Abstract:Driving north up the Connecticut River on Route 47 from Hadley, Massachusetts, one is led by signs to the local historic site, ‘Forty Acres’, or the Porter-Phelps-Huntington House. During summer months a dollar buys a guided tour of the museum-house built in 1752 and the possessions of six generations of families who lived there. With its deeds and diaries dating from the French and Indian Wars, a 178-year-old grandfather clock which keeps perfect time, former slaves' quarters, a Southern veranda (the ‘Stoop’)… Show more
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