Prefatory Note

THIS Volume contains an abstract of the proceedings of the Connecticut Valley Historical Society, beginning with its meeting June 5, 1882, and ending with its quarterly meeting October 21, 1903. It also contains all the papers read at the meetings of the Society that have been furnished by their author for publication. Other valuable papers have been read from time to time, as will be seen by reference to the proceedings, which have not come into the possession of the Society.

WILLIAM F. ADAMS
Judge A. M. COPELAND
ALBERT H. KIRKHAM

SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 1904.

Committee of
Publication.

By-Laws of the Society

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Proceedings of the Society, 1, 20, 40, 66, 78, 100, 111, 131, 147, 156

214, 242, 243, 264, 284

Resolutions on the death of President W. S. Shurtleff .

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS

Rev. Robert Breck Controversy. By Rev. E. H. Byington, D.D.

William Pynchon, the Founder of Springfield. By Rev. E.

H. Byington, D.D.

History of Township Number Nine. By Judge A. M. Copeland

Leaves from the Records of an Old Parish. By Ernest N. Bagg

The Pocumtuck Confederacy. By George Sheldon

The Stockbridge Indians. By Rev. J. W. Harding

Springfield in Ölden Times. By Henry M. Burt

Fire Department of the City of Springfield. By A. P. Leshure

Judge Shurtleff as a Soldier. By Rey. Russell H. Conwell, D.D.

Judge Shurtleff as a Lawyer. By Judge A. M. Copeland .

The Early Physicians of Hampden County. By Marshall

Calkins, M.D.

The Irish Pioneers of the Connecticut Valley. By E. A. Hall

Early Dentists of Hampden County. By A. J. Flanagan, D.D.S.

William Pynchon. By Mrs. Lilian Palmer Powers

Historical Relations of Springfield and Westfield. By J. C.

Greenough

The American Indian. By Rev. B. D. Hahn, D.D.

Springfield During the Revolution. By Henry A. Booth

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78

100

112

133

148

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157

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214

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264

285