This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...20,1723, when the Rev. James Stone was ordained pastor. During the winter of 1753-4 a great sickness prevailed here; when, out of a population of about four hundred, 53 deaths occurred in the space of six weeks. On the 4th of January ten persons lay unburied. The soldiers from this town who fell in the late war for the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...20,1723, when the Rev. James Stone was ordained pastor. During the winter of 1753-4 a great sickness prevailed here; when, out of a population of about four hundred, 53 deaths occurred in the space of six weeks. On the 4th of January ten persons lay unburied. The soldiers from this town who fell in the late war for the Union are honored by a monument to their memory. Holmesdale, a village in Pittsfield. Holmes Hole, a village in Tisbury. Holmes Holl, a village in Falmouth. IT s T T" TZT" is a modern, enterprising and growing " city, situated on the west side of the Connecticut River, and midway of the north side of Hampden County, 106 miles west of Boston. It is bounded on the north by Easthampton and the Mount Tom district, east by South Hadley and Chicopee, south by West Springfield, aud west by Westfield and Southampton. It contains 8,700 acres of assessed land, including 1,762 acres of forest. The western section is somewhat mountainous, but there are no peaks of great elevation. Ashley's Pond, covering about 96 acres, and Hitchcock's Pond, about 58 acres, in the southwestern section, each have outlet through Black Brook. The city water-supply is from these ponds. The northwestern section of the town is drained by Broad Brook. The geological formation is middle shales, sandstone and dolorites. The 71 farms in 1H85 had an aggregate product $122,544 in value. The remarkable growth and prosperity of Holyoke are due almost wholly to the great fall of the Connecticut River here, which is computed to afford 30,000,000 horse-power. It is only a few years that this power has been controlled and made subservient to manufactur ing uses. Until 1847, the fall of the Connecticut at South Hadley about sixty feet) was neglected. At that time a party of ...
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Fair. Boston: B. B. Russell, 1874. Heavily worn copy of this collection of brief town histories, some illustrated with small engravings, with a large folding map in color at the front. Light purplish brown cloth lettered in gilt, 576 pages. Covers worn and rubbed, spine ends chipped, fabric over front joint split, hinges cracked, text block sound, five inch tape repair to rear of map, several names and dates on front endpapers, pages age-toned but clean. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Add this copy of A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts; With to cart. $49.99, fair condition, Sold by Resource Books, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from East Granby, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1874 by B. B. Russell.
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Fair. Boston: B. B. Russell, 1874. Published 1874. Worn copy of this collection of brief town histories, some illustrated with small engravings, with a large folding map in color at the front. What makes this particular copy a bit more interesting is the bookplate on the front pastedown, which indicates that the book was a gift to the Congregational Church and Society of Prescott, Massachusetts, for use of its ministers. Prescott is a town that no longer exists anywhere but under the waters of the Quabbin Reservoir in Western Massachusetts. Brown cloth lettered in gilt, 576 pages. Covers worn and rubbed, large section of spine covering absent, including about half the lettering, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned pages with some scattered foxing, map generally good with many extraneous creases and a four inch closed tear from the lower corner in, affecting the legend, not the map itself. A rough copy with interesting provenance. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
