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Newspaper clipping glued to paper about Library after 53 years of service.

Mrs. Mary E. (Hills) Loveland's article on Samuel Follett. Mrs. Loveland's grandmother came to llive with her grandparents, the Samuel Folletts. Handwritten on two pages. Also three pages of 'Copies of Letters to Samuel Follett. Who was the…

Original typewritten article, five pages, on the Edgerton Papers by Carl Joslyn. Signed by the author. Also 1' xeroxed copy. Original handwritten copy on 8-1/2' x 14' with references; notes on founding of the town with input from Elsie V. Bartlett.…

Transcription, dated 1950s, from Hampden County Registry of Deeds, Book No. 6, by Carl Joslyn. Record of Indenture of Original Proprietors dated 1765. Proprietors: Aaron Willard, Josiah Dwight, Timothy Dwight, Salah Barnard, John Worthington.

Controversy over the location of the new Meeting House -- 'Should it be located on the site of the old Meeting House (corner of Harvey Road and Rte 112) or on land farther to the north.' Seventeen pages of Town Meeting notes referring to new Meeting…

These four entries are hand written transcriptions of Hampshire Gazette articles: A 1931 article on the burning of the Lafayette Lodge Trow's Hotel burns down 1898 Reminiscences of Worthington 1871 - signed 'A Traveler' Story of Centennial…

Notes from Town Meeting records by Carl Joslyn, various dates, from October 16, 1765 to July 8, 1920. Includes a list of 132 names of those eligible for military service - Civil War with war casualities list, military draft.

Two pages, typed: 1. Transcription of Honor Roll, WWI, WWII; 2. same information with names and notations added by Joslyn cross reference 974.4/J/#04 in Box 29

Original typewritten article, seven pages, on 'The Hilltown Health Center' by Carl Joslyn, President of the Health Center. No date. (See Box 52, 45-11, under Bates)

Two copies, each seven pages, typewritten 'Events in the State & Country at the Time of the First Settlements in Worthington' May have been a paper delivered to the Historical Society.

Letter to J Herbert Owen concerning origin of first post office in Worthington. Letter from W W Howes, first assistant Post Master General. Also includes copy of statement written on brown wrapping paper in possession of Merwin F Packard when…

Typed copy of handwritten legal notices 'Advertisements' from 1789-90. Also notices of tax collector services Legal Notices - Elijah Hunt, Thadeus Chapin, Noah Goodman, John Cunningham

Mary Hitchcock pastel portrait of Emerson Davis in a spiral bound Strathmore paper pad. There is also on the back of the drawing a drawing of original Congregational Church. No date. Identify for exhibit.

A handbook of Questions and Answers relating to the History of Worthington, Massachusetts' Compiled by Elsie V. Bartlett' Handwritten original on lined paper in leather 2-ring notebook. Second copy in paper bound two hole booklet with the word…

Remarks of Daniel R. Porter to the Worthington Historical Society August 26, 2000. This must have been a speech delivered to the Society by Daniel R. Porter

Copy of typewritten article, three pages, on Health Care before 1948 by Janet Dimock.

Dated May 12, 1943: Edward Clark to Walter Stevens, Northampton, handwritten letter two sides; W. Stevens to E. Clark, March 25, 1943; E.Clark to W. Stevens, handwritten two sides, March 28, 1943; Walter Stevens to Edward Clark, March 29, 1943 …

20: Five pages typed dated to Walter Stevens re:'Hampshire County prior to the Incorporation of Chesterfield, Worthington, and Cummington'. Writing of Arthur Capen: 'rec'd June 1, 1940'. also original handwritten version -9 pages (missing as of this…

Collection of tax bills 1880- 924 from Granville Capen given by Arthur Capen to Elizabeth Payne. In 1894 they began recognizing a 'Mrs. Capen too'. Includes index.

Paper delivered at WHS, no date, re floods. Also includes discussion. Typed.