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First Forty, 47-49, 52, 54
First Street, 204
Fish and Fishing: 6, 7, 160; baskets, 20; canal, 108; oil, 147; preservation, 9, 14, 16; rods, 170, 192; shad, 6, 9, 16; trout, 157; see Food and Drink
Fitzgeralds: 139; building, 237
Flag: 136, 160, 164; German, 161; Irish, 161; 23 stars, 107; 30 stars, 136
Flax: crops, 14; export of, 17; spinning, 8, 15, 16, 20
Fletcher: Arthur, 239; Fred S., 191, 237; -Terry Company, 237, 239
Flint, for lighting, 126 Flintlock, 2, 6
Florida: 114, 190, 192; Camp Blanding, 215; Everglades, 114
Flour, inspection, 78
Food and Drink: ale, 14, 131; apple but- ter, 9; applejack, J4; applesauce, 90; apples, 33, 90, (roasted), 9; (toasted), 15; barley, see subject; beans, 92; (baked), 9; beef, 14, 108; beer, 130; (small), 106; berries, see subject; brandy, 14; (eggnog), 41; (flip), 21, 91; bread, 9, 16, 109; butter, see subject; cake, 92, 130, "Election Day," 92; candy, 15, 106, 130; cheese, 131; chest- nuts, 15, 92, 108, as coffee substitute, 5; cider, 5, 9, 16, 21, 33, 91, 100, 131; coffee, 5, 91, 134; corn, Indian, 59, 92, meal, "Injun," 16, parched, 6, roasted, 15, 33; crackers, 131; doughnuts, 21, 33, 91; fish, 6, 9, 14, 16; gingerbread, 40, Presbyterian, 106, "Hard Shell Baptist," 106; grapefruit, 158; grapcs, 7; grog, 92; ham, 5, 9, 14, 21; hazcl-
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nuts, 92; headcheese, 20; honey, 15; maple sugar, 15, 106; mead, 33; meat, 2, 6, 9, 14, 16-17, 59, jerked, 17, 33; milk, 2, 16, 157-58; mutton, 14; oysters, 92, 97, 106, 189; peaches, 90; peanuts, 130; peas, 17, 92; perry, 17; pies, 130; pork, 20-21; pudding, "hasty," 16, In- dian, 33; rum, 14, 17; sausage, 20; sour ribs, 20; sugar, 15; tea, 7; wine, 131
Foot: and Treat, 108; family, 87
Forbes, Lena H., see Barnes, Lena II. (Forbes)
Forestville: 4, 95, 106, 112, 115, 118, 121, 126, 128, 134, 136, 143, 145-46, 151, 154, 164-65, 167, 171, 174, 181, 184- 85, 190-92, 201, 205, 226, 229, 233, 239, 260; Burner Shop, 154, 204; Hard- ware and Clock Company, 145-46; Ma- chine Company, 146; Manufacturing Company, 118; (1925), 239; North, 119; Savings and Loan Bank, 151; Spring Band, 149
Fortune telling, 9
Forty Fort, 54, 67, 70
Forty-third Division, 215-16
Fosberg, Sarah, 205
Foster's tavern, 125, 136, 143
Foundations: chimney, 8; house, 5
Foundries: brass, 128, 138-39, 141, 145, 153; iron, 39, 79, 109, 122, 126, 128,
137-39, 166, 184, 187, 190-92, 213, 241-43
Founding: of Bristol, 1-43; of Harwin- ton, 58
Fountain of Youth, 114
Four Corners, 83, 86
Fourth of July, see Celebrations
France, 14, 199, 217, 225
Frankfort Arsenal, 256
Frederiek Street, 106, 121, 167, 192
Fremont (John Charles), 152
French: 200-1; elock and watch industry, 256; springs, 147 French Caledonia, 216
Frisbie: Abel, 87; tannery, 84; Theodore, 89; Zebulon, 25, 26, 33, 37, 46, 77; Zebulon, Junior, 50, 54, 77 "Frog Pond," 127
Frontier: 1, 48, 74; Western, 125
Frost, Merriman and Company, 118 Fruit, see Food and Drink
Fuller: Elizabeth Jane, see Barnes, Eliza-
beth Jane (Fuller); and Ives, 119; Thomas Franklin, 121 Fulling mill, 18, 127
Fundamental Orders, Eleven, 1
Funk, Dorothy (Day), 239
Furniture: 20, 36, 115; beds (feather), 86, (slatted), 9; cabinets, 47; chairs, 92; ehests (carved), 9, 47, (colonial), 8; in "Beleden," 194; knobs, 146
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Gale: Daniel J., 185; Herbert N., 185, 189
Game: pheasants, 36; turkeys, 7; wild, 1 Games: 233-35; manufacturing of, 192; see also Amusements and Sports Garnets, 143
Garrigus, C. G., Machine Company, 196, 205, 208, 237
Gay, Roger E., 243, 245, 247
Gaylord: Aaron, 61, 70; Ager, 41; Ben- jamin, 25; David, 14, 16-18, 21, 24, 26, 41, 63; Edward, 13, 23; family, 23, 62, 77, 153; John, 23; Joseph, 13, 41, 50- 54; Joseph, Junior, 25; Joseph (father of Aaron), 70; Katherine (Cole), 61, 70- 71, 79; Lois, see Abernathy, Lois (Gay- lord); Mareus, 83; Mary, 16-18, 20, see also Barnes, Mary (Gaylord); Philip, 86, 132; Samuel, 13, 24-25, 29, 41, 48, 52- 53, 84; tavern, 96-97, 100; Thankful, see Rew, Thankful (Gaylord Plum)
Geese, 86, 92
General Assembly, see Connectieut gov- ernment
General Motors: 211, 214, 249; see also New Departure Manufacturing Com- pany
Geology: 15, 37; see also Minerals
George Street, 201
George III, 57, 60, 61
Georgia, 63, 73, 108, 190
Germans, parade, 161
Germany: 111, 190, 199-200, 216-17, 225, 249; labor competition, 256
Gerry Tool Company, 239
Gibbs, William (Reverend), 30
Gibson, Company, William D., 206
Giddings, Watson, 162, 194 Gienty, John J., 220
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Gilbert, William Lewis, 112, 113, 115, 120
Girl Scouts, 218 Girls' Club, 202, 218 Gladwin, P. A., 149
Glass: 130; cutters, 166, 181-82, 191, 208, 237, 239, 255; fibre, 235; foot- glasses, 39; products, 237; watch faces, 208; windows, 15, 31
Goettingen University, 143
Gold: payment, 154; rush, "forty-niners," 136, 146, 151; slugs, 136
Golden Gate, 136 Golden Hill, 53, 57 Goldsmith, Daniel B., 162 Golf, grounds, 197
Goodenough, Lester, 141, 146
Goodrich, Chauncey, 115, 121, 143
Goose Corner, 7, 21, 24, 31, 45-46, 62, 86-87, 89 Goshen, 36, 41
Government, see Bristol; see also Con- necticut
Grace Baptist Church, 221
Graham, Isaac, 89
Granby, 102
Grange Fair, 173
Grant, Zelotes, 120
Grass, beehives, 15
Graves: family, 25; Stephen, 66-67
Gray, Harvey, 138, 145, 153
Great Forest, 1, 45
Great Lakes, 48
Great Plains, see Plainville
Great Water Gap, see Delaware Greece, 218
Green Mountain volunteers, 63
Gridley: Building, 160, 169; Hall, 139; Hezekiah, 31; Hezekiah, Junior, 31, 59, 65, 89; hill, 171; House, 191; Luke, 77, 79, 80, 89; property, 161; Samuel, 17, 41
"Grinding Shop," 146 Gristmills, 2, 5, 17, 18, 31, 36, 39, 45, 51, 53, 87, 89, 101, 112, 114, 138, 139, 169 Griswold, Albro, 130 Guadalcanal, 216 Guilford, 190 Gulielmo, Victor, 202
Guns: making of, 102, 122, 152-53; see also Firearms Gwillim, store, 161
Haddam, 41, 46
Hamblin: Ebenezer, 14; family, 14; Francis, 127
Hamilton (Ontario), 206 Hampton, 40
Hancox: family, 3-4; Mabel, see Barnes, Mabel (Hancox) Hannon, Thor L., 255 Harding, Mildred (Day), 239
Hardware: 17, 111, 145-46, 182-83, 229; curry combs, 145; faucets, brass, 183; ferrules, 145; piano, 166; tools, 145; trade, 92, 108; trunk, 162, 183, 184, 247; see also Industries Harper, Alexander, 205, 243
Harrison, James (Waterbury), 95, 114; Street, 255
Hart: Alfred G., 217; family, 25, 62, 153; Joseph, 26; Mary, see Newell, Mary (Hart Root); Orrin, 112; Simeon, 75, 77; Thomas, 25
Hartford, 1, 4, 5, 9, 13, 17, 18, 24, 27, 29, 30, 35, 49, 62, 67, 75, 90-91, 96, 102, 111, 114, 118-22, 125, 127, 130, 134, 152, 161, 182-83, 189, 201, 235, 243 Hartford Courant, 100; see also Connecti- cut Courant Harvard College, 30, 193
Harwinton, 10, 57, 58, 66, 169
Hawkers, see Peddlers
Hay, 129; storage, 14
Hayden, Harold A., 200 Hazelnuts, 92
Health: 263; disease, see Epidemics; im- proved conditions, 133; institutions, 133, 201-2, 218; officers, 198; rickets, 158; school service, 202; sewers, 177; water supply, 169-71
Heart & Crown, 67
Heat and Heating: coal, 111, 128, 138, 158; oil, 154, 169; wood, 13, 15, 128, 158
Hemlock: for tanning leather, 7, 46; trees, 2,5
Hemp: 2, 68; export of, 17
Hendrick: Ebenezer N., 121-22, 144; Hubbell and Company, 122, 144 Herbs, 9 Hickory: for charcoal, 13; logs, 15; Park,
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118, 173, 189; rod, 67; trees, 3; uses of, 3, 20,26 Hiekox: family, 77; John, 23-24, 45
High Street, 177, 179, 193
Hill Street, 77
Hillhouse, James, 102
Hills: Lord S., 126; William, 115
Hildreth Press, 235
Hinchey, I. H., 199
Hiroshima, 241
Hitcheoek: Benajah (Reverend), 157, 173; family, 157; paper box manufacturing, 157
Hitler (Adolph), 215, 256
Hoes, 2, 36, 146
Holbrook, G. H., 131, 132
Holland, 8, 218
Hollister House, 128
"Hollow ware," see Pewter
Holmes: Israel, 141, 144-45, 151; plant, 111; and Tuttle, 145, 151, 154, 159, 171, 191
Holt, Josiah (Doetor), 65, 77, 89, 97, 263 Home Guard, 199
Hooker: Asa, 80, 87; Asahel, 141; Bryan, 78, 87, 100, 108; Bryan Edward, 127; Court, 177; George, 131; and Good- enough, 139; Ira, 87; Noadiah (Cap- tain), 63; Thomas, 67
Hoop skirts, industry, 143, 147-49, 190 Hopkins, Falla, see Roberts, Falla (Hop- kins)
Horne, Reverend, 164 Horse Neek, 66
Horses: 3, 14, 63, 86, 92, 94, 102, 127, 133; barn, 113; men, 161; post, 164; roeking, 167; sheds, 157, 165; shoeing, 36; thoroughbred, 167; tow, 108; trad- ing of, 17, 160
Horton: Everett, 170, 189, 194; Manu- facturing Company, 170, 192, 233, 241 Hotehkiss: family, 107, 153; Samuel, 50; Stephen, 59
Hotels: Barnes, Alphonso, 125; Barnes, Southside, 134; Bristol House, 160, 165; Commercial House, 169, 182; Endee Inn, 211, 218; Foster's, 125, 136, 143; Gridley House, 191; Hollister House, 128; in Plainville, 108; Old South, 91; see also Taverns
Haupt-Rockwell car, 194 Hourglasses, 47
Household duties, colonial, 1, 8-10, 14- 16, 18, 20, 83, 90, 91, 158
Houses: Barnes, Wallace, 160; Bartholo- mew, 128; Beleden, 194; block, 49, 52, 53; Brainard-Peek, 129; building, 5, 6, 8, 21, 29, 181; Dunbar, 160; fireplaces, 8, 14, 29; foundation, 2; furniture, 8, 9, 20, 36, 47, 92, 111, 194; interiors, 89, 194; kitehens, 1, 2, 14, 15; log cabins, 7, 50, 52; Newell, 29; parlor, 8; raising bees, 21, 91; roof tree, 21; shingles, 6, 8, 21; utensils, 1, 2, 8, 14, 15, 20, 21, 36, 84, 94; warmings, 91; windows, 2, 9, 10, 15,29
Housing: Authority, 220; Bristol Realty Company, 211; Endee Manor, 211; wartime, 204; World War II, 218, 220 Hubbell: E. J., 174; Laporte, 122, 128, 144, 192; Laporte, and Son, 167 Hudson, river, 35, 51, 55
Hughes, Frederick F., 214
Hull: George S. (Doetor), 160, 198; George W., 198; Street, 221
Humason Manufacturing Company, 229- 231
Hungerford: Evits, 132; family, 41, 62, 77, 87; Jacob, 77; John, 41; Stephen, 50, 53-54; Thomas, 46, 67
Hunting: 6, 7, 166, 235; bow and arrow, 235; bullfrogs, 108; Indian, 1, 6, 37; Ives, Gideon, 117; pelts, 17
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Iee, 33, 167, 170
Immanuel Evangelieal Lutheran Church, 184, 221
Immigration: 201; English, 141, 144; German, 161; Irish, 102, 139, 161
Imports: 15, 74, 87, 167; Canary Islands, 14; England, 15, 20, 37, 141; Europe, 87; France, 14; Germany, 111; restrie- tion of, 37, 58; Swiss, 255, 260; West Indies, 14-15, 87, 109 Ineubators, 173
Independence: Centennial, 157, 165; Dee- laration of, 63-64, 164-65; era of, 73- 74; Freeman's oath, 75; heroes, 84 Indian Quarry Hill, see Federal Hill Indians: 5-7, 25, 48-49, 71; arrowheads, 5, 37; camping ground, 5; eanoe, 6; chiefs, 6, 37, 173; confederaey, 48; dress, 6;
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fighter, 51-53; French and Indian Wars, 25, 41; Heaven, 84, 86; hunters, 1, 6, 37; knives, 37; making buckskin, 47; massacres, 25, 48, 67, 69-71; New York State, 69; parleys, 75; pudding, 33; purchase from, 3; Quarry, 6, 27; regulations for, 6; reservations, 4; Rock, 13, 84; school, 48; Six Nations, 48; tepees, 49; tomahawk, 53; trails, 2, 3, 7, 77; Tunxis, 1, 6; Wyoming, 61, 67, 70
Industries: automobile, 185-86, 189, 190,
194-96, 200, 206, 208, 211, 249; auger bit, 167; aviation, 197, 229, 237, 239, 241, 251, 256; bakery, 126, 130; ball bearing, 100, 196, 200, 211, 213-14, 241, 249, 251, 253; bell, 127, 179, 182- 83, 187, 190, 193; bicycle, 182-83, 187, 189-91; brass, see subject; button, 87, 90, 108, 118, 126, 141; button (electric), 192; carriage making, 120, 127, 147, 162, 166, 181, 189, 194; cattle stan- chions, 192; cider press, 192; cigar man- ufacturing, 162; clock, see subject; coal and lumber, 162; coaster brake, 189-91, 200, 213, see also New Departure; cof- fins, 115; cutlery, 128, 144-45, 151, 154, 166, 191, 235; cyclometer, 183, 191; distilleries, 87, 101; (1800), 84, 86-87, 89; florist, 166, 194; foundries, see subject; frames, mirror, 89, 115, 126; glass cutters, 166, 181-82, 191, 208, 237-39, 255; hardware, 128, 145-46, 159-60, 162, 166, 191, 193, 204; hoop skirt, 143, 147-49, 190; incubators, 173; lamps and lighting, 154, 167, 183, 256; locks, 182; machine, screw, 149, 192, 205, 239; machine tool, 145-46, 233, 239, 241, 249; machinery, 146, 167, 184, 194, 208; matchbox, 157; matches, 157; melodeon, 167; metal, 112, 122, 148, 189, 237; meters, gas, 164; mining, see subject; novelty, 37, 84, 101, 106, 126, 128, 164, 177, 187, 191- 92, 255; paper box, 157, 173-74, 191, 237; paper factorics, 94; pen, 208; pho- tography, 162, 166, 185, 194; printing, 191, 193, 235, see also Newspapers; rocking horse manufacture, 167; rulers, 128; saw, see subject; sign-painting, 162; silver, 144-45, 151, 159, 171, 187, 191, 204-5, 212; sporting goods, 170,
189, 192, 233, 235, 241; spring, see subject; textile, 9, 15, 18, 62, 78, 83, 86, 87, 92, 101, 108-9, 115, 119, 127-28, 144, 148, 151, 154, 162, 167, 177, 183, 191-92, 212, 235, 249; timing devices, 164, 192, 255-56, 258-61, see also Clocks; tin, see subject; tinderboxcs, 108, 126; tools, cutting, 181-83, 191, 208, 235-37; farm, 146; toys, 148-49, 151, 154, 159, 162, 167, 192; trunk hardware, 162, 184, 247; turbine, 162, 179, 181, 189; velocipedes, 160; wag- on-making, 120, 125, 152-53, 194; watch, 208, 212, 256, 258-60; Water- bury, 96; whecls, see subject; wood, see subject
Industrics: early, see Mills; see also Trades
Industry: automobile, effect of, 190; census of (1845), 128; clectricity, effect on, 171; clectronic, 229, 255-56, 259; expansion, 74-75, 96, 112, 115, 121-22, 125-27, 129, 145, 154-55, 169, 171, 182, 189, 191, 196, 202, 204, 208, 233, 255-64; power, water, 96, 109; pre- cision in, 205, 208; promotion of, 102, 112, 154-55, 196, 245; social condi- tions, effect on, 96, 129, 133; World War II, 227-31; see also Depressions Inflation: Civil War, 154; colonial period, 74; World War I, 211
Ingraham: Andrew, 119, 143, 152; Dudley S., 259; Dudley Seymour, Junior, 217; E. and A., Company, 152; E., Com- pany, 138, 149, 159, 164, 170-71, 182, 191-92, 208, 210, 212, 253, 256, 258- 60; Edward, 170, 179; Elias, 114-17, 119, 121, 130, 143, 151-52, 159, 164, 179; factory, 158
Inns, see Taverns Insane, see Retreat for
Inventions: automotive, 185, 189, 194, 196; ball bearing, 211, 213-14, 249, 251; bell, 127, 182, 185; clock, see sub- ject; coaster brake, 189-90; electric, 133-34; clectronic, 255-56; engine, steam, 166, 181, 189; fishing rod, steel, 170; glass cutters, 166, 191; light, bi- cycle, 183; machine tool, 239, 241; ma- chinery, foundry, 184; novelty, 192; pads, horseshoe, 162; photographic, 185; spring, 146-47, 181, 183, 190,
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227, 229; timers, 255-56, 259, 261; trolley fork, 185; wheel, 162, 166, 181; wire process, 174-75
Irish: eanal workers, 102; immigration, 161; labor in copper mine, 139; parade, 161; Pattison brothers, 94
Iron: mines, 37, 79, 89, 111; for water pipes, 169; foundry, 39, 79, 89, 109, 122, 126, 128, 137-39, 166, 184, 187, 190-92, 213, 241-43; ore, 37, 79, 80, 89, 111, 139, 251; rails, 134; rods, 6; sheet, 75, 94; sockets, 8; tools, 15; utensils, 1; waste, 141
Italian: bandmaster, 129; Ameriean Club, 220
Italy, 221, 225
Ives: Amasa, 79, 112, 117; - Botsford barn, 237; - Botsford house, 191; Carle- ton B., 173; Charles Grandison, 112; Chauneey, 79, 112, 115-117, 127, 130, 164; Elnathan, 45, 87; Enos, 125; Eureka shop, 115-16, 118-19, 121, 182; family, 51, 77, 81, 91, 115, 158; Gideon, 45, 117; Henrietta, see Pierce, Henrietta (Ives); Ira, 79, 101, 108, 117; Joseph, 79, 106, 112, 113, 116-18; Joseph S., 115, 117; Josiah, 87; Law- son C., 115-16, 118, 126; - Manross, 115, 118; - Manross-Brown shop, 121; Parthenia (Rieh), 112; Philo, 79; -Pomeroy Company, 179; Reuben, 87; Rollin, 149; Shaylor, 79, 116-17; Susanna, see Roberts, Susanna (Ives) Ivory and Bone shop, 128, 177, 187 Ivy Brook, 112
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Jail, see Prisons Jackson, Andrew (president), 164; Joseph A., 202
Jamaicans, 243
Japan, 216-17, 225, 241
Japanese, 215-16
Jeannette Street, 239
Jefferson, Thomas, 63
Jennings, John, 49, 50, 53
Jerome: Andrew, 121; Avenue, 128, 225; Benjamin, 89; Chauncey, 65, 67, 75, 107, 113-14, 120-22, 126-27, 129-31, 146-47, 170; Cloek Company, 120-21, 122, 126, 128, 151, 159; David, 65;
family, 25, 47, 62, 89, 120; Noble, 107, 120, 127, 130, 146; Phebe, see Dunbar, Phebe (Jerome); Sally, see Barnes, Sally (Jerome); Timothy, 24, 65, 113; William, 23, 65, 113; William, Junior, 41, 65, 89; Zerubbabel, 23, 65, 113; Zerubbabel, Junior, 48, 50, 53-54, 65 Jewell, Lyman, 121 Johnny Appleseed, 74
Johnson, Sherman, 79; William, 112
Jones: George, 162; plant, 182
Journalism, see Newspapers
Judson: and Hills, 122; Orrin, 126
Julian, Leslie, 239
Justice of the Peace, 31
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Kansas, 162
Keena, Thomas J. (Reverend), 202
Kensington, 6
King Street, 184; see also King's Road King Terraee Realty Company, 204
King's Road, 3, 7, 10, 14, 23-25, 35, 47, 87, 125
Kingston, Pennsylvania, 54
Kirke: and Brewster, 115; Charles, 115- 16, 146; elock shop, 115-16
Kitehen: fireplace, 1, 2; summer, 14-15 Knights of Columbus, 220
Kolumbangara, 216
Korea, 229
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Labor: 112, 119-20, 122, 129, 133, 139, 144, 148-49, 170-71, 179, 184, 190, 193, 204, 205, 212, 237-38, 259; canal workers, 102; eopper mine, 139; dis- putes, 211, see also Strikes; Europe, 256, 260; Federal Credit Union, 259; strikes, 120, 139, 241, 245, 253; im- portation of, 102, 120, 141, 243; pen- sion plans, 237, 261; relations, 119, 211, 256, 261; skilled, 112, 118, 141, 144, 190; unemployment (1929-1932), 212- 13; Unions, 241, 245; World War II, 220
Lackawanna River, 49, 50, 52
Ladd, Wyllys C., 183 Lake Avenue, 175
Lakes: Cedar, 166; see also Cedar
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Swamp; Compounce, 3, 10, 27, 41, 45, 87, 133, 136, 166, 173, 175, 194, 218; Congamond, 106 Lamps, see Lights and Lighting Lancaster County, 53
Land: grants, 3, 4, 35, 47-48; rush, 48 Lane, Lucas, 86
Langdon: foundry, brass, 139; Nancy, 92 Lathe, foot, 87; pole, 74-75
Laurel: Hall, 220; Street, 161-62, 166, 170, 179, 184, 191, 255
Law Motor Car, 189
Lead: 138, 147; for bullets, 59, 65; for pewter, 20; mines, 4, 20, 65; molds for candles, 8; wcights, 75
League of Nations, 215
Leather: bellows, 36, 92, 137; blanking of, 237; buckskin, 47; coats of, 6, 141; goods, 37, 46, 162; inspection, 75; man- ufacturing, 115; shoemaking, see sub)- ject; tanning, see subject
Leavenworth, John (Colonel), 96
Lebanon, Connecticut, 7, 10, 48, 106, 185 Lebanon Lutheran Church, 221 Lee, James, 78; Robert E., 153 Legal warnings, see Regulations Lewis: Abel, 78, 90, 100; Carlos, 100; corner, 62, 87; Elijah, 50, 54; family, 63, 77; Gad, 126, 130; in Revolution, 65; Ira, 90, 108, 126, 131; Josiah, 27, 30-31, 33, 62, 111, 130; Josiah, Junior, 59, 153; Levi, 112; Mary (Checver), 27; Phcbc, see Norton, Phebe (Lewis); Roger, 78, 152-53; Rosanna, see Barnes, Rosanna Lewis; Royce, 77; Stephen, 27; tavern, 91; William (Cap- tain), 27; William, 130 Lexington, battle of, 63
Liberty: Bell Company, 187, 193; see also New Departure Bell Company; cap, 57; loans, 199; pole, 57-58, 60, 100; Sons of, 51, 57-63, 66-67; struggle for, see Revolutionary war; symbol of, 90 Libraries: auditorium, 226; bookmobilc, 226; church, 138; first library, 78, 83; Forestville, 226; hospital branch, 226; Manross, 226; New Cambridge branch, 225-26; "Old Maids," 166; Philosophi- cal, 262; public, 166, 177, 179, 193-94, 199, 225-26, 263; schools, 226; Y.M.C.A., 166, 167
Lights and Lighting: 113, 187; bicycle,
183; candle, 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 36, 84, 126, 154; electric, 170, 171; equipment, 95; factory, 170; industry, 154, 167, 183, 256; lack of, 165; lamps, 154, 167, 183; matches, 126, 157; oil, 154, 158, 167; outdoor, 165; pine torches, 5, 9, 15; rope, resin dipped, 20; sperm oil, 154; street, 171; wall brackets, 9; wicks, 154 Limestone, 8
Lincoln, Abraham, 152-153
Lingayen Gulf, 216
Linsley, Ralph H., 217
Lions Club, 220
Litchfield, 10, 49, 96
Livery stable, 125, 162; Manross, 95; Thorpe, 91, 125 Livingston, Lily, 130; Prince, 130
Lockmakers, 182
Locks, canal, 106
Log cabins, 7, 50, 52
Loomis, 116 Looms, 192; see also Weaving
Lord North, 57 Los Angeles, 245
Lotterics, 79
Louisiana: purchase, 114; state, 114 Lowrey: Anna, 13; family, 95; Thomas, 13, 129-30
Lumber: 39, 46, 48, 107, 111, 162; ex- port of, 17; for building, 21; house, 113 Lye, 16 Lyman: house, 79; Moses, 13, 23-24, 26, 29, 36, 41, 46 Lynch, George, 239
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McGowan, Michael, 139
Machine tools, 145, 146, 233, 239, 241, 249
Machinery, 146, 167, 170, 177, 190, 193, 194, 196, 205, 208, 237
Machines, stapling, 237 Mad River (Waterbury), 18, 173
Magnell, Oliver T. (Reverend), 202
Mahogany, uses of, 107, 111
Mail: first post office, 100; first postmas- ter, 100; letter carriers, 185; Mitchell, George, 100-1; Norton, S. M., 169; penny posts, 136; post office, 128, 161, 169, 198; post riders, 67, 100, 164; postage rates, early, 100
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Main Street, 122, 128, 134, 147, 149, 158- 60, 165, 169, 177, 179, 181, 191, 193, 198
Maine: 63, 111; U. S. Battleship, 187
Malt house, 14
Manhattan Project, 241 Manila, 216
Manross: Amy, see Byington, Amy (Man- ross); Arthur Newton, 173-85, 189, 212, 226, 241; Asahel, 41; Bishop, 10, 23, 25; Eli, 185; Elijah (Colonel), 65, 95, 106, 181, 185, 197; Elisha (Deacon), 62, 77, 89, 100, 106, 149, 151, 185; Esther (Bishop), 7, 10, 25; F. N., Divi- sion, 229; factory, 121, 154, 212, 229; family, 128; Frederick Newton, 174- 75, 184-86, 189, 197; Frederick N. Manross Memorial Library, 226; Mary Lanette, see Burr, Mary Lanette (Man- ross); Nehemiah, 7, 10, 14, 24-25, 95, 106, 184-85, 197; Nehemiah, Junior, 10, 25, 77; Newton Spaulding, 143, 153-54; Priehard and Company, 143; Samuel, 25; Sylvia, 175, 186; Theodore, 65, 106; William, 65
Maple: sugar making, 15; syrup, 15-16; syrup spouts, 20; Street, 41, 90, 118, 126, 146, 165, 217; trees, 2
Marble, Carrara, 202; Dalmatian, 202
Markets: elocks, 128, 202; Election Day, 92; hoop skirt, 149; southern, 152; see also Peddlers
Marlboro (Massachusetts), 114 Marsh, George, 113
Mass Production: 79-80, 112, 149, 155, 171, 260; assembly line, 187; car- riages, interchangeable parts, 127; eloeks, metal, 112; Darrow, Elijah, 114; Lewis, Levi, 112; Roberts, Gideon, 111-12; Whitney, Eli, 102
Massachusetts, 107, 114, 131, 227
Massaere: Boston, 53, 57; Freneh and In- dian, 25; Wyoming Valley, 48, 67, 69-71
Mathews: Abner, 26; Benjamin, 50, 54; Benjamin, Junior, 54; Caleb, 25, 29, 30, 66, 89; Elizabeth, see Tuttle, Eliza- beth (Mathews); family, 25, 77, 107, 153
Matehes: boxes for, 157; making of, 157; sulphur, 126 Mattatuk, 4
Meadow Road (Farmington), 2 Meadow Street, 126, 159, 162, 179 Meals, 1, 5, 15, 16, 33; see also Food and Drink
Meat: 59, 71; euring, 20, 65; export of,
17; for Continental Army, 65-66; houses burned, 69; inspection, 78; hooks, 36; killing of, 2; salting, 16, 20; storage of, 9; see also Food and Drink Medieine: 133; books of, 9; Braekett,
Arthur (Doetor), 157, 171, 202, 204; Byington, Charles (Doetor), 126; Des- marais, J. H. (Doctor), 189; doctors, World War II, 218; drugs, 97; first doctors, 65, 101; Holt, Josiah (Doetor), 65, 77, 89, 97, 263; hospital, 201, 202, 218, 226; Hull, George S. (Doctor), 160, 198; Merriman, Titus (Doetor), 90, 97, 112, 116, 126, 138-39; nursing, 158, 194, 201, 218; Porter, Elijah (Doetor), 63; Porter, Samuel (Doctor), 39, 77; remedies, 7, 9, 39, 97, 134; Richards, Samuel (Doctor), 39; school physician, 202; simples and benefits, 9, 17, 90; Terry, John Burnham, 121; vitamins, 158; Woodward, Edward Prindle (Doc- tor), 177; see also Epidemics; Health Meetinghouse: building of, 25, 27, 29;
Burlington, 101; elocks, 115, 131; Farmington, 17, 57-58, 95, 108; Hart- ford, green, 67; Seeond Meetinghouse, 62, 130-31; sweeping of, 31; see also Congregational Chureh
Mellon Street, 200, 239
Memorial Boulevard, 200-1, 202, 262
Mercury (newspaper), 100
Meriden, 21, 26, 211
Merriek Store, 161
Merriman: Birge and Company, 112; family, 153; Salvina (Atkins), 138; store, 161; Titus (Doetor), 90, 97, 112, 116, 126, 138-39
Messenger: Daniel, 10, 58; family, 25; Nathaniel, 10, 23, 25; Nathaniel Junior, 41, 65; Nehemiah, 10; related to Buck family, 10; Samuel, 10, 26, 29, 45; Sarah (Smith), 10
Methodist Church, 132, 162, 164-65, 201, 221 Mexico, 198 Michael, Charles, 182 Michigan, 206; hunting in, 235
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Middle Strect, 31, 45-46, 115, 191 Middletown, 2, 17, 31, 37, 45, 47, 102 Milford, Connecticut, 17
Milford, Pennsylvania, 49
Militia: 58, 62-63, 90, 92, 107; Bristol National Guard, 241; Company D, 198- 99; Company I, 153; Company K, 153; Connecticut National Guard, 198; Farmington Company, 63; First Con- necticut, 199; New Cambridge, 63; Pequabuck volunteers, 63; Sixteenth Regiment (Civil War), 153; uniform, 41, 92, 107; World War II, 215; see also Training Band
Milk, see Food and Drink
Mill: Brownson, 2; Churchill, 121; cider, 84, 192; Deming, 51, 102; Downs, 177, 187; Eaton's, Jerome,
171; 89; Mitchells, 86, 115; Naugatuck Valley, 141; Pierce, 115; Plum, 18, 39, 169; textile, 18, 62, 78, 86, 87, 101, 109, 115, 127, 128, 144, 151, 154, 162, 183, 235; shingle, 86; Wyoming Valley, 53; Yale, 89, 112; see also Gristmill; individual names; Sawmill
Mill Creek, 49, 52 Miller, Daniel, 151
Millerites, see Adventists, Second
Mills, Herbert J., 157, 173
Mine Road, 89
Minerals: 48, 139; bluestone, 8; cotton stone, 6; limestone, 8; magnatite, 37; saltpeter, 62; sandstone, 2, 13, 139; see also next entry
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