Tales of the French and 'Native American' Wars!

FRANKLIN COUNTY

ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET with COLORED MAP

The early days of Franklin County, MA, and its various towns and townships, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 64 Page Booklet, reprinted primarily from two hard-to-find books: the 1839 edition of Historical Collections of Massachusetts by John Warner Barber, and Massachusetts, a Guide to its Places and People, a WPA project. The spiral-bound booklet, sold exclusively on eBay, is printed one-sided on 60# paper, with the print enlarged for easier reading. A sheet of clear vinyl has been added to protect the front cover.

INSERTED IN THE BOOKLET is a color copy of the 1939 Map of Massachusetts.  Originally published by Dorr.Howland & Co. to accompanied the Barber book, the reprint is on a parchment-like paper to simulate the original and could be removed and trimmed for framing, if desired.

The communities mentioned include: Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Coleraine, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Plainfield, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Spruce Corner, South Deerfield, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendall and Whately.

The Barber history covers the development of this area until about 1839, while excerpts from the WPA book, give a nostalgic glimpse from a 1940 vantage point, including interesting historical notes, especially as they relate to sightseeing possibilities.

The many and diverse topics in the booklet include: Early Settlers; Early Churches; Where names of Places Came from; Early Industries; Deerfield Academy and other Educational Institutions; King Phillip's War, the Battle Called "Fall Flight" and Land Granted 59 Years Later; Battle of Lake George; View of a Soldier's Life in 1755 from the Diary of Major John Burke; List of Tories in Conway; 116 Year Old Man; Disaster at Beer's Plain; Ambush of Capt. Thomas Lathrop at Deerfield; the Great Deerfield Raid of 1704 when Captives were taken to Canada; Natural Wonders; Tombstone Inscriptions; Graphic Accounts of Incidents in the French and Indian Wars - Muddy Brook or Bloody Brook?; a Religious Sect Called the Dorrellites; the Composition of Mount Toby and other interesting bits of history and trivia.

The booklet has no index, but surnames mentioned in the 1839 section include:
ALDEN, ASHLEY, ATHERTON, ALLEN, ALEXANDER, AMSDEL, BURT, BILLINGS, BABBIT, BAILEY, BALDWIN, BELLOWS, BEERS, BATES, BURK, BORDWELL, BROOKS, BAKER, BANGS, CUSHMAN, CHAPIN, CLARK, CLARKE, CURTISS, CLAP, CLAPP, COOK, CHAUNCEY, CHANDLER, CHAMBERLAIN, CONNABLE, CROSBY, COCHREN, CARVER, COOLEY, CLAGGETT, CANNING, CHAPMAN, DUNCKLEE, DOOLITTLE, DICKINSON, DORRELL, EASTON, ELLIS, EVERETT, EMERSON, EDWARDS, FIELD, FOSTER, FOWLER, FISKE, FOX FISHER, GROSVENOR, GROUT, GRAVES, GREEN, GUNN, GRISWOLD, HARVEY, HARDING, HALE, HILL, HATCH, HUNT, HEDGE, HITCHCOCK, HOIT, HOYT, HOSMER, HENRY, HUBBARD, HARROUN, HAWKES, HODGE, HASTINGS, HOLYOKE, HOLMES, HINSDELL, JETHRO, JENKINS, JOHNSON, JACKSON, KING, KENDALL, KENDAL, KEITH, KILBURN, LONG, LINCOLN, LYMAN, LOOMIS, LUSHER, LYON, LONGLEY, LATHROP, LEAVITT, McINTIRE, McCOWN, McDOWEL, McCLALLEN, McGEE, McDOLE, MOODY, MILLER, MASON, MATHER, MUNN, MUNSELL, MORRISON, NASH, NORTON, NEWTON, OLIVER, PUTNAM, PARKER, PIERCE, PERCIVAL, PHILLIPS, PORTER, PARKMAN, PACKARD, PEARSON, PYNCHON, POMEROY, PRATT, RAND, RICE, ROOT, REGAS, REYNOLDS, RUGGLES, REED, ROGERS, SHEPHERD, STACY, SPAULDING, THE CHILEAB SMITH FAMILY, SMITH, SHERWIN, STRONG, SANDERSON, SCOTT, SLATE, SAXTON, STEARNS, SMEAD, SIKES, SHELDON, THACHER, TOWNSEND, TUTTLE, TITCOM, TILESTON, TAYLOR, TURNER, TAGGART, THOMPSON, TREAT, WOOD, WELLS, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WARD, WRIGHT, WEST, WILBUR, WHITNEY, WOODBRIDGE, WASHBURN and WILLISTON.

Those mentioned in a diary of French and Indian Wars (1755), (who may or may not be from this county):
LYDIES, STRATTON, STEVENS, PATTERSON, HOAR, NIXSON, TITCOM, PASSORE, RUGGELS, GOODRICH, NOBLE, AYES, AVERY, PORTER, GILBERT, STODDARD, INGERSOLL and SYMERS.

Soldiers mentioned as being at Bloody Brook and elsewhere:
LATHROP, MOSELY, SAVAGE, PICKERING, TREAT, BLISS, GILLET and WELLS.

Those investigated as possible Tories:
CATLIN, DICKINSON, BRUNSON, WELLS, BILLINGS, HAMILTON, OAKS, ARMS, BEDFIELD and FIELD.

Among the famous and not-so-famous names mentioned in the 1940 section are: William Dorrell, Ezekiel Foster, Capt. Lathrop, Joseph Hawley, Jonathan Edwards, Mary Lyon, Mrs. Rowlandson, Asa Conant, Zilphia Smith, Rev. Wallace G. Fiske, Judge Oliver Wendell, John Erving, Col. Asaph White, Capt. Turner, Capt. Elisha Mack, Linus Yale, Amasa and Rhoda Shippee, Baron Rudduck, William Heath, Charles Dudley Warner, Capt. Moses Rice, Dwight L. Moody, Samuel Hinsdell, Samson Frary, John Williams, Dr. Samuel Willard, Isaac Damon, Joseph Stebbins, Elliot Speer, Robert Schell, Mrs. Russell Sage, Helen Gould, and Capt. Samuel Field.

ILLUSTRATIONS include Bernardston, Coleraine, Conway, Deefield, Monument and Sugarloaf Mountain in Deerfield; Ancient House in Deerfield; Turner's Falls in Connecticut River; Greenfield (full page), Montague, Northfield, Orange and Shelburne Falls village. Most are about 1/3 page in size.