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Relying, as he said, on memories passed down to him from his father and other elders, Elihu Hoyt (1771-1833) made an effort to capture the drama of the early settlement of the town of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Hoyt strongly felt that the recounting of the town's history would be a source of satisfaction to the descendants who would learn what "privations and sufferings their ancestors endured."

 

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"A Brief Sketch of the First Settlement of Deerfield, Mass."

publisher   James P. Fogg
author   Elihu Hoyt (1771-1833)
date   1833
location   Greenfield, Massachusetts
height   5.75"
width   4.25"
process/materials   printed paper, ink
item type   Books/Book
accession #   #L98.026


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See Also...

Colonel Elihu Hoyt (1771-1833)

"History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts"

"Geographical, Statistical & Historical View of the Town of Deerfield"


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