by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 16, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
By David M. Powers, 16 April 2020 NEW FREEMEN SWORN IN Even though all adult males could legally vote after May 1647, but in local elections only, Springfield citizens had little say beyond their own town. Only seven of forty-three male residents of legal age were...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 16, 2020 | History News
John L. BellThe first interview in the History Camp Discussion series, J. L. Bell, discusses his research into Revolutionary Boston, including countering some often-repeated “facts” about the events that led to the shots fired at Lexington and Concord, and how he...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 6, 2020 | History News, Uncategorized
The Pioneer Valley History Network (PVHN) is excited to announce its newest project, “Revolution Happened Here: Our Towns in the American Revolution.” Funded through a newly-awarded grant from Mass Humanities, the project will bring together a collaborative team of...
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...
