. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. goods was made for theProbate Court. But the peddler, Samuel Mallefield, especially interestsus, not so much because he came on an iron gray horse andbrought 11,000 pins, but because on his deathbed he directedthat all his property, after paying his expenses, should makea fund for the relief of the poor. The town accepted thebequest and erected a stone of table form to the memory ofthe French peddler, which may be seen among the ancientstones on
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. goods was made for theProbate Court. But the peddler, Samuel Mallefield, especially interestsus, not so much because he came on an iron gray horse andbrought 11,000 pins, but because on his deathbed he directedthat all his property, after paying his expenses, should makea fund for the relief of the poor. The town accepted thebequest and erected a stone of table form to the memory ofthe French peddler, which may be seen among the ancientstones on the Pine street side of thecemetery. Very many years were topass before his example would be fol-lowed; but in 1863 James W. Hale,a benevolent grocer, left most of hisfortune to supply the worthy poorwith coal, fuel and flour, from whatis now called The Hale two men were the forerunnersof many kind people who have madegifts and bequests for the use of thecity. We are now come to the great days of the battles were waged far away from Springfield; but, besidessending her men to join the armies of freedom, she had little. James W. Hale. 94 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD glimpses and side-lights of events as they passed and madehistory for the now United States. It was on a day in Juneof the year 1775 when one, standing on Main street, near theCourt House, and looking up street, might have seen a caval-cade of horsemen approaching from the north. They had justcrossed the river and had turned into the Main street from \ j^^&£-JjMj
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