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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
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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
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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
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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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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,
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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
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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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