History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 167

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896

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John Shaw, the progenitor of a large number of subsequent residents of Wales bearing the same name, came from Graf- ton in 1752, and settled upon what afterward became the Sewell Shaw homestead.

From him descended Samuel Shaw, born May 29, 1788. He married Mary Davis, born Sept. 8, 1795, and who is still liv- ing. Warren, Elijah, Salem J., and Eden D. are the sons of Samuel and Mary Shaw.

Humphrey Gardner removed from Palmer to Wales in 1736, and was the person with whom Seth Shaw exchanged

lands. Tradition says that the cause of Humphrey Gardner's removal to Wales was the fact that himself and family were so troubled by witches in Palmer, and that they could not longer endure the annoyance. It does not appear whether the witches also emigrated to Wales. Humphrey Gardner re- mained in Wales, however, and died there. His descendants still retain the homestead which he obtained of Mr. Shaw.

Capt. Trustrum Davis is shown by old records to have been a resident of Wales as early as 1732. He was the first settler upon the farm since designated as the " Houghton place," in the northeast corner of the town. He was a very active and prominent man for over thirty years. He served in the French- and-Indian war as captain of a company mustered into service Oct. 11, 1756, in the expedition to Crown Point, and as cap- tain of another company from Feh. 14 to Dee. 16, 1760.1

Thomas Green, son of Thomas Green, of Brimfield, located at Wales in 1737, upon the lands now occupied by William Nelson, west of the pond.

Robert Green came to Wales from Tolland, Conn., in 1743. In October, 1774, he married, and established his residence but a few rods south of the extreme northwest corner of the town, and upon the ground through which the present bound- ary-line between Wales and Monson runs.

William Carpenter settled about 1740. He married a daughter of the first Anthony Needham, and raised a large family. Ile removed to Stafford, Conn., in 1782, and died there March 9, 1809. He is said to have been the first occu- pant of what is known as the " Walbridge place," in the southwest quarter of the town. He was prominent in town affairs, and represented South Brimfield in the convention for the formation of the State Constitution in 1780.

lehabod and Joel Rogers came from Windham, Conn., to Wales in 1748, where they remained and died, leaving nu- merous descendants. lehabod settled south of the central portion of the town, a mile from Stafford, and died Jan. 19, 1800, aged eighty-seven. Joel filled many positions of respon- sibility and trust in the town, and represented it in the Gen- eral Court of 1797. He was the first settler upon the place now the homestead of Harding G. Back, in the northwestern part of the town. He died June, 1828, at the advanced age of ninety-four years and eight months, being, as far as known, the oldest man who has died in the town, Rachel Trask died in Wales, Aug. 9, 1845, aged ninety-nine years one month and twelve days, and is believed to be the oldest person who ever died there.

William Fenton, of Irish descent, settled in Wales in 1750, and married a niece of Seth Shaw. He lived in the north west part of the town, on land since the Anson Baker homestead, and died Nov. 14, 1804, aged eighty-eight years.

Shubael Dimmick, from Mansfield, Conn., settled in Wales about 1750 upon the " Royce place," east of the pond. He afterward erected and operated a grist-mill, which stood nearly upon the site of Eden D. Shaw's factory. The brook whereon the mill was located became known as " Mill Brook, " and was so designated thereafter. Mr. Dinmiek died in February, 1797, aged eighty-two years.

Capt. Daniel Winchester left Roxbury about 1758, and took up his residence at Wales, succeeding Mr. Dimmick in the ownership and oceupaney of the " Royee place," where he kept a store for many years. He was an influential man,- was a delegate from South Brimfield to the Provincial Con- gress that convened at Salem, Oct. 7, 1774, and twice repre- sented the town in the State Legislature.

Capt. Asa Fisk emigrated to Wales from Hampton, Conn., in 1762. His first settlement was upon the " Wales tavern- stand," where for a time he pursued the vocations of landlord and farmer. After that he purchased a large tract of land upon the elevated ground in the south part of the town,

* Massachusetts Archives, 04: 43.

+ Muss. Archives, 94: 557, and 96: 271-74.

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which has been not inappropriately called "Fisk IIill." There he established his homestead, upon lands afterward the property of Moses Davis. He was a man of much energy and decision of character, and exerted a controlling influence in the affairs of the town.

Oliver Wales, from Union, Conn., in 1766, took up his residence in the town of Wales. He remained until 1778, when he returned to Union, and his brother Elijah, with whom he had traded properties, left that town and settled in Wales. In 1787 these brothers again exchanged places, and Oliver returned to Wales, where he died March 23, 1816, at the age of seventy-two years. He resided upon the premises known as the " Wales tavern-stand," where he followed the double vocation of farmer and landlord until his death, in 1816. He twice represented the town in the Legislature.

Rev. James Mellen, second pastor of the Baptist Church of Wales, located in 1765, and filled the pastoral office till 1769, when ill health compelled him to desist. He died soon after, at Dover, aged thirty-seven years. Notwithstanding his early death, of a wasting malady, it is worthy of note that his son Joshua Mellen, who was born in Wales, Sept. 14, 1765, lived until Feb. 22, 1858, when he died, at Westborough, Mass., at the advanced age of ninety-three years five months and eight days, a longer time than any other man born in Wales is known to have lived.

Rev. Elijah Coddington, fourth pastor of the Baptist Church, came to Wales from Middleborough in 1773, and continued until his death, May 7, 1830, at the age of eighty-eight years. He served as chaplain in a regiment of State militia for ten years, filled various town offices, and was popular in the min- isterial office. Ile lived upon the high ground at the northern extremity of the main street of the central village.

Asa Houghton emigrated to Wales from Union, Conn., in 1779. He married a daughter of Capt. Trustrum Davis, and occupied the residence which Mr. Davis formerly occupied, and which has since become known as the " Houghton place." He filled many of the offices of the town, and was the third representative from Wales in the State Legislature in 1784. He died April 17, 1829, at the age of eighty-seven years.

Of the early physicians of the town may be mentioned Dr. James Lawrence, who came from Killingly, Conn., about the year 1746, and practiced his profession until May 14, 1778, when he died of small-pox, at the age of fifty-eight. Dr. Dud- ley Wade succeeded him from 1779 to 1783. Then followed Dr. Able Sherman, from 1783 to 1786. After him came Dr. Jeremiah Round, from 1787 to 1789.

Dr. David Young came from Worcester in 1790, and located at Wales, where he practiced his profession. He afterward engaged in business as a merchant. Ile died in Brimfield in 1802, a few months after leaving Wales, and was buried in the latter town.

Dr. Ferdinand Lethbridge followed next, in 1805, coming from Medway. He continued in practice until his demise, in 1811. In that year Dr. Thaddeus Fairbanks appeared, and remained until 1815. Dr. Daniel Tiffany practiced in Wales from 1812 to 1822, when he removed to Webster. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Dr. Aaron Shaw studied with Dr. Lethbridge, and in 1813 established himself in practice in Wales, and continued therein, with a slight intermission, until his decease, July 17, 1845, at the age of sixty-two. Dr. John Smith, his contem- porary for a long period, commenced practice in 1815, and continued the same for over fifty years.

TAVERNS.

The earliest tavern in Wales is supposed to have been kept by Samuel Moulton in the " Old Wales tavern-stand," as early as 1740. Capt. Asa Fisk kept an inn at the same place about 1762. He was succeeded by Oliver Wales, who kept the tavern for more than fifty years, and filled many impor-

tant positions in the town. His name and location are fre- quently referred to in the early town records, and it seems to have been the principal place of attraction in the town in those primitive days. The pound was kept in the barn-yard attached to the inn in 1795. Oliver Wales died in 1816, and was succeeded in the business of inn-keeping by his son Loren, who followed that vocation until about 1830. Cornelius Miller then established a tavern in his residence, nearly oppo- site the Wales tavern-stand, and kept it about eight years. Wm. Ruby followed him, and kept it for two years. Then Otis Twichell appeared, and kept tavern as late as 1845.

The town records show that, as early as 1763, Ebenezer Bishop was voted to "provide a pound, and be pound- keeper." Probably, as the custom was then, he was to ar- range a suitable place on his own premises for that purpose. On March 13, 1797, it was voted to build a pound-" with stones"-to be 40 feet square, 4 feet at the bottom, 2 feet at the top, and 6 feet high, with a gate, lock, and key, "on the road between the dwelling-house of Capt. Nichols and Aaron Win- chester's." The pound was constructed by David Needham for 840, and is probably the one which stood on the site of the new burying-ground as late as 1828, when it was disused, and the stones drawn away. A frame pound was afterward con- structed on the west shore of Wales Pond, and was used up to [860 or 1865, when it was gradually abandoned. There is no regular pound at present. Erasmus D. Shaw's barn-yard has been used for that purpose for the past few years.

The first highway laid out by the town was early in 1764. It was a rod and a half wide, and the committee reported that there were " many trees marked,"-the only guide-boards in those early times. Other roads two rods wide were laid out in 1765 and 1767, and after that they multiplied rapidly. But it must not be inferred from this that there were no roads in use prior to 1764. Rough bridle-paths, marked by blazed trees, and filled with charred stumps, were in common use, and a number of highways had been laid out by the old town of Brimfield, in that section of the town which afterward be- came Wales. In 1731 a road from a point just south of the centre of the present Brimfield passed over laynes' Hill, in that town, down through the present town of Wales, past Wales Pond and into Stafford ; and another passed around through the northwest corner of Holland, starting at the same point as the other road and ending at South Wales Pond, on one branch, and on another branch continuing down through South Meadow to Stafford. In 1732 a road ran west from South Pond to Cedar Swamp, in Monson, and another down into the South Meadow, in Wales. In 1733 a short road united the two first referred to in the northeast section of Wales, crossing Erwin's or Mill Brook.

ORGANIZATION.

As has been stated, Wales was at first included in the town of Brimfield. Holland, Monson, part of Palmer, and part of Warren (then called Western) were likewise included in the same territory.

On Sept. 18, 1762, the General Court, in compliance with the repeated requests of those persons who lived in the south part of old Brimfield, passed a resolution looking to the setting off' of that section of territory as a distinct district, having all the rights of a town except that of corporate representation in the Legislature. They were to unite with Brimfield in the choice of a representative. The General Court directed Jo- siah Dwight, a justice of the peace, to " notify and warn" the inhabitants of the south part of Brimfield to convene at the house of John Bishop on Oct. 5, 1762, to choose a " Moderator to regulate sª Meeting," and to " choose all such town officers as shall be necessary to manage the affairs of sd District."

The warrant was issued by Justice Dwight to Jona- than Burk, "one of the principal inhabitants of the Dis- trict of South Brimfield," on Sept. 28, 1762. On October

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5th the meeting duly assembled, and chose the following officers : Moderator, Humphrey Cram ; District Clerk, Capt. Joseph Blodgett ; Selectmen, Humphrey Needham, Humphrey Cram, Anthony Necdham, Jr., Nehemiah May, and John Moulton .*

Oct. 19, 1762, voted Humphrey Cram and Joseph Blodgett as a committee to " hire preaching for the winter season, and that the meeting be held at the house of Isaac Foster, in the east part, and at the house of Dr. James Lawrence, in the west part, in proportion to what the people pay at each place." Also voted to build a meeting-house at the northeast corner of Edward Webber's land by subscription ; to buy two quires of paper to record births and deaths on; and to settle the line between old Brimfield and South Brimfield. Nov. 16, 1762, voted " with the Baptists" to divide the district into two societies for " setting up the gospel" amongst us.

Dec. 22, 1763, John Webber, Jonathan Burk, and Hum- phrey Cram were chosen a committee to agree with Rev. Ben- jamin Conchelin " to preach with us." £30 was appropriated for the purpose of affording preaching during the winter season. The place for the ercetion of the meeting-house was changed to the northwest corner of John Danielson's farm.

On Jan. 18, 1763, the South Meadow road (alluded to in the chapter on early settlement) was fixed as the dividing- line between the east and west parts of the town " for gospel purposes."

On March 14, 1763, besides the regular annual officers chosen, tythingmen, fence-viewers, deer-reeves, hog-reeves, and a sealer of leather were chosen. Two days later it was voted to hire four months' more preaching, after Mr. Conche- lin's time expired, and to hold the meetings at the house of Capt. Joseph Blodgett.

On June 10, 1763, a petition of Dr. James Lawrence, Ne- hemiah May, and Robert Brown, asking for a division of the district, was voted on and carried. The petition and its ob- ject were formally indorsed by a paper signed by 36 inhab- itants of the district, and bearing date June 10, 1763. On October 17th following, Nehemiah May was sent to the Gen- eral Court to put through the matter of a division, and £1 15s. and lld. was allowed him for expenses. Dr. James Law- rence was also sent for the same purpose, and he was allowed £2 4s. and 2f.

At the annual meeting, held March 12, 1764, a " surveyor of wheat and flour" was for the first time chosen. That meet- ing refused to appropriate any money for preaching and schooling. It was also enacted that "swine should run at large, yoakt and ringed according to law." This provision was made many times after at town-meetings, and seems to have been the custom of that period.

On Sept. 5, 1774, the district seemed inclined to take the ad- ministration of justice into their own hands, for we find it recorded that they voted to " choose twelve men as a Court of Justice and Honour to judge and determine all controversies that may hereafter arise in said District." The persons se- lected for this purpose were Nehemiah May, Jacob How, Nathaniel Munger, Asa Fisk, Anthony Needham, Daniel Winchester, Thomas Parker, Jonathan Wallis, Benjamin Blodgett, Edward Webber, Abel Allen, and Joel Rogers.

In the same year an aet was passed making all districts then existing towns, with full rights and privileges. By virtue of this provision South Brimfield became a town.

On March 25, 1779, it was again voted to divide the town, and on April 8th of the same year Darius Munger and Thomas Bond were chosen to go to the General Court to effect that object.

Sept. 4, 1780, the town east 45 votes for John Hancock for Governor, 31 votes for Artemas Ward for Lieutenant-Gov-

ernor, and 3 votes for Timothy Danielson for Lieutenant- Governor.

March 11, 1782, it was again voted to divide the town. the "dividing-line to be the County Road leading from Brimfield along by Deacon Nathaniel Munger's to Union or South Meadow Road," and Joseph Bruce was selected to go to the General Court for that purpose. The effort appears to have met with success this time, for on July 5, 1783, the east parish of South Brimfield was duly incorporated as the district of Holland.

It would seem to have been a rather venturesome business to get married in the early history of Wales, and that a " mother- in-law" was held in uncommon regard ; for on Sept. 15, 1784, a committee was chosen by the town to " seize John Moulton's estate for the support of his wife's mother."

On Dec. 3, 1792, it was voted " to provide a place to have the small-pox in," and "that those taking the infection repair within the lines."

There has never been a regular almshouse in the town of Wales, but the poor have been " farmed out," so to speak, at auction, to the lowest bidder, from the earliest times. An instance of this kind occurs in the town records of March 11, 1793, when it was " voted to set up Mr. Dimmick to the low- est bidder, to be provided for in sickness and death and every necessary of life for one year, and if the said Dimmick shall decease before the year is out the full sum bid is still to be paid. "

Dec. 30, 1795, Oliver Wales, Joel Rogers, and Darius Mun- ger, of South Brimfield, and Joseph Bruce, Alfred Lyon, and David Wallis, of the district of Holland, entered into an agreement, on behalf of their respective corporate bodies, for the support of the county road and an alternation in the se- lection of a representative.

On Jan. 12, 1828, the town voted to change its name to Clinton. On January 26th following that question was re- considered, and the name of Wales adopted, in recognition of the liberality of James L. Wales, a native and resident, who beqeathed the sum of $2000 to the town. This donation, subsequently received, has proved a handsome source of rev- enue to the town. The General Court, by legislative enaet- ment, confirmed the change in the name. The principal reasons for the change appear to have been the desire for a shorter name, and to avoid any appearance of subservieney, or inferiority, to the mother-town of Brimfield.

The following citizens of the town have served as represen- tatives to various conventions and to the General Court, and filled the principal offices in the town :

DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS.

To the Provincial Congress convened at Salemi, Oct. 7, 1774,-Capt. Daniel Winchester.

To the convention which assembled at Cambridge, Sept. 5, 1779, to form the State constitution,-William Carpenter.

To a convention held at Hatfield, April, 1781, and another at Iladley, Feb. 11, 1782, to devise measures for the welfare of the county,-Joel Rogers.

To a county convention held for a like purpose at Hatfield, Aug. 22, 1786, and another at Hadley, Nov. 7, 1786, and to a State convention assembled at Boston for a similar purpose, in January, 1788,-Asa Fisk.

To a district convention held at Northampton, July 14, 1812, to devise meas- ures to hasten the termination of the war with Great Britain,-Darius Munger. l'o the convention to revise and amend the State constitution, held at Boston, in November, 1820,-Charles Gardner.

To a State convention assembled at Boston, iu May, 1853, for the purpose of revising the constitution,-James C. Royce.

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT AND STATE LEGISLATURE.

1. Chosen when Wales and Holland acted unitedly,-from Wales :

1775, Anthony Needbam ; 1780, David Bullen ; 1784, Asa Houghton ; 1785, '87, Daniel Winchester : 1786, '90, 1794-95, Darius Munger ; 1788-89, Asa Fisk ; 1797, Joel Rogers ; 1800-1, Oliver Wales; 1804, Josiah Gardner; 1805, John Munger ; 1806, David Wallis ; 1810-11, 1813, Royal Wales; 1815-16, James L. Wales ; 1819, Timothy Fenton ; 1822-23, Alvin Needham; 1827, Bela Tiffany ; 1830-31, Chas. Gardner; 1833-35, Alfred Needham ; 1836, John S. Smith.

* The town is described in the act of the General Cont as being about four miles from north to south, and about six and a half miles from cast to west.

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2. Chosen by Wales alone under the amendment of the State constitution of 1837 :

1839, '46, ATsalom Gardner; 1840, James E. Royce; 1841, Luther Parker ; 1843, James Foskit ; 1:44, Cornelius Miller ; 1851, Arbey Squier; 1852, Warren Shaw; 1853, Jonathan G. Royce ; 1855, Elijah Shaw.

3. Chosen from Wales by the First Hampden District, com- posed of Monson, Brimfield, Wales, and Holland :

1850, David F. Parker; 1864, Elijah Shaw ; 1868, Ferdinand L. Burley ; 1873, Julius M. Lyon.

SELECTMEN.

1762-65 .- Humphrey Needham, Humphrey Ciam, Anthony Needham, Nehe- miah May, John Moulton.

1766 .- Joseph Blodgett, Anthony Needham, Jolin Monlton, Dr. James Lawrence, Samuel Munger.

1767 .- Joseph Blodgett, Dr. James Lawrence, Humphrey Needham.

1768 .- Humphrey Crane, Humphrey Needham, Dr. James Lawrence.

1769 .- Humphrey Crane, Joseph Blodgett, Jr., Edward Webber.

1770 .- Humphrey Crane, Joseph Blodgett, Jr., Anthony Needham.

1771 .- Asa Fisk, Joseph Blodgett, Jr., Nehemiah May.

1772 .- Anthony Needham, Daniel Winchester, Nehemiah May.

1773 .- Anthony Needham, Asa Fisk, Nehemiah May.

1774 .- Anthony Needham, Daniel Winchester, Humphrey Crane.

1775 .- Anthony Needham, Asa Fisk, Humphrey Crane.

1776 .- Humplney Crane, Daniel Winchester, Anthony Needham, Joseph Mun- ger, Edward Webber.

1777 .- Daniel Winchester, Nehemiah May, Jonathan Wallis.

1778 .- Nehemiah Needham, Sherebiah Ballard, Benjamin Blodgett.

1779 .- Thomas Bond, Darius Munger, Win. Belknap, Almer Needham, Joseph Needham.

1780 .- James Blodgett, Wm. Belknap, Darius Munger, Jonathan Crane, Joseph Needlianı.

1781 .- Jonas blodgett, Wm. Belknap, Darius Munger, Alfred Lynn, Joseph Needham.

1782 .- Joel Bogers, Wm. Belknap, Abner Needham, Abel Allen, Joseph Munger. 1783 .- Joel Rogers, Wm. Belknap, Joseph Needham, Abel Allen, Darius Munger. 1784 .- Darins Munger, Joel Rogers, Joseph Needham.

1785 .- Samuel Winchester, Darius Munger, Asa Houghton.

1786 .- Joel Rogers, Darius Munger, David Needham.

1787 .- Joel Rogers, Darius Manger, Daniel Manger.

1788 .- Joel Rogers, Ara Fisk, Daniel Winchester. 1789,-Joel Rogers, Asa Fisk, Darius Munger.

1790-91 .- Darins Munger, Joel Rogers, Asa Fisk.

1793 .- David Needham, Joel Rogers, Daniel Munger.

1794 .- Johu Munger, Joel Rogers, Daniel Munger.

1795 .- John MInnger, Joel Roge:s, Darius Munger.

1796 .- Darius Manger, Joseph Gardner, John Munger, David Needham, Samuel Shaw.

1797-98 .- Darins Munger, Josiah Gardner, John Munger.

1799 .- Nathan Wight, Oliver Wales.

1800 .- John Munger. Nathan Wight, Benjamin Winchester.

1801 .- David Needham, Stephen Needham, Asa Fisk, Jr., Asa Houghton, John Shaw.

1802 .- John Munger, Nathan Wight, John Shaw.

1803,-Darius Munger, Joel Rogers, Asa Fisk.

1804 .- Darius Munger, John Munger, Oliver Wales.

1:05,-Darius Munger, Cyrus Munger, Stephen Needham.

1806-10 .- John Munger, Cyrus Munger, Stephen Needham.

1×11 .- Asa Fisk, Jr., James L. Wales, John Shaw. 1812 .- Jesse Moulton, Charles Gardner, Cyrus Munger.

1813 .- Jesse Moulton, Amasa Munger, Stephen Needham.

1814 .- Jesse Moulton, Timothy Fenton, James W. Needham.

1815 .- Jesse Moulton, Timothy Fenton, James L. Wales. I`16 .- Charles Gardner, Timothy Fenton, Alvin Needham. 1817 .- Alvin Needham, Timothy Fenton, Alfred Needham. 1818-20 .- Alvin Needham, John Smith, Alfred Needham. 1821 .- James L. Wales, Francis Miller, Alfred Needham. 1822 .- James L. Wales, Alvin Needham, John Smith. 1823 .- James L. Wales, John Smith, Alfred Needhamn.

1824 .- James L. Wales, Alfred Needham, Orin Wales.

1825 .- Alvin Needham, John Smith, Win. Thompson. 1826 .- James L. Wales, John Smith, Wm. Thompson. 1827 .- Alfred Needham, John Smith, James Babcock. 1828 .- James L. Wales, John Smith, Alfred Needham. 1829-30 .- James L. Wałes, John Smith, Francis Miller. 1831 .- John Smith, Charles Gardner, James Babcock. 1832 .- John Smith, Whitman Munger, James Babcock.

1833 .- John Smith, Whitman Munger, Alfred Needham.

1834 .- James L. Wales, Charles Gardner, Alfred Needham. 1835 .- John Smith, Aaron Shaw, Alfred Needham. 1836 .- Charles Gardner, Aaron Shaw, Oliver Wales. 1837 .- James L. Wales, Absalom Gardner, Elijah C. Babcock. 1838 .- James C. Royce, Ahsalom Gardner, Whitman Munger.

1839,-James C. Royce, Absalom Gardner, John White.

1840 .- Absalom Gardner, James C. Royce, Ames Walbridge, John Smith.

Ic41 .- Absalom Gardner, Ferdinand L. Burley, Nathan Palmer.

1842 .- Luther Parker, Horace Gardner, Nathan Palmer.

1:43 .- Absalom Gardner, Ferdinand L. Burley, Amrs Wallidge.

1:44 .- Horace Gardner, Wm. Thompson, Ames Walbridge.

1845 .- Alsalom Gardner, L. B. Wight, Alvan Andrews.

1846 .- Leonard P. Wight, James C. Royce, Esek Luther.

1847 .- Leonard P. Wight, James C. Royce, A. A. Needhanı. 1848 .- AIsalom Gardner, Horace Gardner, C. D. Brown.

1849 .- Al salom Gardner, N. H. Stowell, C. D. Brown.

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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. II, Part 167

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 896

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896