History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . C^-n^ $60,000 —to trustees for theestablishment and maintenanceof a high school, library, andreading-room, to be located onher home lot in trustees also received fromthe Deerfield Academy, whenthe property was merged intothat received from Mrs. Dickin-son, about $18,000, and in 1878they proceeded to eiect a build-ing for the use of the schooland library. This building,with a valuable apparatus, etc.,cost about $24,000. It wasdedicated Dec. 3
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . C^-n^ $60,000 —to trustees for theestablishment and maintenanceof a high school, library, andreading-room, to be located onher home lot in trustees also received fromthe Deerfield Academy, whenthe property was merged intothat received from Mrs. Dickin-son, about $18,000, and in 1878they proceeded to eiect a build-ing for the use of the schooland library. This building,with a valuable apparatus, etc.,cost about $24,000. It wasdedicated Dec. 31, 1878, andthe school opened under thecharge of J. Y. Bergen, Jr., It is the expectation of thetrustees that this will be a first-class institution, where pupilscan be fitted for college, forscientific schools, and for busi-ness, while at the same time itfurnishes to the inhabitants ofDeerfield a high school withoutcost to DEERFIELD, MASS. IIISTOEY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. G15 ing-house for a buryiiig-ground. This is now in use for thatpart of the town. In 1808 the town voted to buy a burial-place at Great Kiver, near Jona. Cobbs, which had been pre-viously occupied. No deed of this is found. At Mill River a burial-yard was established about . In 1826 the town voted to fence this ground, provided Mr. JIawks will give ita deed of the land. In 18-59 the lot w^as enlarged by landbought of Messrs. Timothy and Charles Phelps. There arealso several private burial-places,—Stebbins, at Sugar-Loaf;De Wolf and Hawks, in South , and two belongingto the Catholics, in North Wisdom, near the Greenfield line;and a part of the new Greenfield Cemetery lies within ourterritory. 1694, Mrs. Hannah Beaman was keeping school on herown home-lot when the town was assaulted. This is the firstnotice of a school. In her will, dated , Mrs. Beaman lefther lands to the town for a school fund. In 1698, a scliool-
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