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Thirteenth Week - Thursday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.

Statue of John Harvard
Statue of John Harvard (Courtesy of Medfield Historical Society)

A Medfield Historical Minute...

This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher. A
little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.

"In 1675 sixty-two Medfield residents contributed 25 pounds in British currency towards the “new brick college” in Cambridge (Harvard). Gifts ranged from money to “one bushel of Indian corn.”

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