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The images on this CD are gray-scale which provides maximum legibility, and an electronic index to the names of people and places has been added to facilitate research.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is a tangible media product shipped via mail. Contains historical reference data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOphir Dawes and Joseph Ophir Dawes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2001, Physical CD-ROM for PC or Mac, 116 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788416415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-CD1641\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":693530525712,"sku":"101-CD1641","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-cd1641-1500px.png?v=1776980547"},{"product_id":"101-r2105","title":"History of the Town of Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a well-written and colorful history of Cheshire, Massachusetts, from approximately 1767 through 1884. The town itself was incorporated March 14, 1793. Covering a period of tremendous growth, this work includes information on a variety of interesting topics including religious life, manufacturing, agriculture, and war. It also provides some biographical sketches of some of the more interesting townspeople. There is an entire chapter devoted to the Reverend John Leland. It provides a list of the names of pioneers who took up land in the \"new\" settlement, a petition by the inhabitants of Cheshire requesting the punishment of British prisoners (dated July 8, 1814), payroll of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War, a listing of soldiers who fought in the Civil War, and a section that identifies the town officers in decade blocks ranging from 1793 to 1884. There is an appendix, which acts as a chapter reference, and an original combined full-name plus subject index. Raynor and Petitclerc have broken the gender barrier typically present for female authors of this time, and, in so doing, have created a book that is not only a valuable and informative resource, but one which is also a pleasure to read.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen M. Raynor and Emma L. 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Besides its value as a town history, this book is quite enjoyable due to its attention to diverse topics, from the prevalent custom of bundling to the exciting cases of \"body snatching\" by medical students who needed cadavers for anatomical study. Early leading citizens and their homes are described in the first part of the book. Perhaps the most notable resident of Pittsfield was author Herman Melville, who wrote Moby Dick while in residence. Prominent surnames include: Goodrich, Little, Allen, Childs, Campbell, Van Schaack, Wendell, Colt, Root, Pomeroy, Clapp, Hulbert, Bacon, Brown, Jarvis, McKay, Strong, Hubbard, Newton, Willis, Brewster and Russell. Chapters cover population, emigration to points west, newspapers, post offices, agriculture, manufacture, mercantile affairs, domestic and social life, manners and morals, politics, churches, the War of 1812, the militia, establishment of the medical college, fires, temperance, visit of General Lafayette, explosion of a powder magazine, turnpikes and railroads, burial places and cemeteries, the Civil War and more. Of particular interest is the list of Pittsfield soldiers who served in the Civil War. This list includes officers and men from twenty-eight regiments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. E. A. 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A wealth of biographical information! The appendix contains a transcription of the Indian 1724 land deed. A fold-out map of the area is included.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles J. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788419577\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-T1957\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39417448726646,"sku":"101-T1957","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-t1957-1500px.png?v=1777305448"},{"product_id":"101-m2172","title":"Lenox, and the Berkshire Highlands","description":"\u003cp\u003eReaders will enjoy this historical sketch of Lenox, Massachusetts and Berkshire County, from the founding of the town in the 1750s through the late 1800s. Amidst passionate descriptions of the Berkshire Valley landscape, Mallary recounts the significant events of his town’s long history and champions its contributions to local art, commerce and politics. The rivalry between Lenox and the neighboring town of Pittsfield over the position as county seat is of considerable interest throughout. A combination of political ambition and small-town pride provides for amusing competitions over everything from the sizes of courthouses to the number of stagecoach routes in and out of the county to the speed with which the townspeople receive their mail. Mallary is always quick to point out the superiority of Lenox, not only on these grounds, but on the village’s literary reputation as well. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a onetime resident, and while living in his “little red house,” he composed some of his greatest works, most notably \u003ci\u003eThe House of Seven Gables\u003c\/i\u003e. 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The book is divided into four sections covering: Worcester County; Plymouth County; Middlesex, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Bristol counties; and Plymouth County again, as transcribed from the first volume of the records of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and an unnumbered volume of the records of the Court of General Sessions. This last section contains over 1,000 additional entries. Each section of the book is separately paginated and indexed, except for the last, which is arranged in chronological order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederic W. 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