A History of The Town of Freetown, Massachusetts

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Other: Massachusetts Sources

Contents 1 A History of The Town of Freetown, Massachusetts 1.1 Available online at these locations: 1.2 Table of Contents 1.3 Errata 1.4 Citation Formats

A History of The Town of Freetown, Massachusetts

With an account of the Old Home Festival, July 30th, 1902. Freetown is located in southern Massachusetts. In 1659, pilgrims purchased a four-mile tract from the Wampanoag Indians Wamsitti and his squaw Tattapanum for “twenty coats, two rugs, two iron pots, two kettles and one little kettle, eight pair of shoes, six pair of stockings, one dozen of hoes, one dozen of hatchets, two yards of broadcloth,” and most likely alcohol (Pierce 3). This became known as the Freeman’s Purchase.

• published by The Press of J.H. Franklin & Co., 78 Bedford Street, Fall River, Mass., 1902
• 287 pages
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Available online at these locations:

• https://books.google.com/books?id=3SsWAAAAYAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownoff00fall
• https://archive.org/details/cu31924028820468
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownoff00free
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownoff00fallr
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownoff00unse
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651362
• Also see: https://ldsgenealogy.com/MA/Freetown.htm

Table of Contents

• Corrections and Additions - Page 1
• Origin of The Town Seal - Page 1
• Ye Freemen's Purchase, 1659-1683 - Page 3
• Freetown, Mass., 1683-1780 - Page 11
• Slave Trade in Freetown - Page 25
• An Indenture - Page 27
• Harriet Livermore - Page 28
• Church History - Page 29
• The Assonet Clambake - Page 50
• School History - Page 53
• The Guilford H. Hathaway Library - Page 69
• Military History - Page 72
• The Lawyers - Page 117
• The Physicians - Page 123
• Town Officers - Page 133
• The Industries - Page 158
• The Shipping Industries - Page 170
• Map - Page 204
• The Assonet River - Page 206
• Record and Tradition - Page 212
• An Account of The Old Home Festival, Freetown, Mass., 1902 - Page 249
• Index - Page 282
• Illustrations - Page 285

Errata

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Citation Formats

• <span id='HTFM'></span>''[[Space:A History of The Town of Freetown, Massachusetts|A History of The Town of Freetown, Massachusetts]]'' (J.H. Franklin & Co., Fall River, Mass., 1902) [ Page ].
• ([[#HTFM|Hist. Freetown]])