History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 53

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

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At the legal meeting, April 8, 1777, the question being put whether the town will give encouragement as a town toward raising soldiers, it passed in the negative.

March 10, 1778, " it was voted to choose five men as a eom- mittee to settle what has been done in the war, and to instruct tbem to estimate the service according to the value of time, having regard to the seasons of the year." The committee was Elias Carter, Thompson Maxwell, Jonathan Hastings, Asahel Thayer, and Benjamin Maxwell.

In 1780, Capt. Sylvanus Rice, Lieut. Thomas Nichols, Ben-

jamin Maxwell, and Artemas Rice were appointed a commit- tee of safety, and it was

" Voted to raise two hundred pounds as an encouragement to each man who will enlist to serve six months as a soldier in the Continental service."

In the same year it was " voted that the best shoes for sol- diers shall cost $72 per pair, the others $47 per pair."*

In 1774, Hugh Maxwell represented the town in the Pro- vincial Congress, and the following year Samuel Taylor was the representative.

At the outbreak of the war a company of Minute-Men was formed in this part of the county, which had among its members a number of the citizens of Charlemont. Oliver Avery was in command and IIngh Maxwell was a lieutenant. They marehed to Cambridge in May, 1775, and when the army was reorgan- ized a portion of the Charlemont men enlisted in Col. Pres- cott's regiment, in which Hugh Maxwell was a captain and Joseph Stebbins a lieutenant, their commissions bearing date May 26, 1775. Capt. Avery and some of the men returned home, but others remained to participate in the battle of Bun- ker Hill. In this engagement Capt. Maxwell was wounded and Ebenezer Fales killed. Josiah Pieree, a celebrated marksman, fired forty-seven bullets at the enemy with un- erring aim, and lived to be present at the laying of the corner- stone of the monument which commemorates that battle and the death of Gen. Joseph Warren.

"Sylvanus Rice was the captain of a company of Minute- Men, and was frequently employed for short terms of service. He led his company at one time to New London, mortgaging his farm in order to raise the necessary means of equipment." His son Luther died in the service at West Point.

Moses and Samuel Rice hastened to Bennington with such speed that they were able to join in pursuit of the IIessians. Samuel Riee and Lemuel Roberts, of Charlemont, with others, were captured the succeeding fall and carried to Canada, suf- fering intensely from the cold. The former managed to es- cape the following spring, and, after many hardships, reached his home in the early summer.

Martin Rice was at Bunker Hill, and Eleazer Hawks at Bennington. Ephraim Hawks, Eliphalet Cutting, Joel Da- vidson, Eliphalet Cutting, Jr., Jonathan Howard, and Caleb Fish were also Continental soldiers. Tertius Taylor served through the war, holding a lieutenant's commission. Among other battles, he was at Stillwater and Stony Point. His brother, Othniel, was a captain, and led his company into many engagements during the northern campaign of 1777.

Many others whose names cannot be here produced served in the Revolution ; and in the struggle from 1812-15 the town was fairly represented. In the late civil war Charlemont's quotas were promptly filled. It is believed that the following list embraees the names of all who were credited to the town. No record of names having been preserved in the clerk's office, it has been compiled from the State reports.

In the compilation of the foregoing sketch of the town's history, the writer has been much assisted by the " Historical Discourse" of the Hon. Joseph White, and by information re- ceived from Messrs. Engene A. Field, Phineas Field, E. C. Ilawks, Levi Smith, Henry Bassett, R. II. Leavitt, A. L. Tyler, Samuel Potter, M. Hawks, Mrs. Milner Taylor, and W. E. Niles.

ARMY LIST, 1861-65.

Bissell, A. H., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. A, 52d Regt. Rice, Leonard B., lieut., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt.

Williams, John T., corp., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt.

Leavitt, Edward A., corp., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt.

Albee, Henry M., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt .; died July 26, 1863.

Avery, II. G., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt.

Booth, Wm. II., must. Oct. 2, '62, Co. B, 52d Regt. Booth, Edwin W., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt .; died April 26, 1863.

Bassett, Sam., must. Oct. 2, '62, Co. B, 52d Regt. Coates, Geo. E., must. Oct. 2, '62, Co. B, 52d Regt. Crittenden, James R., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt.

Field, Edwin A., must. Oct. 2, '62, Co. B, 52d Regt. Ilawks, E. D., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt. Keyes, Chas. L., must. Oct. 2, '62, Co. B, 52d Rlegt. Legate, Jos. M., must. Oct. 2, '62, Co. B, 52d Regt.

Lilley, Albert, must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt. ; died June 24, 1863.

Merriam, Fred. W., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt.

Morrison, Clark E., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B, 52d Regt. Newstead, George II., winst. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. B. 52d Regt.

King, Jas. M., must. Oct. 2, 1862, Co. E, 52d Regt. Wilder, Geo. O., must. Oct. 2, '62, Co. E, 52d Regt. Mead, George W., must. Sept. 2, 1864, 4th Cav.

* Continental bills.

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Avery, John, must. June 21, 'G1, Co. HI, 10th Regt. Blodgett, Jos. L., must. June 21, 1861, Co. 11, 10th

Regt.

Edwards, Lewis R., must. June 21, 1861, Co. Il, 10th Regt.

Upton, Geo. E., must. June 21, 1861, Co. Il, 10th Regt.

Veber, Elias E., must. June 21, 1861, Co. H, 10th Regt.

Veber, George A., must., June 21, 1861, Co. H, 10th Regt .; killed, Fair Oaks.

King, Edw. R., must. Aug. 29, '61, Co. E, 20th Regt. Porter, George II., must. July 19, 1861, Co. K, 21st Regt .; died Nov. 13, 1863.

Doan, Pat., mist. Aug. 25, '64, Co. B, 24th Regt. Avery, Francis D., must. Sept. 13, 1861, Co. C, 27th Regt .; pro. Ist lieut., 1865.

Norcross, A. B., sergt., must. Sept. 13, 1861, Co. C, 27th Regt.

Loomis, O. M., corp., must. March 24, 1864, Co. C, 27th Regt.

Barnard, Edward, must. Sept. 23, 1861, Co. C, 27th: Regt.

Clark, Wm. W., must. Sept. 13, 1861, Co. C, 27th Regt.

Coates, Alonzo, nmust. Oct. I, 'G1, Co. C, 27th Regt. Edwards, P. O., must. Oct. 1, '61, Co. C, 27th Regt. Harris, A. M., must. Sept. 20, 'GI, Co. C, 27th Regt. Merritt, Mahlou M., must. Feb. 26, 1864, Co. C, 27th Regt.

Phipps, M. M., must. Feb. 26, 1864, Co. C, 27th Regt .; died at Andersouville.

Woffooden, Richard, must. Sept. 24, 1861, Co. C, 27tl Regt.

Woffeuden, Samuel, must. Sept. 24, 1861, Co. C, 27th Regt.

Leavitt, Joshua, lient., must. Nov. 21, 1861, Co. C, 31st Regt.

Hathaway, Chandler, corp., must. Nov. 21, 1861, Co. C, 31st Regt .; died at Baton Rouge.

Hawks, Joshua W., corp , must. Nov. 21, 1861, Co, C, 31st Regt.

Ilawks, John F., must. Nov. 21, 1861, Co. C, 31st Regt .; died at New Orleans,

Hillman, Fordyce L., must. Nov. 21, 1861, Co. C. 31st Regt .; killed at Alexandria, La.

Murphy, Lawrence, must. Nov. 21, 1861, Co. C, 31st Regt .; drowned in Louisiana,

Deminell, Lanson, must. July 31, 1862, Co. F, 34th Regt.

Coates, A., must. Sept. 24, 1863, Co. F, 34th Regt. Coates, David F., must. Sept. 24, 1863, Co. F, 34th Regt .; killed July 18, 1864.

Damon, Otis, must. Dec. 10, 1863, Co. F, 34th Regt. Fitzgerald, John, must. July 31, 1862, Co. F, 34th Regi .; killed Feb. 10, 1863.

Gleason, Abijalı W., must. July 31, 1862, Co. F, 64th Regt.

Phipps, Wm. A., must. July 31, 1862, Co. F, 34th Regt .; killed Oct. 13, 1864.

Taylor, Thomas A., must. July 31, 1862, Co. F, 34th Regt.

Veher, Elias E., must. Dec. 25, 1863, Co. F. 34th Regt.

Veber, Wm., must. Dec. 22, '63, Co. K, 34th Regt. Williams, Enos R., must. July 31, 1862, Co. F, 34th Regt.

Dix, Stillman E., must. June 27, 1864, Co. II, 37th Regt.

Wright, Edward II., omst. Jan. 5, 1865, Co. 11, 37th Regt.

llenderson, George F., sergt., must. Jan. 5, 1865, Co. H, 61st Regt.

Burgess, Alouzo, must. Jan. 5. 1865, Co. II, 61st Regt.

Quinn, Wm. T., must. Jan. 5, 1865, Co. 11, 61st Regt.

McDonough, Thomas, must. Jan, 5, 1865, Co. II, 6Ist Regt.

Childs, Albert, omist. 1864, Vet. R. C. Cox, James, must. 1864, Vet. R. C.

Dodge, Luke E., must. 1864, Vet. R. C. Ferris, Abraham K., must. 1864, Vet. R. C.

llewitt, Robert, muist. 1864, Vet. R. C. Jessey, John, must. 1864, Vet. R. C.

Merrill, Charles, minst. 1864, Vet. R. C. Quinn, John P., must. 1864, Vet. R. C. Tyrrell, Isaac B., umst. 1864, Vet. R. C. Wells, Alonzo, must. 1864, Vet. R. C.

- llerkes, Jolın 11., must. 1864, U. S. A.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

PHINEHAS FIELD, JR.,

was born in Northfield, Franklin Co., Mass., on the 14th of April, 1799. He traees his descent from Zechariah Field, who was born in England in 1600, settled in Hartford, Conn., between 1639-49, removed to Northampton, Mass., in 1659, and thenee to llatfield in 1663. He died in that town in 1666. lle had five children, of whom Samuel, the third son, was killed by Indians in June, 1769. llis wife was Sarah, daughter of Thomas Gilbert, of Springfield, by whom he had eight children,-Samuel, Thomas, Sarah, Zechariah, Ebenezer, Mary, Josias, and Joshua. Samuel, the eldest, was called the " Poet," and in order to perpetuate the names of the family of which he was a member, he arranged them in order, so as to be sung to the tune known as the " Rogue's March," as fol- lows :

to Deerfield, and died soon after, on the 12th of September, 1723. Moses, son of Ebenezer, was born in 1719, and married for his first wife Anna Dickinson, of Hatfield, by whom he had seven children. He was married the second time, in 1756, to Martha Root, of Sunder- land, and by this union had four children, of whom Phin- ehas, father of the subject of this notice, was the youngest. He was born in Northfield on the 29th of November, 1760. He was a farmer by occupa- tion, and married Diadema, daughter of Reuben Morgan. She died on the 1st of Au- gust, 1788. He was married the second time, to Eunice, daughter of Capt. Seth Ly- man, of Northfield. She was born April 17, 1770, and died Sept. 18, 1830. By this union he had ten children : Diade- ma, Luey, Lucius, and Laura (triplets, of whom Lney and Lucius died in infancy ), Luey and Lueius (twins), Phine- has, Jr., Eunice, Mary, and Moses. Of this family only two are now living. Phine- bas, the subject of this notice, heing one of a large family, was early thrown upon his own resources. ITis only sehool advantages were such as were afforded by the dis- triet schools, which he at- tended during the summer months until seven years old, and after that, in the winter, until he reached his sixteenth year. He then took charge of his father's farm, and the sup- port of his parents devolved upon him. He remained in that position until 1837, when he removed to Shelburne Falls.

Sam, Thom, aml Sarah, Zeck, Neb, and Mary, Josias, Josh,-pumpkin squash, Quite contraray !*

This ditty has been faith- fully handed down by tradi- tion in the Field families. Ebenezer, the fourth son, set- tled in Deerfield, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Wil- liam Arms, of that towr, by whom he had five children. In the twilight, on Northfield Street, he was mistaken for an Indian, and shot by a sentry at one of the forts. He was taken

Phinehas feld,

* Repeat two last lines in singing.

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Meanwhile, he married (on the 11th of May, 1831) Chloe Maxwell, daughter of Col. Roger Leavitt, of Heath. After a residence of one year in Shelburne Falls, be removed to Charlemont, where he has since resided.

He has been practically engaged in agriculture, but has also devoted a great deal of time to public service and literary pur- .suits. He has never held any regular public office, though often solicited to do so, but he has been constantly identified with all the interests of the community, both social and re- ligious. Ile has always been a Republican in politics, and was one of the first to adopt and advocate abolition principles. He has for many years been an active and earnest worker in the cause of temperance, and was one of the first in the town of Northfield to abolish the practice of having intoxicating drinks at " raisings," ete., and he has advocated these princi- ples by both precept and practice.

Mr. Field has been a member of the Congregational So- ciety sixty-two years, and was ordained deacon by council in 1825, in Northfield. He was subsequently chosen to the same office in Charlemont, and served in that capacity until seventy years of age, when he was, at his own request, released from service. Ile is not content to be idle, but still takes an active part in religious work. He has been a delegate to the National Congregational Conneils at Albany, Boston, and New Haven, and assisted in the formation of the American Missionary As- sociation at Albany. As a delegate of the Christian Commis- sion he spent eight months in the South during the latter part of the Rebellion. He was then in his sixty-fifth year, and, although past the " fighting-age," he was not one to stand idle when his country needed help.

Ile was present at the re-taking of Port Stedman in March, 1865, and was in the lines in front of Petersburg on the 2d of April, and entered that place on the 3d.

While in front of Petersburg he was four times a mark for the rebel sharpshooters, but escaped unhurt. His eight months' labor for the Christian Commission was without any pecuniary compensation, but was freely given in the cause of freedom and right. Mr. Field has been a contributor to the New Eng- land Farmer and other local papers, and much that he has written has been extensively copied into other periodicals. lle is a good musician, and has led the singing in the church

since 1825, and has also instructed many new beginners gratui- tously. On various occasions he has written hymns that were sung in publie, and has also composed several pieces of music, some of which he has, by request, sung in publie this winter (1879). He is a member of the Pocumptuck Valley Memorial Association, and has furnished for that association many legends and traditions of the Indians, and of the early settlers of Northfield, that otherwise would have been lost.

Mr. Field is now in his eightieth year, possessing undimin- ished mental powers, a remarkable memory, a step as elastic as that of most men of half his age, and an erect and com- manding carriage. He is not wealthy in this world's goods, but is rich in the possession of a mind stored with treasures of knowledge, a varied experience, and the esteem and respect of a large circle of acquaintances and friends.

Mrs. Field died on the 4th of July, 1876, aged seventy- three years.

The following lines are a recent production of Mr. Field's pen :

LIFE'S CROWNING BEAUTY. I love the opening months of spring, The sunshine and the showers

That renovate the earth, and bring The foliage and the flowers.

I love the balmy month of Inne, I love the warm July, And August, with her harvest-moon Gilding the azure sky.

Yrt antonin, with her golden sheen, Outshines the vernal spring ;

And June, arrayed in brightest green, Can no such vestments bring.

But give me winter ohl and gray, With all its garners full :

I'll sinile upon the past, and say It far excels the whole ! ! !

The bound of earthly life we trace At " threescore years and ten," And all beyond that narrow space Is winter-time with mien !

The " hoary head," the silver hairs,- If found "in righteousness,"-

E'en now a " crown of glory" wears, Awaiting heavenly rest

WHATELY.

GEOGRAPHICAL.

WHATELY lies on the west bank of the Connecticut River, on the southern border of the county, in the form of an irregu- lar rectangle, whose average width, from north to south, is a little more than three miles, and whose extreme length is about six miles. The northern bounds of the town are Con- way and Deerfield ; on the east is Sunderland, separated by the Connecticut River; and on the south and west are the towns of Hatfield and Williamsburg, in Hampshire County. About one-third of the surface of the town consists of meadow- lands, one-third of uplands, and the remainder of hills, whose sides are too steep and rocky to admit of profitable cultiva- tion.

The principal elevations are Mount Esther, in the north- western part, nearly 1000 feet high ; Chestnut Mountain, in the southern part; Prospect Hill, near the centre; Hoy Mountain and Poplar Hill, in the western part. To other hills in town the names of Dry Grass, Round, Staddle, Spruce, Gutter, and Hopewell were carly applied. They are com-

posed of the rock common to this section, and in several localities limestone of excellent quality is obtained.

NATURAL FEATURES.

The drainage of the town is afforded chiefly by Mill River and its tributaries. It is a sluggish stream, flowing south, east of the centre, and receives the waters of Bloody Brook from the northeast, near the Deerfield line ; of Roaring Brook, from the southeastern part of Conway, on the west; and farther south, on the same side, it takes the waters of Gutter, School-house, and West Brooks, all having a southeasterly course, and flowing from the hills of West Whately. West Brook is fed by many springs, and its flow through town is marked by many valuable mill-sites. The other streams do not yield good power. Ilopewell Brook, emptying into the Connecticut, is the outlet of the swamps that border on the west side of the river meadows. Beyond these and the low- lands along Mill River is a strip of plain-land called the "Straits." A large portion of the swamp-lands has been re- claimed and rendered productive by artificial drainage. In

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the east part of town are several springs, possessing strong mineral properties, chiefly iron. Here, also, is a small deposit of mineral paint-umber and sienna-which is esteemed valuable in fresco-painting. In the western part of the town are small deposits of galena. The soil is fertile, producing abundantly the general erops of this section.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

ORIGINAL BOUNDS, LAND-OWNERS, AND PIONEERS.

Until April 24, 1771, the greater portion of the present lown formed the northern part of Hatfield, and much of its carly history is so closely associated with that town that it is detailed in that connection, and here omitted to avoid repeti- tion. At the date mentioned Whately was incorporated, re- ceiving its name from Gov. Hutchinson in compliment to his friend, Thomas Whately, at that time in the employ of the British government, in London. 1n 1810 a small part of Deerfield was annexed to the original town of Whately, giving it the bounds before described.

Down to 1684 the town was regarded as the conimons of Hatfield, but on the 21st of October in that year the territory was divided among the inhabitants of the lower part of Hat- field, each one receiving a portion according to the valuation of his estates. As there were at that time 69 inhabitants holding ratable estates, each one of the divisions formed in the survey contained that number of lots, whose width, on the ten-rod highways, was from 4 to 52 rods! All the lands west of the river meadows were thus allotted at that carly period, and subsequently confirmed to the grantees,-the last time, in 1735. As but few of the original owners came to improve their lands, their names are here omitted. The greater part of the river meadows was included in the grants made to Simon Bradstreet and Daniel Denison, in 1659, about 1500 acres in all. After the latter's death, in 1682, his land became the property of John Field, William Arms, Robert Bardwell, Daniel Warner, Samuel Field, Samuel Gunn, Joseph Field, and Andrew Warner, and was managed by them and their successors until after 1785 as joint property.

Gov. Bradstreet died in 1697, and his land soon became the property of others. In 1719 the proprietors were Samuel Gunn, Josiah Scott, Ebenezer Bardwell, Samuel Belden, John Crafts, John Wait, Ebenezer Morton, Nathaniel Cole- man, Thomas Field, Jonathan Smith, Zachery Field, Joseph Smith, John Belden, John White, John Smith, and Jonathan Cole.

Other early land-owners were Samuel Partridge, Eleazer Frary, Daniel White, John Graves, Samuel Graves, and Samuel Dickinson.

The improvements the proprietors had projected were not carried out on account of Indian troubles ; and the town was for many years neutral ground, roamed over by the Indians, and at best of no more service to the Hatfield proprictors than to yield an occasional load of hay. While a party were engaged, June 18, 1724, loading hay, about three miles north of Hattield Street, they were attacked by the Indians. Benjamin Smith was killed, and Aaron Wells and Joseph Allis taken prisoners. No other incursion appears to have been made, and soon peace was so well assured that the settlements in the northern towns were firmly established, giving Hatfield a greater sense of security.

The settlement of Whately was now projected, and, about 1736, Ebenezer Bardwell and Josiah Scott built log houses, on the Deerfield road, north of the Bartlett place ; not long after, a settlement was made on the "Strait" by Benjamin Scott, David Graves, Elisha Smith, John Wait, and Joseph Belding, who built their houses close together for mutual protection. It is supposed that all these families left after the breaking out of the French-and-Indian war, in 1744. They returned to the village of Hatfield, but came back to their homes before 1750;

and these were the first permanent settlers of the present town of Whately.

Lieut. Ebenezer Bardwell sold his place to Master David Scott, the carpenter of the town, in 1752, and built a small house on the Chestnut Plains Street. The same year Joel Dickinson built at the hamlet, and Benoni Crafts a mile north. A brother of the latter, Thomas Crafts, put up a house nearer the hamlet. The position of these four families was deemed so exposed that the Hatfield seleetmen moved them back to the village before snow fell, but allowed them to return in the spring. In 1754 a strong picket was built around Deacon Dickinson's house and barn, which served the four families as a fort, where they could drive in their cattle and lodge themselves at night while the country was alarmed by fears of Indian depredations.

When Thomas Crafts came from Hatfield he brought with him several hives' of bees, the swarms of which have been kept in the families of his descendants ever since, and have always been housed within a short distance of the place where they were first set down.

Both the Crafts remained in Whately, and have now many descendants living in the town. Dickinson removed to Con- way, and Bardwell to Deerfield, but the latter returned to Staddle fill, where he died in 1789, at the age of eighty-two years. One of his three sons, Ebenezer, in 1778 built the house on Claverack Street which is now occupied by Walter W. Bardwell. It is said to be the oldest building in the town. Among others who joined the Chestnut Plains settlement were Daniel Morton, in 1759, who opened the first publie-house in the town, a little south of Thomas Crafts'; Oliver Morton, in 1761, building his house south of the cemetery ; Oliver Graves, in 1761, on the east side of the road from Thomas Crafts ; Capt. Lucius Allis, on Spruce Hill; and Capt. Salmon White, south of the hamlet, on the present White place.

In 1719, Abraham Parker came from Groton, and settled in the locality since called " Canterbury." Eight years later he was drowned while attempting to cross the Connecticut on the ice. In 1752 his brother-in-law, Joseph Sanderson, located in the same neighborhood. In 1765, Joshua Belding settled on the river road, where Elihu Belding now lives, and the same year Nathaniel Coleman became a resident of the same neigh- borhood.

In 1760, David Scott purchased Lieut. Bardwell's Chestnut Plains property, and, a short time before, Noah Wells had built a house west of the Scott place. About this time Moses, Abner, and Gideon Dickinson settled in town, and, in 1762, Deacon Simeon Wait settled in Christian Lane, and, a short time after, Deacon Nathan Graves on Chestnut Moun- tain, and John Wait on the " Straits."

In the western part of the town settlement was made before 1765 by Edward Brown, Peter Train, Abraham Turner, and Adonijah Taylor. The Smith families, Elisha Belding, Sam- uel Carley, Henry Stiles, and others whose names appear in the following pages, became residents of Whately.

The number of settlers in Whately in 1771, and their pos- sessions, are clearly shown in the appended table :

Acres.

Names,

llonses, Tillage Land. Mowing Land. Pasturage.

Daniel Morton

Oliver Graves,

David Graves.

Elisha Belding

John Crafts ..

Joseph Crafts.

Israel Graves

514

Simeon Wait

Henry Stiles.

Oliver Morton.

Benj. Smith, Jr

Moses Crafts

Peter Train

Edward Brown

Abraham Turner.

Benoni Crafts

l'anl Belding.

Ezra Turner

Hosea Curtis

Joseph Kellogg

11, .:

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Acres. Acres.

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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 53

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