Gibbons Sons Store Advertising Flyer, Week of June 26, 1933
A large advertising flyer mailed to Granville residents for the week of June 26, 1933. This pre-dates the fire of December 1934 when the store burned to the ground.
Year of the flyer is based on research by Brian Miller into the Jack Dempsey promotion mentioned in the flyer. Further research by Granville History into the Moon Mullins promotion indicates that was also 1933.
The basic flyer is a New England Stores design with the Gibbons store information at the bottom (Granville phone number 8). The slogan for New England Stores was "For Thrifty People" as shown on their logo.
Times have certainly changed. Today you even have to pay for the bags to take home your $300 week's worth of groceries. In 1933 you could get Jack Dempsey's autograph and a Moon Mullins mask for free! Unfortunately 1933 was also during the depths of the Great Depression so the question wasn't one of cost, it was whether you had the money at all.
Use the Search function to view additional photos of the Gibbons store at 11 Granby Road, Granville, MA. including the 1934 fire.
26 June 1933
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1790 Federal Census for Granville, Massachusetts
1790 Federal Census for Granville, Massachusetts. <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>IMPORTANT:</strong></span> In 1790 the town of Granville <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>included what is now Tolland, Ma</em></strong></span>. Therefore this census includes residents of what is now Tolland.<br /><br />In 1790 Granville was comprised of three parishes:<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">West Parish</span>: The West Parish became the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Town of Tolland</span> in 1810.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Middle Parish</span>: In 1790 the "Middle Parish" was essentially the area between the great valley on the east, running west to what is now the Tolland border. In 1810 with the "West Parish" becoming the Town of Tolland, the former Middle Parish became the new "West Parish" or what is now "<span style="text-decoration:underline;">West Granville,</span>" having become the westernmost area of Granville.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">East Parish</span>: In 1790 the "East Parish" consisted essentially of everything east of the great valley, to the Southwick border. In 1810 the East Parish became two parishes: Middle Parish, now more commonly known as "<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Granville Center</span>" where the Town Hall is, and East Parish which is known by a number of names: East Parish, the Village and most commonly "<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Granville Corners</span>" or The Corners referring to the general area of the green and Granville Public Library.<br /><br />For a more detailed description see <a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/930">Wilson's "History of Granville."</a>
Two PDF files containing transcribed versions of the 1790 Census record for Granville, Massachusetts. <br /><br />1. The first file is in ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY SURNAME. This version is most useful when searching for a particular family. <br /><br />2. The second file is ORIGINAL ORDER of the record. This will more likely (but not necessarily) reflect the order of visitation by the census-taker, and is more useful for determining possible locality and neighbors.<br /><br />Note that the columns for males and females recorded free white persons only. The column titled "All Other Free Persons" were for non-white people, with no distinction between male and female. <br /><br />The Thomas Hull family appears to be the only black family listed in the 1790 census. It is believed that the others listed as "All Other Free Persons" were primarily farm laborers or servants living with white households. The family of Rev. Lemuel Haynes (also black) would have moved to Rutland, VT by 1790 thus would not be listed in this census.<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1790">CLICK HERE</a></strong> for more information about the 1790 census.
Mary Barlow (1792-1885)
Title page of a book that belonged to Mary Barlow (1792-1885). The book is in the collection of the Mabel Root Henry Historical Museum, Granville, MA.<br /><br />Mary Barlow was the daughter of Lt. Edmund Barlow, Jr. and Tabitha Bancroft, married 1786. Lt. Barlow served in the Revolutionary War. <br /><br />Mary married Oliver Rose (1788-1856). Their son, James Oliver Rose married Flora Abigail Case. <br /><br />James and Flora lived on Granby Road at the location of what is now Cooley Buy's shop (66 Granby Road). Mary Barlow Rose also lived there until her death in 1885. The Rose house burned down in 1909. James Rose died in 1907 and Flora in 1915.<br /><br /><a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/928">CLICK HERE</a> to view a photo of the Rose farm. <br /><br /><a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/206">CLICK HERE</a> for a photo of James Rose.<br /><br /><a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/207">CLICK HERE</a> for a photo of Flora Abigail Case Rose.
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Sermon Delivered At The Ordination Of Rev. Joel Baker, June 21, 1797
A discourse delivered by Rev. John Emerson, Pastor of the Congregational Church at Conway, MA. on the occasion of the ordination of Rev. Joel Baker becoming Pastor of the Second Church of Granville (the West Granville church).
This document was donated to the Mabel Root Henry Historical Museum by Mrs. Leonard Dickinson of Suffield, CT. on June 1, 1976.
21 Jun 1797
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<i>Theoria</i><span> to </span><i>practica</i><span> and Congregational Independency: From John Singleton Copley's portraiture of ‘Liberty,’ </span><i>Rev. Jonathan Mayhew<span> </span></i><span>identified, to Rev. Lemuel Haynes's </span><i>Liberty Further Extended</i><span>, c. 1776</span>
As part of the Lemuel Haynes Anniversary Project in Granville, MA, <em>Theoria</em> to <em>Practica</em> . . . by Corey Phelon Geske commemorates Juneteenth 2023 and the 270th anniversaries of the July 18, 1753 birth of Rev. Lemuel Haynes and the incorporation of the district of Granville, Massachusetts, January 25, 1754.<br /><br />Also recognizing ‘America250,’ the Nation’s Semiquincentennial, July 4, 2026, this work is published by the Granville History Digital Collection, sponsored by the Mabel Root Henry Historical Museum at the Granville Public Library and the Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation, Granville, MA.<br /><br />For the content in this document most relevant to Rev. Lemuel Haynes please refer to pp. i, ii, v, 2, (Section: "<em>Theoria to Practica</em>: Rev. Lemuel Haynes extends ‘Liberty’ to abolition of enslavement") 38-49, 63.
For the first time, Haynes’s unpublished writings circa 1776, Liberty Further Extended and his poem, The Battle of Lexington, are presented herein as very possibly having been composed in Granville, MA where precepts of ‘Liberty’ seemingly existed as early as 1754 with Haynes’s arrival at five months old.<br /><br />Haynes' subsequent education, fostered his unprecedented life story becoming the first Black man ordained a minister in the United States -- in the Congregational church, bespeaking that Faith’s 'independency' breaking out of the colonial paradigm as did a new Nation.<br /><br />For the first time in publication, John Singleton Copley's portrait (1767) of Congregational Boston minister Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, is herein identified. Having preached, “Britons will not be slaves . . . Let us all learn to be free," Mayhew was respected by John Adams as one of the men most responsible for setting the groundwork of the American Revolution. His emphasis upon ‘Liberty,’ is found in Haynes's unpublished essay Liberty Further Extended . . . the first to apply the precepts of the Declaration of Independence to the abolition of enslavement, bringing to the forefront the hypocrisy of any who supported ‘Liberty’ without extending it to “mankind” in bondage. Copley’s portraiture bears evidence of his effort to do so and his iconology of 'Liberty' extending to the abolition of Black enslavement, is examined and interpreted here.<br /><br />‘Congregational Independency’ in Massachusetts provided the theoria of ‘Liberty’ that guided the iconology of Copley, an Anglican, who put theory to practice, compassing his portraiture with subliminal messaging of ’Liberty.’ <br />From Mayhew to Haynes, the theoria of ‘Liberty’ evolved from considering the rights of white American colonists to the Black enslaved population, all “mankind,” as Thomas Hollis V had inscribed upon Mayhew’s etching by Cipriani after Copley. <br /><br />This extension of theory to practice and ‘Liberty’ to the abolition of enslavement, as proposed by Haynes, whose lifetime paralleled that of the young nation, was rooted in the Independency of the Congregational church.
Corey Phelon Geske
Granville History Digital Collection, Granville, Massachusetts
May 30, 2023
© Copyright May 30, 2023, Corey Phelon Geske. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without the permission of the author. Images used herein with permission for publication in this document from Boston University Libraries; Cleveland Museum of Art; Detroit Institute of Arts; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum; Harvard University Portrait Collection; Houghton Library, Harvard University; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; New York Public Library; The Library Company of Philadelphia; Princeton University Art Museum; and Yale University Art Gallery.
As cited in the text: <br />See the Daniel Rose, Lt. Jacob Baldwin, Rev. Joel Baker . . . Phelon House for additional information:<span> </span><a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/362">CLICK HERE</a><span> </span>for Daniel Rose . . . Phelon House Part One. Part One includes links to Parts 2-5 and Addenda. <br />For mention of Thomas Holllis V,<span> </span><a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/1341">CLICK HERE<span> </span></a>for Addendum 1,<span> </span>"Baker Quilt: West Granville Needlework at the F.G. (Rev. Joel) Baker House inspires the historic Deerfield Arts and Crafts Movement."
Stow / Stowe Family File Notes
A copy of the Stow family notes from the Mabel Root Henry Historical Museum's files. <br /><br />These notes include a map showing land owned by the first Stow to come to Granville. The map includes reference to the "Stow Cemetery" which is now known as the <strong><a>Woodlands Cemetery</a></strong>. Many of the Stow family are buried there.<br /><br />Disclaimer: Much of this material is pre-internet. Due to the complexities of researching in the no-tech age some of the information may be inaccurate or not consistent with online records. Users are encouraged to validate the information they collect from this page. The primary value of this collection is in the local history which may not be available online.
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1854 Granville Selectmen's Report
Town of Granville Reports, 1870
The 1870 Annual Reports for the Town of Granville, Massachusetts.
Town of Granville, Massachusetts
1870
Digital Image: The Mabel Root Henry Historical Museum at the Granville Library (2022)
Barlow Property Cards, Granville, Massachusetts
Handwritten cards recording Barlow land transactions in Granville, Massachusetts.
These cards were created by William Heino, a local land surveyor, and donated to the Mabel Root Henry Historical Museum.
Disclaimer: Because the cards were copied from information in the actual property records (located in Springfield) we cannot be certain they are complete and free of transcription errors. They are provided here for general reference purposes. All information should be verified via the actual property records.
Samuel B. Spelman and Laura Seymour: Granville's Rockefeller Connection
A newspaper article dated April 13, 1979 describing the lineage of Laura Celestia Spelman, who married John D. Rockefeller. <br /><br />Her grandparents were Samuel B. Spelman and Laura Seymour, both of whom came from old Granville families. Rockefeller said of his Granville-descended wife, <span>"Her judgment was always better than mine. Without her keen advice, I would be a poor man."<br /><br /></span>Rockefeller was an abolitionist who voted for Abraham Lincoln and supported the Republican party.<br /><br />One of John D. Rockefeller and Laura Celestia Spelman's grandsons was Nelson A. Rockefeller, the 41st Vice President of the United States (Dec. 1974 - Jan. 1977) during the Ford presidency.<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller">CLICK HERE</a> for information on John D. Rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil and was considered the wealthiest person of his time.<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller">CLICK HERE</a> for information on Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Granville Sun Newspaper, 1880-1881
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>IMPORTANT</strong></span>: The full text of all editions is available at <a href="https://archive.org/details/granvillesun1880unse/mode/1up"><strong>THIS LINK</strong></a> to the Granville Public Library page on Internet Archive. Please <span style="text-decoration:underline;">click on the link to view the newspapers in full</span>. You may want to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">use the "+" feature on the page to enlarge the print</span> to make it more readable.<br /><br />The Granville Sun was published in West Granville from 1880 to 1881 by William G. Snow. On June 1, 1940 Mr. Snow presented the Granville Library with a bound copy of all editions of the newspaper, which he published out of his home on Main Road in West Granville.
William G. Snow
1880, 1881
1924 Granville Schools Report
Report from the Superintendent of Schools, published in the 1924 Town of Granville Annual Report.
1924
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