“Deerfield Massacre And Burning of 200 Years Ago Early In Queen Anne’s War”

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On February 29, 1704, during Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713), a force of French soldiers with their Indigenous allies raided the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Two hundred years later, author William Bennett Munro wrote this account for the Springfield, Massachusetts, Sunday Republican. Writing entirely from an English perspective, Munro spoke of the dangers Deerfield faced as “the most advanced outpost in Massachusetts,” and quoted liberally from The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion, the account by Deerfield’s Reverend John Williams, who was one of the English settlers taken captive. Much of Munro’s information is inaccurate and should not be taken as fact; rather, this account should be viewed as a common early-20th-century interpretation of the event, and read with an eye to comparison with later, more informed accounts of what led up to the raid and of the attack itself.

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Item typeArticle
AuthorMunro, William B.
PublisherSpringfield Republican
Date1904
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicMilitary, Wars, Battles
Captives, Captivity
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
Progressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
EventDeerfield Raid. February 29, 1704
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: printed paper, ink Height: 10.00 in Width: 6.50 in
Catalog #L99.010
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Munro, William B. “Deerfield Massacre And Burning of 200 Years Ago Early In Queen Anne’s War.” Springfield Republican, 1904. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l99-010/. Accessed on October 7, 2024.

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