Publications

Various publications are available that relate to the Spalding*Spaulding family. And, don't forget to visit the Chelmsford Historical Society web page at www.chelmhist.org for additional publications relating to the history of Chelmsford!

Please make checks Payable to Martha Spalding, Box 159, N. Billerica, MA 01862. Allow 30 days for receipt of order. To check on any order please call: 978-256-2311. Thank you for your order! A portion of the proceeds of the sales goes directly to support our society.

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$50.00 + $10.00 S/H 

Chronicles over 40 years of Chelmsford history as told through the parson's eyes. It begins on June 1, 1749, several years after Rev. Bridge was ordained at the Chelmsford church on May 20, 1741 and ends August 19, 1792 less than two months before his death. Within his 1200 pages– transcribed, edited and annotated–Ebenezer records baptisms, deaths and funerals he attended, and marriages he performed. Other entries refer to weather conditions, epidemics of smallpox and throat distemper, bad storms, religious disputes, earthquakes, military expeditions fires and rare eclipses.

 		  

$100.00 + $15.00 S/H 
The Spalding Memorial was originally compiled and published in 1872 by the Rev. Samuel J. Spalding of Newburyport, Massachusetts. After his death in 1892, Charles Warren Spalding began the revision which took three years to complete. This massive production contains 1320 pages and over 15,000 names, with illustrations of various coats of arms and numerous steel engravings of members of the Spalding family. At the time of publication, it was said to be...

"The largest and most complete genealogical work ever published in America."
 

 

$3.00 plus $1.00 S/H

In 1795, Mary Spalding, with the assistance of Hezekiah Packard, wrote a short religious tract, which relates the miracle of becoming well after years of great sickness. This reprint provides an interesting perspective on the religious period known as the "The Great Awakening."

 

 

$15.00 plus $5.00 S/H

Takes you on a tour of one of New England's oldest colonial cemeteries–the Forefathers Burying Ground in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. During your tour, you will find the final resting places of our earliest inhabitants and view some beautiful colonial cemetery art, while learning about their lives and their families.

 

$12.00 plus $1.50 S/H

The Hildreth family was closely associated with the Spalding family in those early years and the history of Richard Hildreth is quite interesting. Richard was a friend and neighbor of Edward Spalding. This book details early events in the first 50 years of the Chelmsford plantation. (Currently taking orders only!)

 

$15.00 plus $5.00 S/H

The final book written by George Adams Parkhurst, is about a fictitious group that meets on Monday nights to discuss local history. The "history buffs" in attendance include persons from the community, such as: The Doctor, The Historian, The Curator, The Professor, The Librarian, and The Innkeeper of the hotel in which they meet.

Characters include a witch, a scientist, a balloonist, a minister, a sword manufacturer, a violin virtuoso, a playwright, a surgeon, a writer, a matchmaker, and an actress. Can you guess who is who? Albert Spalding, Martha Sparks, Christopher Roby, Mark Reed, David Henry Thoreau, Virginia and Mark Reed, Willard Parker, and Wilkes Allen are but a few. Not only will these sketches appeal to those interested in the local community, but anyone who appreciates early American history.

 

$39.50   Now! $15.00! (two CD set) plus $5.00 S/H

Albert Spalding Centennial CD: Historic Recordings include Handel, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, Wieniawski, Moskowski, Raff, Ketten, Sarasate, Godard, Massenet, Kreisler, Spalding & Tartini (the latter's Devil's Trill Sonata); transfers from Edison, Brunswick & Victor originals; Studio restoration by H. Ward Marston. A tremendous CD set – limited edition.

 

 

$15.00 plus $5.00 S/H

The courtship letters of Albert Spalding to Mary V. Pyle (1919), edited by Suzanne Spalding Winston. Privately printed (limited edition of 1000 copies).