Our Yankee heritage: the making of Bristol, Part 25

Author: Beals, Carleton, 1893-1979
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: [Bristol, Conn.] Bristol Public Library Association
Number of Pages: 350


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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


C


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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INDEX


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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INDEX


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


D


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


E


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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