The Hatfield Book (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ Charles A. Wight

Excerpt from The Hatfield Book The author's parents, Joseph E. and Sarah R Wight, about two years after their marriage and while he was an infant, moved from Ashfield to Hatfield and settled in the north part of the town. Here their large family of children grew up to manhood and womanhood under the most advantageous conditions. The distant mountains on all sides, the great river, the ponds, the brooks, the meadows, the forests containing many chestnut trees, afforded a fascinating natural environment for a boy. Hunting, fishing, picking wild berries, gathering nuts, coasting and skating, were the common pastimes for the active boys of the region. Here the author made his home for about a quarter of a century. He prepared for college in the Academy located in the town. When a young man about to leave home for college he united with the Hatfield church, where he had been from childhood a constant attendant. His father after a short, but active and successful life died and was buried in the little cemetery in the north part of the town, where his ashes repose among the graves of many of his neighbors and associates. His mother is still spared to enjoy in the old home the fruits of early toil and sacrifice. In the past year during the little leisure that could be snatched from the busy life of a Christian minister, the author has visited the home of his early life and gathered the material for this book. He is much indebted to Mr. D. W. Wells, Mr. L. H. Kingsley, Mr. David Billings, Rev. R. W. Woods, D. D., Rev. John M. Greene, D. D., and Mr. C. K. Morton, for their help in gathering material for his book. Most of the pictures were taken with the aid of his friend, Mr. F. P. Cobb, of Chicopee Falls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.