History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ah S. He receivedan academic education at the S])ringtield and Monson Acad-emies, being two years at the latter. At the age of seven-teen, in the autumn of 1824, he entered the dry-goodshouse of Howard & Lathrop, then the leading dealers inSpringfield. Howard & Lathrop during that year built a small millat South Hadley Palls, Mass., for the purpose of manufac-turing book-, , and writing-pa]ior. They also had ageneral store connected with this mill,
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ah S. He receivedan academic education at the S])ringtield and Monson Acad-emies, being two years at the latter. At the age of seven-teen, in the autumn of 1824, he entered the dry-goodshouse of Howard & Lathrop, then the leading dealers inSpringfield. Howard & Lathrop during that year built a small millat South Hadley Palls, Mass., for the purpose of manufac-turing book-, , and writing-pa]ior. They also had ageneral store connected with this mill, and, early in 1825,Mr. Carew was transferred to this store, where he remaineduntil 1830. During that year he was sent on a collectingtour South, and was some six months in Washington, D. C,where he formed the acquaintance of the celebrated DufFGreen,- publisher of The Olnbe, by whom he was introducedto many of the notables of the day in Washington. TheGlohe was printed on paper made by his employers. U|ii>nhis return to South Hadley Falls in July of the same year,he took entire charge of Howard & Lathrops mill, and con-. MARTIN WAIT BURNETT, one of the leading citizens of South Hadley, Mass., wasborn on the 10th day of September, 1814, and is de-scended, in the fourth generation, from David Burnett,who removed from England to America about the year1700, and settled at Easthampton, Long Island, N. , his son, was a farmer. Jonathan, son of Stephen, about the year 1760, changedhis place of residence to South Hadley, Mass., settling inPitchwam, now a part of Granby. He had a family ofseven children, viz.: Mehitabel, who married Samuel Smith,Esq., of Granby ; Bela, who resided in Granby, also ; Enoch,whose residence was in Bclchertown ; and Arza, Stephen, Jonathan, and Ruth (who married Nathaniel Ingraham),all residents of South Hadley. Jonathan (2d), son of Jonathan, married Salome Wait,daughter of Martin Wait, Nov. 26, 1805. They had afamily of nine children,—David,
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