History of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts

Date: 1716 to 1889
Location: Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Other: Massachusetts Sources

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

History of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts

Early Known as the Elbow Tract: Including Records of the Plantation, District and Town, 1716-1889. With a Genealogical Register

• by Josiah Howard Temple (1815-1893)
• published by The Town of Palmer, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1889
• Genealogies on Page 407
• WikiTree Profiles that use this source

Available online at these locations:

• https://books.google.com/books?id=8bZorMFMWckC
• https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006254879
• https://archive.org/details/historytownpalm00tempgoog
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofp1716temp
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofp00temp_0
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofp00temp

Table of Contents

• Introductory Notes
• Preface
• Additions and Corrections, Page 7
• Chapter 1: Topographical Description
• Chapter 2: The Elbow Tract - Settlement, 1716-1728
• Chapter 3: The Elbow Tract - A Plantation, 1726-1752
• Chapter 4: Palmer A District - 1752-1776: A Town - 1776-1812
• Chapter 5: Palmer in Modern Times - 1812-1889
• Chapter 6: Industries of Palmer
• Chapter 7: Schools and Education
• Chapter 8: War of The Rebellion, 1861-1865
• Chapter 9: Miscellany and Statistics
  • TBD
  • Valuation and Tax, 1888
  • Town Officers Elected 1889
• A Genealogical Register of Early Palmer Families, Page 431.
  • (1880) by Ephraim B. Gates

Errata

• Additions and Corrections, Page 7
  • On p. 21, footnote, for 1734 read 1737.
  • On p. 44, fifth 1. from bottom, for soil read evil.
  • On p. 75, fifth 1. from bottom, for chairmen read chainmen, and same correction on p. 99.
  • Ferrel's Grist Mill. As stated on p. 83, the first mill was destroyed, but it was rebuilt at a later period, as see p. 270.
  • On p. 197, for enlistment of William and John Carlyle, see pp. 149, 183.
• No other errors in this publication have been identified. When found, please list the problem(s) here, and include a link to a source that describes the problem.

Citation Formats

• <span id='Temple'></span>Temple, Josiah Howard. ''[[Space:History of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts|History of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts]]'' (The Town of Palmer, Springfield, Mass., 1889) [ Page ].
• ([[#Temple|Temple]])

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