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Forty Eighth Week, Saturday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.

Medfield Town Hall
Medfield Town Hall (Courtesy of Medfield Historical Society)

A Medfield Historical Minute...

This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.

"James Clark was known throughout this region, in the early part of the 1800s, as a musician and instructor in dancing. He lived for several years on South Street. He kept a tavern, from 1835-1842, on the spot where town hall now stands; removed to Dedham and kept a tavern at the Phoenix House in Dedham Center. He returned to Medfield and died here in 1861."

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