History of Pelham, Massachusetts, USA

Pelham, Massachusetts
Hampshire county. This town lies 80 miles W. from Boston and 13 N.E. from Northampton. It was incorporated in 1742. Population, in 1837, 957. The surface of the town is elevated and uneven; the soil is hard but productive. Swift and Fort rivers afford it mill privileges. Some palm-leaf hats are made here.

Some years ago the notorious Stephen Burroughs profaned the christian sabbath, by imposing himself on the innocent people of Pelham as a minister of the gospel.

Pelham, when a part of the Equivalent Lands granted to Connecticut, was sold by that State to Col. Stoddard, of Northampton, and called after him, Stoddard's Town.

Part of Prescott was taken from this town in 1822,

The soil is good, but elevated and uneven.

A branch of Swift River waters the eastern part of Pelham, but palm-leaf hats are the only considerable article of manufacture.

Distance from Northampton, 13 miles; from Boston, 80.

Pelham, a post- township in Hampshire co., Mass., 77 miles W. from Boston. Pop., 983.

three counties, Rockingham and Hillsborough, N. H., and Essex, Mass., and three towns, Salem and Pelham, N. H., and Methuen, Mass.

Pelham is a sparsely inhabited town lying in the northeast part of Hampshire County about 76 miles west of Boston. The New London and Northern Railroad, which passes through the centres of the two towns adjoining on the south and west, furnishes the nearest railroad connection. The boundaries of this town are Shutesbury on the north, Prescott on the east, Enfield and Belchertown on the south, and Amherst on the west. The assessed area is 14,156 acres. There are upwards of 5,000 acres of woodland, containing most of the New England varieties of trees. The whole township has an unusual elevation; and there are ranges of forest-crowned hills in the east and west, while in the south Mount Lincoln rises to a height of 1,246 feet. Pine Hill rises near the centre of the town. The geological structure is sienite;: and asbestos, molybdenite, quartz crystals and green hornstone are found. A huge bowlder called "The Northerner" has many visitors. Swift River forms the eastern line, and midway...

Pelham, a post-hamlet and township of Hampshire co., Mass., 22 miles N.N.E. of Springfield. It has a church, a granite-quarry, and mineral springs. Pop. of township, 633.