Who were the people who were already settled on the land when Europeans first arrived in Southern New England, and where did they come from? Learn more!
Who were the people who were already settled on the land when Europeans first arrived in Southern New England, and where did they come from? Learn more!
Who were the people who were already settled on the land when Europeans first arrived in Southern New England, and where did they come from? Learn more!
Penny will present an illustrated talk about her great-grandparents, Gustavus Farley Jr. and Katharine Cheney Farley. Katharine, the daughter of the youngest of the Cheneys who founded Manchester's silk industry, married a tea merchant from Massachusetts, and in 1880, they traveled to Japan, where her husband based his tea-importing firm. There in Yokohama, the 26-year-old […]
The Town Clerk has canceled this event.
Members are invited to the annual meeting to vote on the slate of elected directors and to hear reports on financial and other activities of the Society in the last year. There will be an illustrated presentation commemorating the 60th anniversary of our founding. Details to come.
Kicking off our events commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a free lecture by noted historian Dr. Matt Warshauer, who will present "The Declaration of Independence: A Minute Reading," exploring the questions, "What did the Declaration actually declare? Why…and to whom? What was the actual point, and, in the long stretch […]