Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 107! This week we will finish our William Goodrich story with a little more about Ethan Allen and a quick foray into Shays’ Rebellion. First, let’s look at the transcription of a Deed for a piece of land that Ethan Allen purchased in New Marlborough in 1789, which continues to show...
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Bidwell Lore – William Goodrich, Part VI
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 106! This week we are going to dig further into the William Goodrich story starting with some mid 20th century correspondence between what is now the Stockbridge Library and historians in Vermont. Responding to a letter from Grace Bidwell Wilcox, curator of the Stockbridge Historical Room [1], John Spargo, Director-Curator...