NORFOLK COUNTY

ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET with COLORED MAP

The early days of Norfolk County, MA, and its various towns and townships, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 90 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: Avon, Bellingham, Braintree, Brookline, Canton, Cohasset, Dedham, Dorchester, Dover, Foxborough, Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Milton, Needham, North Weymouth, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Roxbury, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Wellesley, Weymouth, and Wrentham.

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:the First Railroad in America, Birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, John Eliot, celebrated Indian Preacher, Major Gen. Joseph Warren bio, Major Gen. William Heath, Zebdiel Boylston, doctor who fought for smallpox vacinations in 1721, Early Churches, King Philip's War, Fisher Ames, statesman, a "bascuit" for a bass, Tombstone Inscriptions, the Venerable Dr. Nathaniel Emmons, Impeachment of Gov. Hutchinson, the First Paper Mill in New England, Wild Days in Quincy, the Norfolk Prison Colony, Special Sectons from the WPA book on Dedham, Quincy, Wellesley and Weymouth. and other interesting bits of history and trivia.

The booklet has no index, but surnames mentioned in the 1839 section include: ALLYNE, ALLIN, ALDIS, ALDISS, ALCOKE, ADAMS, AUSTIN, AVERY, AMES, ANDROSS, ATHERTON, BROWN, BARTLEET, BEARSTOWE, BAKER, BARBER, BATCHELLOR, BULLARD, BATES, BELCHER, BALCH, BURGESS, BOYLE, BATTLE, BARNUM, BAXTER, BUCKMAN, BAILY, BOIES, BRIGHAM, BRAMBLECOM, BIGELOW, BEAN, COOLEDGE, CARTER, COLBORNE, BHICKERING, COGSWELL, CLARK, COGAN, CLAP, CARYL, CLARKE, CURTIS, CLEVELAND, CORNETTE, DUNBAR, DALTON, DWITE, DEXTER, DWIGHT, DRAPER, DUNCAN, DEMING, DERING, DAY, EATON, EWED, ELLIS, ELIOT, EMMONS, FIELD, FLYNT, FANEVIL, FILCHER, FISK, FOWLE, FLINT, FRAYRE, FISHER, FEASHE, FUSSELL, GENERE, GAY, GENERY, GUILE, GAMEL, GLOVER, GALLOPE, GREEN, HOAR, HILL, HULL, HOWARD, HARLOW, HOBART, HOLLIMAN, HUNTING, HINSDALE, HAVEN, HUMPHREYS, HAWS, HOWE, HOLBROOK, HENCHMAN, HANCOCK, HITCHCOCK, IDE, JOHNSON, KINGSBURY, KEMPE, KENDALL, LUSHER, LEUSON, LAMSON, LUDLOW, LOVELL, LORD, LORING, LINCOLN, MILLS, MORSE, METCALF, MONTAGUE, MAVERICK, MATHER, MANN, MILLER, MORTON, MOREY, MESSENGER, METCALF, MACKNEH, MAN, MOSMAN, ONION, OLDHAM, OSGOOD, PICKET, PHILLIPS, PRUDEN, PARKER, PINNEY, PIERCE, PRENTISS, PONEROY, PAYSON, PAYNE, QUINCY, REVERE, ROGERS, ROSSITER, RICHARDS, ROYAL, ROCKET, STRONG, SONGER, SUMNER, SHAW, SHEPARD, SMITH, SHAVE, STOUGHTON, SOUTHCOTE, SKELTON, SHEPHERD, SMALLEY, SAUNDERS, SANFORD, STORER, SHEARS, TYLER, THATCHER, TILLEY, TILESTONE, TOWNSEND, THURSTON, TAFT, THAYER, USHER, WHEELOCK, WIGHT, WRIGHT, WHRIGHT, WOODWARD, WOODMAN, WHITE, WHITING, WILLARD, WARHAM, WEY, WILLIAMS, WARE, WILSON, WILLSON, WOLFE, WOLLASTON, WHITACRE.

Among the famous and not-so-famous names mentioned in the 1940 section are: FRANK G. ALLEN, MANASSEH CUTLER, CAPT. AARON GUILD, DEAN CHICKERING, GEORGE A. PLIMPTON, ISAAC NEWTON LEWIS, BRADFORD LEWIS, LT. BARACHIAH LEWIS, MRS. NAOMI WHIPPLE, CAPT. JOHN CHEEVER, BENJAMIN SLACK, WHITFIELD CHEEVER, MARY SAYLE, LT. JOSEPH COLBURN, REV. JOHN ALLEN, BETSEY METCALF BACKER, CAPT. JAMES TISDALE, MILLER CARYL, SETH CLARK, ISAIAH THOMAS, JONATHAN AVERY, ISSAC GULLIVER, MANASSAH TUCKER, BARNARD CAPIN, GEN. SYLVANUS THAYER, MARY WILKINS FREEMAN (author), JONATHAN B. HALL, JACOB BARTLETT, WILLIAM T. ADAMS (prolific 19th Century children's author, pen name Oliver Optic), BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, TOMMASCO JUGLARIS, DR. OLIVER DEAN, HORACE MANN, HELEN KELLER AND MRS. JOHN MACY, her teacher, MRS. CORNELIUS METCALF, BRUCE BARTON, JOHN FENNO, BENJAMIN GANNET, DEBORAH SAMPSON, SARGENT S. STETSON.

ILLUSTRATIONS include Sharon, Stoughton, Weymouth village, Wrentham, Residence of Dr. Emmons Franklin, Adams Houses in Quincy, Canton Viaduct, Courthouse in Dedham (full page), Ancient Oak in Dedham, Dorchester, Ancient House in Medfield, and Factory Village in Medway, Dorchester and Milton village, Roxbury, Randolph.Most are about 1/3 page in size.