Our Yankee heritage: the making of Bristol, Part 27

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


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Mines and Mining: copper, 80, 87, 89, 138-39, 146, 173-74; iron, 37, 79, 80, 89, 111, 139, 251; lead, 4, 20, 65; sil- ver, 139, 173, 174


Minisinks, 49, 53-55


Minnesota, 251 Mint, for tea, 7


Minute men: New Cambridge, 58, 62; uniforms, 62-63


Mirrors: for clocks, 111, 112, 113, 114, 138; frames, 89, 115, 126


Mislin, 14


Mississippi: River, 48, 73; State, 114; Valley, 114


Missouri, 114, 148


Mitchell: Almira, 86-87, 91, 94, 97, 99; and Atkins, 118; Charles E., 132; Drusilla (Welch), 177; family, 97;


George, 80, 86-87, 96, 99-136, 138; George H., 154; George W., 174, 177; Julietta (daughter of George), 99; Julius R., 136, 160, 177, 194; Polly (Atkins), 99, 101-2, 107, 125-26, 133, 136, 138, 177; William A., 62-64, 86, 94,97


Mix: Asahel, 132; Daniel, 36, 46; family, 25; house, 79


Moccasin, 37; trails, 2


Molds, bullet, 20; candle, 8; for pewter, 20


Monce, S. G., Company, 166, 181, 191 Money: 92, 129; colonial, depreciation of 31; gold, 154; greenbacks, 154; lending of, 102, 112, 159; Newell, Lott, 100; 644 cent, 106, 184 cent, 129


Montreal, 199


Montrose family, 7; see Manross


Monuments, Civil War, 153-54; World War I, 200-1


Moosic Range, 49 Morse telegraph, 133, 164


Mortar and Pestle, 36


Mount Carmel, 162


Mount Hope Chapel, 174, 221


Mountain Road, 166


Mountains: Allegheny, 74; Bolton, 45; Catskill, 33; Compounce, 13; Devil's Backbone, 79; Fall, see subject; Green, 63; Moosic, 49; Ozark, 114; Rattle- snake, 2, 45; Rocky, 114; South, 13, 84, 147, 149; Talcott, 1, 27, 45; Vosges, 199


Mules, 92, 118, 126; breeding, 92; shoe- ing, 86


Munda Airfield, 216


Munro-Muzzy Pen Company, 208 Munson, Carl M., 239; William, 126, 130 Murray Street (New York City), 148 Museum, Clock, 259


Music: 61, 73, 78-79, 83, 183-84; band, 107, 129, 136, 149, 160, 165, 166; Barnes, C. F., 183; chorister, 24, 62, 73, 78, 117, 164; church, 5, 130-31; gather- ings, 73, 91; Opera House, 161, 169, 181, 194; operas, 169; productions, 169, 194; singing, 53, 62, 83, 106, 108; songs, 9, 16, 21, 24, 30, 51, 58, 91, 107, 133, 164-65; stores, 160; Town Hall, 169


Musical instruments: bass viol, 131; cor-


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net, 183; fiddle, 50, 53; flute, 184; Jew's harps, 106; manufacture of, 167; organ, 131, 194


Mussolini, 215


Muzzy: Adrian J., 161, 173; Brothers, 194; Corner, 175; store, 173, 194


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Nagasaki, 241


Nails, 36, 111, 113, 130-31; glass, 31; hand hammered, 17


"Nappies," 16


Nation, Carrie, 92


National Self-Winding Clock Company, 192


National Water Wheel Company, 162, 179, 181, 183, 189


Nationalities, in Bristol, 102, 139, 161, 201, 220


Natural History Society, 133


Naugatuek Valley, 4, 96, 122, 141


Naughton, James, 39, 51; Mary (Barnes), 39, 51; Mercy, 40


Nazis, 220


Neal, Anna (Barnes), 8, 9; William, 9


Negroes: 106-7, 130; slavery, 17, 23, 133, 152-53


Nelson, Alfred B., 255; Nels, 197


Nettleton, Fred H., 122, 162


Neuf Chateau, 199


New Britain, 6, 37, 45, 79, 139, 181, 189, 201, 230


New Carpet Society, 166


New Cambridge: (Bristol, early), 31, 35, 37, 39, 47-51, 53-54, 58-61, 63, 65, 69, 71, 73-75, 77; center of, 27; growth of, 50; library, 225-26; sep- arate Society, petition for, 24-25; So- eiety, 197


New Cambridge: Projeet, 220


New Departure Bell Company, 179, 182, 187; see also Liberty Bell Company


New Departure: Manufacturing Com- pany, 171, 189-91, 193-96, 198, 200, 204, 208, 211-13, 214, 217, 247, 249, 251, 253; Elmwood branch, 211; Endee Inn, 211, 218; Endee Manor, 211; (in 1933), 213; Meriden braneh, 211; United Motors, 211


New England, 57, 100-1, 202, 243 New Georgia, 216


New Guinea, 216


New Haven: 4, 27, 48, 57-58, 63, 69, 89, 102, 106-7, 109, 120-22, 127, 129, 133-34, 152, 185, 202; eanal from, 102; Cloek Company, 151; Meehanies Bank, 102; raids on, 100


New Jersey, 52, 71, 139, 192, 208


New London, 47, 58, 75


New Mexico, 116


New Milford, 91


New Providence, 54-55


New York (City), 53, 57, 71, 94, 107, 116, 128, 148-49, 151, 186, 189, 193, 196, 225


New York (State), 35, 49, 51, 53-54, 69, 71, 75, 80, 107, 132


New Zealand, 216


Newark, New Jersey, 208


Newell: David, 77; Edward E. (Mrs.), 158; Lott, 100, 112; Mary (Hart Root), 29; property, 77; Samuel (Reverend), 26, 29-31, 33, 41, 59, 65, 73, 83, 100; tavern, 91, 94, 96; widow, 94, 96 Newman, family, 153


Newspapers: Bristol Herald, 169; Bristol Press, 159, 165, 169, 171, 173, 181, 186-87, 190, 193, 197, 217; Bristol Weekly Times, 160-61, 169; eensus, 164; Connecticut Courant, 67-69, 116; Hartford Courant, 100; Mercury, 100; Pequabuck Valley Gazette, 160, 169 Nichols, James (Reverend), 66, 68-69 North Bristol, 89, 97, 112, 129, 138-39, 146


North Cemetery, see Cemeteries


North Main Street, 101, 115, 122, 127, 138, 158-60, 162, 164, 170, 177, 189- 91, 194, 217, 241


North Side, 96, 125, 136, 141


North Street, 141, 151, 164


Northampton, 107-8


Northwest Territory, 74


Norton: Aaron, 84; Ashbel, 41; Bethuel, 41; Calista B., 193; Ebenezer, 27, 45, 50, 54, 65; Ebenezer, Junior, 133; family, 59, 153; Gad, 133, 175; Henry G., 177; Joel, 84, 86; John A., 192; Lueius B., 169; Milo, 120, 160; Par- thenia T., 177; Phebe (Lewis), 62; S. M., 169; Sarah (Savage), 27 Norwich, 51, 57, 60, 259


Nott-Seymour building, 161


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Nurses: 158; Association, 194, 201; home, 201; World War II, 218


Nutmegs, wooden, 100


O


Oak: bark, 7, 46; floor, 8; for charcoal, 13; for fuel, 15; great white, 27, 41, 43, 90; Peaceable Street, 75, 78; Street, 170, 189, 208; trees, 2, 5; uses of, 3, 20, 26, 74


Oats, 14


O'Connor, Marion, 226


Odeon Building, 183


Ogden: Amos (Captain), 52-54; block- house, 53


Ohio, 94, 126, 162, 253


Oil: 251; fish, 147; fuel, 169; lamps, 154, 158; sperm, 128; well, 154


Olcott, Sidney, 160


Old South Hotel, 91


Ontario, 206


Opera House, 161, 169, 181, 194 Orange County, 49 Orcutt, Granby, 86


Orvis, Deborah, see Barnes, Deborah (Orvis)


Otis, Frederick S., 151


Outdoor Sports Manufacturing Company, 233, 235


Oxen: 2, 5, 39, 92, 108; "cage," 36; carts, 17, 26, 27, 80, 102, 131, 141, 162; shoeing, 36, 86 Ozarks, 114


P


Pacific, World War II, 216-17, 225-26


Page: DeWitt, 191, 196, 211, 213-14, see also New Departure Manufactur- ing Company; Park, 213; Victor W., 197, 200 Paine, Thomas, 60


Palmer, Benjamin E., 130; Caleb, 25 Panama, 136


Paper: boxes, 157, 173-74, 191, 237; fac- tories, 94


Pardee, Cora, 164; William, 173


Park Place (New York City), 149 Park Street, 157, 237 Parker, Lemuel, 89 Parks: Page, 213; Hickory, 118, 173, 189;


Rockwell, 198; Wilson, Albert D., 247 Parsons, Mercy, see Buck, Mercy (Parsons) Parson's Hill, 125


Pattison Brothers, 94


Pavuvu, 216


Paxtong Rangers, 53, 54, 55, 61


Peaceable Street, 25, 41, 75, 94, 96, 112, 125


Pearl Harbor, 215, 227


Peck: B. A., 194; Brothers, 189; Captain, 69; cave, 84; Edson M. (Mrs.), 201; Epaphroditus (the elder), 120; Epaphro- ditus (the younger), 116, 177, 179, 189; Esther, see Barnes, Esther (Peck); family, 41, 63, 77, 86, 89, 153; Gideon, 23, 25; Josiah, 89, 95, 134; Josiah T., 159, 162; Justus, 41; Lament, 79, 263; Lane, 220; Miles Lewis, 158, 161-62; Newman, 130; Norman, 126; Richard, 126-27; Samuel, 58, 84; Tracy, 116, 126, 130, 146; and Way Manufacturing Company, 229; and Young Manufac- turing Comapny, 229-30; Zebulon, 31, 36, 41, 62, 64-65, 77, 86, 157


Peddlers: 20, 100; Alcott, Amos Bronson, 101; Brewster, Elisha, 115; canal aid to, 102; clock, 80, 94, 114, 116-17, 152; doorbell, 182; local hawkers, 106; Roberts, Gideon, 75; tin, 62, 94; Tuttle, Abner, 152; Wilcox, Albert B., 101 "Peel," 9


Peet, Mary, see Brownson, Mary (Peet) Pendulum, clock, 75, 122, 160, 167 Penfield, Gilbert, 160


Penn: family, 48, 53; William, 49 Pennamites, 49, 53-55, 61, 70


Pennsylvania, 47, 49, 50, 52, 66-67, 138, 154, 206, 251; hunting in, 235


Pequabuck: forests, 46; hill lands, 1; resi- dents, 23, 75; River, 1-21, 24, 26, 40, 43, 45, 51, 67, 79, 81, 84, 86, 89, 91, 94, 101, 106, 112-13, 118, 120, 122, 127-28, 130, 134, 136-39, 143-44, 166, 169, 179, 181, 198; Survey, 4; Valley Gazette, 160, 169; volunteers, 63


Perkins, Beecher, 79


Pershing, John Joseph (General), 198-99 Pesthouse, 67, 97-98 Petrosky, Anthony F., 221


Pewter: 8, 20, 75, 92, 94; buttons, 87, 90, 108, 126; "hollow ware," 20; "lay," 20; "sad ware," 20; "trifle," 20


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Philadelphia, 52-53, 55, 58, 151, 258 Philippines, 189, 216 Phinney family, 95


Photography, 162, 166, 185, 197 Picks, 161


Pieree: Abraham, 87; Anna, 87; bridge, 171; family, 87, 134; Henrietta (Ives), 126; Philo, 115; Robert, 126; tavern, 128, 144, 177


Pig, see Animals, domestic; butchering, 20, 21


Pigeons, netting, 7; wild passenger, 2 Pilgrims, 8


Pillars, clock, 47, 75, 122


Pine: 111; for fuel, 147; Street, 175; torches, 5, 9, 15; uses of, 8, 9; wood, 147


Pins, boxes, 37; wood, 21


Pinions, clock, 47, 116, 122


Pioneers, 1-43


Pitches, land, 4


Plainville: 39, 45, 92, 95, 102, 106-9, 129, 130, 144, 173, 193, 201; Bristol Basin, 108, 134, 138, 144


Planes, see Aviation


Plaster: for fireplaces, 8; for walls, 8; Newell house, 29


Plastics, blanking of, 237


Platt, A. S., 147-49; Sylvester, 144


Playgrounds: Page, 213; Rockwell, 198; Wilson, Albert D., 247


Pleasant Strect, 157


Plowshares, 20; making, 26


Plum: children, 18, 40; Joseph, 17-18, 169; mills, 18, 39, 169; Thankful (Gay- lord), 18, see also Rew Plumb and Allen, 182


Plymouth, Connecticut, 65, 67-68, 79, 84, 90, 91, 92, 95, 108, 113, 132, 143, 169, 173, 179 Plymouth, Massachusetts, 67 Plymouth, Pennsylvania, 67 Pod augers, 6, 74


Poland (Pole-land): 3, 4; Brook, 14, 139; Creek, 7 Polhill, Harry C., 218


Polish-American Club, 220


Politics, see party names Polkville, 89, 130, 162


Pomeroy: Chauneey, 118; John, 121, 147- 48; Noah, 121, 146, 149, 164 Ponce de Leon, 114


Pond: Jonathan, 66-67; Street, 151


Population, see Census


Porter: Elijah (Doctor), 63; H. H., 121, 167; Rufus W., 166; Samuel (Doctor), 39, 77


Post office, see Mails


Postrider, 67, 100, 164


Potash, 16, 17, 46, 77, 94


Potter, Harold J., 167


Poughkeepsie, 51


Powder: black salt, 16-17; gun, 17, 59, 62, 73, 86, 153; tubs, 20


Power: 120, 171; Corliss engine, 170; electric, 170, 193; horse, 170, 194; steam, 145, 160, 192; water, 17, 96, 109, 112, 113, 125, 127, 145-46, 182


Powerstats, 255 Pratt, E. S., 169


Pricc and Rationing Board, 218


Prices, see Rates


Prichard, see Manross


Printing: 191, 193, 235; see also News- papers


Prisons: 30; Civil War, 153; debtors, 116; Easton jail, 49, 50, 52; food, 71; Hart- ford, 68-69; Newgate, 91; Philadel- phia, 55, 60; ships, 71; World War I, 199


Proprietors, Farmington, 3, 4


Prospect Methodist Church, see Method- ist Church


Prospect Street, 165, 177


"Proxin' Day," see Election Day


Public Utilities: 169-71, 175; electricity, 170-71; telephone, 169, 213; tramway, 175, 182, 186, 193; water, 169, 171, 191, 198 "Puffin' Betsey," see Cloeks Puget Sound, 136


Q


Quakers, 51, 53, 55, 80, 92, 132 Queen Street: 77, 139; Congregational Church, 221


Queens Road, 40, 43; see also Queen Street Quicksilver, 111 Quill, 23 Quilling wheel, 8 Quilting, 20; bees, 91 Quota Club, 220


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R


Race Street, 115, 143, 146 Radar, 230 Radio, 206, 208, 231


Railroad: 134-36, 139, 151, 179; canal road, 134; engine, 136; fares, 189; sta- tion, 128, 129, 134, 159; tracks, 191 Ratchets, 122


Rates: admission recital, 184; alarms, 147; bell, 131; bicycles, 190; boarding, 134; bounty, 62; building church, 130, 131; canal, 108-9; cemetery purchase, 126; church site, 27; cider, 131; clocks, 47, 75, 171; clothing, 194; flour, 109; food for church raising, 131; for air- planes, 197; for band, 149; for firemen, 161; for hire of horse, 24, 108; for mules, 92; for nursing, 158; for saws, 167; labor, 204; livery, 91, 95; mass production, effect on, 111; military bonus, 63; mills, 158; minister's salary, 84; negro singers, 106; pew rental, 130; postage, 100; railroad, 189; real estate, 115; rental, 157; restaurant, 189; ringing church bell, 78; sale of sawmill, 39; sale of gristmill, 39; sale of mill, 114; springs, 147; street lights, 171; store, 95; surveying, 26; tolls, 90, 109; see also Tax


Rattlesnake Mountain, 2, 45 Ray, Benjamin, 119 Raymond Manufacturing Company, 206 Raytric Knitting Mill, 235


Real Estate, 115, 157, 204, 211


Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Fed- eral), 213


Red Cross: World War I, 199; World War II, 218, 225


Red Stone Hill, 13, 50, 59, 95, 136, 139 Regulations: Boston port bill, 57; church,


26; dogs, 97; health, 97; Indian, 6; legal warnings, 36, 40, 78; militia train- ing, 26; on British exports and emigra- tion, 141; ringing church bell, 78; roads, 90; school, 26; Stamp Act, 51, 57; tavern, 94; taxes, 26, 198 Reiche, Karl A., 202, 221


Religion: beliefs, 29; books, 5, 9, 164; Calvinism, 26, 83; celebrations, 30, 131; controversy, 5, 26, 29, 30, 31, 60, 61, 125-26; freedom, 262-63; growth


of, 130; observances, 5, 6, 9, 10, 17, 33, 58, 59, 119; revivalism, 26, 83, 132; Spiritual Meetings, 160; see also denominations


Rendova Island, 216


Republican Party, 152


Restaurants: 169, 189; Cooke, S. T., 189; Temperance Lunch Room, 160; War- ner's "Refectory," 130; White House Café, 189


Retreat for the Insane, 133


Revolutionary War, 53-71, 77, 79, 84, 86, 87, 89, 95, 132, 133, 157


Rew, Hezekiah, 18, 25; Thankful (Gay- lord) (Plum), 18, 25; John, 18 Rhode Island, 137, 206


Rich: David, 26, 30, 39, 79; David, Jr., 26, 45; family, 46, 91; John, 79, 81, 91, 97, 111, 121; Mehitable, 45; Parthenia, see Ives, Parthenia (Rich); Sabra, 97; Samucl, 26; Sheldon, 91; Thaddeus, 87; William, 26, 39, 127


Richards, Alanson, 126; Samuel (Doctor), 39


Richmond, Virginia, 120


Riggs, Charles (Reverend), 159, 165, 169, 187


Riley family, 139


Rivers, see name


Riverside Avenue, 127, 128, 139, 154, 167, 169, 184, 187, 193, 196, 208, 235, 237, 239, 247


Roads: Allentown, 86; Compounce, 16, 62; condition of, 111, 165; East Road, 87, 166; Fall Mountain, 84; from Litch- ficld, 10; Hartford turnpike, 90, 96, 119, 125; improvements, 94, 189; King's Road, see subject; Meadow (Farmington), 2; Mountain, 166; New Haven-Waterbury, 4; Shrub, 97; sur- vey, 26; Terryville, 237; to Chippins Hill, 89; to the West, 98; Trails, In- dian, 2, 3; Waterbury-Farmington, 4; Witches Rock, 86; Wolcott, 61, 84, 86, 166


Roberts: Abigail (Cooper), 46; Candace, 78, 83-98, 106, 125, 157, 158, 179, 181, 204; Catherine, see Bailey, Catherinc (Roberts); Elias, 45-55, 61, 66, 69, 70, 79, 89, 175; Elias, Jr., 45, 61, 67, 69; Elias (son of Gideon), 73, 78, 80, 91, 96; Elias, and Company, 96; Elizabeth


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(Turner), 46; Falla (Hopkins), 67-70, 73, 75, 78, 98; Falla (daughter of Gidcon), 73; see also Smith, Falla (Rob- erts); family, 45, 65; Ferdinand, 78, 98; Gideon (son of Elias), 46-81, 83, 87, 90, 94, 95, 96, 111, 112, 117, 131, 192, 193, 197, 204, 262; Gidcon, Jr., 84; Jabish, 37, 46, 48, 50-55, 87; Jabish, Jr., 80; Jacob, 46, 50; Lamber- ton, 92; Olive (Bailey), 84; Phcbe, 46, 61; Seth, 46, 62, 63, 67, 79, 80, 83, 87; Susanna (Ives), 45-47, 175; Sweetmind, 130; Titus Merriman, 90; William, 46; Wyllys (son of Gideon), 112 Robotham, Richard, 233


Rockwell: Albert F., 182, 183, 187, 189, 190, 191, 194, 196, 198, 204, 211, 214,


243; Edward, 182, 183, 187, 193; Samuel, 47


Rocky Mountains, 114


Roddan, Michacl B. (Reverend), 201


Roe, Daniel, 36; family, 25


Rome, Italy, 202


Roosevelt, Franklin D. (President), 215 Root: building, 159; Charles G., 191; family, 62; Island, 166, 191; James, 119; Joel S., 166, 191; Mary (Hart), see Newell, Mary (Hart Root); Mary P., 193; S. E., 159, 174; shop, 181; Syl- vester S., 121


Rope, 68; making of, 2; for lighting, 20; tackle, 21


Rotary Club, 220


Round Hill, Farmington, 1


Roxbury, 24


Royal Governors, 61


Royce: Abel, 30; family, 25, 41, 153; Nchemiah, 59


Rugs, braided, 111


Rules, cutting and creasing, 237


Russell Islands, 216


Russia, 220


Russians, 216 Rye: 59; crop, 14, 46; export 17; flour, 16; used for coffee, 5


S


Sabbath: observance, 9, 17, 20, 23, 24, 33, 83, 108, 119; see also Religion; houses, 33, 40, 165


Sachem's Head, 190


Saddle: 49; bags, 2, 75, 79


"Sad ware," see Pewter


St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, 221 St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, 22


St. John's Episcopal Church, 221


St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 139, 165, 201, 202, 218, 221; fair, 194


St. Lawrence River, 107


St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church, 221


Saipan, 217


Salisbury, iron from, 79, 111


Salmon, 6, 14


Salt: 107; black, 16, 17; for meat, 20; making of, 16


Saltpeter, 62, 86


Salvage drives, 218


San Diego, 136


San Francisco, 136, 164, 216


Sanford, Rufus, 144


Sand robbers, see Hourglasses


Sandboxes, for blotting, 101


Sandstone, 139; cemetery markers, red, 2,13


Sandusky (Ohio), 253


Santa Fe (New Mexico), 116


Sassafras: bark, 7; root, 71


Savage, Sarah, see Norton, Sarah (Savage) Savings Bank and Building Association, 146


Saw: 2, 74-75; Atkins Company, 118; band, 206; Bristol Company, 167; cir- cular, 113, 117-18, 167; Frost, Merri- man and Company, 118; horses, 46; ice, 167; manufacturing, 121, 167; pit, 5; Porter, H. H., Company, 121, 167 Sawmill, 2, 5, 17-18, 21, 26, 31, 39, 45, 51, 53, 79, 87, 89, 101, 112, 169 Saybrook, 58


School Street, 148, 158, 181, 191


Schools: Academy, Federal Hill (for young ladies), 101; Alcott, Amos B., 84, 101; Botsford, 87; Brackett, Frank A., 157, 160, 169, 171; census, 62; Chippins Hill, 35, 89, 174, 218; com- mittees, 25, 78; Cottle, Henry E., 193, 202, 221, 226; description, early, 36; districts, 101; Fall Mountain, 84, 262; Federal Hill, 35, 40, 51, 90, 125, 130, 165, 205, 262; first civic meeting, 78;


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Forestville, 167; high, 167, 169, 171, 177, 193, 202, 205, 208, 226; high, freshman, 202; high, senior, 262; high, technical, 208, 221, 237; Indian, 48; libraries, 226; Pe- trosky, Anthony F., 221; red brick, 87, 237; Red Stone Hill, 50; regulations for, 26, 35; Reiche, Karl A., 202, 221; St. Joseph's parochial, 202; Seventh District, 139; South Side, 157, 167, 169; Stafford District, 50, 167; subjects taught, 36, 83; taxes, 35, 193; teachers, 35, 78, 87, 101, 151, 154, 157, 169, 171, 193; Third School Distriet, 157; water supply, 90, 158; West Street, 101, 132; Western Reserve Fund, 36; Zbikowski, Edmund P., 221


Schatzki, Herbert, 235


Seotland, 7


Scovill Company (Waterbury), 111 Serivener, legal, 23


Seythes, 17


Seicheprey, 199, 200


Seneca Lake (New York), 107 Sentinel, 247


Sessions: Albert L., 177, 198, 247; Calvin, 162; Clock Company, 191, 200, 213, 218, 226, 260-62; Edward S., 241; family, 162, 198; Foundry Company, 171, 184, 187, 190-92, 213, 241-43; John Humphrey, 146, 159, 162, 169, 175, 184, 193, 247; J. H., Jr., 165; J. H., and Son, 162, 184, 193, 247; Joseph B., 241; Nellie, 174; Paul B., 247; William E., 174, 184, 191-94, 241; William K., 261


Settler, 1, 87, 90, 94, 106 Sewers, 177


Seymour: block, 128, 136, 159, 166; Henry Albert, 128, 161


Shad, 6, 9, 16 "Shades of Death," 71 Shady, 167 Sheldon, Arthur, 86 Sheridan, Josephine, 194 Shingles, 6, 8, 21, 107


Ships and Shipbuilding, 47, 59, 106; prison, 71


Shoe: making, see Trades; pointed, 9 Shoulder yoke, 15 Shovels, 2, 36, 106, 146 Shrub Road, 97


Sicily, 215


Sidewalks, 165-66, 177


Sigourney, Charles, store, 111, 158; Joseph, 148


Silk, 9; Ducape, 9


Silver, 9, 14, 37, 41, 139, 144, 145, 151, 159, 173-74, 187, 191, 204-5, 212


Simples, 9, 17, 90 Simpson's Inn, 91


Simsbury, 30, 91, 107


Singing, see Music


Sites, early: Abernathy, Caleb (house), 25; Adkins, Joseph (house), 31; Aleott, John (house), 13; Barnes, Ebenezer, Jr. (house), 24; Barnes, Stephen (house), 21; Barnes, tavern, 3; Benton, Joseph (house), 40; Brown, John and John, Jr. (houses), 14; Brownson, Daniel (eabin), 7; Buek, Benjamin (house), 10, Deborah (house), 31; first gristmill, 17; first sawmill, 18; first meetinghouse, 27; Gaylord (house), 13, 14, 23; Goose Corner, 7, 21, 24, 31, 45, 46, 62; Gridley houses, 31; Ham- blin, Ebenezer (house), 14; Jerome houses, 23; Lewis, Carlos (house), 100; Lewis Corner, 62; Lowrey, Thomas (house), 13; Lyman house, 13, 46, 79; Manross, Nehemiah (house), 7; Mathews, Caleb (house), 29; Messen- ger, Nathaniel (house), 10; North Ceme- tery, 62; Norton, Ebenezer, 27; Palmer, Caleb (house), 25; Roberts, Elias (house), 45, 46; Roberts, Gideon (house), 73, 79


Six Nations, 48 Sixth Street, 204 Skelsky, John G. (Corporal), 199 Skibereen, 139 Skiing equipment, 233, 235


Skinner and McMullen, 160


Slavery: 17, 23; anti, society, 133; eeo- nomic effect of, 152-53; Emancipation Proclamation, 153


"Slips" (pews), 99


Smith: and Goodrich, 145; Edward, 113; Edwin, 126; Elnathan, 59; Falla (Rob- erts), 79, 91, 98; Levi, 121; Samuel B., 143; Sarah, see Messenger, Sarah (Smith); Thomas, 79


Smokehouse, 14, 20


Soap, making, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18


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Social conditions: 193; health, effect on,


133, 171; improvement of, 133, 171; industry, effect on, 96, 129, 133


Social life, see Amusements; Games; Singing


Socialist Party, 198


Sons of Liberty, see Liberty


Sousa (John Philip), 160


South America, 243


South Mountain, 13, 84, 147, 149


South side, 121, 136, 139, 157, 167, 169, 170


South Street, 7, 21, 46, 62, 86, 87, 102, 113, 126, 127, 147, 149, 160, 165, 166, 201


Southbury, 87


Southern New England Telephone Com- pany, 213


Southington, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31, 40, 51, 91, 138, 162, 175


Southwest Winter Socicty, see Congrega- tional Church; New Cambridge


Soviet Russia, 225


Spanish-American War, 187, 189


Sparks, E. H., 237


Spindle Top, 13


Spinning: cotton, 83; flax, 8, 15, 16, 20; for Continental army, 65; spools, 127;


wheels, 8, 36, 192; wool, 8, 15, 20, 83 Spoon Shop, see Holmes and Tuttle; American Silver Company


Spoons, souvenir, 187


Sports: archery, 233-35; cock fighting, 36, 59; golf grounds, 197; horse-racing, 59;


wicket, 129-30; see also Amusements Spring, S. C., and Company, 154; Solo- mon, Clock Company, 184


Spring Street, 181


Springfield (Mass.), 227


Springs: 115, 130, 147, 159, 174-75, 183, 192, 200, 205, 206, 212, 227, 229-30, 231, 237, 249, 255; balance, 149; bell, 190; brass coil, 116; carriage, 181; cloek, 115, 116, 119, 122, 146, 147, 148, 149, 229; coil, flat, 149; door, 149; loom, 149; sash, 149; toy, 148; trollcy harps, 183; trouser guards, 183; watch, 206


Staats, H. A. (Reverend), 164 "Stadel," 27, 46


Stafford: Avenuc, 121, 143, 157, 167; 326


clock shop, 112; district, 25, 50, 89, 132, 167


Stagecoach, 90, 96, 97, 100, 102, 125, 134, 184


Stamford, 58


Stamp Act, 51, 57


Stanley Works, 231


Stanwood, Henry (Reverend), 137


Starr, Ezra (Captain), 69


Staves, 20


Stcam engines, 181


Stecl: 115, 174, 175; Barcoid, 206; car- bon, 205; cast, 191; competition, 190; drop forge, 191; fishing rod, 170; pro- duction, 190; wire, 121


Stiles, Ezra, 133


Stores: apothecary (Holt), 89; Atkins, 136; Barnes, 86, 87, 102, 108, 136, 147; boot and shoc (Cook), 152; census, 101; Cowles (Farmington), 83; Gay- lord, 86; Gridley (Farmington), 17; Grog Shop, 87; Gwillim's jewelry, 161; Hooker, 87; Lewis, Abel, 90, 100; Man- ross, 95; meat market (Ives), 173; Mcr- rick, 161; Merriman, 160, 161; Mitchell, George, 86, 87, 96, 100; Mitchell, J. R., 136, 160, 177, 194; music, 160, 194; Muzzy, 161, 173, 194; Peck, 194; Pen- field, 160; Roberts, 83, 87; Sigourney's, 111, 158; Skinner and McMullen, 160; Terry, 194; Thompson, 87; Tuttle, 84; Weleh, 108, 151; Whiting (Plainville), 108


Stoves: for church, 130; rotary crank, 192; shop, 160


Strects, see Roads


Strikes: 241, 245, 253; first in Bristol, 139; first in clock industry, 120


Strong, Nathan (Reverend), 68 Suffield, 58


Sullivans, 139 Sulphur, 139


Sumach, 7, 46


Summer Street, 177, 179, 181, 193, 202


Sumter, Fort, 152


Sundials, 47


Superior Electric Company, 255-56


Surveys and surveyors: 4, 31, 62, 75, 77;


Alcott, John, 13; Benham, Joseph, 21; Byington, Noah, 78; County, 26; Gay- lord, Edward, 13, 23; Gaylord, John, 23; Hamblin, Ebenezer, 14; Hickox,


INDEX


John, 23; Messenger, Samuel, 26, 29, 45; New Cambridge, 27, 45; Northwest Territory, 74; Pequabuck lands, 4; road, 26


Susquehanna: Land Company, 45-55; River, 47-50, 53-54


Switzerland, clock industry, 256, 260


T


Tableware, see Utensils


Tailor shops, 83; Collins, 86; Tuttle, 126 Talcott Range, 1, 27, 45


Tanning, 3, 7, 17, 25, 37, 41, 46, 47, 77, 84, 87,89, 101,158 Taplin, Alvin, 192 Tarawa, 217


Taverns: 36, 39, 62, 86, 87, 90, 92, 94; Alden (Lebanon), 48; Barnes, 4, 5, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 35, 37, 39, 51, 125, 128, 138; Barnes-Pierce, 128, 144, 177; Bartholomew, Jacob, 75, 78; Bishop, 89, 95; Carrington, 89, 90, 96, 157; Cooke, John, 92, 109; Cowles, Solo- mon, 102; Foster's, 125, 136, 143; Gay- lord, 96, 97, 100; Hcart and Crown (Hartford), 67; Lewis, Abel, 90, 91; Mitchell, George, 86; Newell, 91, 94, 96; Norton, Joel, 84, 86; Peek, 31, 36, 41, 86; Simpson's, 91; Tuttle, Daniel, 125, 126; Waterbury, 96


Tax: 25, 30; adjustment, 25; British, 37; collector, 25, 30; Colonial, 48; dissen- sion, 30; inerease of, 25, 31, 245; in- heritance, 241; regulations, 26, 198; royal collectors, 51; school, 35, 193; stamp, 51, 57; town, 179


Taxicab, 194, 196 Tears, see Tiers


Technieal High School, 208, 221, 237 Telegraph, 133, 164


Telephone: first, 169; subscribers, 169; exchange, 169; Southern New England . Telephone Company, 213


Temperance: advocate, 152; Carrie Na- tion, 92; "cold water armies," 132-33; prohibition, 132; saloons, 92, 162




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