William Pynchon was an English colonist and fur trader in North America best known as the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts. He was also a colonial treasurer, original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the iconoclastic author of the New World's first banned book.
Engraving of a contemporary portrait of William Pynchon, 1657
One of the first medallions minted for the Order of William Pynchon in 1915, awarded to George Walter Vincent Smith, an industrialist, philanthropist, and art collector who donated his entire private collection to form the first Springfield Art Museum in the late 19th century.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 155,929, making it the 3rd most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the 4th most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts, had a population of 699,162 in 2020.
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Image: Symphony Hall Springfield, Massachusetts DSC03277
Image: The Puritan by St. Gaudens
Image: Court Square, Springfield MA
