. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, e expectation of returns from the saleof adjoining lots. These proposed donors were Dr. .Joshua Krost. . : JonasCoolldge. $100; Edward Bliss. ?J0; A. G. Tannatt. .fJO: Francis Hliss. !$:;0;Daniel Lombard. SlOO: Robert W. Bowhill. $20: Jacob Hliss. $20: Roswell Lom-bard. $20: James Chapin. $20: Roger Adams. $20; Ebenezer Tucker.$7.): Oliver B. Morris. $30 : George Blake. $20. ( 119 ) OVB COrXTY AND ITS PEOPLE public street. George Bliss and John IngersoU were appointedto see that these provisions were carried into
. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, e expectation of returns from the saleof adjoining lots. These proposed donors were Dr. .Joshua Krost. . : JonasCoolldge. $100; Edward Bliss. ?J0; A. G. Tannatt. .fJO: Francis Hliss. !$:;0;Daniel Lombard. SlOO: Robert W. Bowhill. $20: Jacob Hliss. $20: Roswell Lom-bard. $20: James Chapin. $20: Roger Adams. $20; Ebenezer Tucker.$7.): Oliver B. Morris. $30 : George Blake. $20. ( 119 ) OVB COrXTY AND ITS PEOPLE public street. George Bliss and John IngersoU were appointedto see that these provisions were carried into effect as the pro-prietors had promised. The first Hampden county court house was built in 1821,luider the supervision of Jonathan Dwight, jun., John Phelpsand Daniel Bonteeou, and cost $8,.375. It was—and is—of brick,48 by 62 feet on the ground and two stories high 31 feet to theeaves. It was the house of justice of the county more than halfa century, and was in all respects a substantial and suitablestructure until the business of the shire became too large for its. The Second Court House, built 18-1 further In 1851 it was enlarged by the addition of arear extension—temporary improvement—but in less than twentyyears more there came a strong demand for a new, modern andmore commodious court house, a structure which in a measureshould reflect something of the growth and importance of thecounty among the civil divisions of the commonwealth; and whenat last this consunnnation was reached, the old building was sold The old bell wlik-b bung in the belfry, and wbich in early days alarmed the people in cise of fire, w Qbled the court, andtumbled from its ( 15iO ) OHdAM/.ATlOS and put to otlier uses, first as a business institute aud later as alioiiii tor OddtelUnvsliip in Sjirin^rtield. It still stands and isan enduring nuuiunient to tlie memory of the old Hampden bar. The third—tlio present —Hampden county court house wasauthorized by an act o
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