Oct 1, 2026 Long before there was a town called Medfield, Indigenous peoples lived on and used the land along the Charles River. The river, its tributaries, woods and meadows were part of a landscape with a history far older than the English settlement. Medfield’s 375th anniversary commemorates the founding of a colonial town, while
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Sep 1, 2023 Christina “Tinah” Levant, the daughter of Frank LeVant and his wife who were brought over on a slave ship from the east coast of Africa1, was born into slavery in 18422 on a plantation in Marion, South Carolina. Tinah’s first work as a slave began at the age of 13, when she
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Mar 1, 2022 March is National Women’s History Month—a time when we recognize the contributions and accomplishments of women through the ages. We thought it only fitting that we should recognize some of Medfield’s extraordinary women. Hannah Adams (1755-1831) is undoubtedly Medfield’s most famous woman. An early American historian and pioneer in the field
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Jul 25, 2016 Editor’s note: For a history assignment at the Montrose School, ninth grader Maddie Marcucci wrote this paper on straw hat manufacturing. It was the dominant industry in Medfield from the early 19th century until 1956, when owner Tofias closed the factory after the employees voted in a union. Maddie based the paper
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