Historical Celebration of the Town of Brimfield, Hampden County, MassC. W. Bryan Company, printers, 1879 - 487 pages |
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Historical Celebration of the Town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass Charles M. Hyde No preview available - 2019 |
Historical Celebration of the Town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass Charles Mcewen Hyde,Brimfield Brimfield No preview available - 2018 |
Historical Celebration of the Town of Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass Charles M. Hyde No preview available - 2019 |
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Aaron Abigail Abner acres Allen appointed April 12 April 27 April 9 Benjamin Betsey Bliss Blodgett born Boston brook Brown Capt Charles church Committee Comtee Cooley Court Daniel Burt David Shaw died East Eaton Ebenezer Edward Elijah Eliza Elizabeth enlisted Eunice George grants Hannah Harriet Haynes Henry Hitchcock Hoar Hubbard hundred Inhabitants James Janes John Sherman John Stebbins Jonathan Jonathan Brown Joseph Joseph Hoar July July 18 July 20 June June 18 land Leonard Hoar Lieut Lincoln lotts Lucy Lumbard Lydia March 18 March 9 married Mary Massachusetts Mighell Monson Morgan Nathan Nathaniel Nichols Parker pastor Petition Petitioners pews Proprietors Pynchon residence Robert Moulton Samuel Sarah Selectmen Sept Sergt Solomon Springfield Thomas Timothy Danielson tion Town Meeting town of Brimfield town voted Township Wales Warren William Wyles
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Page 2 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Page 78 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 41 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 234 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 1 - Show me a man who cares no more for one place than another, and I will show you in that same person one who loves nothing but himself. Beware of those who are homeless by choice! You have no hold on a human being whose affections are without a tap-root.
Page 224 - Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star...
Page 224 - To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne; And moving up from high to higher, ' Becomes on Fortune's crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The...
Page 78 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Page 2 - The swifter current that mines its root, Through whose shifting leaves, as you walk the hill, The quivering glimmer of sun and rill With a sudden flash on the eye is thrown, Like the ray that streams from the diamond-stone. Oh, loveliest there the spring days come. With blossoms, and birds, and wild bees...
Page 230 - THERE is a tear for all that die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave ; But nations swell the funeral cry, And Triumph weeps above the brave. For them is Sorrow's purest sigh O'er Ocean's heaving bosom sent : In vain their bones unburied lie, All earth becomes their monument ! A tomb is theirs on every page, An epitaph on every tongue : The present hours, the future age, For them bewail, to them belong. For them the voice...