Excerpt from Heirlooms, Early American Furniture, Paintings and Decorations: Property of Mrs. H. L. Palmer Powers, Removed From Her Residence at Springfield, Mass., And Watch Hill, R. I., And Formerly Contained in the Farmhouse Quaint Quabbin, Enfield, Mass Increasing the intrinsic value of the collection is its unbroken associa tion in a family of marked historical prominence, every branch of which springs from a founder or early settler of New England. Among these men were William Pynchon, Richard Sykes, Henry Champion, Daniel Hendrick, and their many descendants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.