. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, e same year. The gallows stood on the hill, about where thearmory now stands. It was a public execution, and on the occasion Rev. MosesBaldwin of Palmer, preached to the assembled throng, using as his text, There-fore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment. The period of usefulness of theold jail was about 120 years. After the removal of the seat of justice ofHampshire county to Northampton, in 1749, the jail property and buildingswere sold. ( 112 ) COiMY OUGAM/.Alios suit of their visit is nut slidwii in the records
. "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, e same year. The gallows stood on the hill, about where thearmory now stands. It was a public execution, and on the occasion Rev. MosesBaldwin of Palmer, preached to the assembled throng, using as his text, There-fore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment. The period of usefulness of theold jail was about 120 years. After the removal of the seat of justice ofHampshire county to Northampton, in 1749, the jail property and buildingswere sold. ( 112 ) COiMY OUGAM/.Alios suit of their visit is nut slidwii in the records, still, dii Deeeinber126 Springtield voteil thiit ?the said eiiurt house shall be Iourtyfoot long, thirty foot wide, and seventeen foot stud. It wasalso voted lliat the persons mentioned be a eoinmittee to makeprovision lor and effect the building and linishing of the courthouse, and to tletei-miiie its location. Tiie sum of 20 poundswas authorize<l to be drawn from the town treasury for a build-ing fund. It appears, however, that the ad,joining towns failed to give. ! Court Huusu favorable ear to the request of Springfield, and that town be-came involved in a spirited controversy in regard to the build-ing. In September, 1722, it was voted that a committee bechosen to consider of and propose some method or way to com-pose the differences that have bin or may arise about the court •house, & to make report of their proposals to the town. . .Voted, that Lieut. Ephraim Colton, Peletiah Bliss, IncreaseSikes, Captain John IMerick, Lieut. Josejjh Cooley, Samuel Day,Deacon Joseph Ely, Ensign John Miller, Ensign James Merrick& Jonathan Worthington to be the said committee. 8-1 ( 113 ) OUR COUNTY AXD ITS PEOPLE At a subsequent meeting the committee reported a plan tocompose the differences and at the same time to raise the meansnecessary to complete the building. It \vas determined to sellpublic land on the west side of the river as to advance the sumof thirty pounds, and eno
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