Editing New Salem, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Elisha H. Allen]] (1804–1883), member of the [[United States Congress]] from [[Maine]]; [[Consul (representative)|Consul]] to [[Hawaii]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1967}}</ref>
* [[Shepard Cary]] (1805–1866), U.S. Representative from Maine
* [[Hiram Giles]] (1820–1895), Wisconsin state legislator<ref>'Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin Containing Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Leading Citizens,' Biographical Review Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, Biographical Sketch of Hiram Giles, pg. 417-418</ref>
* [[Joshua Mason Macomber]] (1811–1881), educator and physician
* [[Adam Schoenberg]] (1980–Present), American Composer
* [[William Stacy]] (1734–1802), and Benjamin Haskell are two noted New Salem patriots of the American Revolutionary War, honored by the New Salem sesquicentennial commission<ref>Bullard, Eugene (sesquicentennial chairman): ''New Salem Sesqui-Centennial and History of the Town 1903'', Athol, Massachusetts (1904) pg 21, 49.</ref>