On the last Tuesday of each quarter, Deerfield Academy held public examinations of the pupils “in the various branches of academic learning.” Twice a year students provided a program of “speeches, declamations, dialogues, and orations.” An Exhibition Ball followed, attended by students and their guests. Mr. Stephen West Williams was seventeen years old in 1807, and a student at the Academy when he received this invitation. John Bennet’s Hall was a tavern located opposite the common in Deerfield, Massachusetts, between 1805 and 1808.
Hubbard, H. (Holley?]. Ball Invitation for Stephen West Williams. April 11, 1807. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l99-020/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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