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Hatfield

Hatfield is a Massachusetts historical marker in Hatfield, Hampshire County, dedicated 1930.

Route 5 at Hatfield-Whately line, Hatfield · location approximate

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Before 1670 part of Hadley. Thrice attacked by Indians during King Philip's War.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Massachusetts (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Massachusetts, Connecticut & Rhode Island (A. Finley, 1825) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1905 · Sheet 1. Scarborough's Complete Road Atlas of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts, 1899, covering the location of Hatfield, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts, 1899, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

Hatfield

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