https://swampfieldhistorical.org/files/original/3c27df7bb881c466a880c97e61f03920.jpg 80afd379170c1201e83d85feadf97059 https://swampfieldhistorical.org/files/original/6c8c2de9111be40c8ca15333435e08ff.JPG 86f7f5c4005ffa8edf3d4cfba36a8017 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Swampfield Historical Society Collection Description An account of the resource Artifacts and documents held by the Swampfield Historical Society. Manuscripts, Documents, Books A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jesse Whitmore Pew Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 8, 1823. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Quill written ink on press printed paper. Description An account of the resource This Quit claim deed transfers ownership of his pew in the Sunderland meeting house to Horatio Graves. The practice of ownership of pews generated income to the town for the maintenance of the meeting house. Only owners of pews were allowed to vote. Anyone visiting from outside of Sunderland was required to find seating within the gallery of the building. Ownership of a pew was was a way of displaying ones social status. Pews were often embellished with upholstery, unlike seating within the gallery. 1700s 1800s Architecture/Buildings/Bridges Children/Families Religion