by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 3, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
submitted by David M. Powers, March 2020 In preparing posts about the earliest case of witchcraft in Springfield for my Facebook pages later this month, I found this drawing about that topic in “The History of Springfield in Massachusetts for the Young” by Charles...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 15, 2019 | History News, Uncategorized
by David M. Powers The agreement which William Pynchon made with the Indians of “Agaam” (as it is spelled in the text) on this day, 15 July, 383 years ago – a Friday that year – was an extraordinary document for several reasons. 1. It named two women: Kewenusk and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | May 16, 2019 | History News, Uncategorized
By David M. Powers Mouth of the Agawam (Westfield) River The original pioneers in Springfield took a weekend in mid-May, 1636, to frame the shape of their settlement. In typical Puritan fashion they entered a covenant together, a written agreement to create a new...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 3, 2019 | History News
Gary Gregory, Edes & Gill and Lessons on LibertyPrinters played a critical role in both reporting what was happening in Boston and elsewhere in the colonies, and in fomenting Revolution. In this session, Gary Gregory, who has recreated Edes & Gill, one of the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 3, 2019 | History News
Judy CataldoThe art of spinning fibers into thread is an ancient craft with a process that has changed only slightly over the millennia. Or has it? How has modern spinning influenced the way we think spinning was done in the 18th century? This presentation will look...
