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Portrait of the Reverend Stephen Williams (1693–1782),
attributed to Joseph Badger (1708–1765), oil on canvas, ca.
1755. Courtesy the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (1889.04).
Williams was ten in 1704, when he was captured during the French and
Indian raid on the town of Deerfield. |
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Confluence of the Connecticut and Deerfield Rivers, by
Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863), engraving, 1835. Courtesy
Historic Deerfield (1999.45). A native of Amherst, Orra White began
drawing subjects from nature as a child. She excelled in science,
Latin, and Greek, as well as in art, at South Hadley and Roxbury boarding
schools before joining the staff of Deerfield Academy in 1813. She
published her first colored drawing, “A View of the Falls on
the Connecticut River at Gill, Massachusetts” in Portfolio magazine
in 1818. In 1821 she married Edward Hitchcock, a distinguished scientist,
educator, and minister who had served as headmaster of Deerfield Academy
and later became president of Amherst College. After her husband’s
appointment as Massachusetts State geologist in 1830, Orra White Hitchcock
traveled with him on the expeditions that led to his production of
Reports on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts,
for which she provided the illustrations. |
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Abenaki woman and man, artist unknown, watercolor, eighteenth century.
Courtesy City of Montreal. Records Management and Archives. In
Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield
(Amherst and Boston, 2003, p. 228) Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney
call attention to the combination of European and native materials
that compose the couple’s attire. |
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Tape loom, maker unknown, wood, ca. 1800. Courtesy Pocumtuck Valley
Memorial Association (1883.31.1). The weaver held this loom between
her knees as she fashioned narrow bands for garters and decorative
trimming. |
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Detail, Portrait of Rhoda Smith Bardwell (1775–1818),
attributed to Charles Lyman (1778–1814), oil on canvas mounted
on masonite, ca. 1794. Courtesy Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
(1889.30.09). A student at Deerfield Academy, Rhoda was a daughter
of Captain and Mrs. Reuben Smith of Northfield, Massachusetts, where
the portrait was painted. She attended Deerfield Academy in 1800 and
married Henry Bardwell of Deerfield in 1807. |
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Detail, frontispiece from Poems on Various Subjects by
Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), printed paper and ink, 1773, London.
Courtesy Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (L98.054.frex). Lack
of interest in her poems by Boston publishers led Phillis Wheatley
and other members of the Wheatley family to take her work to London
for publication. |
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Piano, ca. 1805, maker Muzio Clementi (1752–1832), joined
rectangular case set on frame with four legs and stretcher-like shelf;
mahogany, satinwood, holly, and cypress trim, Cheapside, London. Courtesy
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (1872.13.01). Susan Barker of
Hingham, Massachusetts, is thought to have brought this piano with
her to Deerfield in 1808, when she married the Reverend Samuel Willard. |
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Detail, tombstone of Mary Harvey and stillborn child, 1785, attributed
to Solomon Ashley (1754–1823) of Deerfield. Albany Road Burying
Ground, Historic Deerfield. Photograph © Allison W. Bell, 2003. |
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War of 1812 commemorative pitcher, creator unknown, transfer-printed
creamware, ca. 1813, Staffordshire, England. Courtesy Pocumtuck Valley
Memorial Association (MH.F.003). The pitcher celebrates American naval
victories over Great Britain during the War of 1812, by captains Isaac
Hull and Jacob Jones. |
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Mount Vernon, maker Caroline Stebbins (1789–1865),
silk on silk embroidery, ca. 1807. Courtesy Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association (1893.07). Miss Stebbins was a student at Deerfield Academy
1804–1807, where, in addition to grammar, arithmetic, history,
and geography, she studied embroidery, painting, music, and map making. |
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View from Mount Holyoke, by William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854),
steel engraving, 1839. Courtesy Historic Deerfield (91.68). A prolific
British illustrator, Bartlett recorded his travels throughout the
world in drawings that were subsequently etched onto steel plates
and printed. The most successful collection of his work from this
country was published as American Scenery: or Land, Lake, and
River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature by Nathaniel Willis (London,
1839–1840). |
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First Church of Deerfield pewter flagon, ca. 1680–1700, attributed
to Thomas Lupton, London. Courtesy Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
(MH.H.02). After 1603 the Church of England allowed communion wine
to be served in pewter as well as silver vessels. |
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Detail, tombstone of Deacon Samuel Field (1678–1762), possibly
carved by the shop of Nathaniel Phelps (1721–1789) of Northampton,
Massachusetts. Albany Road Burying Ground, Historic Deerfield. Photograph
© Allison W. Bell, 2003. |
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Detail, tombstone of Samuel Bardwell (1685–1771), carving
attributed to Coomer Soule (1747–1777) and Beza Soule (1750–1835).
Albany Road Burying Ground, Historic Deerfield. Photograph ©
Allison W. Bell, 2003. |
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“SW” joined chest, for the storage of textiles, maker
unknown, oak and pine, ca. 1695–1720, Hatfield, Massachusetts.
Courtesy Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (1892.18.03). |
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Albany Road Burying Ground, Historic Deerfield. Photograph ©
Allison W. Bell, 2003. |
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Detail, tombstone of Daniel Arms (1687–1753), possibly carved
by the Northampton shop of Nathaniel Phelps, Albany Road Burying Ground,
Historic Deerfield. Photograph © Allison W. Bell, 2003. |
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Plan de la Ville de Montréal levé en l’année
1704 by Levasseur de Néré. National Archives of Canada.
Montreal is the city to which many Deerfield captives were taken. |
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Detail: New England Primer, ca. 1800, printed paper. Courtesy Pocumtuck
Valley Memorial Association (L00.032). |
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