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Johnson, Amos, dies in Sugar House prison, 76.
Johnson, Rev. Dr. Samuel, of King's College performs first Episcopal service, 196.
Johnson, Solon B., lawyer and wit, 238; edits The Sentinel (1869), 139.
Johnston, Yale in The Revolution, contains extracts from James Morris's narrative, 181.
Jones, Albert N., killed at Cold Harbor, 224.
Jones, Henrietta, successor of Sarah Pierce, 114.
Jones, Henry R., residence includes old school building, 112; stables described, 266.
Jones, Rev. Isaac, centennial ser- mon of St. Michael's (1845), 197, 212.
Journal, The, newspaper, discon. tinued (1819), 138.
Joy, David, joins British, 84.
Judd, Jesse L., as horseman, 267. Judea (now Washington) set off from Woodbury, 45. Judges from Litchfield, 300.
Judson, I., on 1720 map, i. Junior Red Cross, 252.
Junior Republic, Connecticut branch, 273, 330; Litchfield Aid of, 331; in the Great War, 256; mining venture on site of, 215.
Justices of the peace, list, 302. Juvenile Folio, newspaper, ('822). 138.
Kehow, Indian grantor, 12.
Keller, Dr. John, medical officer in Great War, 253.
Kellogg, Lieut. Col. of county regi- ment, 221; Col. of Litchfield reg't, killed at Cold Harbor, 223.
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Kenney, Clara, as horsewoman, 257. Kenney, George, quoted, 226.
Kent, Indians of, 16; iron mines in, 47.
Kepaquamp, Indian grantor, 8.
Kilborn, Abraham, joins British, 84. Kilborn, Charles, joins British, 84. Kilborn, David, joins British, 84. Kilborn, J., on 1720 map, i.
Kilborn, Samuel, joins British, 84. Kilbourn, Dwight C., "Bench and Bar," viii .; quoted, II; gives law school building, 103; portrait, 220; co-author, 201.
Kilbourn, Mrs. Dwight C., aid ac- knowledged, ix.
Kilbourn, Giles, builds Episcopal Church in Bantam, 129.
Kilbourn, Joseph, admitted as resi- dent, 38; builds "mount," 20. Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon, historian,
210; sketch of, 211; works of, 212; his History of Litchfield, vii, 213; his "Litchfield Biographies," viii .; publishes Enquirer 1845-'53, 139; first secretary county histori- cal society, 213.
Kilby, John, drowned by falling from canoe, 126.
Kilravock Farm, fetes for Red Cross at, 245, 246.
King's attorneys (list), 305.
Kingsbury, Edith D., owns corner, 15.
Kingsbury, Frederick J., address quoted on Hartford jail riot, 8. Kingsbury, Sarah, pupil at Pierce school, papers quoted. 114.
Kirby, Ephraim. early law-reports. 99; appointed Louisiana judge, IOI; owns oil mill, 133; signs pledge (1789), 158.
Kirwin, James, aviator, 252; sur- vivor of torpedoed Tuscania, 257. Knapp, Shepherd, Fresh Air Home, Milton, 190.
Knapp, Rev. Shepherd, in Y. M. C. A. service, 259.
Knife factory in Northfield, 188.
Knights of Columbus, 321; in Wel- come Home parade, 261.
Koser, Elsie, army nurse, 259.
Kyanite, occurrence of, 4.
Ladies Aid Society, Methodist Church, 338. Ladies' Society of United Workers, Bantam Methodist Church, 339.
Lafayette, ball to (1824), 96; M. Laslier's lecture on, 237.
Lake Street, 15. Lakes, glacial, 6.
Laloux, M., French teacher, 237.
Lancaster, John H., chairman of Red Cross Drive, 250; (portrait), 306.
Landon, Daniel, candidate for jus- tice, 166; gives land to St. Michael's Church, 197.
Landon, Ensign David, in French war, 48. Landon, John R., sheriff, in charge of Selleck Osborn, 164.
Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, 33.
Langford, Lieut. Thomas Alex. wounded twice in Great War, 252.
Laslier, M., French teacher, 237. Latitude of Litchfield, I.
Lavas, occurrence of, 5.
Lavin family, 234.
Law, pre-revolutionary, 99.
Law School, 92; (chapter), 98; course of study, 104; list of students, 3IT. Law School Building (Gould), illus.,
105; moving of, through Green, IO1; presentation exercises, viii. Lawn Club, 267.
Lead, black, found in hill, 8, 9.
"Leading Citizens of L. County," viii.
Lebanon, home of Dea. John Buel, 14.
Lee, Thomas, on 1720 map, i; first surveyor, 38; custodian of stray heifers, 174.
Legate, Rev. Ray H., Baptist minis- ter in Bantam, 200.
Legislature, members of, from Litchfield, 297.
Lenox, Mass., post route to, 47.
Lewis, Bertram, residence of, 176.
Lewis, Capt. Elihu, commands militia cavalry, 125.
Lewis, Mary Ann., sketch by, 32.
Lewis, Ozias, on committee to regu- late hogs, 173.
Lewis, S., on 1720 map, i.
Lewis, William, granted land, 8.
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, slave-dealer, 151.
Libel suit of Julius Deming against The Witness, 164.
Liberty Loan campaign, 248; Fourth, opened with song, 250.
Library, first, (1785), 180; (1798), 97; Wolcott, 271, 326; list of Wol- cott Library officers, 327: Wol- cott ard Litchfield, 326; building (illus), 271; aid acknowledged, ix. Library (Bantam), 328.
Library corner; 25th choice in home lots, 15.
Lightning-rod, first, 31.
Limestone formation, 2.
Lincoln, Jeanie Gould, willing Maid," viii. "an Un- Lincoln's calls for volunteers, 218.
Lindens, The, built by Julius Dem- ing (1793), 91; named for trees planted by Lucretia Deming, 170; illus., 137. Lindley, Willard P., in work for blinded soldiers, 259.
Lindley house, trees planted by G. H. Hollister, 170.
Liston, British minister, 148.
Litchfield, derivation of name, I; early settlement described, 19; from Chestnut Hill, illus. from Barber's "Collections" (1836), 25; map of (1720), i.
Litchfield Academy (3rd. Pierce School building), illus., 113. "Litchfield and Morris Inscrip- tions," viii.
"Litchfield Biographies," viii, 212.
"Litchfield Book of Days," viii. Litchfield Carriage Co., 191. Litchfield Cemetery Co., 334.
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Litchfield County formed, 46; its "Honor Roll of the Revolution," viii; Mining and Quarrying Co., 215; Regiment (Civil war), histor- ies of, viii.
Litchfield Electric Light and Power Co., 192.
Litchfield Enquirer, aid acknowl- edged, ix; see also ENQUIRER.
Litchfield Hills, 3; from Chestnut Hill (illus)., 4.
Litchfield Historical Society, see
HISTORICAL.
Litchfield Institute, 237.
Litchfield Land Co., 343.
Litchfield Land Improvement Co., 342.
Litchfield Light Horse, prepared- ness organization (1916), 247.
Litchfield Rifles, preparedness or- ganization, 247.
Little, James, survivor of North Church prison, 77.
Little Plain, 47.
Livingston, Henry W., engaged to Mary Ann Wolcott, 150.
Lloyd's Neck, raid upon, by Col. Tallmadge, 88.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, quoted on New England secessionists, 107; on Wolcott family, 14I.
Long Island Historical Society, Memoirs, extracts from James Morris's narrative, 181.
Longitude of Litchfield, I.
Loom, rural use of, 54.
Loomis, Elijah, dies in Sugar House prison, 76.
Loomis, Remembrance, dies on way home from Bridewell prison, 77. Lord, Augustus A., book-binder, 131.
Lord, Daniel, owns pest house, 41.
of Lord, Erastus, manufacturer
leather pocket-books, 131.
Lord, Mr., builds bowling alley, 126. Lord, Lynde, comes from Lyme (1753), 96; Ensign, in French war, 48; captain, on subscription com- mittee for Boston, 70; authorized as sheriff to commandeer supplies, 87; signs pledge (1789), 158; on committee "to rouse the people" (1776), 81; remnants of his cr- chard on Tallmadge Ave., 171, on committee to regulate hogs, 173. Loring, Charles G., description of Litchfield Law School, 104.
Loveland, Teed, makes henhouse of a schoolhouse, 193.
Love's Altar, on Bantam River, 126.
Lyceum, Litchfield, 97.
Lyman, John, in Beebe's company, 74; dies in Sugar House prison, 77. Lyon, Col. Matthew, indented ser. vant, 154.
McLean, Rev. Allan, pastor Con- gregational church 1875-'82, 195. McNeil, Alexander, dies in Sugar House prison, 77.
McNeill, Capt. Archibald, in French war, 48; pay roll of his company, 281.
McNeill, Edwin, builds Shepaug Railroad, 210; reminiscences of, 231; anecdote of, 232; assists to revive Litchfield Institute, 237.
McNeill, Mrs. Geo. S., aid ac- knowledged, ix.
McNeill, Mildred, reconstruction aid, 259.
Maghee memorial (library) fund, 272.
Magnash, Indian grantor, 12.
Magraw, Col., commander at Fort Lee, 76.
Malay in Cornwall Mission school, 185.
Man, J., on 1720 map, i.
Mann, Horace, at Litchfield Law School, 107.
Mansfield, E. D., "Personal me- moirs," viii .: quoted, 34, 98, 110, 204; account of Col. Tallmadge, 136; describes Wolcott girls, 149. Mansion House, see CATLIN'S TAVERN; illus., 96; wood pile at, (illus)., 97.
Mansumpansh, Indian grantor, 12. Manufacturers of Litchfield, 128; ex- odus of from hill towns, 209; in Bantam, 269.
Map, Litchfield (1720), i.
Marlowe, Julia, presents Red Cross prize, 246.
Marquesas, Native of, in Cornwall Mission school, 185.
Marriage in early days, 57.
Marsh, Capt., opposes inoculation, 43.
Marsh, Charles, exhibits camels in his stable, 124.
Marsh, Ebenezer, early judge (1751), 46; Colonel in French war (1757), 48; opposes Sons of Liberty, 66; signs pledge (1789), 158; owns mills, 133; house, illus., 48.
Marsh, Frederick A., opens place on Lake (1829), 127. Marsh, James, first child born in Northfield, 186.
Marsh, John, grantee, 12; first man in Litchfield, 10; on 1720 map, ii. writes to Gov. Talcott about de- fence, 20, 21; presents memorial to Assembly, 22: commands Litchfield company against In- dians, 25; first town clerk, 38; sketch of, 43; defeated for deputy, 82; examines candidates for inn- holder, 82; granted fishing privi- lege 1779, 176.
Marsh, John, 3rd. objected to as innholder, 82; declares for sub- mission to Britain (1777), 82.
Marsh, Solomon, on committee to regulate hogs, 173.
Marsh, Timothy, dies on way home from Sugar House prison, 76.
Marsh, Rev. Truman (portrait), 59. Marsh, William T., serves on draft board, 253; warden, as horseman, 267; (portrait), 341. Marsh-Buel picnic, 212.
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Marsh House, Northfield Hill
(illus)., 184.
Marsh's Mills (East Mill), 132.
Marshall, Oliver, dies on way home from Sugar House prison, 77.
Marshepaug Forest Club, 333.
Marvin, Reynold, comes from Lyme,
96; King's attorney, 100; unpop- ular as Tory, 169.
Marvin, Mrs. Reynold and daughter Ruth, make bullets from statue of Geo. III., 80.
Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter, D. A. R., 322; aid acknowledged, ix.
Masefield, John, talks on the war, 251.
Mason, Elisha, builds Sabbath Day house, 30: remembers . Garrisons, 26; experiences with Continental money, 91.
Mason, Lieut., chosen constable, 82; dies in service, 82.
Mason, Capt. George W., plants eims. 170.
Mason, Jonathan, contributes cart- ridge-box, 74.
Mason, Jos., on 1720 map, ii.
Mason, Samuel, secretary North- field Knife Co., 187.
Mason, Thomas, in Sugar House prison, 77.
Masonic organizations, 318.
Massachusetts, turnpike to, 95.
Mataneage, Indian grantor, 8.
Mather, Cotton, in Sugar house prison, 77.
Matetucke, granted to Lewis and Steele, 8.
Mattatuck, location of, 9.
Mattatuck (Naugatuck) river, II. Matthews, Mayor of N. Y., priso- ner of war at Litchfield, 79; es- cape of, 79; introduces first pleas- ure carriage (1776), 131.
Mattacks, John, chair-maker, 130.
Mauwehu, Indian sachem, 17.
Maxwell, Mrs. Wm. H., stables described, 267.
Meadow Street, houses on, 354.
Meatless days, 249.
Medicine Rock, 6.
Meeting House St. (now East and West), 15.
Memorial Day Association, 270, 331. Memorial Monument unveiled, 261. Memorial trees, 170.
Mendenhall, Rev. H. G., makes prayer of dedication at unveil- ing of Memorial Monument, 261. Mendenhall house; trees planted by G. H. Hollister, 170.
Men's Forum, 328.
Merchants of Litchfield, 128.
Mercury, The, newspaper (1840-'42), I39.
Merriman, Reuben, silversmith, II9; goldsmith, 134.
Merriman, Mrs. Durand, letter to, from son in France, 254.
Messenger, N., on 1720 map, i.
Methodist Church, 199; (illus)., 200; at Bantam, 193; at Milton (re- moved), 189; clergymen, list of, 295; societies, 338.
Mica Schist, 3.
Middle Street (now Gallows Lane), 15, 40.
Migration from Litchfield, 62. Milestone at Elm Ridge, 93.
Military depot, Revolutionary, near Spring Hill, 79.
Military workshop on East St., 79. Militia, improvement of, 69; drills, 125.
Milk distribution, F. R. Starr, pio- neer in, 264.
Mill erected (1722), 44.
Mills, Father, of Torringford, ser- mon quoted, 84.
Mills, Samuel J. Jr., founds Mis- sion school, 184; graduate of Morris Academy, 181.
Mills in Bantam, 191; in Milton, 190.
Milton boundary, 45; carriage fac- tory at, 130; centenarians in, 205; Congregational clergymen in, 293; Episcopal clergymen in, 294; puddling furnace in, 129; sketch of, 189; David Welch house in (illus)., 185.
Miner, Phineas, lawyer, 214.
Miner, Thomas, concerned in pur- chase of Litchfield, 10.
Mining craze (1848), 214.
Ministers, early, 59.
Minister's lot, on map 1720, ii.
Minor, John, Woodbury magistrate. 12.
Minor, Joseph, witnesses deed, 13. Miscellany, The, newspaper, (1821 - '22), 138.
Missionary Societies, 336; in Litch- field, 184.
Mitchell, John, witnesses deed, 13. Mitchell, Josephine, Bantam teach- er, 193.
Mitchell, N., on 1720 map, i.
Mohawks, raids of, 16.
Monitor, Weekly, newspaper (1784- 1807), 138; quoted, 18, 35; warns against destroying trees, 168.
Montgomery, Gen., his Canadian ex- pedition, 71.
Montgomery, John, inventor of "aerial phaeton," 125.
Monuments to heroes of civil war, 229.
Moravians in Connecticut, 191.
Morgan, Corporal Frank A., first Litchfield man to enlist in Great War, 253; killed in battle, 254. Morgan's "Connecticut," quoted 33. Morgan- Weir Post, American Le- gion, 323; (portrait group), 261. Morris township, 1; set off as town, 45; comprised in Indian "Bantam," II; formerly South Farms, 178; Bantam Lake tour- ist region located in, 193; ceme- tery, 178; see also SOUTH FARMS. Morris Herald, viii., quoted, 179.
"Morris Inscriptions," viii.
Morris, Fred'k K., geological con- tributor. ix.
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Morris, James, his "Statistical Ac- count," vii., 210; overseer of pest houses, 42; founds first library, 1785, 180; narrative of, 181; sup- porter of missions, 185; quoted, 18; account of Oliver Wolcott, 142.
Morris, James, Jr., ensign in Brad- ley's company, 78.
Morris, Richard and Robert, leave British army for Continental, 90. Morris Academy, 180.
Morristown, supply train for, passes through Litchfield, 88.
Morse, Corp. Apollos C., killed at Cold Harbor, 224.
Morse, C. E., and Co., publish The Mercury, 139.
Morse, Rev. Joseph L., Methodist Minister, 200.
Moss, Lieut. Isaac, in French war, 48.
Moss, Sarah, runaway servant, 155. Mount Prospect, 4.
Mount Tom, geology of, 3, 4; boun- dary of Litchfield, 12; Indian res- ervation, 13; Indian fires on, 20; reserved for hunting, 18; gift of Mrs. G. A. Senff to State as a park, 189.
Munger, Judge Robert W., ad- dress at rally for Third Liberty Loan campaign, 249.
Munroe, Prof. Henry S., "Trees of Litchfield," ix, 169; designs Mt. Tom tower, 189; improves water plant, 342.
Munroe, Robt. K., with engineers at Coblenz, 252.
Murray, Hezekiah, scruples about his skill, 160.
Nails made in Bantam, 129. Naugatuck Railroad, opening of, 200.
Needle and Bobbin Club, 272, 333. Negroes in Litchfield, 233. Nevins, Sam, dyer, 132.
New Bantam (now Goshen), 45, 190. New England Exploring and Min- ing Co., 215.
New Haven in 1773, described by Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 144; turnpike and stage line to, 95.
New Milford Indians, 16; district courts at, 46; turnpike, 94.
New York, capture of, benefits Litchfield, 93.
Newbree, John, cares for Acadian refugees, 201.
Newspaper, first (1784), 47
Newspapers in Litchfield, list of, I37.
Nichols, Rev. James, rector of St. Michael's in the Revolution, 197; addresses legislature on toleration, 166.
Nickel ores on Prospect Mt., 215. Mining and Smelting Co., 216. Nineteenth Volunteers (Civil war), 219.
Nobles, Capt. Stephen, commands Milford company, 25.
Non-importation agreement, 69.
Norkgnotonckquy, Indian grantor, 12.
North Church prison, 77.
North Street, 15 (illus)., 14; line of, 39; houses on, 344.
North (now Prospect) Street, 15. Northfield boundary, 45; Boy Scouts in, 324; civil war monument, 220; Congregational clergymen in, 293; Episcopal clergymen of, 294; Illus. of Marsh House, 184; industries of, 134; Parish Paper, viii .; Pa- trons of Husbandry in, 320; post- masters of, 309; sketch of, 185.
Northfield Knife Co., 187. Northfield Manufacturing Co., bought out by Knife Co., 1858, I88.
Northfield Women's Literary Club, list of officers, 327.
Norton, Ambrose, carriage-maker, 130.
Norton, William, quoted, 34; sleigh- ing record, 208.
Norwalk, daily stage line to, 95.
Noyes, William Curtis, plants trees, I70.
Noyes, Mrs. William Curtis, de- scription of "Golden Age" Litch- field, 99; presents colors to county regiment, 221; stables described, 267; memorial library, 27I.
Noyes, Memorial Building, 327.
Nurses in Great War, 259.
Oak near Elton house, primeval tree, 176; planted by Admiral Colvocoresses, 274; illus., 24; in centre green, 39.
Obookiah, Henry, Hawaiian edu- cated as Missionary, 184; Life of, 185.
O'Connor, Lieut. Timothy, killed in action, 256.
Ohio, Litchfield local names in, 191. Ogden, Eliza A., describes general training day, 125.
Oil mills in Litchfield, 133.
"Old Connecticut," Lincoln's nick - name for John H. Hubbard, 225. "Old order changes" (Chap. xx.), 204.
Old Road, houses on, 349.
Old West Church (now St. Paul's, Bantam), 198.
Olmsted, David, dies in Sugar House prison, 77.
Ordre de la Couronne of Belgium, awarded to Lieut. Busk, 257.
O'Reilly, Bishop (R. C.) visits Litchfield, 1851, 201.
Ores, occurrence of, 4.
Organ, first in town, 195.
Organizations, lists of, 318.
O'Rourke, James, in war Spain, 273.
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Orton, Sam'l., on 1720 map, ii.
Osborn, Asa, in Beebe's company, 74.
Osborn, E. Goodwin, plants elms, 170.
Osborn, Capt. John delegate to con- vention, 69; contributes gun, 74.
Osborn, Selleck, editor of The Witness, 138, 164; horsewhipped in Col. Tallmadge's Store, 164; jailed for libel, 164.
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Oxford Class, Methodist Church, 338.
Page, Dr. Charles I., medical officer in Great War, 253.
Page, Henry L., aviator, 252.
Palmer, Rev. Solomon, first rector of St. Michael's, 197.
Paper-chases, 268.
Paper mill in Bantam, 133.
Papier-mache factory in Litchfield, I33.
Parent-Teachers' Association, 330.
Parker, Theodore, quoted, 34.
Park St. Church, Boston, copied in third building of Cong. Church, Litchfield, 195.
Parks of Litchfield, 168; improve- ment of (1820-'35), 171; origin of, 175.
Parks, developed by Bushnell and Turner, both of Litchfield, 188. Parks, Josiah, innkeeper, 96.
Parks' Hotel, stage terminus, 95. Parmelee, Rev. David Lewis, pastor in South Farms, 180; address at church centennial, 212.
at Parmalee, Willard H., killed Cold Harbor, 224.
Parmely, John, dies in North Church prison, 77.
Parmely, Solomon, in Sugar House prison, 77.
Pasturage in cemeteries, 178, 186.
Patent granted to settlers, 15; of Connecticut, old, 7; of the Town of Litchfield, 358.
Patrons of Husbandry, 320.
Patterson, Mary, mother of Sarah Pierce, 110.
Patterson, Miss, Oliver Wolcott, Jr's schoolmistress, 144. Patterson, William, in Beebe's company, 74.
Paul, "Al," locomotive fireman, 233. Payne, Chas. T., "Litchfield and Morris Inscriptions," viii., 201; sketch by, 58; quoted on Milton cemetery, 189. Peat, J., on 1720 map, i.
Peck, Edward, jailer, 235.
Peck, John, early settler, 15.
Peck, Levi, wounded at Wilton, 84. Peck, Mary, Pierce school pupil, 119; sketches in Historical Society, 126.
Peck. Mrs., leaves church, 30.
Peck, Paul, on 1720 map, ii; expert trapper, 84, 85; killed at Wilton, 81.
Peck, Timothy, goldsmith, 134; and Virgil, dealers in wool, 132. Pegmatite, 3.
Pequot War, 7.
Perkins, J. Deming, reminiscences of, 231; portrait, 232; promoter of Shepaug Railroad, 210; stables de- scribed, 265; gift of Fire House, 271; death of, 274. Perkins, Louis, dyer, 132.
Perry, William Stevens, (afterward Bishop of Iowa) rector of St. Michael's, 236.
Pest Houses, 41; rules governing, 42.
Petersburg, Litchfield regiment at, 224.
Pethuzso, Indian grantor, 9.
Phelps assembly room, balls in I2I. Phelps, Charles Shepherd, author of "Rural Life in Litchfield Co.," 174.
Phelps, Capt. Edward, builds Sab- bath Day house, 30; on committee to lay out East cemetery, 202. Phelps House, built 1782, 96. Phelps Tavern, built 1787, 96. Phoenix Branch Bank (1815-'64), 341; charter opposed, 165.
Piano factory, site of, 134.
Pickerel, Cranberry Pond stocked with, 176.
Picnic, Fourth of July (1918), 253; Buel- Marsh, 212.
Pier, T., on 1720 map, i.
Pierce, John, (1) Litchfield potter, IIO; (2) Sarah Pierce's brother, friend of Washington, III.
Pierce maples, North St., 170.
Pierce, Mary, lost in bushes, 39; buys Pierce school property, 114; plans Center Park, 17I.
Pierce, Sarah, school for girls, 34, IIO; biog. sketch, 110; described by G. H. Hollister, 115; Portrait, II2.
Pierce houses, fate of, 112.
Pierpont, John, sketch of, 183; grad- uate of Morris Academy, 181; pu- pil of Rev. Jos. E. Camp, 187.
Pikosky, Edward, drills Litchfield Rifles, 247.
Pillar Dollars, exported to China, I37.
Pitch, mines in the, 214.
Pitkin, Elizabeth, wife of John Marsh, II.
Pitkin, Rev. Timothy preaches execution sermon, 19.
Plain, marked by present hilltops, 5. Platt, Orville H., pupil of Catlin's Northfield school, 187.
Plattsburg, reserve camps, Litchfield at, 247.
Playhouse (old club house), 272.
Plays, given by Yale students, 123; written by Miss Pierce, 123.
Plumb, Ebenezer, Jr., cabinet maker, 130.
Plumb, Seth F., killed at Fort Harrison, Va., 228.
Plumb, William S., burgess, 260. Plumb, Mrs. William S., in food- conservation work, 248.
Plumb Post, G. A. R., record book, viii.
Plumbs, the, plant elms, 170.
Plymouth Company, 7.
Plymouth, possible site of Matta- tuck, 9; turnpike to, 95.
"Poganuc People," Litchfield novel, viii.
Police Gazette, its notice of Dr. Gates's mistake, 236.
Politics, early, 162. Polo in Litchfield, 267.
Pomperaug river, Indian camp, 16.
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"Pond Lily," pleasure boat on Ban- tam Lake (1795), 127.
Poni, Indian grantor, 12.
Pool, equestrian show (1787), 124.
Pootatuck tribe, 16.
Population, changes in, 205.
Post Office, government, opened, 94. Post, private, advertised, 94.
Postmasters, list of, 309.
Potatuck Plantation, 12.
Potter, Corp. Geo. Wilson, killed at Cold Harbor, 224.
Poughkeepsie, daily stage line to, 95.
Poughquag Quartzite, 3.
Pound, use of, for strays, 174.
Powell, Mary, wife of John Davies Jr., 197.
Power House at Bantam, 342.
Powers, Rev. Grant, discourse on Goshen, 45; quoted, 44.
Pratt, Clarissa, as horsewoman, 267. Preface, vii.
Prisons, suffering in British, 78.
Prevost, Theodosia, wife of Aaron Burr, IOI.
Probate, judges of, list, 301.
Proprietors' meetings, 27.
Proprietors, original, list of, 310. Prosecuting attorneys, list, 305.
Prospect Mountain, mines on, 215. Prospect Street, 15; houses on, 346. Pym, John, 7.
Quartzite, near Bantam Lake, 3. Quebec campaign, rigors of, 72. Querrimus, Indian grantor. 8.
Quincy, Josiah, letter to Oliver Wol- cott, Jr., 147.
Quincy, Mary P., "Trees of Litch- field," ix., 169; quoted, 170; gives silver trowel for Colvocoresses oak, 274; corner stone of her house, 274.
Quiump, Indian grantor, 12.
Radcliffe. Jerry, supt. of carding- mill, 132.
Railroads, opening of, 209. Rams, regulated by vote (1791), 173. Randolph. John, anecdote of, 101. Rattlesnakes, bounties for, 175.
Reading room (1862). 271.
Records of town, earliest, 27. Red Cross, Litchfield Chapter oldest organization in state, 246, 324; appeal of 1914, 245; Drive of 1917, 250; in Welcome Home pro- cession, 261; put on war basis, 247. Reeve, Aaron Burr, at Litchfield Law School, 107.
Reeve, Tapping, comes from L. I., ICO; law-school lecturer, 98;
anecdote told by Catherine Beecher, 109; on committee "to rouse the people" (1776), 81; serves as officer in emergency, 81 ; portrait by George Catlin, 100; entertains Burr, 71; signs pledge (1789), 158; defends fugitive slaves, 153; supporter of missions, 185. Reeve House (illus)., 108. Religion tax, 162.
Repair fund for library, 272.
Republican, The, newspaper, I., 1819-'20; II., 1846-'56, 138, 139. "Residents of Litchfield," viii.
Revival, first, 32.
Revolution, Litchfield in (chapter), 65; Episcopal Church in, 197; honor roll of, 282.
Richards, Anna W., contributor for Cong. church, ix .; compiles Con- gregational scrap book, 195.
Richards, Archibald M., in Y. M. C .- A. service, 259.
Richards, Rev. George, pastor Con- gregational church 1860-'65, 195; letter to, from Mrs. Luman Wad- hams, 226.
Richards, Guy H., in ambulance ser- vice, 258.
Richards, Harriet M., chairman sub-committee on canning, 248; founds nursing association, 272. Richards, Rev. James, Litchfield teacher, 236.
Richards, William, of Elizabethtown N. J., commands military post at Litchfield, 79.
Ride-and-tie method of transpor- tation, 281.
Rifle Club, 1916, 247. Riot in Hartford. 8.
Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. Louis, Red Cross fetes. 245. 246.
Roads, condition in 1751, 47; in Litchfield village, 240.
Roberg, Bernard M., Bantam ini- structor, 193.
Robert P. Jeffries post, American Legion, 261.
Rockhill, William W., evergreen on grave sent by Yuan Shi Ki, 171. Rockhill, Mrs. W. W , owner of The Glebe, 32; organizes Red Cross fete, 245. Rocks of Litchfield, 2.
Rockwell, Samuel, grantee. 12.
Rogers, W. S., obtains incorporation of Bantam, 102; directs rally for Third Liberty Loan, 249; portrait, 342.
Roman Catholic church. 200: in- terior of St. Anthony's, (illus)., 201; cemetery. 202: organizations, 321; priests, list of. 297; See also ST. ANTHONY'S.
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