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Bathing: 15, 170; machines, 94
Basswood, 20 Bavaria, 161, 202
Beach and Hubbell, 149 Bear, 2, 6 Beaver, 7
Beckwith: Dana, 127; Eunice, see Atkins, Eunice (Beckwith); Lucy, 161
Beds and Bedding: see Furniture Beech, 20
Bees, hives, 15, 27 Beleden, 194
Bellevue Avenue, 194
Bells: Baptist, 158; "Bell City," 183; bicycle, 182, 187; cable car, 182; cathe- dral gongs, 183; church, 170; clock, 122, 138, 160, 182; Congregational Church, 78, 90, 125, 131-32; Corbin, 187; curfew, 158; door, 182; Dunbar, 158; fire, 182; gong, 127; industry, 127, 182-83, 187, 190; trolley, 182 Benham, Joseph, 21, 23 Benton, Joseph, 27, 29, 40, 45, 90
Berlin, Connecticut, 94, 134
Berlin, Germany, 190, 217
Berries: 9, 71; bayberry, 18; blackberries, 7; cranberries, 10; raspberries, 7; straw-
berries, 7, 51; whortleberries, 7; win- tergreen, 90
Beth Israel Synagogue, 221
Bethesda Lutheran Church, 221
Bible: Society, 164; see Books
Bicycle: 173, 182, 185, 187, 189-91, 200; Columbia, 190; light, 183
Birch: bark, 71; brooms, 20; trees, 2 Birds: 5, 6, 7, 36, 43; see also Pigeons
Birge: Company, 138, 151; and Fuller, 122; John, 116, 121, 125, 127, 143, 146,
151; Knitting Mill, 212; Nathan L., 130, 151, 159; Peck and Company, 121, 144-45, 154
Bishop: Austin (Deacon), 89, 95, 99; Esther, see Manross, Esther (Bishop); family, 95; Nathaniel, 87
"Bit Shop," 128
Black salt, 16, 17
Blacksmith: 13, 36, 46, 86, 101, 112, 127; bellows, 137; Brown, Tom, 160; Cooke, John, 92; forge, 79; Gridley, 31, 79; Lec, James, 78; Mix, Daniel, 36, 46; Roe, Daniel, 36; Sheldon, Arthur, 86; shop, 80, 148
Blakeslee: B. F. (Lieutenant), 153; Debo- rah, see Alcott, Deborah (Blakeslee); family, 107, 153; George H., 164; Gilbert H., 191; Novelty Shop, 255; Theodore Pratt, 217; Wilber Howard, 217
Blanding, Camp, 114 Blockhouses, see Houses
Bluestone, 8 Board of Trade, 177
Boardman: Chauncey, 112, 119, 141, 143;
Company, 138; - Dunbar Clock factory,
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229; Smith and Company, 131; Wells factory, 119-20, 128
Boats: eanal, 107, 109, 134; excursion, 108; ferry, 51; flat, 74; "James Hill- house," 106-7; keel, 74; "Meeting Boat," 108; river, 17, 74; row, 166; stern-wheeler, 109; see also Ships and Shipbuilding
Bolton mountains, 45
Books: 9, 33, 83, 263; Bible, 5, 9, 164; Cheever, Latin text, 27; first library, 78 Booth Manufacturing Company, 192
Boston: 1, 53, 58, 60, 63; harbor, 59; massacre, 53, 57; Port Bill, 57-58; se- lectmen, 59; tea party, 57
Botanie Medical Society, 133
Botsford: Irene, see Atkins, Irene (Bots- ford); Ives-, barn, 237; Ives-, house, 191; S. N., 133-34; Theophilus, 80; Thomas (Colonel), 87, 115
Bottles: eider (wooden), 6; milk (wooden), 2; wooden, 20
Bounties: 62; Civil War, 153; pest de- struction, 7
Bowes: Charles M., 235; William R., 235 Box: paper, 237; see also Industry, paper box
Boys: in Blue, 154; Club, 202, 218
Braekett: Arthur S. (Doctor), 157-71, 202, 204; Arthur S. (Mrs.), 199, 204; Frank A., 157, 160, 165, 169, 171
Bradford, William, 67
Bradley tin shop, 79
Braid, hoop-skirt, 148
Brainard, Chris, 130
Brass: 111, 120, 128, 137-55, 183, 187, 191-92, 204-5, 213, 243-47; burners, 154; buttons, 108; butts, 166; faucets, 183; for eloeks, 75, 118-21, 143; for dials, 159; foundries (1845), 128; goods, 166; industry, see Industry, Brass; lamps, 154, 167; military uses, 154, 200; pipes, 170; rolled, 117; spring, 145; utensils, 1, 15, 21; wheels, eloek, 112; see also individual companies Brattleboro, 235
Bray, Captain, 67
Bread, trough, 16; see also Food and Drink
Brewster: and Ingrahams Company, 119, 143; Elisha C., 115-16, 119, 133, 143, 145-46, 159
Bricks: chimney, 8; making of, 5 Bridgeport, 186
Bridges: 177, 181; cat walk, 106; draw, 106; floating, 106; North side, 141; over Pequabuek, 18, 87, 89, 113, 134, 157; Pierce's, 171; turnpike, 90
Brightwood, 198 Bristol, see subject
Bristol: City of: charter, 197; elections, 197-98; government, 197; health de- partment, 202; naming of, 75; in (1953), 261-63; Town Hall, 198
Bristol: Early, see New Cambridge (1728-1785)
Bristol: Town of: 75, 77, 78, 96, 197, centennial, 170; elections, 75, 77, 78; growth, 170; incorporation of, 75-78; Town Hall, 160, 169, 183, 191-92, 198; Town Meeting, 75, 77, 78, 90, 97, 177, 179; Town Records, 161
Bristol American Bank and Trust Com- pany, 212
Bristol and Plainville Tramway Company, 175, 182, 186, 193
Bristol Bank and Trust Company, 212-13, 218
Bristol Basin, 108, 134, 138, 144; see also Plainville
Bristol Brass: and Clock Company, 141- 46, 153, 154, 170, 177; Corporation, 187, 191-92, 204-5, 213, 243, 245, 247; lamp manufacturing, 167
Bristol Building and Loan Association, 213 Bristol Car, 189
Bristol Cloek Case Company, 151
Bristol Clock Company, 120
Bristol Connecticut in World War II, 226 Bristol Copper and Silver Mining Com- pany, 173-74
"Bristol Disease," see Epidemies, typhoid Bristol Eleetrie Light Company, 171
Bristol Engineering Company, 194, 196 Bristol, England, 220
Bristol Falls Company, 127
Bristol Federal Savings and Loan Asso- eiation, 213
"Bristol Fishing Rod," 170
Bristol Foundry Company, 166
Bristol Hardware Corporation, 145
Bristol Herald, 169
Bristol Hospital, 201, 202, 218, 226
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Bristol House, 160, 165 Bristol Industrial Defense Council, 218 Bristol Knitting Company, 151 Bristol Machine Tool Company, 233, 239-41 167
Bristol Manufacturing Company, 177, 192
Bristol Mechanics Guild, 197
Bristol Mining Company, 138, 139
Bristol Motor Car Company, 189 Bristol National Bank, 161-62, 170, 212 Bristol National Guard, 241
Bristol Press: 159, 165, 169, 171, 173, 181, 186-87, 190, 193, 197, 217; audi- torium, 169
Bristol Realty Company, 211 Bristol Savings Bank, 159, 161
Bristol Saw Company, 167 Bristol Screw Company, 128
Bristol Trust Company, 193, 212 Bristol War Council, 217
Bristol War Historical Committee, 226
Bristol Water Company, 169-71, 191, 198 Bristol Weekly Times, 160-61, 169
British: Bundles for, 218; clock and watch industries, 256; (1812), 100, 113, 116 Broad Street, 233 Brokers, clock, 116 Brook Strect, 143 Brooks: Benjamin, 23; family, 77; Stephen, 30
Brooms and brushes: making, 20; twig, 92
Brown: George W., 154; George W. and Company, 149, 154; John, 14, 24-26; John, Junior, 14, 24-25; Jonathan C., 115-16, 118, 121-22, 126, 128, 143, 145, 151; Marah (Chandler), 14; -Mathews homestead, 87; Thomas, 160; Timothy, 23
Browning machine gun, 200, 205
Brownson: Daniel, 7-8, 21; Daniel, Junior, 10; Mary (Pect), 7-8, 10; mills, Farmington, 2
Buck: Benjamin, 10, 14-15; Deborah, 31, 40; Mercy (Parsons), 10, 14; relation to Messengers, 10; Stephen, Junior, 15, 31
Buckles, hoop-skirt, 148 Buckley, Jane, see Welch, Jane (Buckley) Buffalo, New York, 206 Bullets, 17, 20, 59, 62, 65
Bunker Hill, 63 Bunnell, Allen, 152-53 Burke, John A., 162
Burlington: 75, 78, 107, 122, 130, 139, 146, 162; Meetinghouse, 101, 131; sep- aration from Bristol, 96
Burlington Avenue, 41, 94
Burner Shop, see Forestville Burner Shop Burr, F. L., 175; Mary Lanette (Man- ross), 175 Burwell, (Elias), 121 Burying Ground, see Cemeteries
Butchers and Butchering, 4, 20, 125, 127-28, 160
Butler, Zebulon (Captain), 53-55
Butter: 129; apple, 9; churn, 14, 16; paddles, 20, 86; preserving of, 16; tools, 20; tubs, 14
Buttons: brass, 108; electric, 192; factory, 87; factory (Waterbury), 141; pearl, 118, 126; pewter, 87, 90, 108, 126 Buttonwood, 20
Byington: Amy (Manross), 89; Charles (Doctor), 126; Eveline (Barnes), 126; Isaac, 78; Joseph, 47, 49, 59, 61, 75, 77, 78; Lieutenant, 63; Noah, 78
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Cadillac, 200 California, 136, 146, 164, 192, 216, 245 "Calliothumpers," 158
Calvanism, 26, 83
Camp, Hiram, 113, 121, 127
Canaan, 58
Canada, 25, 48, 73, 107, 111, 206
Canal: see Farmington Canal
Canal Road, 134
Canary Islands, 14
Candles: bayberry, 18; light, 9, 84, 126, 154; making of, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18; molds, lead, 8; reels, 8; rods, 20; sticks, 36; wicks, hemp, 18; wicks, silk grass, 18 Canfield, Thomas (Reverend), 24
Capc Horn, 136
Caracas, 115 Carding, 83
Carolinas, 94, 101 Caroline Islands, 217 Carrara, 202
Carriages: see Industry; Transportation and Travel Carrington: family, 90, 157; Jonathan, 54,
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71; Lemuel, 89; Solomon, 71; tavern, 89, 90, 96, 157
Case: Erastus, 116, 139; Harvey, 116, 139; Joel T., 162, 179, 181, 189; Wheel and Mill Company, 181
Catholic Church, 139; see also individual names
Catskills, 33
Cedar: Swamp, 3, 7, 13, 23, 50, 84, 166; see also Trees
Celebrations: birthday, 90; Centennial, Bristol, 170; Christmas, 51; church dedication, 30, 131; coming of railroad, 136; Election Day, 92; Farmington Canal, 102-8; Fourth of July, 90, 106, 126, 157-65, 171; peace, 73; political, 129; Thanksgiving, 10, 51, 90; Training Band, 40, 41, 51, 92
Cemeteries: Episcopal, 40, 90; Farming- ton Burying Ground, 2; Forestville, 154; markers, 2, 13; North, 62, 87, 126-
27; Old South, site of, 13, 87; West side, 126
Census, 62, 75, 101, 128, 158-59, 164, 181, 197
Center Street, 134, 177, 193-94, 215
Chamberlain, Neville, 214
Chandler, Marah, see Brown, Marah (Chandler)
Charcoal, 13, 62
Charities, 73, 202, 204
Charter: Bristol, City, 197; Connecticut, 136; Farmington Canal, 102; Royal, see Connecticut government
Chateau Thierry, 200
Chatham, Massachusetts, 137
Cheese: press, 14; tools for making, 20; see also Food and Drink
Cheever: Ezekiel, 27; Mary, see Lewis, Mary (Cheever)
Cheney: Benjamin, 47; silk mills, 183; Timothy, 47
Cherry, see Tress
Chestnut, see Trees Chicago, 206
Chiekens, 92
Children: eare of, 220; first born in Bristol, 10
Chimneys: "catted," 8; in Newell house, 29; Sabbath Day houses, 40
China, 164, 225
Chinese, market, 202
Chippins Hill, 6, 10, 13, 23, 25, 29, 33,
35, 37, 45, 58, 60, 65, 68-69, 77, 89, 108, 132, 157-58, 167, 174, 218
Choristers, 24, 62, 73, 78, 117, 164
Christmas, 51, 78, 153, 193
Chronometers, 167
Church of England, see Episcopal Church Church Street, 173, 220
Churches, early: interiors, 31; music, 5,
130, 131; regulations, 26; see also Meetinghouses
Churches, (Bristol, 1953), 221; World War II, 225; see denominations; see individual churches
Churchill: family, 121; John, 121; Wil- liam, 50
Churn, butter, 14, 16
Cider: barrels, 36-37; bottles, 6; export, 17; mill, 84; press, 14, 192; sale of, 100,
101, 108, 131; see also Food and Drink Civil Defense, World War II, 218
Civil War, 149, 152-54, 162, 237; see also Slavery
Clap, E. P., 185
Clark, Theodore F., 134
Clay, 5, 8
Clayton: Amerieus, 183; Brothers, 183, 191; H. J., 166; Horatio, 183; Manu- facturing Company, 235; William, 183 Cleveland, Ohio, 185, 189
Cloek parts: arbors, 47, 75; barrels, 47, 75; bells, 122, 138, 160, 182; belts, 122; dials, 75, 95, 113, 114, 115, 143, 159, 174; door, 113-15, 118, 147; hands, 75; jewels, 143; lever, 167; mirrors, 111-14, 138; movements, 75, 111, 113, 116, 118, 119, 120, 122, 144, 146, 164; pendulum, 75, 122, 160, 167; pillars, 47, 75, 122; pinions, 47, 116, 122; plate, 112, 116; ratchets, 122; shops, 122; spindles, 122; springs, 115, 116, 119, 122, 146, 147, 148, 149, 229; striking mechanism, 122; verges, 79, 122, 160; weights, 75, 108, 122, 138; wheels, 47, 112, 119, 120; wood for, 74, 75, 107, 147, 152; see also Clockeases
Clockease makers: see individual names: Atkins, Irenus; Bartholomew, William; Bristol Clock Case Company; Brown, Jonathan C .; Goodrich, Chauncey;
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Hills, William; Ingraham, Elias; Otis, Frederick S.
Clockcases, 75, 94, 106, 107, 111, 113-15, 116, 118, 121, 122, 141, 143, 151, 152, 170, 181, 191
Clockmakers, 94, 106, 107, 113, 118, 137, 139, 146, 191; see also individual names Clockmakers referred to in this history:
Andrews, Franklin; Lucius
Ansonia Clock Company (Ansonia, Conn.)
Atkins: and Allen; Clock Company; and Company; and Downs; Irenus; Rollin; Whiting and Company
Barnes: Alphonso; and Bartholomew Brothers; Carlyle; Harry; Rodney; Thomas, Junior; Wallace; William Bainbridge
Bartholomew: Eli; George Beach and Hubbell Beckwith, Dana
Birge: and Fuller; John; Peck and Company
Boardman: Chauncey; Dunbar Com- pany; Smith and Company; Wells Company
Brewster: Elisha C .; and Ingrahams
Bristol Brass and Clock Company Bristol Clock Company
Brown, Jonathan C.
Burwell, Elias Camp, Hiram
Case, Erastus; Harvey
Cheney, Benjamin; Timothy (East Hart- ford, Conn.) Churchill, John Curtis, Lewis (Farmington)
Darrow, Elijah Downs, Anson; Ephraim
Dunbar, Butler; Edward B., Edward L. Forestville Hardware and Clock Com- pany
Forestville Manufacturing Company Fuller: and Ives; Thomas Franklin Gilbert, William Lewis Gladwin, P. A. Goodrich, Chauncey Grant, Zelotes Harrison, James (Waterbury, Conn.) Hart, Orrin
Hendrick: Ebenezer N .; Hubbell and Company
Hubbell: Laporte; and Son
Ingraham: Andrew; Dudley S .; E. and A .; E. Company; Edward; Elias Ives: Amasa; Charles Grandison; Chauncey; Eureka Shop; Ira; Joseph; Lawson C .; Philo; Shaylor
Jcrome, Chauncey; Noble
Jewell, Lyman
Johnson, William
Jones, George
Kirke: and Brewster; Charles Lewis, Levi
Manross: Elijah; Elisha; Prichard and Company Marsh, George
Merriman: Birge and Company; Titus
Mitchell: and Atkins; George
Nettleton, Wilfred H.
New Haven Clock Co.
Newell, Lott
Platt, A. S. and Company
Pomcroy, Chauncey; John; Noah
Porter, H. H.
Ray, Benjamin
Rich, John
Roberts: Elias; Elias (son of Gideon) and Company; Gideon; Wyllys Root, S. E .; Sylvester S.
Sessions: Clock Company; William E.
Smith: and Goodrich; Levi; Samuel B. Spring, Solomon
Terry: and Andrews; Eli; Eli, Junior; John Burnham; Ralph Ensign,
Samuel; Theodore
Thompson, H. C., Clock Company Trcat, Sherman
Union Manufacturing Company Warner, Albert; Winthrop
Welch: Clock Company; E. N., Manu- facturing Company; Elisha N .; Spring and Company Wells, Joseph A. Wright, Filbert; Harvey; Julius
Clocks: 111-24; alarm, 147, 208; ap- prentices, 106, 113-14; bank lock, 144; brass, 118-19, 120, 121, 143; brokers, 116; calendar, 166; cases, see clock cases; cherry for, 74, 81, 120; chime, 95; companies, 154, see also individual
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companies; craftsmen, 112; demand for, 74, 114; depressions, effect of, 118, 120-21, 151-52, 211-13; designs, 61, 121, 192, see also Clockcases; dials, 75, 95, 96, 113, 115, 119, 159; eight day, 118, 121, 143, 208; electric (early), 181; factories, 128, 191, see also Clock- makers; financing, 112, grandfather, 75; in frontiers, 114; industrial prog- ress, 121, 122, 126, 191, 208, 256-58, 260-61; inventions, 112-22, 143, 159, 166, 185, 192, 256; labels, 115; looking- glass, 111, 112, 113-14, 138; ma- chinery, 194; making, 47, 55, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 100, 101, 106, 111-23, 141, 143, 145-46, 149, 151, 162, 259; marine, 116, 121, 122, 144, 167, 192; mass production, 111, 112; meeting- house, 115, 131; metal, 112, 116, see also Clocks, brass; movements, see Clock, parts; muscum, 259; musical, thirty-hour, 116; O. G. Brass, 120; patents, see Clocks, inventions; ped- dlers, 75, 80, 94, 101, 114, 115, 116, 117, 152; pillar and scroll, 113; priccs, 47, 75, 171; production, 80, 114, 128, 143, 171; "Puffin' Betsy," 143; self- winding, 192; selling, 100-2, 108, 128; shelf, 113, 121; steeple-on-steeple, 143; striking, 164; thirty-hour wooden, 112; tools, 74-75, 111; tower, 121; wag-on- the-wall, 143; Western Union, 179; wooden, 47, 112, 118-21, 143
Coal, 111, 128, 138, 158, 162
Coaster brake, 189-91, 200, 213; see also New Departure Manufacturing Com- pany Cochipianee, Chief, 6, 37
Codling: Company, 184, 191; Robert B., 184
Coffee, see Food and Drink
Coffins, making, 115 Colchester, 14
Cole: Asahel, 79; family, 70; Katherine, see Gaylord, Katherine (Cole)
Collins: 139; John, 86
Colonial Assembly, 4, 5, 23-26, 40, 48, 57, 58, 61-62, 66, 69
Colorado, 160
Combs, 37, 84, 101, 106, 126 "Comet," 136
Commercial House, 169, 182
Committees: church seating, 31, 73; en- forcement, 59; loan, 78; of correspond- ence, 58; of inspection, 77-78; on con- solidation, 75; school, 25, 78; to collect supplies, 59; "to deal out salt," 73
Commons, Boston, 53; Farmington Vil- lage, 1
Compounce: Chief, 6, 173; Lake, 3, 10, 27, 41, 45, 62, 87, 133, 136, 166, 173, 175, 194, 218; mountains, 13; road, 16, 62
Conch shell, 66 Concord, battle of, 63
Congamond Lake, 106
Congregational Church: 23-33, 58, 61-62, 75, 125-26, 132, 165, 222; bell, 78, 90, 125, 131; building of (present), 130-32; Canfield, Thomas (Reverend), first preacher, 24; charity, 73, 78; clock steeple, 131; dedication of, 30, 131; dissension in, 5, 26, 29, 30, 31, 125, 126; first meeting, 24; first meeting- house, 27, 29; first service, 24; furnish- ings, 130, 131; music, 5, 24, 62, 73, 78, 117, 130-31, 164; New Carpet Society, 166; Newell, Samuel (Reverend), 26, 29-31, 33, 41, 59, 65, 73, 83, 100; of- ficers chosen, 24-25; organ, 131; parish house, 132, 185, 201, 218; petition for separate society, 24-25; petition for winter privileges, 23; regulations, 26, 78; Riggs, Charles N. (Reverend), 159; Sabbath Day houses, 33, 40, 165; seat- ing, 31, 73; Second Meetinghouse, 62, 130-31; tax increase, 25, 31; Wismer, E. L. (Reverend), 199
Connecticut: 25, 43, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 74, 94, 106, 109, 196; Academy of Arts and Science, 133; Almanac (1801), 97; Anti-Slavery Society, 133; charter, 136; colony, 1, 27; company, 50; Cour- ant, 67, 69, 116; Historical Society, 133; in Civil War, 152-54; land claims, 47; Medical Society, 133; National Guard, 198; River, 2, 17, 21, 111; Telephone Company, 169; University of, 215
Connecticut Business Directory, 147
Connecticut General Court, sce Colonial Assembly
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Conneetieut government: aid to industry, 79; constitution, 100; Continental As- soeiation, 59; Continental Congress, 58-59, 61, 63; Royal Charter, 35, 47; State Assembly, 99, 100, 102, 129, 184, 235; see also Colonial Assembly
Continental Army: 57-71, 89; supplies for, 59, 65, 66, 89
Continental Association, see Connecticut government
Continental Congress, see Conneetieut government
Cook: H. T., 152; Raymond W., 218; Spring Company, 206
Cooke: John, tavern, 92, 109; S. T., 189 Cooking, 1, 2, 5, 15, 16
Cooper, Abigail, see Roberts, Abigail (Cooper)
Cooperage, 3, 18, 36 Coopers, 3, 18
"Cooperatives," 128
Copper: 15, 37, 138, 145, 158, 192; for pewter, 20; mine, 80, 87, 89, 138-39, 146, 173-74; Mines, 201
"Copperhead," 154
Corbin: bells, 187; Company, 189
Corn: 129; erops, 14, 46; export of, 17; grinding of, 18; husking of, 18; plant- ing, 52; storage, 9
Corregidor, 221
Corry, Pennsylvania, 206
Cottle, Henry E., 193, 202, 221, 226
Cotton: earding, 83; gin, 119; imported, 15; mills, 101, 114, 127, 128, 167, 177, 192; spinning, 83
Cotton stone, quarry, 6 County Cork, 139
Cowles: Burton S., 174; G. H. (Reverend), 92; Solomon (General), 102; store (Farmington), 83
Cradle: 2; "darling," 16
Cranberries, bogs, 10
Crinoline: for hoop skirts, 149; Hall, 149, 160
Critehley, 139; Celia, 225-26
Crocodile Club, 175
Crumb, Wallaee B., 192
Cunningham, 139
Curfew, bell, 158
Curtis: Jeremiah (Reverend), 9, 23; Lewis, 95; Philo, 129-30; Sally, 95
Cutlery, 128, 144-45, 154, 166, 191, 235 Cyelometers, 183, 191
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Dalmatian, 202
Daly: Luke (Father), 139; Reverend, 201 Dams: 46; beaver, 7; Cedar Swamp, 166; feeder, 109; for water power, 127; grist mill, 17; Hiekory Park, 118; Pequa- buek River, 86, 118, 120; power, 5, 18, 101; saw mill, 79
Danbury, 51, 69, 96
Darrow: Burrit (Captain), 153, 162; Daniel, 217; Elijah, 113-14, 146; Man- ufaeturing Company, 162; William, 131 Day: Donald E., 239; Dorothy, see Funk, Dorothy (Day); Elmore M., 239; Fred A., 239; Fred A. Company, 239; Mil- dred, see Harding, Mildred (Day); Wes- ton S., 239
"Deaeon-off," 21
Deeatur, Georgia, 108
Deelaration of Independence, see Inde- pendenee, Deelaration of
Deer, 6
Delaware: River, 49, 52-54; Water Gap, 49
Deleo Motor, 200
Deming: family, 51; Samuel, 102
Demoeraey, in New World, 59-64, 66
Demoeratie Party, 100, 129-30, 198
Depressions: (1837), 118, 120-21, 127;
(1857), 151-52, 158; (1907), 192-93; (1920), 204; (1921), 201; (1929-32), 208, 211-13
Desmarais, J. H. (Doetor), 189 Detroit, 206
Devil's Baekbone, 79
Dials, see Clock parts
Diary, Candaee Roberts, 83-98, 204
Diatoms, 166
Diekinson: John, 60; Samuel (Captain), 107
Dingman's Ferry, 49
Disasters, fire: Bartholomew factory, 208- 11; Birge knitting mill, 212; Brown factory, 151; Hollister house, 128; In- graham, E. and A. Company, 152; Jerome Cloek Company, 120, 159; li- brary, 167; Nott-Seymour, 161; sehool-
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house, 87; Sessions, 146; tin shops, 94; Wallaee Barnes plant, 149, 160 Disasters, flood: (1804), 89 Dividers, 75
Divinity Street, 86, 89, 95, 101, 118, 136, 152, 157-58, 171
Doetors, sce Medicine Dodge, 200
Donaldson, Professor, 165
Doolittle: corner, 127; Isaae, 131
Dorehester, L. H. (Reverend), 201
Doughnuts, 21, 33, 91
Downs: Anson, 117; Ephraim, 114, 117, 119; family, 122; mill, 177, 187; shop, 121
Draft Board, 218 "Draper" shop, 126 Drawer pulls, 146
Dress, men: elergy, 41; eolonial, 9, 37, 43, 96; (1800), 99; (1830's), 129; fire- men, 161; Indian, 6; military (eolonial), 41, 62, 63; military (1800), 92, 107
Dress, women's: colonial, 9, 40, 43; (1800), 86, 92, 96, 99; hoop skirts, 148 Drills, bow, 74 Drink, see Food and Drink
Drugs, 97 Dublin Hill, 139
Dueape, see Silk Ducks, 7, 92
Dunbar: and Barnes Company, 148-49; bell, 158; Brothers, 194, 229; Butler, 112, 114, 119; Company, 159, 183, 206; Edward B., 149, 179; Edward L., 114, 122, 133, 143, 146-49; house, 160; Moses, 66, 68-69, 112; Phebe (Jerome), 68
Durant, W. C., 211 Durkee, Fort, 52-55; John (Major), 51- 55, 60
Dutch oven, see Fireplaces
Dutehess County, 49, 80 Dyeing, 18 Dyer, Eliphalet (Captain), 48-50
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Earl Street Extension, 217 East Bristol: 128, 136, 197; Ordnance plant, 235
East Church, see Plymouth East Hartford, 47 East Haven, 91
East Indian Company, 60
East Indies, 89
East Main Street (Forestville), 143, 151, 226
East Medway, Massachusetts, 131
East River, New York, 71
East Road, 87, 166
East Street, 87, 154, 177
Easton (Pennsylvania), 49, 50, 52
Eaton, mill, 171
Ebb: Arthur, 233; Gunnar, 233; John, 233 Ebers Building, 177
Edgewood, 132, 208
Edgewood Street, 89, 128
Education, see Sehools
Elderkin, Vine (Captain), 48-50
Eleetion: ball, 92; cake, 92; celebration, 92; city, 197, 198; Day, 92; first Bristol, 75, 77-78; (1840), 129
Electric: furnaces, 204; machinery, 193; Vehiele Company, 189
Electricity: 133-34; effect on industry, 171; power, 170; street lighting, 171
Eleetronie, industry, 255-56, 259
Elm Street, 177
Elms, 2, 130
Elmwood, 211
Emancipation Proclamation, 153
Emmett Street, 253, 255
Endee: Inn, 211, 218; Manor, 211
Engines: rotary, 166; steam, 181
England: 7, 8, 15, 29, 37, 60-62, 74, 120, 139, 141, 144, 154, 162, 164, 166-67, 225; imports from, 20, 37, 141; King, 48, 57, 60, 61; patent, 183; Royal Gov- ernors, 61; settlers from, 1
Enos, battalion, 69
Entertainment, musieal, 183-84, 194
Epidemies: 71, 97-99, 171, 202, 263; "Bristol disease," see Typhoid; Bristol fever, 158; dysentery, 71, 97; influenza, 201; inoeulations against, 97; pest- house, 67, 97-98; pneumonia, 97; seurvy, 158; smallpox, 67, 71, 97; spotted fever, 71, 97; tuberculosis, 158; typhoid, 71, 97, 158, 169; whooping eough, 97; Wyoming Valley, 67; yel- low fever, 71, 97
Episcopal Church: 29, 30, 58, 60-61, 65-
310
INDEX
66, 68-69, 90, 132, 165, 221, 262; building of, 30; cemetery, 40, 90; es- tablishment of, 30; first service, 30; of-
ficers chosen, 30; Trinity Episcopal, 221 Erin, 161
Escutcheons, 146
Eureka Shop, 115-16, 118-19, 121, 182
Everglades, 114
Europe, 87, 143, 175, 189, 204-5, 211, 217 Exchange Club, 220
Exports, 17, 18, 21, 37, 46, 87
F
Fairs: church, 194; Grange, 173; indus- trial, 191
Fall Mountain: 7, 13, 23-24, 36, 41, 43, 47, 67, 81, 84, 91, 108, 136, 167, 179, 262; road, 84
Farm products, see individual items Farming, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14-17, 128-29
Farmington: 1-4, 6-8, 9, 16-18, 20, 23- 26, 29, 31, 35-36, 39, 40, 45, 58-59, 63, 65, 75, 77, 83, 90-91, 95-96, 102, 106, 201; Barnes, homestead, 1-3; boat- building, 107; burying ground, see Cemeteries; church music feud, 5; clockmaking, 113; commons, 1; elms, 2; holdings, sale of, 4; meetinghouse, 17, 57-58, 95, 108; militia, 63; proprie- tors, 3, 4; River, 2, 108; Round Hill, 1; shoemakers, 7
Farmington Avenue, 125, 184
Farmington Canal: 102-9, 111-12, 114- 15, 134; service started, 107 "Fassinets," 101
Federal Hill: 6, 35, 45, 77-78, 84, 90, 102, 125, 126, 136, 158, 165, 170-71, 184, 201; Academy, 101; copper, 139; Green, 62, 67, 73, 92, 100, 129; school,
35, 40, 51, 90, 125, 130, 165, 205, 262 Federal Street, 164
Federalist Party, 100 Felt, green, 111
Fences, split rail, 14
Feuds: minister's salary, 31; music, 5; Newell, Samuel (Reverend), 29; re- ligious differences, 30; Scottish pil- grims, 7
Finland, 218
Fire Department, 158-59, 161
Fire protection: alarm, 182; sprinklers, 170
Firearms: 2, 6, 10, 17, 41, 50-51, 59, 62, 73, 92, 107, 152, 153, 199, 200, 205, 230, 239, 243, 249; French flints, 59; gunmaking, 122
Fireplacc: 10, 14; baking, 9; building, 8; cooking in, 1, 16; eranes, 8, 21; Newell house, 29; ovens (Dutch), 8; peel, 9; supplies, 10
Fires, see Disasters
Fireworks, 126, 164-65, 171
First Church of Christ Scientist, 221
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