Hampden Agricultural Society

The Hampden Agricultural Society was first proposed on December 24, 1817, in Northampton, Massachusetts. Following the publication of a notice the Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden Agricultural Society was formed on January 28, 1828.

Scientific lectures
The Society hosted a number of scientific meetings at Northampton and often published an account of the lectures.
 * 1827 Edward Hitchcock the professor of chemistry at Amherst College on October 24
 * 1829 Festus Foster on October 29
 * 1830 Samuel Clesson Allen, the politician formerly representing Massachusetts in the House of Representatives on October 27
 * 1831 Samuel Fowler Dickinson October 27