
Territory embraced in the Elbow tract, and the action of certain Specting an early Indian deed, which was supposed to cover the Some wrong notions which had taken root in the community re. The studies preparatory to the writing of this history were em-īarrassed by an unlooked-for difficulty, viz., the prevalence of no records of the Presbyterian Church, which flourished for sixty Except for a period of ten years - 1753-1763

Stage and their memories good, but they fail to answer important The sevenil Church and Parish records are (or were) sufficientlyįull for denominational purposes^ while the actors were upon the Made, and a transcript of this copy appears in this book. Letter of the mother of John King, our earliest settler, cannotīe found among any of his descendants. Years ago - have disappeared and no one knows how. Larger part of these old town documents is highly reprehensible.Īnd many of the family records and papers - in existence fifty Stowe some of these papers were saved, and haveĪdded great value to these annals but the wanton waste of the On file but the old files and papers have been largely used to kindleįires in the Town House. Record made by the clerk was the fact that said committee reportedĪnd the report was accepted, with no intimation what was theĬharacter of the rejiort. To a committee, which committee would report. Of the utmost importance would be brought before the town forĬonsideration, would be discussed in Town Meeting and referred The District and Town Records, though the volumes are allĮxtant, are meager in details and provokingly incomplete. The Records of the Plantation are well preserved and are quiteįull.


Ties and changes in the use of words and phrases, and the orthogra. Most satisfactory to antiquarians, and best illustrating the peculiari. In most cases officialĭocuments are copied verhatim et liberatim - this method being The modern Hampden County Registries of Deeds and Probate,Īnd the several Church and Parish books. Trict and Town Records, the General Court Records and reportsĪnd papers in the State Archives at Boston, the old Hampshire and Sources, viz., the Elbows Plantation and the Palmer Dis. THE materials of this history have been gathered from official
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Full text of " History of the town of Palmer, Massachusetts, early known as the Elbow Tract: including records of the plantation, district and town.
