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A journal of the adventures of Matthew Bunn, a native of Brookfield, Massachusetts, who enlisted with Ensign John Tillinghast, of Providence, in the year 1791, on an expedition into the western country,– was taken by the savages, and made his escape into Detroit the 30th of April, 1792. : Containing a very circumstantial account of the cruel treatment he suffered while in captivity, and many of the customs of the savages, which have never before appeared in print. : Published by the particular request of a number of persons who have seen the manuscript.

Early History of Brookfield, by Henry E. Waite Esq., New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. XXXV, page 29 – 1881.

History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts: Preceded by an Account of Old Quabaug, Indian and English Occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield Records, 1686-1783 by Josiah Howard Temple, Charles Adams town [Boston, printed], 1887 – Brookfield (Mass. : Town) – 824 pages

Records of the Quaboag Historical Society 1895 – 1947

Picturesque Worcester Part 1 – The City : (1895) Author: Kingsley, Elbridge, 1842-1918; Knab, Frederick, 1865-1918; Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : The W.F. Adams Co.

Picturesque Worcester Part 2 – The North : (1895) Author: Kingsley, Elbridge, 1842-1918; Knab, Frederick, 1865-1918; Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : The W.F. Adams Co.

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts Volume: 1, (1879) Author: Marvin, Abijah Perikins. Publisher: Boston, C. F. Jewett and company

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts Volume: 2 ,(1879) Author: Marvin, Abijah Perikins. Publisher: Boston, C. F. Jewett and company

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts Volume: 3, (1879) Author: Marvin, Abijah Perikins; Publisher: Boston, C. F. Jewett and company

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts Volume: 4,(1879) Author: Marvin, Abijah Perikins; Publisher: Boston, C. F. Jewett and company

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts Volume: 1 (1889) : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts Volume 2 (1889) : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis

History of Ware, Massachusetts Arthur Chase – 1911 – 294 pages

Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County,

Massachusetts Volume: 1 – Ellery Bicknell Crane – 1907

Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County,

Massachusetts Volume: 2 – Ellery Bicknell Crane – 1907

Historical collections : being a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Massachusetts, with geographical descriptions (1844) Author: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885

Quabaug, 1660-1910: An Account of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration Held at West Brookfield, Mass., September 21, 1910 – Charles J. Adams, Roger Foster – Davis Press, 1915 – 127 pages

Ragged Hill – A Rural Church Record – Emmanuel C. Charlton -Printed By W. J. Heffernan, Bkookfields’ Union Print – Spencer, Mass. – 1913

Anniversary exercises commemorating the 187th anniversary of the church, and the 150th of the precinct held in the First Parish Church (West Brookfield) October 16 and 17, 1904– William Lorison Walsh – 1905 – 42 pages

The Trial of Bathsheba Spooner – American State Trials – 1914

Leading Businessmen of Spencer, Brookfield, and vicinity– 1889 – 88 pages

History of West Brookfield Farmers’ Club – 1873-1942

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