Woodstock: An historical sketch

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Or the Seven Years’ War (1753-1760).

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At town meeting, June 21, 1774.

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Miss Ellen D. Larned’s “History of Windham County.”

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There is no evidence to prove the reiterated statement that one hundred and eighty-nine Woodstock men fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. This number was stationed at Cambridge, and some of them may have been at Bunker Hill.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes at Roseland Park, July 4, 1877.

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Rev. Abel Styles subscribed the largest sum, £30. He was fond of belles-lettres, and in a communication to his church, speaks of “his beloved studies.” Under his inspiration and instruction, Woodstock and Pomfret young men entered Yale College.

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1784-1856.

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1763-1837.

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1764-1804.

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Cotton Mather: “Massachusetts soon became like a hive overstocked with bees, and many thought of swarming into new plantations.”