History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . ory of Sunderland, which also found expression in his con-tributions to the press of Franklin county. The labor ofcompiling a history of the town had already been begun byhis cousin, Hon. Henry W. Taft of Pittsfield, and when ad- 244 HISTORY OF SUNDERLAND. vancing years and physical infirmities made it apparent thatthat gentleman would not complete what he had begun,there was no one who could as effectively or with equalpropriety continue the work, and the present
History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . ory of Sunderland, which also found expression in his con-tributions to the press of Franklin county. The labor ofcompiling a history of the town had already been begun byhis cousin, Hon. Henry W. Taft of Pittsfield, and when ad- 244 HISTORY OF SUNDERLAND. vancing years and physical infirmities made it apparent thatthat gentleman would not complete what he had begun,there was no one who could as effectively or with equalpropriety continue the work, and the present volume is theoutgrowth of that interest. Possessing only the education acquired in the commonvSchool of his native town, and two terms of eleven weekseach at Williston seminary at Easthampton, Mr. vSmith hassupplemented that by much that it is the fashion to call self-education, while an abundant stock of native .common sensehas contributed in a large degree to develop the earnestnessof the man, and to endow his writings with originality andpiquancy. He was married in January, 1850, to Eliza Hubbard Ly-man, who died in
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