school-room with an upper story, and wing for student-rooms. In 1863-64-65 a gymnasium was built,-one of the finest and most complete in the United States. This cost over $20,000. A new dormitory of brick, four stories in height, was erected in 1866, at a cost of nearly $50,000. Subsequently an astronomical observatory was built. These costly buildings were all ererted by the donations of the founder. These, with the grounds and apparatus, were estimated in 1873 at $270,000. By his will Mr. Wil- liston has left the institution a large endowment. Upon the settlement of the estate, the seminary is to receive $200,000, and ultimately 8300,000 more. The homestead, given to Mrs. Williston and valued at $50,000, has been given by her to the seminary after her decease, provided at least one of the permanent build- ings is placed upon the grounds, and the whole kept for the use of the seminary. The school has $10,000 invested in apparatus and appliances for illustration in history, mathematics, the sciences, and classics. Among these are a thoroughly- furnished philosophical lecture-room; a chemical laboratory ; an astronomical observatory ; duplicate sets of surveying and engineering instruments; prepara- tions for illustration in anatomy and physiology ; models and designs for the drawing-room ; geological, mineralogical, and botanical collections; maps, pho- tographs, and plaster casts. The school is believed to have the most complete facilities for instruction of any school of its grade in the United States.

The first principal was Rev. Luther Wright. He was born in Easthampton, and had great influence in securing the location of the school in his native town. He was succeeded in 1849 by Rev. Josiah Clark, whose resignation took place in 1863, when Rev. Marshall Henshaw was elected principal. He resigned in 1876, and Rev. James M. Whiton was elected to fill the vacancy. His services closed at the end of the spring term of 1878. Prof. J. W. Fairbanks, who succeeded him, is the present principal (January, 1879),-the first alumnus of the school to occupy the principal's chair. One hundred different teachers have given in- struction in the school during its history, many of whom are now occupying positions of great influence in the pulpit, at the Bar, in the professor's chair, or other professions. For some years it has been the policy of the trustees to have the teacherships permanent positions, thus securing greater efficiency in the board of instruction.

The seminary opened with a male and a female department. The Jatter was suspended in 1864. The largest number of ladies in attendance during any year was 187, and the smallest 44. There were 54 names of ladies in the catalogue of 1864. The first catulogue contains 19I names,-two-thirds of these in the English course. The total rose rapidly until, in 1846, it stood at 542. After that it declined, and the yearly aggregate stood between 300 and 400 until the discon- tinuance of the ladies' department. The average term attendance since the war has stood at 175. During the first five years of the seminary's existence 95 per cent. of the pupils were from New England,-60 per cent. from Hampshire County and 30 per cent. from Easthampton. As bigh schools were developed in the neighboring towns this local patronage fell off, and the growth of Sontli Hadley Seminary affected the number of ladies. During the second five years the percentage from New England had dropped to 90 and the percentage from Hampshire County to 33. For the next ten years the New England percentage stood at 85 and the Hampshire County percentage continued at 33. With the increased cost of board, and the continued development of home-schools, these percentages continued to decline, until, at present, that from New England is 50 and from Hampshire County 10, half of whom are from Easthampton. This indicates that the seminary began as a local school and served the purpose of a high school for many neighboring towns. It has ceased to be local, and has become national.

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History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. I, Part 85

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 700

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 700