icon for Home page
icon for Kid's Home page
icon for Digital Collection
icon for Activities
icon for Turns Exhibit
icon for In the Classroom
icon for Chronologies
icon for My Collection

Online Collection
Select a page:

Page 1
(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
Contact us for information about using this image.



label levels:

For several years before the trolley started operating in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in December 1901, residents argued about what route it should take - down the town's history-laden main street or alongside the existing railroad tracks to the west. This petition to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives voiced opposition to a proposed legislative amendment that would have prohibited the trolley from going down the main street. Curiously, the handwriting is all that of one person, who is not identified. Judging from two notations that say "illigible" [sic], the original petitioners signed a paper and then someone copied the names on a fresh sheet to send to Boston. The track was eventually laid down the main street.

 

top of page

Petition in favor of trolley on Deerfield's Main Street

author   Unidentified
date   c. 1900
location   Deerfield, Massachusetts
height   10.0"
width   8.0"
process/materials   manuscript, paper, ink
item type   Legal Documents/Petition
accession #   #L99.119


Look Closer icon My Collection icon Transcription icon Detailed info icon


ecard icon Send an e-Postcard of this object



See Also...

Reasons in Favor or Against the Trolley Route in Deerfield

Petition to Selectmen of Deerfield regarding trolley

Sugarloaf Street


button for Side by Side Viewingbutton for Glossarybutton for Printing Helpbutton for How to Read Old Documents

 

Home | Online Collection | Things To Do | Turns Exhibit | Classroom | Chronologies | My Collection
About This Site | Site Index | Site Search | Feedback