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Title: A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts;
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Nason, Elias, 1811-1887. cn
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Publisher: Boston, B. B. Russell
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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e than twenty-fivemills, turning out a vast amount of writing, printing, wrapping, andother kinds of paper. The number of farms is 111; the valuation,$1,725,137; rate of taxation, $1.45 per $100; number of dwelling-houses, 625. The town has one national bank; a savings-bank, incorporated in1852 ; two insurance-offices ; a good hotel, — the Morgan House ;a lyceum and a farmers club; a Post of the G. A. R. ; a MasonicLodge ; a well-managed public journal, called The Valley Gleaner,edited by J. A. Royce ; an excellent high school under the care of Mr.Abner Rice ; and also twelve district schools, six of which are included 288 GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS. in the incorporated Hopland School-District. There is one Congre-gational church, the Rev. N. Gale, D.D., installed pastor Sept. 1,1853;one Baptist, Rev. S. Pillshury, pastor; one Methodist, the Rev. ClarkWright, pastor-, one Episcopal, the Rev. William R. Harris, rector; andone Roman-Catholic, under the care of the Rev. George Brennan.
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THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, LEE. There is also a chapel at East, and another at South Lee. The beauti-ful stone church-edifice of the Episcopal society was consecrated hyBishop Paddock Oct. 7, 1873. The post-offices are at Lee Centre andat the last-named villages. LEICESTER. 2S9 The first white man who settled in Lee was Isaac Davis, who huilta house on Hop Brook in 1760. The town was named in honor ofGen. Charles Lee, and incorporated Oct. 21, 1777. The first church,consisting of thirty members, was organized May 25, 1780; and onJuly 3, 1783, the Rev. Elisha Parmelee was ordained as pastor. Thefirst religious meeting was held in the barn of Deacon Oliver West, hishay-mow serving*for the orchestra. The children of Samuel Foote werethe principal singers; and a local poet has perpetuated their severalnames and j>arts in the psalmody by the following triplet: — David and Ase sing bass;Jonathan and Fenner sing tenor;Vice and Sol beat them all. The.first paper-mill in this town was ere

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