Memoranda in Relation to the Plan.
The plan on the reverse side of this sheet calls attention to some facts which were noted too late for use in the main contents of the Souvenir. The old elm tree on West street, near the road leading to the cemetery, is over 150 years old. It is one of the long row which stands on both sides and reaches the entire length of the street. The old well, upon "the Montague Place," dug at the first settlement of the town is still in use.
The tent of the Third Army Corps on West street will cover the site of the first church building in Hadley.
One of the most interesting landmarks to the visitor will be the old homestead of Hon. Giles C. Kellogg, who was instrumental in securing the appointment of Gen. Hooker to a cadetship at West Point. He was a son of Dr. Giles C. Kellogg, a graduate of Harvard College, who built and lived in the house opposite the Town Hall on Middle street. His son Giles was born in 1781 and graduated at Yale College in 1800. He was a gentleman of the old school, cultivated, refined and courteous to all—to the child in the street as well as to those in high position. He died in 1861, just as the war of the rebellion was opening, and upon the approach of which he showed great solicitude for the welfare of his country. He had held public office for a good part of his life. He was Register of Deeds for Hampshire County for thirteen years, and was town clerk and treasurer for a long period. He was for many years a member of the Legislature and also served in the constitutional convention of 1853. He was adjutant of one of the Massachusetts regiments in the war of 1812. It had been his good fortune to hear Hamilton and Burr argue a case before the United States Court at New Haven. He expressed the greatest admiration for the ability Hamilton exhibited in making his plea. He deemed him the most logical and finished orator he had ever listened to. He remembered that when in 1787 Gen. Lincoln passed a Sabbath on West street, while in pursuit of the insurgent Shays, some of the officers of the army were entertained by his father, and they took him, a boy of six years, and made a pet of him. The large elm trees now standing in the yard of the house were brought by him upon his shoulders, when a young man, from the lower end of West street, where he had an office.
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