What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of Chelmsford, Massachusetts and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1917.
History
of
Chelmsford,
Massachusetts
By
The Rev. Wilson Waters
Courier-Citizen Company
Lowell, Massachusetts
1917
893 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.
This book on CD is SEARCHABLE *
CONTENTS
(Contains 45 Illustrations and Maps)
Chapter I. - The Beginning
Chapter II. - Early Grants - The Indians - King Philip's War
Chapter III. - Province Wars - King William's War - Queen Anne's War - Dummer's or Lovewell's War - Service in the West Indies - King George's War - French and Indian War
Chapter IV. - The War of the Revolution - The Concord Fight - The Battle of Bunker Hill
Chapter V. - Records of Chelmsford Men in the Revolution
Chapter VI. - Shays' Rebellion. Wars of 1812, 1848, 1898
Chapter VII. - The Civil War, 1861-5 - Records of Chelmsford Men
Chapter VIII. - The Life of Long Ago - Roads, Stages, Social Life, the Doctor, &c.
Chapter IX. - Territorial Limits - Bridges, Canals, Steamboats, Railroads
Chapter X. - Paper’s by Mr. H. S. Perham - The Wamesit Purchase - The Early Settlers in that Part of Chelmsford now Lowell - The Folks at the Neck - The Early Schools of Chelmsford
Chapter XI. - Slaves, Witches, Warning Out, Small Pox
School for the Deaf, Libraries, Monument Association, &c.
Chapter XII. - Town Meeting, Taxes, Population, Valuation, Money, &c.
Chapter XIII. - Topography - Meteorological and Seismical Observations
Chapter XIV. - Geology and Botany
Chapter XV. - Manufacturing
Chapter XVI. - Religious Organizations
Chapter XVII. - Burying Grounds - List of Interments in Forefathers' Burying Ground
Chapter XVIII. - Civil List
Chapter XIX. - Early Ministers, Physicians and Lawyers
Chapter XX. - Annals
Notes and Corrections
List of Teachers in Chelmsford Schools, 1916
Index of Names
(43 Pages of Names Listed – I will do Look-ups)
Index of Topics
(6 Pages of Topics Listed)