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Advertisement Jackson and Cutler.jpg
Advertisement for the firm of Jackson & Cutler which succeeded the firm of George Cutler & Co. in 1884. The store sold clothing and related articles. The women drawn in the ad have a feminine, wasp-waisted, Gibson Girl look.

Interior Jackson and Cutler.jpg
Interior of the shop belonging to Jackson & Cutler which was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street in Amherst. On the back of the photograph is the statement that this shop is now the back room of A. J. Hasting's.

Winter fun at Mt Pleasant.jpg
Children skiing and sledding down the hill in front of Mount Pleasant Institute toward East Pleasant Street.

Milton_Ward.jpg
Looking east across Thayer Street toward houses on Ward Street. Two dogs sit on the grass in the foreground.

francis_robert_letter_to_william_merrill_06141958.jpg
Letter from Robert Francis to William Merrill, Director of The Jones Library, regarding plans for Founders Day.

Milton_Ward_house.jpg
View of the house and yard at 37 Thayer Street. The house was built about 1927.

amh_jeff_17590305_2e1986839c.pdf
Letter from Jeffery Amherst to Lt. Col. John Bradstreet regarding construction of boats, hire and pay of laborers, and finance for military campaign, March 5, 1759. Several months later Amherst successfully captured Fort Ticonderoga on the Hudson…

spc-504.jpg
View of several barns located in a field planted with rows of corn on the Massachusetts Agricultural College campus.

Map_Amherst_1873_BW.jpg
Section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing much of Amherst including residences and landownership; businesses; cemeteries; schools; railroads. Includes inset of northern part of Amherst.

amherst_name_petition_e00d98f0b3.pdf
This is a letter of petition to Thomas Pownall, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts. John Nash, Isaac Ward, and Nehimieh Dickinson propose that the new town that is separating from Hadley should be named after Baron Jeffery Amherst.

Map_NewEngland_1676.jpg
This beautifully engraved and colored map represents an English version of the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of northeastern North America. Since it was published shortly after the expulsion of the Dutch from New York, the map displays geographical…

Map_HampCounty_1856.jpg
Map of the county of Hampshire, Massachusetts, based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state, the details from actual surveys under the direction of Henry F. Walling

Map_HampCounty_1860.jpg
Map of the county of Hampshire, Massachusetts, based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state, the details from actual surveys under the direction of Henry F. Walling.

Echo_Hill_model_home.jpg
One story model home typical of the Echo Hill South development in Amherst, Mass.

Echo_Hill_pond.jpg
View of the Echo Hill South pond surrounded by trees in fall color.
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