Jeffery Amherst letter to Lt. Col. Bradstreet, March 5, 1759
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774
Letter from Jeffery Amherst to Lt. Col. John Bradstreet regarding construction of boats, hire and pay of laborers, and finance for military campaign, March 5, 1759. Several months later Amherst successfully captured Fort Ticonderoga on the Hudson River from the French.
In this letter the word "battoes" means bateaux -- a long, tapering, flat-bottomed, river boat.
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Jones Library Special Collections
1759-03-05
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Correspondence
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William Boltwood letter, August 5, 1775
American loyalists
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Amherst (Mass.)
Letter from William Boltwood to the Amherst Committee of Correspondence asking to be restored to public favor and endorsing measures taken by the Continental Congress.
Boltwood, William
Jones Library Special Collections
1775-08-05
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Procession of Civil War veterans
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Veterans
Amherst (Mass.)
Procession of Civil War veterans marching north on South Pleasant Street. They are preceded by a band and marshall and followed by a group of women or children and a group of carriages pulled by horses. This is probably a Memorial Day event which followed a similar program for many years: speeches in the schools, speeches at various locations in area towns where the local Civil War veterans gathered en masse, a luncheon, and finally, a gathering of the veterans on the Amherst Common followed by a procession to the West Cemetery where there were more exercises. This photograph may have been taken in 1911, the 50-year anniversary of the start of the Civil War.
Kenfield, Charles R.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1911
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Civil War veterans on Amherst Town Common
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Veterans
Amherst (Mass.)
Civil War veterans standing at attention on the east side of the Town Common. This is probably a Memorial Day event which followed a similar program for many years: speeches in the schools, speeches at various locations in area towns where the local Civil War veterans gathered en masse, a luncheon, and finally, a gathering of the veterans on the Amherst Common followed by a procession to the West Cemetery where there were more exercises. This photograph may have been taken in 1911, the 50-year anniversary of the start of the Civil War.
Kenfield, Charles R.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1911
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Drill Hall at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst (Mass.)
View of the drill hall with three cannons on the lawn. From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock (1894): The drill Hall was erected in 1883, at an expenditure of $6500. The Armory, at the right of the entrance, contains the arms furnished by the state to the college corps of cadets. The main hall is 123 feet long and 48 feet wide, and has an asphalt floor. It is heated by a hot-water system, introduced in 1888. This comfortable winter quarters of the corps is used by the students as a gymnasium. The second floor of the building contains the commandant's office, and a recitation room for the classes in military tactics science. A short stairway leads into the tower of the building. On the campus adjoining this building are earthworks for use in mortar practice -- a part of the regular military training of the college.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Amherst the village beautiful, cultured and literary/Amherst House hotel par excellence [brochure]. Springfield, Mass. : John C. Otto, printer, n.d.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1900
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College Hall at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst (Mass.)
Built in 1869, this structure housed the chemistry lab, a chapel, and a military hall and armory. It burned in September of 1922.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1871
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LOV0414
Drill Hall at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst (Mass.)
View of the drill hall with one cannon on the lawn. From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock (1894): The drill Hall was erected in 1883, at an expenditure of $6500. The Armory, at the right of the entrance, contains the arms furnished by the state to the college corps of cadets. The main hall is 123 feet long and 48 feet wide, and has an asphalt floor. It is heated by a hot-water system, introduced in 1888. This comfortable winter quarters of the corps is used by the students as a gymnasium. The second floor of the building contains the commandant's office, and a recitation room for the classes in military tactics science. A short stairway leads into the tower of the building. On the campus adjoining this building are earthworks for use in mortar practice -- a part of the regular military training of the college.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1883
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LOV0415
Drill Hall at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst (Mass.)
View of the drill hall with three cannons on the lawn. From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock (1894): The drill Hall was erected in 1883, at an expenditure of $6500. The Armory, at the right of the entrance, contains the arms furnished by the state to the college corps of cadets. The main hall is 123 feet long and 48 feet wide, and has an asphalt floor. It is heated by a hot-water system, introduced in 1888. This comfortable winter quarters of the corps is used by the students as a gymnasium. The second floor of the building contains the commandant's office, and a recitation room for the classes in military tactics science. A short stairway leads into the tower of the building. On the campus adjoining this building are earthworks for use in mortar practice -- a part of the regular military training of the college.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1883
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LOV0435
Military training at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Military education
Amherst (Mass.)
Group of Massachusetts Agricultural College students in military drill formation around three cannons.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Before 1903
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LOV0465
Conkey's Tavern in Pelham
Pelham (Mass.)
Front view of dilapidated Conkey's Tavern in Pelham.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1883
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Conkey's Tavern in Pelham
Pelham (Mass.)
Front and left-side view of dilapidated Conkey's Tavern showing the gently rolling hill it rests upon.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1883
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Conkey's Tavern in Pelham
Pelham (Mass.)
Front view of Conkey's Tavern in Pelham.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1883
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Conkey's Tavern and outbuilding
Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787
Pelham (Mass.)
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 and West hills and near the west branch of Swift River, which was made the boundary between Pelham and Prescott when the latter was incorporated in 1822. Capt. Daniel Shays, the leader of the famous Shays Rebellion, lived half a mile distant up toward East hill, his house and the tavern being on the "Center range" road running due east and west through Pelham. It was at this tavern beside the wide open fireplaces of Landlord Conkey and by his well-stocked bar, that Shays met the debt-burdened yeomanry in 1786-7."
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1883
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Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill
Spanish-American War, 1898
Fort Sill (Okla.)
Walter Mason Dickinson at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was the grandson of Marquis Fayette Dickinson and the only Amherst man to die in the Spanish-American War. He fell in the Battle of El Caney (Cuba) on July 1, 1898, which was a precursor to the Battle of San Juan Hill. He died from his wounds on July 2, 1898.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1880
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Buddhist Peace Fellowship members
Peace
Children and peace
Buddhists
Amherst (Mass.)
Members of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship preparing to march along with the military parade for Recognition Weekend, an event organized at UMass in mid-July, 1986. The event was designed as a vehicle to honor veterans. It drew a large number of people interested in balancing the military display with a message of peace.
Martin, John H.
Jones Library Special Collections
1986
Rights held by John H. Martin
Is part of the John H. and Anthony Martin Photograph Collection, Jones Library Special Collections
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MAR0065