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Palmer History pre-1950's

An historical address delivered at Palmer, Mass., July 5, 1852, in commemoration of centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the town

Physical copy owned: yes

Author: Thomas Wilson

Publication date: 1855

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Publisher: Lowell, S.J. Varney, printer

Contributor: The Library of Congress

Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation

Palmer : Illustrated with pen and camera

Physical copy owned: yes

Creator: Charles W. Eddy; W. P. Allen (illustrator)

Publication date: 1884

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Contributor: Palmer Public Library

History of the town of Palmer, Massachusetts, early known as the Elbow tract : including records of the plantation, district and town 1716-1889

Physical copy owned: yes

Author: Temple, J. H. (Josiah Howard), 1815-1893

Publication date: 1889

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Publisher: Pub. by the town on Palmer

Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library

Contributor: Palmer Public Library

Notes

Letter:
The Palmer Declaration of Independence
page 176

Genealogies and Records:
pages 407-572

Index:
page 583

Maps:

No. 4. Map of the Row 1728, in 1745 called King's Row now Palmer Village. Litho. by Milton Bradley Co.
page 32

No. 1. Map of the Original Elbow District, Massachusetts 1716-1752. Compiled by E. B. Gates, 1889. Litho, by Milton Bradley Co.
page 57

No. 3. Map of Old Center. 1728. Litho. by Milton Bradley Co.
page 280

No. 2, Map. Palmer. 1761.Litho. by Milton Bradley Co.
page 392

Pictorial Palmer Massachusetts: Descriptive and Illustrative

Physical copy owned: yes

Publication date: 1896

Copyright: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Publisher: Carpenter & Cady

Contributor: Palmer Public Library

Description: "With the history of Palmer this book has little to do. It will, rather, be its aim to give the reader, with the aid of illustrations, some fair idea of the Palmer of to-day..."

Illustrations: Springfield Photo-Engraving Company

Photographer: Herbert C. Thresher
Byram Woodhead

Press: C. B. Fiske & Co.

Inscriptions from the two ancient cemeteries of Palmer, Mass.

Physical copy owned: yes

Creator: Allen, Orrin Peer, b. 1833

Publication date: 1902

Copyright: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Publisher: Cemetery Commissioners

Contributor: Digitized by the Palmer Public Library

Notes: Covers the period 1729-1901.

Old Home Week : Palmer Mass

Physical copy owned: yes, stored in the History and Geneology Research Room

Publication date: 1903

Copyright: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Publisher: The Palmer Journal Print

Contributor: Palmer Public Library

Description: Souvenir program highlighting the oldest structures in Palmer, Massachusetts in 1903.

Palmer Bicentennial Program

Physical copy owned: yes

Creator: Palmer Lions Club

Publication date: 1952

Copyright: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Contributor: Digitized by the Palmer Public Library

Description: A celebratory pamphlet of Palmer, Massachusetts' bicentennial activities along with histories of the town.

"We sincerely hope that we have created a program that will be cherished as a memento of Palmer in 1952. We have endeavored to briefly outline some of Palmer's past in narrative and we feel that the advertisements carried in this program will give a good picture of Palmer's present industry and commerce."

A Chronicle of the Village of Three Rivers

Physical copy owned: yes

Author: Jane E. Golas

Publication date: 1990

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Rights: Under copyright.

Contributor: Palmer Public Library

Description: "A Chronicle of the Village of Three Rivers,” also known as "History of Three Rivers," is the first multi-subject history which encompasses the entire village through its many diverse periods of growth from its pre-conceivement into the modern age.

Breakenridge

Palmer Library Physical copy owned: Yes

Creator: Jane E. Golas

Publication date: Unknown

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Rights: under copyright

Contributor: Palmer Public Library

Description: A history of the village Breckenridge of Palmer, Massachusetts.