The Hopedale Community - 1841 - 1856
Short Biographies of Prominent Hopedale People The Religous Evolution of Adin Ballou Farm in Cumberland Ballou's description of his early life on his family's farm.
Amusements in the Hopedale Community Not obvious from the title, this article contains material on abolitionist meetings, temperance meetings, holiday celebrations, peace activities and seances. Community Declaration Think you would have liked to have been a member of the Community? Take a look at the "Declaration." List of Community Members Selection of a Site for the Community A Beginning Made From A History ot the Hopedale Community, Ballou's description of the early days in the Old House. The Community in 1842 ...and more from 1842 Thanksgiving at the Mechanic's Shop Adin Augustus Ballou The Original School and Chapel
A Thriving Little Village - Edward Spann, Hopedale in 1846 Christmas in early Hopedale, by Edward Spann, Anna Thwing Spaulding, Abby Hills Price , and Frank Dutcher Underground Railroad Underground Railroad House Abolitionism in Hopedale Seven short articles on the subject Abolitionism in Hopedale A 1938 newspaper article by Ernest Dalton. Rosetta Hall The only escaped slave mentioned by Adin Ballou as living in Hopedale.
The Uxbridge Connection An article about the Bancrofts, Thwings, and Drapers, written by Peter Hackett Joseph Bancroft There's not really a lot here about the Community, but Joseph and Sylvia were members and you might find something of interest. Sylvia Bancroft Ebenezer Draper George Draper General William F. Draper This story from the general's autobiography, Recollections of a Varied Career, is about his memories of Hopedale, from his arrival in 1853 at the age of eleven, until about the time he joined the army in 1861. Dr. Emily Gay Elizabeth Humphrey Abby Hills Price Address of Abby Price to the Worcester Women's Rights Convention Article by Abby Price concerning the 1853 state Constitutional Convention
Gilbert Thompson Thompson, who grew up in Hopedale after his mother joined the Community in 1849, was one of the 33 founding members of the National Geographic Society and the first American to use fingerprints for identification. Almon Thwing the Thwing Mill site The Thwing Family
Jonathan Walker "The Man with the Branded Hand" The Wilmarths and the Water Cure Hopedale and the Drapers A summary of Hopedale's history by Lewis Hovey, written in 1909. Hopedale Reminiscences Menu Memories from childhood of people who grew up in the Hopedale Community. |