Historical Sketch of Easthampton, Mass

Excerpt from Historical Sketch of Easthampton, Mass: Delivered Before the Young Men's Association of Easthampton, Oct. 7, 1851 A son of each of these neighbors was in the memorable battle of Sept. 8, 1755, near Lake George, in which battle, Col. Williams, the founder of Williams College, was slain, and about 200 others, very many of whom were from this region. Of that number was Eliakim Wright, son of Stephen. Lemuel Lyman, son of Benjamin, then about 19 years of age, was in the battle, and was saved by his bullet pouch. A ball struck that, and by that was prevented from entering his body. The pouch is still preserved in one of the many families of his descendants. The balls used on that occasion by the enemy, were glazed with arsenic or some other poison, so that even a slight wound might prove mortal. I recollect hearing, in early life, an old gentleman 3 of this town, who was then a soldier near the place of carnage, on that day, give a most thrilling account of the terrible scenes that followed that battle. 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.