Chester D. Stiles, comp., A History of the Town of Westfield (1919)

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Chester D. Stiles, comp., A History of the Town of Westfield (1919)
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date
1919
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p. 12
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https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofw00stil
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A short compiled history of Westfield, Massachusetts.

Cited for King Philip's War (research/king-philips-war/): "the mills owned by three Dewey brothers, Thomas, Josiah and Jedadiah, and Joseph Whiting, on Two-Mile brook ... completed in 1672"; after Springfield's mill burned on 5 Oct 1675, "the people of Springfield resorted to Westfield to have their corn ground"; and Rev. Edward Taylor's words, that Westfield's "soil was moistened by the blood of three Springfield men, young Goodman Dumbleton, who came to our mill" (p. 12).

With it: History of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Westfield (1919), pp. 54-55 (https://archive.org/details/historyofcelebra00gran): Joseph Whiting among the purchasers in the deed of 30 June 1669 from Alquat, "Indian Sachem of Waranoake and pochasuck" (p. 54 [?]); Whiting "had opened the first store, selling out his holdings in 1677 to John Moseley of Windsor" (p. 55).

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  2. title: "Chester D. Stiles, comp., A History of the Town of Westfield (1919)"
  3. type: book
  4. date: "1919"
  5. reference: "p. 12"
  6. url: "https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofw00stil"
  7. seen: original
  8. access: public
  9. ---
  11. A short compiled history of Westfield, Massachusetts.
  13. Cited for King Philip's War (`research/king-philips-war/`): "the mills owned by three Dewey brothers,
  14. Thomas, Josiah and Jedadiah, and Joseph Whiting, on Two-Mile brook ... completed in 1672"; after
  15. Springfield's mill burned on 5 Oct 1675, "the people of Springfield resorted to Westfield to have their
  16. corn ground"; and Rev. Edward Taylor's words, that Westfield's "soil was moistened by the blood of three
  17. Springfield men, young Goodman Dumbleton, who came to our mill" (p. 12).
  19. With it: *History of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of
  20. the Town of Westfield* (1919), pp. 54-55 (https://archive.org/details/historyofcelebra00gran): Joseph
  21. Whiting among the purchasers in the deed of 30 June 1669 from Alquat, "Indian Sachem of Waranoake and
  22. pochasuck" (p. 54 [?]); Whiting "had opened the first store, selling out his holdings in 1677 to John
  23. Moseley of Windsor" (p. 55).
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