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The Colonel, William Parsons Winchester
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The Colonel is a biography of Lt. Colonel William Parsons Winchester, the person for whom the Town of Winchester Massachusetts is named. Winchester was created from the towns of Arlington (West Cambridge), Medford, and Woburn, in June of 1850. The Winchester's were an old prominent Boston family dating back to 1640. The portrait of William Parsons Winchester that emerges is that of an educated and wealthy, but generous, man.
Directors & creators
Peter G. Engeldrum
Subjects
Winchester, Massachusetts, provision, ship provisioning, soap manufacturing, candle manufacturing, corned beef, Northern Light, yachting, Quincy Market, Franklin Place, Watertown, mansion, Cambridge Cemetery, Independent Corps of Cadets, First Corps of Cadets Museum, Stephen Winchester, Newton, Edmund Winchester, Amasa Winchester, Charles Bulfinch, Handle and Haydn Society, Winchester Library
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