Longmeadow Historical Society

Want to learn more about life for children in early Longmeadow or Longmeadow History in general?

Click below to read some History Notes from the Longmeadow Historical Society website!

Penmanship Books (just like how Johnny learned to write)

Math Copybooks (Like Nicholas made)

Girls' Handwork Samplers (Eda mentions the Burt girls working on these)

Solomon Burt (who died in the Powder Mill Explosion)

April 1775 (how news of the Revolutionary War reached Longmeadow)

Longmeadow's Rooster (most important weathervane in the book!)

Slavery in Early Longmeadow (where I learned about the real Nicholas and Phillis)

And here are the earlier articles I wrote about the facts of Johnny Chapman's family life in Longmeadow (that eventually inspired the fictional book

Appleseeds: A Boy Named Johnny Chapman)