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Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and the Memorial Hall Museum
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Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association <span>is a regional organization that maintains the </span><em>Memorial</em><em> Hall Museum, a research Library, Deerfield Teachers’ Center, Indian House Children’s Museum, </em><span>and </span><em>Community Outreach</em><span> projects.<br /><br /></span>Memorial Hall Museum's collection is comprised of artifacts, documents, maps, photographs and books from the Connecticut River Valley region of Massachusetts. The Collection spans a vast sweep of history: from the area's earliest Native American inhabitants to more recent early twentieth-century times. <a href="https://deerfield-ma.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PVMA's website</a>, <a href="http://americancenturies.mass.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">American Centuries</a>: PVMA/Memorial Hall Museum's online collection and more
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Liberty poles were overt signs of defiance to British rule of law in the colonies. These tall wooden poles, often topped with red Phrygian hats (a symbol of independence from tyranny, dating back to ancient Rome), were erected in towns and cities throughout all 13 colonies.
When two men brought a liberty pole into Deerfield on July 28, 1774, it raised the ire of those in town who supported British rule as well as moderates who feared increased tensions and division would lead to armed conflict. Seizing on this opportunity of mischief, David Dickinson urged his friend, 24-year-old Elihu Ashley, to cut the pole in half before it could be raised the following day. In Ashley’s journal, he describes borrowing a saw from Dickinson and, in the dark of night, sawing the 50-foot pole in half with two friends.
Ashley’s success was fleeting, though. The following day a new liberty pole was placed in front of David Field’s store in Deerfield.
Ashley’s personal account is an example of the divided allegiances in Deerfield and many other small towns. Though many people took up the revolutionary cause (and even arms) of the war, others remained neutral or loyal to the crown.
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<p>Journal from y<sup>e</sup> 1<sup>st</sup> of March 1773<br />1773--- Mar 1<sup>st</sup>- Went with M<sup>r</sup> Cutler in y<sup>e</sup> Morning to Leiut <br />Fields drank Egg Pop and from there to Hoyts <br />drank Cherry and then back to L<sup>t</sup> Fields & dined & <br />in y<sup>e</sup> Afternoon to Dickinsons Shop drank Cherry from <br />there we went to Joiners and in y<sup>e</sup> Evening we had <br />a dance and I waited upon M<sup>r</sup> C Williams the C<sup>o</sup> <br />were Doct<sup>r</sup> Barnard et lexor J Williams & Sister T. Cutler <br />Murray Dickinson Cooley Peggy Ingersoll & Vira d<sup>o<br /></sup>with several other Gentleman and Ladies a very fine <br />Dance, the C<sup>o </sup>braking up I came and Lodged w<sup>th</sup> Murray<br /><br />Tuesday Maj<sup>r</sup> Murray paid y<sup>e</sup> fine of 10/0 to <br />Col<sup>o</sup> Tho<sup>s</sup> Williams Esq for riding of a <br />Sunday from Hubbards in Sunderland to Deerfield he <br />complain<sup>d</sup> of himself up & y<sup>e</sup> Afternoon I began <br />to read Van Swietens Commentaries upon Boerhaaves <br />Aphorisms drank Tea with y<sup>e</sup> Ladies, in y<sup>e</sup> Evening <br />went to L<sup>t</sup> Fields to get an order of Abatement w<sup>c</sup> he <br />promised he would make when he saw y<sup>e</sup> Selectmen <br />from there I went to Ens<sup>n</sup> Barnards & from there <br />went to Catlins w<sup>th</sup> Murray, and from Catlins we <br />went to Doct<sup>r </sup>Barnards and play<sup>d</sup> Checkers, Murray <br />married me to Vira and I married him to Peggy after <br />which Murray and Peggy in truth like married People <br />went to Bed in presence of Theo<sup>d</sup> Barnard & Vira & myself <br />where I left them when I came away Theo<sup>d </sup> took Vira away<br />& into y<sup>e</sup> Kitchen and them I see no more---</p>
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Pages from the Journal of Elihu Ashley
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Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association's Memorial Hall Museum
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July 28, 1774
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L99.171
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Pages from Journal of Dr. Elihu Ashley. 7.0" x 4.25"
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conflict
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