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View of dilapidated Conkey's Tavern showing the lean-to which housed the kitchen in back. Excerpted from short history on back of photograph: "This historic tavern was built in 1758 by William Conkey, in the deep valley, midway between Pelham East…

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Front view of dilapidated Conkey's Tavern in Pelham.

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Front and left-side view of dilapidated Conkey's Tavern showing the gently rolling hill it rests upon.

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Front view of Conkey's Tavern in Pelham.

Shays_Sargeant_letter_combined_resized.pdf
Dr. Erastus Sargeant writes to Major General William Shepard describing being captured by Shays' Regulators as they attack and loot the town of Stockbridge. They are defeated during a final bloody encounter with government militia at Sheffield, MA on…
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