Selected Articles, 1960 - 1969

From time to time patrons ask the librarians of the Vermont Historical Society to create electronic files of articles that were published in Vermont History prior to 2000. In the belief that these articles may be of interest to a broader audience, we are making these articles available through this web site. This section will grow over time to include the most popular articles published in Vermont History as determined by requests from the public.

Sir Curtis Lampson, Vermont Baronet
Madison C. Bates, vol. 28, no. 1 (January 1960): 3-21.

James Wilson's Globes
Richard J. Fowle, vol. 28, no. 4 (October 1960): 245-249.

The Lake Champlain Army and the Fall of Montreal
Thomas M. Charland, vol. 28, no. 4 (October 1960): 293-301.

The Money Diggers of Pocock (Edmunds EssayWinner)
Pamela Gee, vol. 28, no. 4 (October 1960): 302-308.

An Unknown Vermonter: Sylvanus Evarts, Governor Chittenden's Tory Brother-in-Law
Gwilym R. Roberts, vol. 29, no. 2 (April 1961): 92-102.

Jacob S. Spaulding and the Barre Academy
John W. Noble, vol. 29, no. 3 (July 1961): 121-147.

The Early Quaker Meetings of Vermont
Charles W. Hughes and A. Day Bradley, vol. 29, no. 3 (July 1961): 153-167.

Major Hilkiah Grout of Weathersfield, Vermont
Helen B. Osgood, vol. 29, no. 3 (July 1961): 168-175.

Nature's Nobleman: Justin Morrill, a Victorian Politician
T. D. Seymour Bassett, vol. 30, no. 1 (January 1962): 3-13.

Two Hundred Years in the Hartland Churches
Virginia Sutherland Bail, vol. 30, no. 1 (January 1962): 14-42.

Colonial Defence of the Upper Connecticut Valley
Marcus A. McCorison, vol. 30, no. 1 (January 1962): 50-62.

The Vermont-Massachusetts Boundary
edited by Glenn B. Skillin, vol. 30, no. 1 (January 1962): 63-65.

The Admiral of Lake Champlain
John C. Huden, vol. 30, no. 1 (January 1962): 66-69.

Roger Sherman and the New Hampshire Grants
Christopher Collier, vol. 30, no. 3 (July 1962): 211-219.

Lewis Robinson  Entrepreneur
Geroge R. Dalphin and Marcus A. McCorison, vol. 30, no. 4 (October 1962): 297-313.
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The Vermont Democratic-Republican Societies and the French Revolution
Judah Adelson, vol. 32, no. 1 (January 1964): 3-23.

Early Copper Smelting in Vermont
Collamer M. Abbott, vol. 33, no. 1 (January 1965): 233-242.

The Vermont Sheep Industry: 1811-1880
Robert F. Balivet, vol. 33, no. 1 (January 1965): 243-249.

The Girl He Left Behind: The Letters of Harriet Hutchinson Salisbury
Allen F. Davis, vol. 33, no. 1 (January 1965): 274-282.

The Suicide of Sally Perry
Myra Himelhoch, vol. 33, no. 1 (January 1965): 283-289.

The Indian Occupation Of Vermont
Gordon M. Day, vol. 33, no. 3 (July 1965): 365-374.

Emerson Lectures In Vermont
Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 33, no. 3 (July 1965): 395-399.

Hand's Cove: Rendezvous of Ethan Allen and The Green Mountain Boys for the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
J. Robert Maguire, vol. 33, no. 4 (October 1965): 416-437.

A Portion of the Revolutionary Diary of Captain Paul Brigham
Edited by Edward A. Hoyt, vol. 34, no. 1 (January 1966): 3-30.

Levi Woodbury's Week in Vermont, May 1819
Introduction by H. B. Fant, vol. 34, no. 1 (January 1966): 36-62.

The Experiment in Vermont Constitutional Government
Nathaniel Hendricks, vol. 34, no. 1 (January 1966): 63-65.

Elijah Remington, The Castleton Counterfeiter
Gwilym R. Roberts, vol. 34, no. 1 (January 1966): 66-69.

Sylvia Drake, 1784-1868: The Self Portrait of a Seamstress of Weybridge
Donald M. Murray and Robert M. Rodney, vol. 34, no. 2 (April 1966): 123-135.

A New Look At the Ratification of the Vermont Constitution of 1777
Nathaniel Hendricks, vol. 34, no. 2 (April 1966): 136-140.

Connecticut, the Continental Congress and the Independence of Vermont
Larry R. Gerlach, vol. 34, no. 3 (July 1966): 188-193.

Vermont's Early Lotteries
Philip Gardiner Nordell, vol. 35, no. 1 (January 1967): 35-71.

A Vermont Republican Urges War: Royall Tyler, 1812, and the Safety of Republican Government
Roger H. Brown, vol. 36, no. 1 (Winter 1968): 13-18.

A Vermonter Describes the Mood at Lincoln's First Inaugural
Charles Marshall Stone, vol. 36, no. 2 (Spring 1968): 61-63.

George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed
Richard E. Welch, Jr, vol. 36, no. 2 (Spring 1968): 64-73.

Jonathan Carpenter and the American Revolution: The Journal of an American Naval Prisoner of War and Vermont Indian Fighter
John K. Alexander, vol. 36, no. 2 (Spring 1968): 74-90.

The Beginnings Of Anti-Slavery Activity in Vermont
John Myers, vol. 36, no. 3 (Summer 1968): 126-141.

Royall Tyler And Ethan Allen's Appendix To "Reason The Only Oracle Of Man"
Marius Peladeau, vol. 36, no. 3 (Summer 1968): 155-158.

Book Town: A Historical Sketch Of Publishing And Printing In Brattleboro
Barrows Mussey, vol. 36, no. 4 (Autumn 1968): 173-185.

Jonathan Turner Or Justin Morrill: A New Look At The Authorship Of The Land Grant Act Of 1862
George D. Merrill, vol. 36, no. 4 (Autumn 1968): 204-209.

The Major Efforts Of Anti-Slavery Agents In Vermont, 1836-1838
John Myers, vol. 36, no. 4 (Autumn 1968): 214-229.

The Contest for Isle aux Noix, 1759-1760: A Case Study in the Fall of New France
David Lee, vol. 37, no. 2 (Spring 1969): 96-107.

Early Roads and Taverns of the Champlain Valley
Allan S. Everest, vol. 37, no. 4 (Autumn 1969): 247-255