Citation - Massachusetts Gazette-Springfield: 1782.07.16

MG-S.782.005
16 Jul 1782:33 (1/10) 
Springfield, July 16.  On Saturday last, about three o'clock
P.M. a child about two year and four months old, son to Mr.
William Colton of Long Meadow was unfortunately kicked by a
horse, and died in about ten hours.
  His spotless infant soul hath took its flight,
  To the blest regions of celestial light:
  Where streams of endless bliss and pleasure flow,
  Forever lovely, and forever new.