Articles from the Portal

The Medfield Historical Society publishes a monthly newsletter, The Portal, containing articles about our events, our collections, and people and places of the distant and not-so-distant past. Below are selected articles from past newsletters. Looking for a specific topic? Use the search function below to search by subject, author or date. Click to  sign up for our free monthly newsletter, The Portal.

Nov 25, 2015 This is the tale of a brave and adventurous family immigrating to America to establish roots in a new land. The Hamant family story grows as they unite with other families through marriage. We cannot converse with these people to acquire the intricacies of their family dynamics, but
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