HISTORY OF EASTHAMPTON Mass SPECIAL EDITION 1866 Railway Presentation Sammalband

Description: HISTORY OF EASTHAMPTON Mass SPECIAL EDITION 1866 Railway Presentation Sammalband POB#49497 TITLE: History of Easthampton: its settlement and growth its material, educational, and religious interests, together with a genealogical record of its original families BOUND WITH two Payson church pamphlets. AUTHOR: Payson Williston Lyman, 1842-1924 PUBLISHER: Northampton [Mass.]: Trumbull & Gere DATE: 1866 EDITION: Three titles, all 1st editions: 1) History of Easthampton, Flagg p. 109; Haskell 7609. 2) Manual of the Payson Church, Haskell 7602; 3) "Book of Chronicles of the City of Samuel", Haskell 7599Reference: Haskell, John D. Massachusetts, a Bibliography of Its History. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1976.4) Resolution, signed Lafayette Clapp, Town Clerk [1 page]. [Concerns branch railway from Mt. Tom Station to "this village" i.e. Easthampton]5) [News report] describing above resolution. DESCRIPTION: 18 cm1) ii, [2], 192, 2 pages; [This title includes a signed photograph of the author between introduction and text]2) 36 pages; 3) 27 pagesCONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. Joints rubbed lightly. Bookplates. No creases or tears. Solid page and cover attachment. Very light library marks (special collections pencil call number and book plate);BINDING: Half morocco over marbled boards, compartmented spine, marbled end papers.. PROVENANCE: Horatio N. Rust (bookplate, period inscription on title page). Local Easthampton delegate to the Massachusetts legislature. Among the undersigned in the Resolution, above #4. .Sammalband associated with lobbying efforts to create a locally financed Easthampton rail road spur off the Connecticut River Railroad (CRRR), from Mt. Tom Station. True to Massachusetts tradition, the effort, led by local minister Payson Willston Lyman, the effort emphasizes heritage, culture and religon. The owner of the volume (and possibly the creator) was Horatio E. Rust - one of the delegates to the Massachusetts legislature. The resulting spur was, eventually, owned by CRRR and abandoned in 1984. BOUND WITH Book of the Chronicles of the City of Samuel. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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