Reminiscences of Worcester, From the Earliest Period, Historical and Genealogical

With Notices of Early Settlers and Prominent Citizens, and Descriptions of Old Landmarks and Ancient Dwellings, Accompanied by a Map and Numerous Illustrations

“Worcester was one of the earliest places in the interior of the State to which the attention of the first settlers from the east was directed, the locality being described by the committee of explorers first sent out under the authority of the General Court to view the place, as situated in a pleasant valley about midway between the sea coast and the older settlements of Springfield and Northampton on the Connecticut River”.

The author “having during many years past collected together a large amount of material relative to the early history of Worcester, from various sources, has taken this method of communicating some of those facts to the public. They are not all arranged in the form of a regularly connected history, being as their name imports, ‘reminiscences’ of particular periods, brought together under different heads or chapters.”

Chapters include Early History; Ecclesiastical History; Schools and Schoolhouses; Municipal Officers; Burial Grounds; Courts, Court Houses, County Officers, Jails; Washington and Lafayette in Worcester; Worcester and Its Ancient Dwellings; Hotels, Post Offices, Town Hall; Railroads, Depots; Printers and Newspapers; Fragmentary Gatherings. Five chapters are devoted to genealogies, including the following families: Curtis, Rice, Bigelow, Goulding, Stowell, Jennison, Chandler, Paine, Putnam, Upham, Flagg, Grout, Perry, Chapin, Lovell, Green, Lincoln, Allen, Mower, Boyden, Goddard, Tucker, Eaton, Harrington, Stowell and Other Families. A map and several illustrations enhance the text.

Caleb A. Wall

(1877), 2024, 5.5" x 8.5", paper, index, 440 pp.

ISBN: 9780788426667

101-W2666