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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 22: 1868-1871: Aet. 61-64. (search)
tions concerning it, he exclaimed, with a sort of despairing cry, Oh, my Museum! my Museum! always uppermost, by day and by night, in health and in sickness, always— always! He was destined, however, to a few more years of activity, the reward, perhaps, of his patient and persistent struggle for recovery. After a winter of absolute seclusion, passed in his sick chamber, he was allowed by his physician, in the spring of 1870, to seek change at the quiet village of Deerfield on the Connecticut River. Nature proved the best physician. Unable when he arrived to take more than a few steps without vertigo, he could, before many weeks were over, walk several miles a day. Keen as an Egyptologist for the hieroglyphics of his science, he was soon deciphering the local inscriptions of the glacial period, tracking the course of the ice on slab and dike and river-bed,—on every natural surface. The old music sang again in his ear and wooed him back to life. In the mean time, his assista
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut semi-State Capital, a city of 45,000 pop., on Connecticut River, at the head of sloop navigation. Extensively engaged in commerce and manufactures. Several very large book publishing houses are located here. The largest city in the State, excepting New Haven.
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut a town of 10,000 pop., on Connecticut River, 35 miles from Long Island Sound. Some ship building is done here. Extensively engaged in various manufactures.
Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts a town of 3,198* pop., on Connecticut River, an important railroad centre. Quite extensively engaged in various manufactures, and the centre of trade for a large territory.
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts a town of 4997* pop., on Connecticut River, 8 miles from Springfield. Extensively engaged in manufacturing, the falls in the river affording unlimited water power.
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts a city of 25,000 pop., on Connecticut River, at the junction of several railroads, and largest city in Western Massachusetts. Manufactures various and extensive.
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts a town of 10,000 pop., on Connecticut River, 19 miles from Springfield. A highly cultivated farming district. There are several manufactories here.
Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire a town of 5,000 pop., on Connecticut River and Sullivan Railroad. Considerable manufacturing of various kinds done here.
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