Hampden

Hampden had asked of those who formed the earlier deputation, and the answer had been, "Three days!"

His Hampden and his Burleigh remain among his finest and most inspiring historical paintings.

Springfield of to-day is a thriving city of about 50,000, and is the county seat of Hampden County.

John Hampden was taxed twenty shillings—he refused to pay, though he knew well the fate of Richard Chambers a few years before.

Hampden deserved no more honourable name than that of the “zealot of rebellion.”