An Historical Sketch
BY
CLARENCE WINTHROP BOWEN, Ph.D.
READ AT ROSELAND PARK, WOODSTOCK, CONNECTICUT, AT THE BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONOF THE TOWN, ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1886
NEW YORK & LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press
1886
COPYRIGHT BY
CLARENCE WINTHROP BOWEN
1886
Press of
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York
As a full history of Woodstock has been in preparationfor several years and will, it is hoped, be publishedin the course of another year, this brief sketch is issuedas it was read at the Bi-Centennial Anniversary ofthe town.
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| I. | Introduction | 7 |
| II. | The Settlement of Massachusetts Bayand of Roxbury | 8 |
| III. | The Nipmuck Country and the Visit ofJohn Eliot to the Indians at Wabbaquasset,or Woodstock | 12 |
| IV. | The Settlement of New Roxbury, orWoodstock | 20 |
| V. | The Change of the Name of New Roxburyto Woodstock | 28 |
| VI. | The Growth of the New Township—1690-1731 | 32 |
| VII. | Ecclesiastical Affairs | 36 |
| VIII. | The Transfer of Woodstock from Massachusettsto Connecticut | 43 |
| IX. | Military Record | 46 |
| X. | Educational Matters | 53 |
| XI. | Distinguished Citizens | 55 |
| XII. | Characteristics of Woodstock | 58 |
| XIII. | Conclusion | 61 |
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