The Hopedale Community - 1841 - 1856 Short Biographies of Prominent Hopedale People    The Religous Evolution of Adin Ballou   Farm in Cumberland   Ballou's description of his early life on his family's farm. Amusements in the Hopedale Community Not obvious from the title, this article contains material on abolitionist meetings, temperance meetings, holiday celebrations, peace activities and seances. Community Declaration   Think you would have liked to have been a member of the Community? Take a look at the "Declaration." List of Community Members Selection of a Site for the Community   A Beginning Made     From A History ot the Hopedale Community, Ballou's description of the early days in the Old House. The Community in 1842 ...and more from 1842   Thanksgiving at the Mechanic's Shop   Adin Augustus Ballou The Original School and Chapel A Thriving Little Village - Edward Spann, Hopedale in 1846 Address of Abby Price to the Worcester Women's Rights Convention     Article by Abby Price concerning the 1853 state Constitutional Convention   Christmas in early Hopedale, by Edward Spann,  Anna Thwing Spaulding,  Abby Hills Price , and Frank Dutcher Underground Railroad   Underground Railroad House   Abolitionism in Hopedale Seven short articles on the subject Abolitionism in Hopedale   A 1938 newspaper article by Ernest Dalton. Rosetta Hall The only escaped slave mentioned by Adin Ballou as living in Hopedale. The Uxbridge Connection   An article about the Bancrofts, Thwings, and Drapers, written by Peter Hackett Joseph Bancroft   There's not really a lot here about the Community, but Joseph and Sylvia were members and you might find something of interest. Sylvia Bancroft   Ebenezer Draper   George Draper   General William F. Draper This story from the general's autobiography, Recollections of a Varied Career, is about his memories of Hopedale, from his arrival in 1853 at the age of eleven, until about the time he joined the army in 1861. Abby Hills Price   Abby Price and the "Free Love" Episode   Abby Price and the Mass. Constitutional Convention   Gilbert Thompson   Thompson, who grew up in Hopedale after his mother joined the Community in 1849, was one of the 33 founding members of the National Geographic Society and the first American to use fingerprints for identification. Almon Thwing   The Thwing Family   Octagon Houses   The Wilmarths and the Water Cure   Adin Ballou Park   Hopedale and the Drapers   A summary of Hopedale's history by Lewis Hovey, written in 1909. Hopedale Reminiscences Menu   Memories from childhood of people who grew up in the Hopedale Community.                                                                                          HOME