Enfield (Mass.) Collection 1800-1939

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Enfield (Mass.) Collection 1800-1939

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Situated at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Swift River in western Massachusetts, Enfield was the largest and southernmost of the four towns inundated in 1939 to create the Quabbin Reservoir. Incorporated as a town in 1816, Enfield was relatively prosperous in the nineteenth century on an economy based on agriculture and small-scale manufacturing, reaching a population of just over 1,000 by 1837. After thirty years of seeking a suitably large and reliable water supply for Boston, the state designated the Swift River Valley as the site for a new reservoir and with its population relocated, Enfield was officially disincorporated on April 28, 1938. The records of the town of Enfield, Mass., document nearly the entire history of the largest of four towns inundated to create the Quabbin Reservoir. The core of the collection consists of records of town meetings and of the activities of the town Selectmen, 1804-1938, but there are substantial records for the Enfield Congregational Church. The School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, the town Library Association, and groups such as the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Bethel Masonic Lodge.

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Enfield Grammar School (Enfield, Mass.)

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Grammar school in Enfield, Massachusetts, a town abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water. From the description of Enfield Grammar School graduation programs collection, 1902-1914. (University of Massachusetts Amherst). WorldCat record id: 52807471 ...

Kimball, Frances Woods

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Enfield Congregational Church (Enfield, Mass.)

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Church that served as the social and cultural center of the town of Enfield, Massachusetts. From the description of Enfield Congregational Church records, 1800-1939. (University of Massachusetts Amherst). WorldCat record id: 52815370 ...

Enfield Congregational Church (Enfield, Mass.). Women's Auxiliary

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Sibley, Prudence Goodsell

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Enfield Mother's Club (Enfield, Mass.)

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Richards, Frederick B.

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William Little Lee (1821-1857) of Sandy Hill and Charles Reed Bishop (1822-1915) of Glens Falls traveled to Hawaii in 1846 and settled there. A lawyer by training, Lee became an advisor to the King of Hawaii and a judge. Lee died in Honolulu in 1857. Bishop served as Collector General of Customs for Hawaii and later helped found a bank in Honolulu. He married Princess Bernice Pauahi Paki in 1850. Following her death in 1884 Bishop became a founding Trustee of the Kamehameha Schools ...

Enfield (Mass.)

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Bird's eye view of Enfield, ca.1910 Situated at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Swift River in western Massachusetts, Enfield was the largest and southernmost of the four towns inundated to create the Quabbin Reservoir. Laid out in June 1787 as the South Parish of the town of Greenwich, Enfield was officially incorporated from parts of Greenwich and Belchertown on Feb. 18, 1816, and named in honor of one of its early settlers, Robert Field. ...

Hitchcock, S. G.

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Enfield Congregational Church (Enfield, Mass.). Women's Missionary Society

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Daughters of the American Revolution. Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter (Enfield, Mass.)

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Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Enfield, Massachusetts. From the description of Daughters of the American Revolution, Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter records, 1916-1922 (bulk 1916, 1922). (University of Massachusetts Amherst). WorldCat record id: 53256141 ...

Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission

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Maps prepared by the Massachusetts Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission. From the description of Quabbin Reservoir maps of proposed site collection, 1926, 1933. (University of Massachusetts Amherst). WorldCat record id: 52807502 The Western Massachusetts towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich, Prescott, and North Dana were abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water. From...