275 Years of a Town: The soldiers of Harvard
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. Harvard’s farmers and storekeepers were often called upon…
275 Years of a Town: 17th-century madness
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. Harvard, which has drawn to it transcendentalists, Shakers…
275 Years of a Town: The settlers and the natives of the Nashaway Valley
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. It didn’t take long after the Pilgrims settled…
275 Years of a Town: The Warner Free Lecture Series
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. Harvard’s renowned Warner Free Lecture Series had its…
275 Years of a Town: The Shakers, Part 2
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. During the month of December, Mother Ann and…
275 Years of a Town: The Shakers, Part 1
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. The United Society of Believers, commonly called Shakers,…
275 Years of a Town: Harvard Almanac
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. The Harvard Printing Press has been incidentally mentioned.…
275 Years of a Town: The innholders of Harvard
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. From the registry of the Middlesex Court of…
275 Years of a Town: Fires and fire extinguishers
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. April 4, 1831, a report to a Harvard…
275 Years of a Town: Fruitlands
Excerpt from Henry S. Nourse’s “History of the Town of Harvard Massachusetts 1732–1893,” written in 1894. During the epidemic of transcendentalism in New England,…
