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Thirty Sixth Week, Monday'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.

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Town Seal (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 May of 1651 the General Court gave Medfield official recognition as a “town erected beyond Dedham, in the county of Suffolk, upon the Charles River, called Meadfield….and are granted all the power and privileges with other towns do enjoy, according to the law.” With that Medfield became the 43rd town to be incorporated in the Massachusetts Bay Colony."

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