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Diaries, including a weather journal, kept by Frederick L. Gleason while he was living in Hartford, Connecticut. The weather journal spans 1854 to 1863. By 1878 Gleason was living in Middletown where he lived until his death. His widow, Martha, then returned to Hartford. Entries describe Gleason's daily activities.
Thomas Gleason (1607-1686) married Susanna Page, and emigrated before 1642 from England to Watertown, Massachusetts, moving about 1654/1655 to Cambridge, and in 1658 to Charlestown, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in New England, New York, Missouri, Kansas, California and elsewhere. Name was spelled "Leeson" in early records.
Chronicles everything Leominster Fire -- it goes from the days of an all-call force to the building of the current headquarters in 1898; equipment modernization from horse-drawn apparatus to the first trucks, and photos of notable firefighters throughout. Includes details and photos of the city's biggest fires -- the great fire of 1873 that took out much of the area from Pleasant to Adams Streets and a blaze in 1954 from an explosion on Central Street that took out seven buildings--