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1738001
Property sold by Col. John Stoddard to the Lisbon Proprietors
1739001
Ten acres set aside for Meeting House, burial ground, and training field
1743001
Town of Pelham established by act of the Massachusetts General Court
1743002
Public school held in the Meeting House
1748001
John Crosier removed from Leicester, Ma. to land he inherited at the end of Butter Hill Road, March 1748/49.
1765
Pelham Population 1765: 371
1775001
Battles at Lexington and Concord
1776
Pelham Population 1776: 729
1781001
Articles of Confederation ratified by the 13 colonies
1783001
Treaty of Paris - end of the Revolutionary War
1786001
Shays' Rebellion
1786002
East Pelham becomes a separate Parish
1787001
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
1790
Pelham Population 1790: 1040
1794001
John Harkness builds a sawmill at the corner of Amherst Road and Harkness Road
1800
Pelham Population 1800: 1144
1810
Pelham Population 1810: 1185
1820
Pelham Population 1820: 1278
1820001
Pliny Boyden moved to Pelham
1822001
East Pelham becomes the town of Prescott
1830
Pelham Population 1830: 904
1833001
Orra White Hitchcock painted "Autumnal Landscape" from 44 Amherst Road in Pelham
1839001
Construction of the church next to meeting house
1840
Pelham Population 1840: 956
1840001
West Pelham (Methodist) Church dedicated
1849001
William H Newell discovers mineral springs on his property
1850
Pelham Population 1850: 983
1853001
Ballou Brothers erect a building 40' x 30' as a spa for the mineral springs
1860
Pelham Population1860: 748
1860001
Horace Gray & Son are producing fishing rods
1861001
Eleven men from Pelham are mustered into the army for the Civil War
1861002
The cornerstone of the Orient House is laid
1869001
The Orient House Hotel is renovated
1870
Pelham Population 1870: 673
1872001
The Orient House hotel is bought by George W Rhodes for $20,000
1873001
An asbestos mine is operated for 1 - 2 years
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