Healy, Allan. Charlemont, Massachusetts, 1765-1965

Location:
Deerfield, MA
Description:
Allan Healy wrote this history of Charlemont, Massachusetts, on the bicentennial of the town’s founding in 1765. It is typical of New England town histories in its focus on information relating to local families, community histories, and landmarks as well as brief references, both anecdotal and documented, to enslaved African Americans.

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1765 to 1965 1765-1965,

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
Mention of a bill of sale to Lt. Benjamin Maxwell from Nthaniel Dunkelle, April 27, 1767, for a "negro child about twelve months old." for six _, 13 shillings, and 4 pence. 1767 Apr 27 negro child, 6 13 4.0 767
Mention of a bill of sale to Lt. Benjamin Maxwell from Nthaniel Dunkelle, April 27, 1767, for a "negro child about twelve months old." for six _, 13 shillings, and 4 pence. 1767 Apr 27 negro child, 1499
Jonathan Taylor in 1771, buys from Daniel Arms of Deerfield "one negro man named Titus, aged thirty-one year, for twenty shillings." 1771 Titus, 20 1501
Jonathan Taylor in 1771, buys from Daniel Arms of Deerfield "one negro man named Titus, aged thirty-one year, for twenty shillings." 1771 Titus, 20 1664

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