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Letter transcribed by Joesph D. Bartlett from General William Shepard to Henry Knox concerning Shay's Rebellion in November 1786.

Transcribed copy of Aurelia Taylor's diary from 1832 - 1834, influenced by the Second Great Awakening.

Correspondence from Eldad Taylor to his wife concerning the siege of Boston beginning March 18, 1776.

Correspondence from Eldad Taylor to his wife concerning the siege of Boston beginning March 18, 1776.

Survey of the town of Westfield made in November 1794 by James Taylor and Abel Whitney.

Military correspondence between General William Shepard and Colonel James Taylor dated June 19, 1788 notifying of election of ensign within regiment.

Picture taken in front of Westfield High School (when it was held in Town Hall) in 1861 by Thomas P. Collins.

Map showing some Indian areas and the early path from Boston to the west.

Early accounts indicate that Indians were familiar with places often hundreds of miles distant and that they traveled over the same route in coming and going. Indians habitually marched in single file so trails rarely exceed 18 inched in width and…