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Photograph of Alquat, Sachem [chief] of the Woronoak and Pojassuck tribes of the Pioneer Valley. Photograph is from Westfield's Quarter Millennial Anniversary Official Souvenir 1919.

Drawing of General William Shepard's Homestead which stood on the north side of Franklin Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. Drawing is from Westfield's Quarter Millennial Anniversary Official Souvenir 1919.

Copy of the Treaty of Big Tree (1797) made in 1812. The Treaty of Big Tree was between the Seneca nation (Western New York) and the United States of America.

Answer to a bill in equity to William G. Bates, endorsed by Abraham Lincoln on August 24, 1859.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Pre-emption of Native American land in New York and Massachusetts, March 11, 1791.

Copy of act to establish an academy in Westfield on June 17,1793, endorsed by John Hancock.

Appointment Certificate to William Shepard on March 31, 1759 appointing him Second Lieutenant under General John Bancroft.

Transcribed:
That part of the town of Westfield that is contained within the following lines and limits, that is to say, that part which is bounded Easterly & partly on Springfield & partly on Suffield Southerly on the South line of Westfield,…

Appointment certificate promoting William Shepard to Colonel in 1779.