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Month: March 2020

March 3, 2020January 7, 2022 pvhn Blog, Hampden County, History, Pioneer Valley, Springfield

Awkward Art

submitted by David M. Powers, March 2020 In preparing posts about the earliest case of witchcraft in Springfield for my Facebook pages later this month, I found this drawing about that topic in “The History of Springfield in Massachusetts for the Young” by Charles Henry Barrows. Printed in 1921, the book offers various black and … Continue reading Awkward Art

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