History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Volume 5

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... FIELD MEETING--1909. A FIELD MEETING OF THE POCUMTUCK VALLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. HELD NEAR THE LITTLE BROWN HOUSE ON THE OLD ALBANY ROAD, DEERFIELD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1909, AT 9.30 A. M. ORDER OF EXERCISES. President of the Day, Judge Francis M. Thompson. 1. Music. 2. Prayer. Rev. Richard E. Birks. 3. Historical Address-- The Mohawk Trail, Chief Justice John A. Aiken, Greenfield. 4. Original Poem. Miss H. Isabelle Williams. 5. Music. 6. Tribute to Miss C. Alice Baker, Mrs. George Sheldon. 7. Music. Intermission of one hour for basket lunch. Coffee provided for all. 8. Addresses interspersed with music. The following speakers are expected: George A. Plimpton, Esq., of New York. Hon. Alfred S. Roe, Worcester. Hon. George D. Crittenden, Buckland. Dr. Royal W. Amidon, Chaumont, N. Y. Hon. Herbert C. Parsons, Greenfield. Rev. Richard E. Birks, Rev. P. F. Doyle, Mr. Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield, and others. MUSIC BY THE POCUMTUCK BAND. REPORT. The Old Albany Road, leading from the Deerfield common, westerly to the historic ford of the Deerfield River, was to-day a fit setting for one of the most interesting of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Field Days. All the more fitting was it that the theme of Chief Justice John A. Aiken, was the Mohawk Trail of which this road was the Deerfield end; and the meeting was well held in Deerfield, not far from Frary House, the home of the late C. Alice Baker, to whom the tribute of Mrs. Sheldon was the other prominent feature of the proceedings. The exercises were held in front of the Little Brown House on the Albany Road, the story of which has been very entertainingly written by George Sheldon. This house, now the studio of Miss Putnam and Mrs. Wynne, has a history full of interest, ...