Warrant to Nathan Dickinson, constable, for collection of taxes in Third Precinct of Hadley.
…

Record of town meeting held in Amherst in 1745, 10 years after the first meeting. Votes recorded are concerned with choosing officers, committees, highway work, wood for the minister, making payment for services, and balancing…

Subscription list for Peletiah Smith and seven others to share labor to build a gristmill on the Fort River in the Second Precinct of…

Receipt written by David Parsons payment of his salary "in old tin money" by Jonathan Dickinson, treasurer.…

Lake George, July the 5th 1758

Loving wife after my love to you and the children I would inform you that I am well through the goodness of God as I pray thes lines may find you and all the family. I would inform you that our battos are loded and…

Deed from Ebenezer Kellogg of Hadley to Nathaniel Smith of Hadley conveying tract of land in the second division of the Third…

Warrant to Ebenezer Kellogg to have him notify the inhabitants of Hadley 3rd Precinct to meet at the house of Zachariah Field on October 8th to decide matters relating to choosing officers who will have the power to call meetings, and making…

Will of Nathaniel Smith, one of the early settlers of Amherst. He was the first physician to practice in Amherst. He was also a farmer. In this, his last will and testament, he leaves money to his wife and daughter, both named Rebekah, and some to…

Record of town meeting held in Amherst in 1755, 20 years after the first meeting. Votes recorded are concerned with choosing officers, committees, raising money for wood for the minister, that the committee chosen to "seat the meetinghouse" make some…

Built by John Sheldon about 1690; taken down 1848. This photograph was copied from the only daguerreotype in existence, belonging to the late Prof. Aaron Warner, by John L. Lovell. More text on verso; sky in photo painted with white…

Hadley, Northampton, Hatfield, and Deerfield are portrayed.

English. Title in German. Some place names, terms, etc., also have German work supplied. From the author's Atlas geographicvs major. 1753-59 [i.e. 1784; v. 1, 1759] part of v. 1, part 2,…

June 5, 1757 Hadley 2nd Precinct

To His Excellency Thomas Pownall Esqr. Govr & Comdr in Chief and over his Magty Provinces of the Masstts Bay in New England:

May it please yr. Excellncy
We yeoman of the town of Hadley in the 2d Precinct
would…

New York March y(?) 5th 1759.

Sir

I have received your letter of
the 26th of February, since which date the
Carpenters will undoubtedly have very soon
arrived at Albany, as they were dispatched
from hence at the intended time.

I…

Section from the account book of David Warner, a local blacksmith, showing work he completed for Simeon Clark. Some of the jobs listed: fixing the rim on a dishkettle, fixing grips for a harrow, mending chain, and mill work in a saw mill. The account…