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Letter to Thomas Jefferson from Gideon Lee, 17 May 1808, warning Jefferson about a William Meech from Worthington who is threatening to assassinate Jefferson. Transcription only.

Photograph of auctioneer, Joe Sena, part of a larger article about a fundraiser for the Norwich Hill First Congregatonal Church in Huntington.

I Remember: the Good Days, by Grace Ellen Bates Strong. Typed, double space, 5 pages. Memories of Ringville, industry, Bates family genealogy. The creation date is estimated from the document's text.

Color pastel and pencil drawing of 'the Starkweather Place,' 1898, by Guy Bartlett (1882-1970). Pictured are farmhouses, barns, mountain, stone wall. It is in a frame that is too large for its size. Pencil lines indicate size to be cut. Hanging in…

Sepia postcard showing Center Store. On front: A. J. Welch Store - Worthington, Mass. #75. Blank back. Store on NE corner of Harvey Road and Huntingotn Road (Route 112). Shows gas pump and car from around 1910s. D. Wayne Fisk had an antique shop in…

Digital image of newspaper article from the Hampshire Gazette, Feb 2-3, 2013. Shows Chesley Potter, daughter of Janice and Dana Potter, in uniform. She had just graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX.…

Digital image of Hampshire Gazette article dated 2012-06-01 detailing the contest for a Worthington town flag to be hung in the Hall of Flags at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Natalie Stafford was the winner of the contest. Fep. Steve Kulik…

Scan only of Hampshire Gazette article dated March 29, 1967, describing the appointment a committee to study the options for providing 'more space for town offices' at the Town Hall. Committee memberswere Franklyn Hitchcock, C. Raymond Magargal,…

Obituary from the Hampshire Gazette dated 2015/03/14. Includes photograph . Daniel Fitzgibbons (1951-2015).

Newspaper article profiling Emerson (Emmy) Davis at age 83. Includes lots of biographical details

Short article about renovations at the Methodist Church in South Worthington as carried out by local women.

Newspaper article with photograph describing the display in the Rice Memorial Room of the Worthington Library; it shows the uniform of General James Clay Rice, image includes Harry Bates, and Francis A. Lord (historian). Also shown are Rice's swords.

Two articles related to events in Worthington, 1864 article about break in at the H. C ole store and 1868 articles about various entrepreurial activities in town. Mention are D. T. Hewitt, and H. Cole

Hampshire Gazette obituary of Phyliis H. Myrick

Gazette article about the work of Lyn Horton and Barbara Shea, archivists for the Worthington Historical Society. details early work on organizing and archiving the WHS collection. Also mentioned: Ted Claydon

Editorial in the September 29, 2000, Hampshire Gazette opposing fine of $1000 issued against Highway Superintendent Ernest (Ernie) Nugent, for purchasing a woodchipper for the town from his brother Albert (Bert) Nugent, Jr. in 1998. Fine was issued…

Contains 9 brown envelopes and some loose articles of interest and relevance to the life of Worthington resident, Arthur Capen. Some materials relevant to Worthington, others to Northampton and other communities.

Article about home offered to Norman Hollowell, principal of the Russell H. Conwell Elementary School in 1955 to keep him and his wife in town. Shown in photograph are Mrs.Hallowell, Ray Magargal, Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Lewis Zarr, Mrs. Carl (Ida_…

From 'Memories of Fifty Years Ago, by Sgt. Harold E. Brown, attached 20 Armored Division. 'Brownie' writes about March 1945, World War II. 'It was a sunny day in France. . . . in Perriers-sur-Andelle.