The Guide to Real Estate in the Berkshires - P

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Peru, Massachusetts - Northern Berkshire Township No. 2, Partridgefield, was purchased by Governor Francis Bernard, Oliver Partridge and Elisha Jones as land speculation in 1762. It was divided into 63 settling lots and incorporated in 1771.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts - THE, boundary line between New York State and Berkshire, our western border-land, rests on the summits of the Taconics for fifty-one miles; Berkshire's bounds north and east touch here and there the ragged Hoosacs, whilst Pittsfield, the county-seat, is seated, in high state between, one thousand and thirteen feet above tide-water--commanding a marvellous perspective of a thousand hills.