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CONTENTS.<br />

CHAPTER XIII. — (1761-1783.)<br />

Col. John Worthington. — Josiah Dwight. — Benjamin Day. —-Prominent Doctors.<br />

— The Small-pox. — Hanging <strong>of</strong> Shaw. — The Wait Monument.<br />

Parish Matters. — Jeilediah Bliss. — Si^ringfield Mountains. — Stonj' Hill.<br />

West <strong>Springfield</strong> attempts to rule the <strong>Town</strong>. — Is set <strong>of</strong>f as a Separate<br />

<strong>Town</strong>. — Jolm Wortliington's Tory Sentiment. — Other <strong>Springfield</strong> Tories.<br />

—-<strong>Town</strong> Officers for 1775. — Lexington.— <strong>Springfield</strong> Minute-Men.— Letter<br />

from a <strong>Springfield</strong> SoMier. — Revolutionary Soldiers from <strong>Springfield</strong>. —<br />

Moses Bliss. — The Pynchon Family again. — <strong>Town</strong> Acts <strong>and</strong> Resolves. —<br />

The March to Ticonderoga. — More Revolutionary Soldiers. — The State<br />

Constitution. — John Worthington in Growing Favor. — Financial Distress.<br />

— Depreciation <strong>of</strong> Currency. — An Inter-State Convention at <strong>Springfield</strong>.<br />

Fluctuations in Values. — Warrants <strong>of</strong> Distress.<br />

CHAPTER XIV. — (1783-1787.)<br />

The Debtor Class in Massachusetts. — Rev. Samuel Ely. — <strong>Springfield</strong> Jail<br />

broken open. — A Mob at Northampton. — Hatfield Convention. — Commo-<br />

tion in other States. — Views <strong>of</strong> Washington <strong>and</strong> other Americans on the<br />

Situation. — Unsuccessful Attempt to prevent the holding <strong>of</strong> the Courts in<br />

<strong>Springfield</strong>. — <strong>Town</strong> Officers. — AVarrants <strong>of</strong> Distress. — Prominent Money-<br />

Lenders. — The <strong>Town</strong>-Meeting on the Situation. — Daniel Shays. — The<br />

Court Calendar loaded with Suits against Debtors. — Courts interfered<br />

with at Northampton. —^The Elections <strong>of</strong> 1786. —Trouble at Worcester. —<br />

Mobs at Northampton. — Extra Session <strong>of</strong> the Legislature. — Shays makes<br />

a Demonstration at <strong>Springfield</strong>. — The <strong>Town</strong>-Meeting again. — General Lin-<br />

coln. — Lincoln's March to the Connecticut Valley. — General Shepard's<br />

Defence <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Springfield</strong> Armory. — Shays defeated. — The <strong>Town</strong>s send<br />

in Petitions praying for Peace <strong>and</strong> Pardon. — The Triumph <strong>of</strong> Law.<br />

CHAPTER XV. — (1783-1800.)<br />

Death <strong>of</strong> Rev. Robert Breck. — Pompey. — The Change in Dress. — Carriages.<br />

— Postmaster Moses Church. — Death <strong>of</strong> Charles Brewer. — Zebina Steb-<br />

bins. — Capt. Luke Bliss. — The Dwights. — Merchant Jonathan Dwight.<br />

— The Old Red Store. — Other Merchants. — A Glimpse at Maiu Street. —<br />

Zenas Parsons. — Taverns. — Maj. Joseph Stebbins. — Early Newspapers.<br />

— Post Riders. — Samuel Lyman. — <strong>Springfield</strong>'s College Presidents. —<br />

The Hitchcocks.— Col. Thomas Dwight. — Daniel Lombard. — <strong>Town</strong> Officers.<br />

— Fourth <strong>of</strong> July Celebration. — Timber Trade. — More Warrants<br />

<strong>of</strong> Distress. — <strong>Town</strong> Treasurer's Report. — Canals. — Deserting Soldiers<br />

<strong>and</strong> Lawlessness.<br />

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