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HIS CONNECTION WITH ASHFIELD
It was in the summer of 1864 that Mr. Curtis first came to Ashfield. He spent but a few days here as my guest, but he saw enough of the pleasant village and the beautiful country in which it lies, to induce him to come back to it with his family the next summer, and thenceforth to make it his summer residence. For three years he lived on the Flat, in the old house then unpainted and needing repairs, which has since been modernized and put in order by its owners. Then for five years during my absence he occupied my house, and just before my return he bought the pleasant homestead in which he spent all the remaining summers of his life to the last. Resident here for a good portion of each year, for almost the full term of a generation, his life became closely associated with that of this community, and Ashfield has the right to claim him as her child by adoption and his own choice.
The last 30 years which have witnessed perhaps greater changes in the world than any other similar period ever knew, have brought many changes to our little town. When Mr. Curtis first came here it was more secluded and remote and more tranquil than it is today. It possessed much of the char- acter of an earlier time. It had, indeed, already lost a good part of its population and something of that independence of the rest of the world, which if the 10-mile township had been de- tached from the earth in the earlier years of the century, and sent spinning in space in an orbit of its own, would have enabled it to maintain itself comfortably on its own resources, mental and material. The 70 varieties of industry which had then been
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practiced by its people, had already diminished by more than half. There was hardly a farmhouse in which the whirr of the spinning wheel, and the clash of the loom was still heard. Its little trade with the outer world was carried on mainly by the numerous peddlers, who still resorted to Mr. Bement's store, as a center from which to draw supplies to replenish the stock of their inexhaustible carts. The old-fashioned tavern with its long tradition of good cheer, with its sanded floor, and hos- pitable bar-room, afforded accommodation to a few travelers, and from its stables, early every morning, the coach, driven alternately by Mr. Cross and Mr. Phillips, the proprietors of the house, set out on its slow journey along the variously pic- turesque road to the railroad at South Deerfield, whence it returned late in the afternoon. The invasion of summer boarders had not begun. The academy was in a condition of suspended animation, and its old building was sadly out of repair. There was no public library, and the subscription library which had once existed, existed no longer. The two orthodox churches separated only by the width of the street, but divided from each other by the gulf of a bitter quarrel of long standing, rang their rival bells in harsh discord every Sun- day, and each congregation prayed for good will on earth, and devoted their schismatic brethren to eternal damnation. The Hoosac tunnel which was to open a way toward the sunset was hardly begun, and many a year was to pass before the thread of electric wire should tie Ashfield to the restless world beyond. For most of the people life was monotonous, for many of them it was as it still is, a life of few active pleasures, and of heavy toil; and many a man and woman fretting against the narrow limits of the farm and restless with the dreams of a wider life, were tempted to bid their little native town farewell, and to try their fortunes in the world which they saw in vision from the mountain-top.
But Ashfield is a place where nature is beautiful, and where man, even yet, has done but little to deface her beauty. Mr. Curtis, lover of nature, and of country pleasures, was attracted by the loveliness of the region, and tired of the bustle, the interruptions, the noise, the multifarious distractions of cities, was no less attracted by its tranquillity and repose. He did not come here to spend an idle and indolent vacation. There was no interruption in the work of the editor of a journal, or in that of the active and leading participant in political affairs. His editorials must be written every week, his enormous corre- spondence must be regularly cared for. But though he sought
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no exemption from labor here, he found refreshment in the fields and woods, and in the placid flow of the days; he had the welcome society of a few familiar friends, and he enjoyed the easy and simple relations which he speedily established with his neighbors. They, in their turn, so soon as their natural suspicion of a strange famous settler among them was overcomc, learned to hold him in affectionate respect .- They, you, all learned to know him as one of the friendliest and most simple- hearted of men, ready to take such share as he could in your interests, eager to promote every object for the benefit of the community, helpful in difficulty, a reconciler of differences among neighbors, a wise and sympathetic counselor; kind always and generous, for
July was in his sunny heart, October in his liberal hand.
Who that has lived in Ashfield during these years whose life has not been enriched by his presence and his words? Who that attended them will forget the autumn lectures which he gave annually to increase the means for the purchase of books for the library? Who (too few, alas!) that heard his speeches at the academy dinners but must remember them as the most eloquent discourse to which he ever listened. Never, not before the most brilliant audiences, not before the most crowded and excited assembly, did Mr. Curtis speak with more splendid and impressive use of his great power as an orator, than in this little, bare hall of ours, before the scant audience of 300 or 400 plain people. I recall especially two occasions when he rose to such heights of noble and impassioned speech as I never knew him to surpass,-once when indignant with the base attacks made on Mr. Lowell, he spoke of the character of the true American, and in words that came glowing from his heart, set forth his friend as the living exemplar of that character; and once, when having himself been exposed to slander, to abuse, and worst of all to the misconstruction and misjudgment of friends on whom he had relied, he depicted with manly self- assertion, the duty and the position of the independent in politics, in religion, or in whatever field of party strife. These were memorable occasions, and it is well, fellow townsmen, that they and others like them, which have made this modest hall one of the sacred buildings of the commonwealth, should be commemorated by a permanent record upon its walls.
Of all the pleasures and benefits which the retirement of Ashfield afforded him there was perhaps none which Mr.
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Curtis more highly valued than the opportunity which the comparative leisure that he found here gave to him for studious reading,-such reading as might keep the springs of his imagina- tion fresh and full, and might increase and perfect his useful- ness as a public counselor. "Histories," says Bacon, "make men wise," and Curtis was a wide reader of them. Few men had a more exact acquaintance with the political history of the United States, but he was hardly less familiar with that of Old England than of New. But he did not confine himself to these, and the volumes of Gibbon, and of Motley stood as near to his hand as those of Hume, Macaulay or Bancroft. Im- portant as the history of the United States may be, he knew that it was not to be correctly understood or rightly inter- preted except as a small fragment of that of mankind and es- pecially of that of the great English race; he knew that such instruction in our own history as is too often given in our public schools was a source not so much of useful knowledge as of dangerous ignorance, illusion and conceit, and that no people can be bred on its own history exclusively without falling into childish and barbaric misconceptions as to its true place in the ranks of civilized communities, and without losing the benefit of those lessons, drawn from the long sad experience of mankind, upon the laying to heart of which its own progress and security depend.
But Mr. Curtis's days here were not wholly studious. The morning was for work; the afternoon for a walk with friendly companions, or for a long drive over roads, each one of which possesses its special charm of landscape,-it may be the wide open view of hill and dale to where Monadnock rises on the horizon, a pyramid of nature, the monument of solitary past ages to which the pyramids of man seem but of yesterday, or it may be where the shady road runs between bright meadows whose walls are the venerable records in stone of the hard laborious lives of the fathers of the town.
How many are the happy evenings that I recall of gay or serious talk, of music, of all the various pleasures of friendliest social intercourse, and then the lighted lantern, and the late "Good Night!"
It was a wholesome and simple, pleasant life. And controlling it all, diffused through it, was the sweet, high, generous spirit of him who was its central figure, loving and beloved of young and old.
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That comely face, that manly brow, That cordial hand, that bearing free, I see them still, I see them now, Shall always see!
And what but gentleness untired, And what but noble feeling warm, Wherever shown, howe'er inspired Is grace, is charm?
The path between his door and mine is no longer worn as of old, the summer has lost its chief delight, but Ashfield is for- ever dearer for its memories of him, and not in my heart only, but in all our hearts, fellow townsmen, shall remembrance abide to quicken what is best within us, to make us kinder and pleasanter to each other, more public spirited, better citizens and better men.
Even while he was alive and walking with us his figure had an ideal stamp. There was no need of the haze of time and remoteness to give nobility to its outlines, or to bring it into the eye and prospect of our souls apparell'd in more precious habit than it wore in daily life. The actual man, our neighbor, editor of Harper's Weekly, member of political conventions, occupied as we all are with commonplace cares and duties, modest, simple as the simplest, one of ourselves, he, even in the prose of life, was a poetic figure, bearing himself above the dust and worry of the earth, and living as a denizen of a world, such as that place which Plutarch says the poets feign for the abode of the gods,-a secure and quiet seat free from all hazards and commotions, untroubled with storms, unclouded, and il- lumined with a soft serenity and a pure light such as befits a blessed and immortal nature.
Four years have passed since Mr. Curtis's death. The sense of personal bereavement and of public loss does not grow less as time goes on. The great cause of civil service reform has won its triumph, more speedily than he hoped, but vigilance and activity will long be needed to defend its position. New questions have arisen and new perils threaten us. The times have grown darker. No lover of his country can look forward without anxiety. At this moment of popular delusion, of con- fusion of parties, of excited passions, at this moment, when only a choice of evils seems to lie before us, we long to hear, alas! that we should long in vain, that clear voice of prudent and sagacious counsel to which we were wont to listen for instruc- tion and guidance. Never was there greater need than at this moment of enforcing upon the intelligence and the conscience
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of the people the truth that national safety and prosperity rest securely only upon the foundation of moral rectitude, of clearing away the sophistries by which the popular mind is confused and betrayed; of exposing the fallacies and stemming the passion of partisan zeal; of appealing to the true motives which should guide individuals in their political action. This was his work while he lived, and, following his example, this is our work now. The dangers and exigencies of the time are new. The perils that confront us are not transient, nor to be quenched or suppressed by spasmodic effort and the result of an election. The infuriate clamor for war, the eager cry for free silver and fiat money, the demand for subsidy under the name of protection may be suppressed, but they are only the symptoms of disease, and to suppress them is no more a remedy for the disease than to check a fit of coughing by an opiate is a remedy for consumption. The disease is the ignorance and the consequent lack of public morality of a large part of the people of our republic. To contend with this ignorance, to enlighten it, and in enlightening it to overcome it, is our task. It is a long, a difficult, an uncertain fight that lies before us. It is the fight of civilization against barbarism in America. It is the new form of the old good fight, fought ever in different ages under different names.
I was wrong just now in saying that we could not hear the voice of Curtis. He speaks: "Whatever in human nature is hopeful, generous, aspiring-the love of God and trust in man- is arrayed on one side." On that side he stood. On that side let us stand.
INDEX
Abbey, Mrs. Charles, 321. Abolition Party, 217. Academy, 191, 284, 380. Dinners, 197, 198, 380, 384. Bartlett, Accidents, Road, 113. Agriculture, 119. Alden, Barnabas, 61, 311, 321. Ebenezer, 311. Daniel, 60, 61, 70, 311. David, 44, 61, 73, 311. Rev. John, 43, 44, 160, 273, 277. John, 60, 240. Jonathan, 328. Mrs. Miranda, 242. Nancy, 183. Alder Meadow, 331. Allen, Samuel, 44, 323. Ames, Col. John, 252, 260. Anabaptists, 32. Anable, Barnabas, 176. Samuel, 77. Apples, 120, 121. Apple Valley, 121, 328. Ashfield,
Centennial, 270, 340. Fire & Hose Co., 135. Fire Ins. Co., 132. Hotel, 36. Incorporated, 73. Name, 73. Water Co., 134.
Avery, Susan Look, 326. Axes. 123. Bacon, Asa, 228, 373.
Bailey, Frank, 61. Baldwin, Rev. Burr, 163. Ballou, Rev. Hosea F., 172. Baptist Corner, 57, 86. Society, 32, 149. Society 2nd, 39, 155. Society Plain, 155. Bardwell, Clark, 369. Barber, George M., 324. Henry, 124, 325. Joseph, 124, 325. Samuel, 124, 323.
Barrus, George, 130, 322. James, 128, 134. Lazarus, 332.
Horatio, 324. Dr. Phineas, 43, 44, 90, 98, 142, 319, 365. Capt. Samuel, 228, 230. Bassett, Abigail, 332. Elisha, 320, 332.
Francis, Esq., 42.
Francis, 330.
Henry, Esq., 43, 44, 94, 182, 225, 320.
Isaac, 320. Lot, 186, 225, 332. Mary, 327.
Samuel, 332.
Capt. William, 135, 204, 303, 318.
Bates, Ceylon, 305, 314. Bears, 305.
Bear River, 52, 62, 75, 76.
Beaver Meadow, 52, 53, 305.
Beals, Alden Porter, 194. Belding,
Brothers, 312, 314, 315.
Ebenezer, 18, 31, 34, 38, 44, 60, 87, 145, 312. Hiram, 195, 312.
John, 18, 312. Moses, 334. Milo M .. 134, 202, 382, 387. Reuben, 70, 76. Samuel, 18, 44, 87, 175, 228, 312. Beldingville, 60, 311.
Bellows Hill, 60, 63, 75, 76, 109.
Bement, Anson, 44, 94, 217. Fred, 315. Jared, 38, 43, 163, 365.
Jasper, 104, 128, 217, 324, Burritt, Elihu, 192. 374, 377.
Dea. John, 38, 44, 322, 347. Butter, 121. Joseph, 104, 128. Leonard, 43.
Bement, Russell, 43, 324. Samuel, 324. Wait, 163, 211, 225, 226, 324, 341. Rev. William, 43. Bennett, John, 44, 98, 319. Bernard, Gov., 73. Billings, Zachariah, 70. Blackmer, John, 145. Blaisdale, Rev. Silas, 39, 41, 168. Blake, Dorus, 326. Hosea, 217, 218, 326. Joseph, 326. Silas, 225, 226. Blandford, 58.
Bloody Brook, 20. Boice, Chauncey, 207, 245.
Sanford, 44, 105, 135, 195. Sanford H., 127, 324, 385.
Bowman, Truman, 299. Bradford, Mrs. Anna, 327.
Braintree, 51, 56, 57.
Braman, John, 310.
Briggs, John, 84.
Brigham, Rev. Willard, 156, 164, 165, 255.
Bryant, Calvin, 321.
Chauncey, 309, 321. Lemuel, 303. Dr. Ward C., 322.
William, 309, 321. Zebulon, 84, 321.
Bronson, Almon, 128, 133, 318. Chester A., 128, 142, 318. Roger, 318. Brooks, Dr. Sidney, 366.
Burnett, Archibald, 324. Nahum, 105. Willis, 105.
Butler, Davis, 176, 177, 319.
Candle Making, 337. Cape St., 334.
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Carding Mills, 124. Carter, President, 381. Cary, Eliphalet, 62. Case, James, 327. Casualties, 246. Catlin, Timothy, 248, 318. Cemeteries, 88, 239. Census, 122. Centennial, 269. Chapel Falls, 124, 172, 327. Collins, Simeon, 327.
Chapin, Arthur, 128, 324.
George, 51, 324. Japheth, 240. Luther, 146, 324. Nathan, 69, 70, 324.
Charlemont, 63, 64.
Cheese, 121.
Childs, Horace B., 369.
Church & Broadhurst, 62, 69, 76, 147.
Alphonso, 295, 296.
Caleb, 330.
George B., 59, 211.
Henry, 324.
Nathaniel, 62.
Roswell, 123, 294, 297.
Seth, 44, 330.
Sumner, 330. William, 62.
Civic Service, 320.
Civil War, 289.
Clapp, Corporal, 64. Clark, Alvan, 124, 172, 272, 273, 274, 327, 381.
Dr. Atherton, 43, 195, 320, 365.
George Bassett, 327.
Herbert, 121, 321, 328. Nathaniel, 163, 321, 338. Silas, 322. S. W., 41, 40.
Deerfield, 49, 50, 57, 59. Line, 51, 52, 71, 72, 74. River, 50, 63.
Democrats, 257.
Dickenson, Obadiah, 70, 71, 76, 160. Dr. David, 43, 320, 365. Rev. Mr., 31. Discases, 15.
Drake, Arnold, 45, 46. Josiah, 44. Drowning Accident, 45, 246. Dyer, Rev. Anson, 43. Earmarks, 119.
Easton, 18, 59, 60. Ecclesiastical History, 31. Edson,
Howard, 167, 244, 318. Jesse, 166, 167, 228, 318.
Moses, 61, 128, 195, 211, Edson Meadow, 120. 329. Edwards, B. B., 41. Coffin, Robert C., 41, 193. Coleman, Mrs. Eliza A., 211.
Eldredge, Allen, 312, 319, 334.
Alonzo, 369.
Clayton, 319.
Daniel, 312.
David, 324.
Eli, 94, 312, 334.
E. Payson, 312.
George, 312. Harry, 54, 319.
John, 332.
Lemuel, 330.
Levi, 312. Lewis, 299.
Lucian, 312.
Lyman, 305.
Miss Martha, 312. Samuel, 44, 312.
Ellis, Dimick, Esq., 32, 39, 43, 44, 183. Dr. E. R., 3, 106.
John, 84, 240.
Remember, 65.
Reuben, 44, 240.
Richard, 7, 55, 56, 58, 59, 66, 145, 239.
Elmer,
Chapin, 145, 308.
Charles, 148.
Erastus, 152, 371.
Samuel, 318. Sidney P., 311, 318.
Emigration, 102.
Emmet, Col. R. T., 387.
Episcopal, Rectory, 320. Society, 39, 162, 165.
Ewing, Rev. E. C., 165, 206. Factory Bridge, 54, 62. Faculty, 98. Fairbanks, Dr. J. R., 366.
Farmers' Club, 378. Farragut, Admiral, 385, 387. Loyal, 134, 387. Farrington, John, 373. Faxon, Richard, 48.
Clary, Samuel, 319. Clothier, 334.
Cole, Horace, 369.
Congregational Church, 80, 81, 156.
2nd Congregational Church, Dow, Lorenzo, 320. 165. Constitution, Federal, 31. Constitution, State, 28, 92. Continental Moncy, 159. Converse, Amasa, 41.
Conway, 58, 74. Conway Line, 51, 74. Cook,
Levi, 43, 44, 98, 167, 168, 225, 252, 319.
Collis, Miss, 327.
Colrain, 57. Corn Mill, 58, 59, 63, 122.
Crafts, A. W., 128, 195, 211, 306. Albert, Jr., 135, 365. Josephus, 128, 217, 306.
Creamery Association, 126.
Crittenden, Isaac, 84. Simeon, 177, 220.
Cross, Abijah, 40.
Alvan, 262, 326, 379.
Henry, 326.
Lemuel, 130.
Lyman, 130, 330.
Peter, 44.
Stephen, 326.
Curtis, Geo. Wm., 187, 191, 210, 371, 377, 383. Mrs. Curtis, 134, 325. Miss Lizzie, 385.
Cushing, Adam, 49, 52. Daniels, Amos, 135, 320, 365, 384. Davis, Asa, 146.
Day, C. H., 134, 323.
Dawes, Hon. H. L., 194, 270, 319, 348.
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Ferry, Noah Henry, 173. Thomas White, 172. Rev. William, 172. Fessenden, Dr. G. R., 211, 366, 3S4. Field, Elijah, 124, 186, 324. Mrs. Eliza W., 199, 200, 208, 387. John W., 199, 381, 387. Memorial Hall, 202. Solomon, 324.
Fisher, Rev. George, 170. Rev. Otis, 341. Flight of Settlers, 63. Flower, Archibald D., 123, 124, 127, 245, 307. - Lamrock, 145.
Phineas, 18.
Rev. Thomas Brinton, 169. William, 44.
Foote, Harrison, 129. Forbes, Daniel, 121, 162, 183, 329. Ebenezer, 243, 329. Mrs. Eunice, 279. Frederick, 329. Warren, 329, 332.
Ford, William, 125, 134, 331. Forts, 20, 64, 69. Foster, Lewis, 60. Free Soil Party, 217. Fuller, Aaron, 84, 321. Henry, 321, 331. Jonah, 129. Jonathan, 331. Joseph, 321.
Moses, 44, 76, 129, 239, 319.
Nathan, 89, 319. Samuel, 369. Solomon, 325. William, 148, 331.
Gardner, Bela, 123, 186, 323. Charles, 831. E. C., 171, 178, 260, 323, 331. Jacob, 123, 180, 331. Levi, 133, 370. Nelson, 123, 125, 171, 225, 332.
Gilbert, Rev. Wm. H., 164. Gillett, Hon. Francis, 43. Goodwin,
Anson, 121, 194, 322, 375. Eldad F., 322. George C., 275. Uriah, 44, 322.
Goshen Line, 139. Grand Valuation, 120, 122.
Grange, 370. Grassy Meadow, 332.
Graves, Addison, 145, 207, 247, 319. Dana, 109, 123, 244, 319, 365. Dorus, 124, 131, 322, 325. Ebenezer, 319.
George, 32S.
Gravity System, 148.
Gray, Chief Justice, 382. Eli, 45. Elias, 326. James, 326. Jonathan, 326. Levant F., 56, 61, 263, 318, 326. Robert, 45, 326.
William H., 54, 305, 326.
Great Pond, 306, 307, 314.
Green,
Rev. Lewis, 169, 195, 211, Hamilton, Dr. William, 43, 379. Warren, Jr., 6. Grist Mill, 123, 124.
Griswold, Hon. Whiting, 273.
Grosvenor, Rev. Mason, 38, 163. Guilford, Earl, 171, 172, 348. Luther, 323. Manly, 186. Murray J., 134, 292. Samuel, 44, 323.
Hadley, 56, 58, 59, 70. Hale, Edward F., 154, 299. John, 308, 318. Samuel, 308, 371.
Hall, Charles A., 3, 78, 127, 263, 316, 313. Clarence, 321. Clarissa, 344. Daniel, 60. David, 313, 321.
George, 44, 94.
Granville B., 301, 313, 331.
G. Stanley, 133, 141, 196, 210, 253, 313, 335, 349, 380, 388. Henry C., 312.
Isaac, 314. Joshua, 61, 75, 308, 312, 318. Jonathan, 312. Joseph, 166, 167, 196, 205, 313, 381. Julina O., 335.
Leon, 240. Lot, 167, 312, 334. Lucius S., 286, 388.
Lydia, 313.
Orville, 109, 344.
Reuben, 313. Rev. Robert, 173, 313. Samuel, 312. Seth, 167, 217, 313.
Thomas, 253, 313, 321, 322. Virginia, 385. William M., 313.
Hallett, Rev. H. F., 385.
365. Hammond, Timothy, 330. Harvey, Adell, 43. Hatfield, 57. Hathaway, Col. Nehemiah, 123, 303.
Hats, 126. Hawkes, Clarence, 332. Enos, 332, 367. Frederick E., 68. Lieut. John, 68, 69. William, 332, 367.
Hawley, 57. Hayden, Dr. Moses, 43, 365. Fieber, Honestman, 55, 61, 66, 157, 240, 305. Hebron, Ct., 34. Henry, Geo. G., 127, 128. Higginbotham, Henry, 128. Highway Surveyors, 88, 112.
Hall, Addison G., 313, 320, 331. Alvan, 128, 142, 245, 325, 344. Allen, 313. Mrs. Amanda, 3, 223, 224. Holmes, Capt. Nathaniel, 44.
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Hoosac Mountain, 58. Houses, 145. Howes,
Ahhott, 315, 329. Addison, 308.
Albert, 105, 320, 325, 367. Jenkins,
Allison, 314, 315, 321, 385. Anthony, 315.
Alvah W., 127, 129, 245, 254, 256, 308, 317. Barnabas, 139, 305, 329, 331.
Barnahas A., 329.
Charles, 133, 207, 383. Charles F., 323, 324.
Charles P., 314.
Cyrus N., 246.
Daniel G., 292.
Judkins, Supt. C. L., 202.
Keach, Joseph, 329.
Keith, Ephraim, 51.
David, 324. David S., 103. Enos, 331. Ezekiel, 178, 315, 329,
331.
Ezra, 134.
Fenelon, Col., 103.
F. G., 3, 211, 374. Frederick, Esq., 42, 315. Frank, 345. George, 242, 314. Harlan P., 314.
Heman, 148, 244, 314.
Henry A., 315, 321. James R., 292, 314. John W., 328.
King, Foster R., 128.
Zadoc, 153.
Joseph, 103, 104, 314. Joshua, 44, 182, 315, 325. Knowlton,
Capt. Kimball, 218, 303, 314, 329, 331.
Mark, 315, 329.
Micajah, 314, 325.
Nathan, 329.
Otis, 314. Rohert, 322, 329.
Samuel, 314, 320.
Sylvester, 299. Walter, 317. William, 317.
219, 370. Lanfair, William, 57, 60, 75. Lee, Ann, 372. Samuel, 369.
Leonard, Levi, 137.
Ziha, 94, 328.
Lesure, Roswell, 267.
Libraries, 203, 284. Library, Social, 41. Lilliput Lodge, 316, 321, 383. Lilly Alhert, 301, 330.
Capt. Albinus, 303. Alonzo, 207, 210, 211, 321.
Austin, 44, 166, 322, 369. Capt. Bethuel, 44, 166, 243, 331. Caspar, 300.
Charles, 207, 316, 323.
Chipman, 166, 167, 322.
Eliakim, 132, 314, 321.
Fred, 134. Joel, 167, 300, 331.
Jonathan, 61, 125, 243.
Jonathan, Jr., 132, 146, 148, 167, 168, 204, 314, 322, 369. Joseph, 92, 220, 325.
Lorenzo, 383. Oscar, 331. Rufus A., 292, 331.
Samuel, 77, 88, 319, 330.
List of names drawing first lots, 53, 54, 55.
List of names in School Dis- tricts in 1822, 99.
List of Shays' Sympathizers, 91.
Loomis, Ehen, 326. Elder Josiah, 39, 155, 325. Nathan, 325. Rev. Wilhur F., 194. W. S., 326.
Longley, Col. Thomas, 94. Lot No. 1, 53. Lots, Division.of, 143. Ministerial, 144, 160.
School, 144.
William H., 331. William J., 314. Zachariah, 172. Humphrey, Rev. Mr., 39. Hunt, Ehenezer, 48. Ephraim, 15, 48, 50, 272.
Huntstown, 59, 61, 73, 81, 85, 109. Hunter, W. R., 127.
Huntington, Rev. Geo. P.,| Lesure, W. G., 127, 307, 318. 165, 170, 371. Lewis, Timothy, 34, 44, 87, 175. Indians, 19, 21, 54, 58, 63. Indian Trails, 58. Intemperance, 41.
Archie, 330. Ногасе, 173. Merritt, 134. Jennings, Capt. Ephraim,
230, 231, 318, App. Johnson, Jonathan, 328.
Jones, Rev. Lot, 39, 168. Rev. Dr. Ellis, 170, 322, 385. Journey's End, 334.
Kelley, Ahner, 44, 243, 324, 371. Fred., 124, 222, 317. Josiah, 94. Thomas, 369.
Kellogg, Nathaniel, 49, 53, 57, 58, 59, 71, 76, 87. Whiting, 130.
Kendrick, Jerome, 60, 75, 147, 311.
Kilburn, Jacob, 321.
Dr. Charles, 163, 320, 365, 368. Dr. Charles L., 254, 301, 366, 368. Joshua, 94, 124, 244, 327, 328. Friend, 328. Nathan, 328. Madison, 328. Know Nothings, 130, 218,
Lowell, James Russell, 383. Mrs. Josephine, 387.
Luce, · Dr. Cornelius, 365. Henry, 300. Lyceum, 41, 186. Lyon, Aaron, 44, 45, 145, 175, 241, 319.
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Lyon, Dea. David, 45, 46, 247.) Old Bears' Den, 142. Electa, 183.
Mary, 40, 139, 183, 191, 192, 193, 241, 247, 272, Orthodox Minister, 76, 79. 273, 284, 319. Marshall, 319. MacFarland, Esq. James, 43, 162, 182, 204, 320.
Magistrates, 219. Manning, Joe, 322, 374. Mansfield, Parsons, 327.
Mantor, Dr. Francis, 43, 44, 98, 365. Lieut. Jeremiah, 326. Marble, Ephraim, 70.
Martin, Rev. Orra, 39, 46, 155, 369. Masons, 153, 154, 369. Mather, Cotton, 94. Salmon, 369. Samuel T., 128.
Mears, James, 52. Meetings, Town, 23, 87.
Meetinghouse, 1st, 39, 52, 76, 78, 90, 158, 282. New, 162, 251.
Methodists, 39, 172. Miles,
Daniel, 321. Mrs. Lydia, 152, 163, 253, 348. Seth, 344. Militia Companies, 94, 303. Miller Fund, 263. Miller, Salmon, 263. Millerism, 374. Mills, First, 22, 61. Ministerial Lands, 160. Mitchell, W. W., 194. Mother Ann, 373. Murray, Dr., 317. Muster, 303, 304. Nash, Dr. Rivera, 43, 365. New Boston, 330, 343, 388. Newton, Asa, 130. Nightingale, John, 61, 75, 240, 357. Samuel, 61, 240. Nims, Stoddard, 327. Norton, Prof. Charles E., 191, 245, 320, 377. Capt. Selah, 44, 127, 131. No Town, 76. Old Bay Path, 57.
Old Swivel, 217, 308, 309, 310.
Owen, Daniel, 52. Mount, 52. Packard, Rev. Theophilus, 195.
Paddy Hill, 334. Paine, Elijah, Esq., 38, 43, 44, 160, 182, 222, 224, 252. Rev. Elijah, Jr., 42.
Rev. John C., 277.
Rev. Wm. P., 42, 106, 196, 272, 279. Joseph, 319. P. M. Gen., 319. Palmer, Ebenezer, 332. Parker, Elisha, 334. Marcus T., 304, 371. Rev. Samuel, 334.
Parson Ashley, 65. Parsons, Henry, 292.
Pearson, Rev. Jacob, 168. Pease, Asher, 327.
Rev. C. B. F., 383.
Rev. C. S., 150. Darwin, 324. Henry, 324. John, 325. Peppermint, 104, 105, 126. Perkins, Abiezer, 44. Eliab, 250, 320.
Horace, 250. Jehial, 143, 254. Timothy, 129, 239.
Perry, Alvan, 128, 163, 195, 330. Rev. Henry, 173, 195. Peter Guinea, 142. Peter Hill, 14, 140, 142, 345, 382, 388. Phelps, N. Y., 105. Phillips, Allen, 123, 130. Benjamin, 24, 44, 230, 231. David, 103. Elijah, 103. James, 167. Capt. John, 51, 56, 58. Joshua, 57.
Phillips, Lemuel, 166, 332. Esq. Phillip, 43, 44, 54, 60, 76, 90, 219, 228, 241, 303, 305, 318. Ralph, 331. Richard, 57.
Simeon, 44, 166, 167. Thomas, 18, 34, 44, 60, 70, 80, 87, 239. Physicians, 43, 365. Plan of town, 72. Pond brook, 59, 63. Poor, The, 261. Population, 102. Porter, Rev. Charles S., 42, 278, 286, 340. Job, 59. John, 38, 328. Joseph, 330, 347. Lewis, 36, 130.
Nathan, 330.
Rev. Nehemiah, 34, 93, 159, 229, 243, 286, 322. William P., 330.
Pound, 119. Pratt, Josiah, 55.
Proprietors, 22, 48.
Prouty, Mrs. J. C., 320.
Province Laws, 74, 81, 82.
Putney, Ebenezer, 334.
Railroad Aspirations, 135.
Ranney, Miss Clara, 315.
Darwin, 327. Francis, 327. George, 320. Giles, 327.
Henry S., 3, 87, 105, 133, 195, 203, 206, 211, 217, 225, 241, 297, 320, 383. Jesse, 240, 320. Joseph, 248, 320. Ralph H., 206, 296, 297. Mrs. Rosa, 110, 131, 312, 320. Capt. Roswell, 44, 204, 324, 369. Samuel, 104, 325. Reminiscences, Mrs. Lydia Miles, 335. H. M. Smith, 345. Representatives, 215, 216, 217. Revolution, 26, 27, 227. Revolutionary Soldiers, 231.
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HISTORY OF ASHFIELD
Rice, Rev. Charles, 74. Wilbur F., 156. Richmond, A. L., 370. Albert, 305, 322, 375. Charles, 136. Hiram, 328. Zephaniah, 243, 328. Road, First, 75.
Roads, 89, 109, 110, 111, 112.
Robbins, Ebenezer, 147. Rogers, Benjamin, 44, 322. Charles, 322. Elias, 325.
Rood, Lebbeus, 319. Thaddeus, 330.
Round School, 178, 341. Rowe, 57. Sabbath Schools, 39.
Sanderson, Academy, 40, 191. Rev. Alvan, 36, 37, 161, 191.
Alvan, 2nd, 201, 243, 382. Asa, 110, 123, 195, 307, 366. Smith, Chester, 43, 44, 194, 225, 270, 319. L. C., 123, 204, 249, 307. Saddler, John, 76. Sandpaper, 126.
Sawmills, 52, 58, 60, 61, 63, 70, 123, 125.
Schools, 87, 175.
Rev. Ebenezer, 32, 44, 65, Stockton, N. Y., 78.
School Committee, 182. Sears, Asarela, 316.
Benjamin, 312, 316.
Enos, 315.
Rev. Freeman, 42, 316.
Henry G., 316.
John M., 3, 211, 245, 316.
Jonathan, 44, 315, 316. Lemuel, 315, 316. Lewis, 316.
Dea. F. H., 242, 248, 316, Surveys of Town, 137.
317, 320.
Tablets, 114, 384, 385.
Rev. Henry, 316.
Tabor, Dr. Stephen, 366.
Henry M., 316.
Horace M., 345.
Houghton, 250, 316, 373. Hoyt, 146.
Jonathan, 316.
Josiah R., 303, 329. Dea. Josiah, 308, 317.
Josiah F., 322.
Smith, Capt. Justus, 94, 322. 346.
Justus, 347, 348. Lydia Bassett, 183. M. Elizabeth, 316. Mary, 69.
Moses, 151. Rev. Preserved, 42. Leiut. Samuel, 316. Sidney P., Esq., 150, 277.
T. P., 130.
Dr. Walter A., 316, 317. Ziba, 129, 239, 250. Soldiers' Monument, 301. South River, 70.
Sprague, John, 123, 171, 245.
Eli, 324. Jonathan, 84, 255.
Splints, 126. Spruce Corner, 331, 332, 344.
Spurr, Lemuel, 44. Stafford, Ct., 60, 311.
Stages, 115.
Standish, Israel, 318. 1 Miles, 60, 318, 321.
Arnold, 316.
Bement, 301.
Betsey, 183, 341.
Chileab, 18, 20, 32, 44, 58, 61, 78, 80, 81, 82, 86, 123, 130, 149, 151, 152, 373. Chipman, 44, 343, 316.
79, 82, 86, 149, 151, 152, 154.
Stores, 127. Stoughton, 51.
Elisha, 153, 317.
Eleazer, 319.
Streeter, Rev. Mr., 31. Straglin Quarkers, 89.
Rev. Enos, 33, 149, 150, Strong, Rev. Titus, 39, 167, 154. 369. Dr. Enos, 38, 43, 142, 162, Squirrel Hunts, 306.
316, 320, 322, 334, 365, Summer Residents, 377. 366.
Surplus Revenue, 262.
Rev. Oliver, 173. Paul, 315, 324. Peter, 324.
Sarah, 173. Stephen, 369. Selden, Azariah, 84.
Selectmen, 213.
Settlement, 17, 59. Seventy-Six, 140. Shakers, 371.
Shaker house, 342, 373. Shaw, Josiah, 132. Shays' Rebellion, 30, 91, 92. Shelburne Falls, 50, 109, 341. Sheldon, Geo., 64, 71, 323, 358.
Shepard,
Isaac, 44, 145, 151, 241.
Thomas, Rev. Dr., 47, 56, 60, 162, 195, 266, 270, 274.
Sherwin, Rev. Jacob, 34, 43, 44, 79, 80, 157, 158, 229.
John, 44.
Joshua, 38.
Nathaniel, 220, 324.
William, 324.
William F., 324.
Shippee, Mrs. Abram, 371. Harry, 332.
Simpson, John A., 171. Mrs. John B., 275.
Small Pox, 368.
Aaron, 239.
Stennett, Rev. Dr. Samuel, 85. Stockbridge, 58. Stocking, Abram, 321.
George, 124, 321, 322.
Joseph, 320. Thomas, 44, 90, 373.
Tanneries, 321, 322, 323, 324. Tatro, Charles, 329. Joseph, 318. Taverns, 129. Taxes, 87, 89, 90.
Tax list for 1766 and 1772, 95, 96.
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INDEX
Tax for 1793, 97. Taylor, Fort, 63. Daniel. 317. Darius W., 300, 318. Ephraim, 300. Ezekiel, 163. Henry, 317. Isaac, 164, 317. Isaiah, 317, 328. Jasher, 317, 318. Jeremiah, 317. Jonathan, 38, 44, 84, 124, 313, 317, 322. Joshua, 44.
Reuben W., 300.
Miss Sally, 317. Samuel, Esq., 225. Wells P., 300, 318. Zebulon B., 130, 242, 331. Teachers, 183, 184. Temperance, 257. Anti, 257. Society, 41, 266.
Telescopes. 327, 328.
Thayer, Geo., 125.
Thompson, Judge, 299. Tithing man, 88, 220. Todd, Mabel Loomis, 155. Tornado, 249. Tower, Thomas, 334. Town Clerks, 214. Treasurers, 214. Hall, old, 256. Hall, new, 251, 258, 259, 260. Surveys, 137. Township Plat, 49, 50. Training Field, 51, 304. Tremblers, 29.
Turner, Willis, 320. Underhill, Mrs. Henrietta G., 325.
Universalist Church, 171. Upton, Flint, 322. Urquhart, Dr. John E., 366. Van Ness, W. J., 135. Victory or Vickery, John, 55, 70. Vincent, David, 94, 329. Micajah H., 292. Joseph, 329.
Wadhams, Rev. J., 211. Wages, 336, 337, 343. Wait, Asa, 60, 128, 133, 211. George, 299. Nathan, 34, SO, 239. Seth, 129, 319. Simeon, 368.
War, Civil, 289. Of 1812, 94. Meeting, 298. Revolutionary, 24, 26, 27, 227.
Ward, Caleb, 318. George, 294, 325, 368.
John, 319, 323. Luther, 369. Wardville, 343.
Warner, Charles Dudley, 380. Capt. Thomas, 129, 320, 321.
Warren, Lewis, 325. Stephen, 331.
Washburn, Jacob, 84. Nehemiah, 84.
Wells, Old, 147. Col. David, 373. Peter, 142, 143. Wendell, Dr. F. C. H., 171.
West Virginia, 103. Weymouth, 50, 51. Whieldon, Joshua, 321.
Whig, 257, 343. Whip Saw, 59. White Brook, 18.
White, D. & A., 132. Miss Hannah, 247. Rev. Moses, 42. Samuel, 59.
Thomas, Esq., 43, 44, 98, 109, 160, 192, 223, 224. Whitney, Wallace, 325. Wilder, C. H., 135. Wilkie, John, 84. Williams, Abel, 303.
Williams, Apollos, 331. Arthur, 320.
Charles, 44, 320. Daniel, 38, 125, 220, 331. Darius, 125, 134, 249. David, 166, 242. Edwin, 328. Elon, 299. Mrs. E. P., 134.
Ephraim, Esq., 43, 44, 92, 98, 109, 125, 137, 204, 220, 331. Ezra, 130, 222, 303, 329.
Rev. Francis, 273, 277, 331.
Rev. George F., 172. Col. Israel, 21, 64.
Israel, 121, 143, 242, 328.
John, 110, 127, 129, 256, 303, 369. Julia, 211. Lewis, 44. William, 44. William and Robert, 121, 328. Willis Family, 318. Frank, 328. William E., 292. Wilson, Dr. Milo, 366.
Wing, A. L., 3. Clinton, 242, 328.
Elisha, 146, 321, 340. Hugh, 366. Joel, 301.
Withington, Rev. William, 39, 168, 169. Wittium, Witherel, 68, 75. Wooden Ware, 126. Woodbridge, Rev. Sylvester, 162, 166.
Wolves, 92, 304.
Wood, Jonathan, 373. Nathan, 134, 326. Simeon, 84. Wren, Sir Christopher, 260, 348. Wyoming Valley, 332, 333. Yeomans, Jonathan, 176, 177, 318.
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