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		"Our Country and Its People" A History of Hampden County Massachusetts- Volume 2 1902 L02.136 This account of Springfield, Massachusetts' Forest Park demonstrates how wealthy members of the community decided in the early 1880s to build a park in the city. Inspired by New York's Central Park, Forest Park created an urban oasis.
		Civil War Patriotic Covers or Envelopes 1861-1865 L00.042 During the Civil War civilians and soldiers could show their patriotism by sending letters in printed envelopes.
		Baby in Christening Robe 1890-1900 1970.18.02 This cabinet card is of a young child wearing a christening gown made from Emily Rudman Tripp's wedding gown.
		Fuller House, "The Bars" c. 1908 1996.12.0528 Built in the 1760s by Jonas Locke (1727-1812), this gambrel-roofed house, occupied by the Fuller family since 1820, is located at "The Bars," a section of Deerfield, Massachusetts, about two miles south of the main village.
		Excerpts on slavery from "Anecdotes and Reminiscences . A Labor of Love" Jun 18, 1892 L05.075 Mary Willard, the daughter of Deerfield's Reverend Samuel Willard wrote a memoir of her family for her niece
		"Select School at Buckland" Aug 22, 1865 L01.103 Robert Hall, only nineteen years old when this advertisement was printed, tried to form his own "select school" in the town of Buckland. He may have wanted to emulate the success of the town's most famous schoolmistress, Mary Lyon.
		Northampton (and Easthampton) 1873 L07.034 Northampton was purchased from the Nonotucks by John Pynchon (1626-1703) in 1653 for 100 fathom of wampum, ten coats and a few trinkets.

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