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Title: "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts.
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Copeland, Alfred Minott, 1830- ed
Subjects: Hampden County (Mass.) -- History Hampden County (Mass.) -- Biography
Publisher: Boston : Century Memorial Pub. Co
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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stage coach was one of greater progress in the history ofthe toMTis of this state than all others of earlier years. Duringthat era the resources of the towns were developed to their full-est extent and the foundations of thousands of fortunes werelaid. Fcrries.~T)\\Y\\\g, the period of the turnpike road companiesand the stage lines two prominent factors in connection there-with contributed to the Avelfare of Springfield. The first andperhaps the most prominent of these was the old Boston road,which formed part of a continuous line of travel between Bos-ton and Albany, and which was in fact the route most used bytravellers between those points. The other factor referred towas the early and (for the time) ample means afforded for cross-ing the Connecticut river. As early as 1674 the town of Spring-field authorized Anthony Dorchester to operate a ferry acrossthe river below the mouth of the Agawam, as commonly known,and in compensation for his service the worthy ferryman was 11-1 ( 161 )
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INTERNAL IMPROYEMENTS allowed to charge eight pence for each horse and man, two pencefor each foot traveller, and three pence for each trooper on train-ing days. From that time a ferry was maintained across theriver, and as settlement increased on the west side, a second ferrywas established farther up the stream. In 1683, at the suggestion of the general court, a secondferry was considered by the selectmen of Springfield, and at atown meeting held in February it was voted that the selectmenshould discourse with any person for the keeping of a ferry overthe Great River, and, having found such a one, to make reportthereof to the town. At that time the selectmen were DeaconJonathan Burt, Henry Chapin, John Hitchcock, Samuel Balland John Holyoke, while Daniel Denton served in the capacityof town clerk. In the following year the town voted to establisha ferry at John Dorchesters place, to be kept by him, and inaddition to the tolls charged, he should be exempt from militarytraining: and i

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