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VOLUME I COMPLETE
Introductory Note, Corrections | 5 - 8 |
Historical Review | 9 - 36 |
Pynchon's English Home | 13 |
The First Settlements on the Connecticut | 15 |
Land Purchased of the Indians | 17 |
The Early Ministers of Springfield | 22 |
The Selectmen - First and Succeeding Boards | 17 |
Selectmen of Springfield 1644 to 1737 | 26-32 |
Grants of Land to the Settlers | 32 |
Springfield's Deputies in the General Court | 34 |
Deputies to the General Court from Springfield | 37 |
Early Inhabitants - When They Came | 39 |
Clerk of the Writs | 45 |
Town Recorders | 46 |
Good Sense of the Common People Prevailed | 47 |
Location of the First Meeting House | 49 |
Burying Ground and Training Field | 50 |
An Early Adoption of Referendum | 52 |
A Toll Road Established | 52 |
Excluding Unworthy Persons | 53 |
Before the Selectmen and the County Court | 54 |
Indiscretions of Our Puritan Youth | 57 |
John Pynchon's Experience in Pork Raising | 59 |
Round Hill Given to Pinchon for Bringing Sheep to Town | 61 |
Village Blacksmith Captured by Cromwell and Forced to Migrate - John Stewart | 62 |
Hampshire County Created | 66 |
Minor Events, But Not Without Interest | 67 |
The 2nd Corne Mill | 71 |
Witchcraft in Springfield, Hugh and Mary Parsons | 73 |
Pynchon's Heresy - His Book Burned in the Marketplace at Boston | 79 |
Religious Services Conducted by Laymen | 125 |
Seating the People in the Meeting House | 126 |
Burning of Springfield By the Indians | 129 |
Longmeadow - the First Location | 134 |
Springfield's First School House | 137 |
Formation of Counties and Towns | 139 |
Earliest Important County Highway | 139 |
Chronological Summary | 143 |
Counties and Towns [Dates of Formation] | 150 |
Governors Chosen Under First Charter | 151 |
Governors Appointed By the King Under Second Charter | 151 |
English Sovereigns During the Colonial Period | 152 |
Records of the Town of Springfield | 153 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 157-173 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 174-193 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 194-225 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 226-229 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 261-300 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 301-328 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 329-361 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 362-387 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 388-410 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 411-427 |
Records of the Town of Springfield (Continued) | 428-442 |