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Menis, (Nova Scotia), 470 Menowniet, 188 note
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Mercer, Archibald, 662, 671
Merchandise, West India goods brought in on French ships, 1779, 542; European and West India goods from privateers at New London, 1781, 545, 570
Meriden, 594
Meridian St., (first called Winthrop St.), 68, 183, 628, 676
Merrick, Stephen, 250
Merrill, Edward, 582
Merrill house, 552
Merrills, Capt., (of Hartford), 582
Merrills, Joseph, 359
Merrills, Sarah (Hallam) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Joseph Merrills), 359
Merritt, see also Marret, 288
Merritt, Janette (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Merritt), 441
Merrit, John, 400, 432, 433, 440, 441
Merritt, Thomas, 141, 230, 250; sketch 314
Meryt, see Merritt
Messenger, Edward, 77, 89
Methodist bonnets, 596 and note
Methodist chapel and church, 63 note; first chapel, 596; second, 597; church in Washington St., 597, 628; chapel burned, 678
Methodist conference, meets in New London, 1795, 595 and 596 note; New England conference, 1808, 596; Providence conference, 1849, 598
Methodist St., (Valley St.), 68, 628, 678
Methodists, 595-598 (see also items following)
Methodists, Gales Ferry, 603
Methodists, Independent (Methodist Protestant denomination), 597, 598, 678-679, 680
Methodists, Methodist Episcopal denominations, 606, 678, 680
Methodists, Methodist Protestant denomination, see Methodists, Inde- pendent
Methodists, Montville, 608
Methodists, Mystic Bridge, 603
Mexico, 661
Miantinomah, (Indian), 38, 43
Miantinomoh, (whaling vessel), 640
Michaelmas, (mighelstide), 77 and note, 248
Michel, (Capt.), 527
Middlebury, 452
Middlesex Co., 288
Middleton, John C., 669
Middleton, Nathaniel, 686
Middletown, 188, 234, 237 note; 319, 338, 373, 511, 537, 588, 596 note, 640, 658 Middletown, (vessel), 540
Middletown transport, (vessel), 392
"Midnight Cry," (book), 221
Migges, , 270
Mighill, see also Mitchell
Mighill, Sarah (Prentis) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Mighill), 330
Mighill, Thomas, 330 - Milbourne, 222
Mile Brook ghost, 122 Mile plain, 121
Milford, 90, 93, 144, 148, 156, 179, 183, 193, 201, 299 and note; 304, 321, 337, 370, 476, 506 note; 670
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Military affairs, 513-534
Militia, 513-515; two companies at Bunker Hill, 514; in service (Rev. period), 521-522; aid sent to, 528; erect Fort Nonsense, 529- 530; come in for alarms, 529-530; ordered to defense of New London, 561; nine regiments of Connecticut militia sent to Westchester county, N. Y., 531; 565, 567, 569 and note; 631, 633, 634
Militia, Groton, mentioned, 559
Mill Brook, 62, 83, 132, 310
Mill Cove, 62, 63, 68, 87, 133, 142, 145, 202, 264, 303, 308
Mill Dam, names of those who worked at, 74, 77
Mill, fulling, 264
Mill-island prison, 533
Mill Pond, 318
Mill Pond farm, 95, 189
Mill-pond Swamp, 405
"Mill River," 403
Mill, Town, see Old Town Mill
Miller, 294, 453 note; 482
Miller, Amasa, 552 note
Miller, Elizabeth, 327, 346
Miller, Gen., 547
Miller, George, sketch, 327; 340, 346
Miller, Gurdon, 244
Miller, Gurdon J., 584, 585
Miller, Jeremiah, (died 1761), 244, 384, 385, 386, 391, 398-399, 622, 670 Miller, Jeremiah, (grandson of Gov. Saltonstall), 477, 502
Miller, John, 327
Miller, Mary, 327
Miller, Mary (Saltonstall) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Jeremiah Miller), 384, 670
Miller, Priscilla, 327
Miller, Robert, 327
Miller, Robert, Jr., 327
Miller, Sarah, 327
Millett, Capt., 549, 550
Milley, (vessel), 574
Millington Society, 609
Mills, Mr., (of Derby), 450
Mills, Robert, (engineer and architect), 649
Mills, earliest mills, 403-404, (see also Old Town Mill)
Millstone Point, 94, 361, 402, 403 note; 610, 632, 649, 652 Millwood, -, 113
Miner, 61, 326 note, (see also Minor)
Miner, Charles (printer), 656
Miner, Elnathan, 302
Miner, Lawrence & Co., (whaling firm), 647
Miner, Nathaniel, (Rev.), 609
Miner, Prudence (Richardson) (Mrs.), Hallam, 302
Miner, Solomon, 459
Miner house (Main St.), 316
Miner's Tavern, 640
Minerva, (privateer), 545
Ministers, arrival of first minister, 69; contact with a new minister, (1661), 133; various minutes, 136, 137; application for, (1665), 138; ministry of Mr. Oakes and Mr. Barnet, 195; ministers and pastors of New London, (order of succession of first), 499 note; in 1860, 678-679; ministers of Groton, 418-423
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Minor, 56, 74, 75, 103, 326 note
Minor, Ann, (born 1672), (daughter of Clement), 327
Minor, Ann, (born 1649), (daughter of Thomas), 83
Minor, Capt., 188
Minor, Clement, 102, 136, 142, 143, 168, 195, 196, 280, 326, 327, 374 Minor, Clement, Jr., 237 note; 327
Minor, Ephraim, 326
Minor, Francis (1) (Mrs.), Willey, (Mrs. Clement Minor), 280, 327 Minor, Grace (Palmer) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Minor), 72, 83, 326 Minor, Hannah, 326
Minor, Joanna, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Clement Minor), 327
Minor, John, 102, 104 note; 129, 326-327; Capt. John, 327 note Minor, Joseph, 259, 326
Minor, Joseph, 2nd, 327
Minor, Manasseh, 72, 143 and note; 285, 326
Minor, Martha (Mould) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Clement Minor, Jr.), 237 note
Minor, Martha (Wellman) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Clement Minor), 327
Minor, Mary, 327, 374
Minor, Phebe, 327
Minor, Samuel, 326
Minor, Sergeant, 85
Minor, Thomas, (Sergeant and Lieut.), 44, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 72, 76, 80, 81, 82, 83, 98, 101; grant of Tagwourcke, 102; 104 and note; 129, and wife, 144; 162, 163, 166, 285; sketch, 326-327; 331 note, 687
Minor, Thomas, Jr., 326
Minor, William, 258, 327
Minter, Ezer, 265
Minter, Hannah (Mrs.), (Mrs. Tristam Minter), 362
Minter, Rebecca (Bemas) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Tobias Minter), 283
Minter, Tobias, 265, 283
Minter, Tobias, Jr., 283
Minter, Tristam, 265, 362
Minutes, Moderator's, 74, 132, 133
Mishantuxet, see Mashantucket
Mishi (Indian for great), 120
Missionaries, (to Indians), 103, 128-129; 133, 136, 149, 152, 313, 459 Misticke, see Mystic
Mistuckset (Mixtuxet), 99, 123
Mitchell, 623, see also Mighill
Mitchell, Jonathan (Rev.), 333 note
Mitchell, Margaret (Borradil or Borrowdale) (Mrs.) Shepard, (Mrs. Jonathan Mitchell), 333 note
Mitchell, Thomas, 265
Mixtuxet, see Mistuckset
Moderator's Minutes, see Minutes Moderator's
Moffat, Thomas, (Dr.), 478 and note; 497, 511
Mohawk country, 343
Mohawks, 38, 256
Mohegan, (Monheag, Monhegan, Monhegon, Monhegun), 43, 53, 65 note; 66, 94, 97, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126; overrun by Narragan- setts, 127; 128, 129, 132, 164, 165, 202, 261, 279, 292, 349, 357, 365, 373; first white settler in, 425; great purchase at, 428, 431
Mohegan country, 161 Mohegan farm, 365 Mohegan fields, 426, 427
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Mohegan lands, 164, 428, 431 Mohegan reservation, see Indian reservations Mohegan right of domain, 128
Mohegan River, see Thames River
Mohegan Road, 122, 658
Mohegans, (Mohickans, Mohickanders, Mohicans), 19, 20, 21 and note; 24, 34, 35, 42, 51, 52, 54, 55, 65, 105, 119, 126, 128, 129, 182, 184, 185, 187, 202, 227, 410, 424, 427, 428, 434; missionary among, 459; 478 note; 605, 611
Molasses, distilling (1735), mentioned, 410
Mommenoteck, 31 note
Momoho, (Indian), 130, 184, 185, 187 note
Money, bills of credit, 243
Monmouth, 114, 532, 533
Monmouth County, N. J., 313
Monmouthshire, 70, 113, 158
Montauk, 123, 317, 529, 630 note; 631, 637, 639
Montauk Point, 22, 241, 366, 524, 548 note, 582, 651, 677
Montcalm, 471 note
Montenot, , 579
Montgomery, Major, 558, 560, 564
Montreal, 256, 472; surrenders, 473
Montville, (North Parish of New London), 14, 87, 124; first English settler in, 202; 264, 288, 290, 300, 305, 306, 322, 335, 345, 347, 353, 357, 358, 363, 371, 372, 382, 392, 399, 400, 418, 424-435; 441, 450, 453, 359, 487, 489, 513, 532, 548, 586, 596; organized 605; ecclesiastical history, 605-609; meeting-house struck by lightning, 600; 613, 665, 666, 668 note
Moore, , 609
Moore, Abel, 198, 260, 273, 310; sketch, 321
Moore, Abel, Jr., 321
Moore, Deborah, 314, 321
Moore, Dr., (Archbishop of Canterbury), 593
Moore, Hannah (Hempstead) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Abel Moore), 273, 321 Moore, Isabel (Joyner) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Miles Moore), 193, 321
Moore, John, 321
Moore, Joshua, 321
Moore, Mary, 321
Moore, Miles, 93, 193, 310, 314, 321
Moore, Miles, 2nd, 321
Moore, Miriam, 310, 321
Morals and manners after the Revolution, 573-574
Moravian vessel, 244
Moravians, 457 note
More, see Moore
Morgan, 133; see also Rose-Morgan
Morgan, Anna, 418
Morgan, Capt., 259
Morgan, Dorothy (Parke) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Joseph Morgan), 282, 311 Morgan, Elizabeth, 319
Morgan, Elizabeth, (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Morgan), 311 and note
Morgan, Ensign, wife of, 198
Morgan, Hannah, (b. 1642), 294, 311
Morgan, Hannah (b. 1680), 418
Morgan, James, 70, 71, 96, 98, 115, 132, 137, 138, 139, 142, 143, and wife, 144, 152, 161, 162, 166, 251, 294; sketch, 311-312
Morgan, James (another James, possibly James, Jr.) (see items follow- ing), 346, 418
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Morgan, James, Jr., 260, 311, 377
Morgan, James, 2nd, (Capt.), 199, 259, 260, 261, 311, 319, 377, 415 Morgan, John, 143, 258, 311 and note; 377
Morgan, John, (probably another John), 350
Morgan, John, (Capt.), 419, 420
Morgan, Joseph, 282, 311-312
Morgan, Mary, 319
Morgan, Mary (Vine) (Mrs.), (Mrs. James Morgan, 2nd), 311 Morgan, Rachel (Dymond) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Morgan), 311 Morgan, Richard, 260
Morgan, Ruth (Shapley) (Mrs.), (Mrs. John Morgan), 350
Morgan, Solomon, (Rev.), (of Canterbury), 571
Morgan, William, 419, 420
Morgan, William, (Col.), 604 note
Morgan's Point Light-house, 651
Morning News (first daily newspaper), 657
Morning Star (newspaper), 658
Morrice, see Morris
Morris, , 442
Morris, Col., 409
Morris, Robert, 509
Morris, William (Capt.), 297
Morris County, N. J., 494 note
Morse, Joshua (Elder), 607, 612
Mortimer, Elizabeth, 311, 354
Mortimer, Elizabeth (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Mortimer), 354
Mortimer, Mary, 354
Mortimer, Thomas, 265, 311; sketch, 354
Mortimore, see Mortimer
Morton, , 60, 61, 75, 116, 133, 149
Morton, Elizabeth, 288
Morton, William, 44, 53, 57, 60, 66; his protest as constable, 149; 150, 152; sketch, 287-288
Morton's Point, 287
Mott, Edward, 521
Mott, Samuel (Col.), 520
Mould, Hugh, 134, 231, 235, 236, 237 and note; 250, 275
Mould, Hugh, Jr., 237 note
Mould, Martha, 237 note
Mould, Martha, (Coit) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Hugh Mould), 237, 275
Mount Edgecomb, 366, 393
Mount Hope, 186
Mount Vernon, 648
Mount Vernon house, General Huntington's house, 621, 648 Mountain, The, 95
Mountain Ave., 315 note
Mountain farm, 360
Moring Rock of Poquyogh, (Jordan Cove), 406
Mowing skirmish at Black Point, 167-169
Mudge, (Mudg), , 74, 84, 141
Mudge, (-) (Mrs.) Elsing, (Mrs. Jarvis Mudge), 83, 269
Mudge, Jarvis, 60, 82, 83; sketch, 269; 289, 322 Mudge, Micah, 269
Mudge, Moses, 269
Muggletonians, 457 note
Mulberry, (prize vessel), 541
Mulford, Elizabeth, 317
Mulholland, (Sergeant), 683
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Mullein Hill, 121
Mullins, Abigail (Butler) (Mrs.), (Mrs. Allan Mullins), 342 Mullins, Alexander, 342 Mullins, Allan, 342, 399, 400 Mumford, 345, 505, 532 note
Mumford, Abigail, 444
Mumford, David, 446, 619
Mumford, David, (Capt.), 470 and note
Mumford, George, 409
Mumford, Giles (Capt.), 581
Mumford, James, 502
Mumford, James, Town clerk 1773 (three weeks), 667 and note
Mumford, John (Capt.), 244
Mumford, Robinson, 622
Mumford, T., 517
Mumford, Thomas, 441, 444, 446, 502, 506, 537, 543 note; 565 (see items following)
Mumford, Thomas, (graduate of Yale 1790), 668
Mumford, Thomas, (a proprietor of The Union School), 622 Mumford, Thomas, (son-in-law of Gen. Saltonstall), 577 note Mumford family, 409
Mumford lot, 295
Mumford's Cove, 61
Munnatos, see Manhattan
Munsell, Deliverance, 358
Munsell, Elisha, 358
Munsell, Jacob, 358
Munsell, Lydia, (Mrs.), (Mrs. Thomas Munsell), 358
Munsell, Mercy, 358
Munsell, Thomas, 265, 358
Munson, see Munsell
Murphy, , 542
Murray, John (Rev.), 586
Mussey, Thomas, (collector of customs), 649
Mynar, see Maynard
Mynard, see Maynard
Mynor, see Minor
Myrior (Myriot), , 314 note
Mystic, (Mistick, Misticke, Mystick), 55, 80, 81, 86, 87, 94, 96, 97; grants at, 98, 99, 103 and note; 104 and note; Southerton named Mistick, 106; Mistick named Stonington, 106; 123, 129 and note; 130 note; 143, 144, 196, 248, 264, 282, 289, 309, 313, .328, 332, 333, 356, 409, 646 note; 651
Mystic Bay, 78, 79 Mystic Bridge, 96, 603
Mystic, (Mistick) Fort, 24
Mystick, (Mistick) Harbor, 23 note; incident of War of 1812, 634 Mystic, Head of, 422, 602
Mystic Indians, 130
Mystic islands (Mistick's islands), 80
Mystic, Lower, 603
Mystic River (Mystick River) (Siccanemos, or River of the Sachem), 19, 22, 23 and note; 24, 35, 78, 81, 96, 97, 98, 102, 104, 123, 129, 137, 190, 261, 282, 310, 333, 603
Mystick, see Mystic Mystic River (near Boston), 123
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Nabby, (vessel), 582 Nahant, 123
Nahantick wayside, see Jordan
Nahanticks, see Niantic Indians
Namas (Namau-us) (Indian for fish), 118 and note
Nameak see Nameug (at Mystic)
Nameaug (Nameage, Nameark, Namearke, Nameag, Namaeag,
Nameeg, Nameeug, Nam-e-oke, Nameug, Namyok) (New London), 47 note; 53, 54; by-laws of, 57, 58; called Pequot, 58; 60, 65 and note; 76; derivation of name, 118; 118 note; 165, 604 (see also Nameug)
Nameaug Fire Co., see Independent Nameaug Fire Co., 658 Nameaugs, (Namearks, Nemcaks), 20; timid and friendly, 52; favored by Winthrop, 53; 54, 55, 79, 106, 673
Names, list of Indian names, 122-125; local names, 118-125; (for names of New London see items following)
Names (of New London), original name of plantation Nameaug, (Nameeug), 57 and note; Nameaug or Towawog, 118; Nam- eaug called Pequot, 58; derivation of the names Nameaug and Towawog, 118; name Faire Harbor proposed for settle- ment, 64, 118; London proposed, 59, 76, 118; name New Lon- don sanctioned, 118-119; 287
Nameag, Nameak, (of Mystic), 130 note
Namucksuck, 123, 159
Nanasquee (Indian), 184
Nantneag (place), 123
Nantucket, 413, 639, 640, 644
Napthali, 572
Narcissus, (British vessel), 637
Narragansett (Narraganset), 24 note; 34 note; 36, 183; swamp fight at, 184; 322, 408, 446
Narragansett Bay, 107
Narragansett country or territory, 89, 180, 182, 185, 188, 440
Narragansett fort fight, see Narragansett swamp fight
Narragansett River, 107
Narragansett swamp fight, 184-185; 291, 295
Narrangansett War of 1645, 277
Narragansetts, 20, 22, 28, 35, 43, 51, 80, 84, 126; overrun Mohegan, 127; Uncas invaded by, 127 and note; 181, 182, 186, 187, 425, 611; Harry Niles, 629
Nash, John (Capt.), 251
Nassau Island, 121, 313
N[athaniel] S[haw] Perkins (clipper ship), 647
National Institute, 654
Navigation, Daboll's system, 656
Navy, U. S., first naval expedition under Congress, 509; Naval affairs, 535-544; 673, 685
Neck, The, 16, 436, 523 note
Neepmook, 65 note
Negresse, (French ship), 542
Negro, note against buying land, 382
Neptune, (brig), 582 Neptune, (whaling vessel), 642, 643, 646
Nest, Joseph, 265, 324, 356, 362 Nest, Susannah, 356, 362
Nettleton, -, 313
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Nevis, 236, 244, 336
New Amsterdam, 26 New Bedford, 643, 644, 674
New Brunswick, 593
New Castle County, Delaware, 348
New England aboriginal dialects, 21, 22 note; 47 note; 66 note; 92; founded by yeomanry, mechanics, etc., 113; 119, 122, 143, 147, 148, 150, 171, 179, 191; early New England marriages, how performed, 194 and note; 199, 207, 208, 214, 234, 235, 256, 269, 272, 295, 296, 303, 304, 319, 326, 328, 341, 352, 362, 375, 381, 387, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 405, 407, 410, 411, 415, 420, 449, 451, 454, 459, 469, 470, 477 note; 478, 483, 485 note; 494, 495, 496, 497, 536, 595, 681, 688
New England confederacy, 89
New England Weekly Journal, 160 note, 371 note; 406, 487
New Hampshire, 362
New Haven, 15, 19, 46, 53, 84, 86, 90, 115, 116, 133, 179, 235 note; 236, 258, 265, 279, 293, 294, 304, 310, 311, 314, 322, 360, 371, 373, 380, 382, 420, 438, 452, 453 note; 472 note; 501; grand conven- tion, 1770, 502, 511, 518 note; 530, 577, 593, 623, 650, 652, 655, 657, 668 note; 671, 679
New Haven colony, 77, 299 note; 304 note
New Haven county, 184
New Haven and New London Railroad Co., 664, 682
New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad Co., 682
New Haven Bank, 662
New Haven Railway, 615
New Haven village, see Wallingford
New Jersey, 155, 494 note; 594
New Jersey loyalists, 549, 551, (see item following)
New Jersey volunteers, 546, 557
"New Lights," see separatists
New London, description, 14-15 ; boundaries, 14, 48, 50, 64-65, 122, 161- 172; 259-262; 428; Block's survey of the coast, 21-24; maps, 23, 25; visit to Pequot Harbor, 30; Pequot War, 28-38; founder, 39; first grant at Pequot, 41-42; proof of a beginning in 1645, 44; first European woman at, 44; Natal day, 45; question of jurisdiction, 45-46; Indian neighbors, 51-55; earliest records, town officers, 56; by-laws, 56-58; Nameaug called Pequot, 58; first grantees, 59-60; general sketch of town plot, 62-63; court orders, 63-64; name "Fair Harbor" proposed, 64; soldier grant, 65; town mill, 66-67; grantees of 1650 and 1651, 67-69; earliest births, 72; grantees and town affairs, 73-93; earliest deaths, 82-83; farm grants, 94, 107; first house of worship, 108; first regular meeting-house, 109; ancient burial ground, 111; Mr. Blinman's arrival, 115; his departure and autograph, 116; local names, 118-125; Indian name of New London, 118; New London possessed by conquest, 119; name legalized, 118-119, (see also under names); Indian neighbors, 126-130; town affairs to 1670, 131-146; book of laws, 135; autographs of town clerks, 141; wolves, 142, 404-405; highways laid out, 143; new inhabitants to 1670, 144-146; rate lists and assessments, 151- 152; deceased and non-resident proprietors, 152; removals be- fore 1670, 154; biography of those who removed, 155-160; town affairs to 1690, 179-200; list in 1670 and 1677, 179; origi- nal plan of town, 179-180; commissioners, 180; King Philip's War, 181-188; six houses fortified, 183; second meeting-house,
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built, 190-192; what became of the old one, 192; epidemic fever, 198-199; meeting house burned and another built, 200; The Rogerenes, 201-221; 490-495; Liveen legacy, 222-228; com- merce, 229-245; 501, 649-650; court records, 246-255; justices of peace in 1700, 253; partition for aid in fortifying, 257; fort built on Parade, 258; act of addition to town, 259; patent and patentees, 259-262; town commons, 263; first court house, 263; new inhabitants to 1700, 264-266; obituaries, 267-374; post offices and postage 1710, 375; pew rivalry, 379-380; list and census 1708 and 1709, 380; incidents of French war, 381; superior court first held at New London, 382; rivalry with Norwich for courts, 384-385; memorials and petitions on forti- fications, 1740-1744, 385-391; expedition against Louisburg, 391-393; Bartlett's legacy, 396-397; first grammar and Latin school, 398; Bartlett and other schools, 399-401; 622, 623; ferries, 401-403; see also heading beginning "ferry," earliest mills, 403-404 ; great snow, 405-406; amusements, 406-409; sale of Western township, 410; first execution, 410; severe weather, storms, etc., 411; North Parish, 424-435, (see also heading "Montville"), Baptist Church, 436-439; 598-599; (see also "Baptists"); Episcopal Church, 440-448; 592-595; (see also "Episcopal Church") ; the great awakening, 449-461; new style time, 462; matter of the Spanish vessel, 462-468; execution of Sarah Bramble, 468; visit of Col. Washington (1756), 468- 469; 470 and notes; surrender of Cape Breton celebrated, 471; early printers, 471-472 and note; surrender of Montreal cele- brated, 473; victory over Marshal Daun celebrated, 473; George III proclaimed, 473; the King's birthday celebrated, 473-474; lotteries, 474; first lighthouse, 474 and note; first alms-house, 475; first fire-engine, 475 and note, 476; business sketch circ. 1761, 476; shipping return 1761, 477; custom matters, 477-478 and note; anecdotes of the Cygnet, 478-480; celebration of Nov. 5, 481-482; stamp act, 482-483; sketch of trade of the port, 483- 485; ecclesiastical affairs, 486-500; commerce, 1774, 501; Revo- lution, 501-572; records removed, 503-504; vote on articles of confederation, 504; deputies to State Convention, 504; early ad- vocates of freedom, 505-507; concerning tea, 507; stagnation of business, 508; Shaw purchases powder, 508; first naval expedi- tion under authority of Congress, 509; Gen. Washington and Commodore Hopkins meet at New London, 509-510 and note; expedition of Commodore Hopkins, 509-510; sick seaman, 510; Lafayette's visit mentioned, 510 note; English collectors, 511, 512 and note; militia, 513-514; companies at Bunker Hill, 514; Nathan Hale at New London, 515; reports on fortification, 517- 519; building of Forts Trumbull and Griswold, 520-521; ma- rauders and Long Island traders, 522-523; a year of alarms, 523-526; blockade 1777, 525; army details, 526; exchanges of prisoners, 527-528; prison ship fitted up, 528; aid sent to militia, 528; further alarm and distress, 529-531; various worthy sol- diers named, 531-534; Naval affairs and privateering, 535-544; severe winter of 1779-1780, 543; Arnold's invasion, 545-571; records burned, 570-571; anniversary celebrations, 571; Groton monument erected, 571-572; morals and manners, 573; various seamen, 574-575; shipbuilding revived, 575; plank vessel built, 576; execution of Hannah Okkuish, 576-577; custom-house officers, 577; Allen's marine list, 578-579; French emigrants, 579-580; loss of seamen in West India service, 581-582; yellow fever, 583-585; churches, 586-600; ancient town reviewed, 601-
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617; New London incorporated as city, 619; seal, 619 (see also frontispiece) ; town grammar school, 620-622; Mayors, 620; Union School, 622-623; female academies, 623; Bulkeley be- quest, 623; fort land (Parade), 624; second burial-ground, 624-625 ; alms-house built, 626; survey made, 1807, 626; general survey of streets, 626-629; execution of Pequot Harry, 629; second war with Great Britain, (War of 1812), 630-637; Peace ball, 637; whaling, 638-647; collectors of the port from 1789, 648-649; commercial memoranda, 649-650; light-houses of dis- trict, 650-651; dangers of coast, 651; Fort Trumbull, 651-652, (see also heading "Fort Trumbull") ; first steam navigation, 652-653; voyage of the steam-ship Savannah, 653-654; news- papers, 654-658; fire companies, 658; turnpike companies, 658- 659; ferry to Groton, 659-660, (see also Ferry, Groton) ; severe winter and width of river, 660; funeral of Walton family, 661; interment of Commodore G. W. Rodgers, 661-662; Banks and other corporations, 662-663; Young Men's Library Ass'n., 663; railroads, telegraph company, 664; Cedar Grove Cemetery, 664-665; population at different periods, 665-666; town clerks, 666-667; members of Congress from New London, 667; socii of Yale College from New London, 667; Alumni of Yale Col- lege natives of New London, 668-669; natives of New London who have graduated from other colleges, 669; some other col- lege men who have lived in New London, 669-672; New London in 1860, 673-688
New London and Lyme Turnpike Co., 659
New London and Stonington Railroad Co., 682
New London Aqueduct Co., 663
New London Bank, 662
New London County, 3, 19; aborigines, 20, 21; coast, 22; rivers dis- covered by Dutch, 24, 111, 169, 180, 184, 185, 186, 188, 197, 202, 215; jail, 218, 232; extent, 249; 249 note; towns in 1700, 253; records mentioned, 296, 301, 348, 381, 384, 420, 452, 453, 456, 459, 470, 472, 501, 514, 526, 598, 626, 671
New London County Republican, see People's Advocate
New London Daily Chronicle, 352 note; 654, 658
New London Democrat, 646 note; 654, 657
New London district, lighthouses, 650-651
New London district, (military) , 637
New London Gas Co., 682
New London Gazette, 460 note; 478 and note; mentioned, 509 note; 578, 639,640,655
New London Grammar School, 398-399
New London Harbor, see Harbor
New London Marine Insurance Co., 663
New London Northern Railroad Co., 682
New London river, see Thames River
New London School, 431
New London Society of Trade and Commerce, 242-244
New London Summary or The Weekly Advertiser, second newspaper in the colony, 472; 473, 476, 478; first newspaper of the town, 654-655
New London, (vessel), 235, 252-253
New London Tryall, (vessel), 231
New London Weekly Chronicle, 352 note; 654, 658
New London, Willimantic and Palmer Railroad, 682
New London, Willimantic and Springfield Railroad Co., 664
New Netherland, 24, 26
87
New Norwich (Norridge, Norwige), 157, 161
New Providence, 472, 509, 520
New Roxbury, 301
New Street, see also Cape Ann Lane, 71, 93, 311, 323, 325
New York, 13, 15, 22 note; 26, 40, 41 note; 219, 232, 235, 239; N. Y. Privateer, 244, 256, 257, 275 note; 301, 343, 344, 372, 373, 375, 388, 408, 442, 447, 476, 478, 483 note; 484, 485 note; 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 516, 523, 524, 525, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 536, 541, 542; headquarters of British Army, 1781, 545; 563 note; 564 note; 568 and note; 582, 583, 591, 593, 594, 610 and note; 616, 617, 631, 632, 636, 637, 641, 643, 649, 651, 652, 653, 657, 660, 661, 664, 679, 682, 683, 689
New York (Colony of), 409
New York Courier and Enquirer, 654
New York Gazette, 654
New York Journal of Commerce, 654 note
New York (State), 337, 339, 351
Newark, 154, 156, 304, 416 note ; 671
Newark, England, 156
Newark, (vessel), 660
Newbury, Stedman, 613
Newbury (place), 302, 358, 418, 498
Newcastle, (England), 265
Newfoundland, Mr. Blinman at, 116, 233; trade with, 234, 308, 336 ; 265, 283, 312, 329, 363, 639
Newman, Antipas, 96 and note
Newman, Elizabeth, 96 note
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