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Root, Samuel, on 1720 map, ii; first fence-viewer, 280.
Rosbach, W. G., apple tree only survivor of Wolcott orchard, 171. Rose, Joseph, signs soldiers' petition to be disbanded, 25.
Rowe, Daniel, objected to, as inn- holder, 82.
Rowe, Sam, son of Solomon, 233; Rowe, Solomon, sexton
of St. Michael's, 233.
"Roval Americans" enlisted in Litchfield, 85. Royal Arch Masons, 319.
Rum, consumption of, 157. Russell, John, brick-maker, 134. Russell, William, stocking-weaver, advertises, 128.
Russell Street, houses on, 351. Ruth, play by Miss Pierce, 123.
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Ryan, John, mass said in his house, 1853, 201.
Ryan, Patrick, killed at Cold Har- bor, 224.
Ryan, Thos. F., aid acknowledged, ix .; conducts savings-stamps cam - paign, 251; offers Red Cross office, 251; portrait, 309.
Sabbath Day houses, 30.
St. Anthony's Church, 269; (illus)., 201; priests of, 296; service flag in armistice parade, 260.
St. Anthony's Council, K. of C., 321. St. Anthony' Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society, 321.
St. Michael's Church, history, 196; (illus)., 198; Rectory, (illus)., 49; stoned by troops, 163; closed 1777-'80, during Revolution, 197; centennial (1845), 212; welcomes Methodist itinerant, 199; steeple blown down, 198; (illus)., 199; armistice celebration in, 259; clergymen of, 293; location of, 347.
St. Michael's Guild, 339.
St. Paul's Church, Bantam, 193, 198; clergymen of, 294; societies, 340.
St. Paul's Lodge, occupies old Methodist church, 200; list' of past masters, 318.
Saltonstall, Sir Richard, 7.
Sanctum Club, 268, 332; gives room for Red Cross work, 246; picnic (portrait group), 335.
Sanford, David C., lawyer, 214.
Sanford, E., on 1720 map, ii.
Sanford, Col. Geo. B., owner of Oliver Wolcott house, 147.
Sanford, Joseph, in Beebe's com- pany, 74.
Sanford, R. Dunscomb, an orga- nizer of Litchfield Rifles, 247.
Savings Society, Litchfield, 341.
Saunders, Capt. Henry H., musters in Home Guards (1917), 247. Sawmill, Humaston's, in Northfield, I86.
Sawmills in Milton, 190. Saxton, Jehiel, post-rider, 47.
Say and Seal, Viscount, 7. Scalps, bounties offered for, 22. Scatacooks, Indian tribe, 16.
Schistose rocks, 3.
School, first in Northfield, 187; Cat- lin's, 187.
School fund, service of, 213.
School House, first, location, 15, 97; first in South Farms, 178.
School lot, on 1720 map, ii.
Schools in Bantam, 193; in Litchfield, 236, 270; in Milton, 190; of early days, 57.
Scientific Society, work of, 213, 272; lecture on mines, 214.
Scott, Nellie M., Bantam welfare work, 193; raises honor flag, 250; (portrait), 343.
Sea, ancient, 2.
Seabury, Bishop, ordains Rev. Ash- bel Baldwin, 198. "
Seating list at Meeting House, 31.
Secession, early discussed in New England, 107.
Second Heavy Artillery (Civil war), 219.
Secretary of Treasury, Oliver Wol- cott, Jr., 146.
Sedgwick, Albert, mines for copper, 215.
Sedgwick, Samuel, on 1720 map, i.
Selectmen, list of, 306; 1920 (portrait group), 307.
Senators from Litchfield, 297.
Senff, Mrs. G. A., gives park on Mt. Tom, 189.
Sentinel, The, newspaper (1865-'75), 139, 235.
Sepunkum, Indian grantor, 12. Serenades (1822), 119.
Service flags, display of, 251.
Seth F. Plumb Post, G. A. R., 322. Settlement of Litchfield, 7.
Settlers, first, list of, 310.
Seymour, Edward W., lawyer, 238; pupil of Catlin's Northfield school, 187; portrait, 238.
Seymour, Mrs. Edward, 274; por- trait, 238.
Seymour, Ensign, 10.
Seymour, Morris W. (portrait), 274; quoted, 107; golden wedding of, 274.
Seymour, Capt. (afterward Major) Moses, portrait, 78; chosen inti- holder, 82; custodian of Mayor Matthews of N. Y., 79; in Shel- don's Horse, 86; his account of dinner to Burgoyne after sur- render, 87; on school committee, 97; commands Militia company of infantry, 125; only prominent Democrat, 162; signs pledge (1789), 158.
Seymour, (Moses) House (illus)., 79.
Seymour, Origen Storrs, sketch of 214; portrait, 214; at Litchfield Law School, 107; lecturer at law school, 108; his opinion of Wol- cott lawsuit, 137; plants elms, 170; historical address at Marsh-Buel picnic (1846), 212; reminiscences of, 231; golden wedding of, 274.
Seymour, Samuel, house (illus)., 49. Seymour, Rev. Dr. Storrs O., rector of St. Michael's, sketch of, 198; portrait, viii .; pupil of Catlin's Northfield school, 187; golden wedding of, 274.
Seymour, Thomas, grantee, 12; sent to treat with Indians, 12; com- mittee of town of Hartford, 10; charges for perambulating north line of Litchfield, 10; on 1720 map, i .; on forfeiture committee, 24. Seymour House (illus)., 275.
Shakespeare, rendered by strolling actors, 123.
Shakespeare Club, 328.
Shearaway, Sybil, Acadian refugee, 201.
Sheep in Litchfield (1811), 174.
Sheldon, Charlotte and Lucy, pupils of Pierce school, 119.
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Sheldon, Dr. Daniel, described by Henry Ward Beecher, 117; by E. D. Mansfield, 117; signs pledge (1789), 158; a donor of first organ, 195; portrait, 123.
Sheldon, Daniel, Jr., at Law School, 107; diplomatist, 108.
Sheldon, Col. Elisha, judge-legisla- tor, commands 65; Sheldon's Horse, 86; builds house, 96; asso- ciate judge, 96.
Sheldon, Lucy, miniature by Anson Dickinson, 116.
Sheldon, Samuel, tavern-keeper, 89, 96; owns cotton niill, 133.
Sheldon's Horse, passes through Litchfield, 85; ordered to Peek- skill, 87.
Sheldon's tavern, lodges Washing- ton, 89; second oldest house, 96; illus., 109.
Shenandoah Valley, Litchfield reg't. in, 224.
Shepaug, garrison at, 22.
Shepaug river, boundary of Litch- field, 12.
Shepaug Valley Railroad, 210, 270; anecdotes of, 232.
Sheriffs, list of, 305.
Sherman, Roger, runs Litchfield line, 45.
Sherry, Howard C., dies at Camp Johnston, 253.
Shethar, John, slave-dealer, 151.
Shethar, Samuel, goldsmith, 134.
Shumway, Alexander B., foreman of The Enquirer 1859-1912; pub- lisher, 1865, 139, 140.
Sign Post elm, 171; (illus)., 271.
Signatures of Indians to deeds, 13; discussed, 17.
Silk-worms, raised at Elm Ridge, I34.
Silver eagles, Federalist badges, made in Litchfield, 134.
Skating, 208.
Slavery in Litchfield (Chapter), 151. Slitting mill in Bantam, 129.
Small pox, epidemic of 1777, 82; in- oculation for, 41.
Smith, Lieut. Stephen, in French 96.
Smith, Cornelia B., on history com., vii; aid acknowledged, ix; por- trait, 304.
Smith, Daniel, in Sugar House pris- on, dies in New York, 77.
Smith, Dibble, makes pulpit into matches, 179.
Smith, Elisha, joins British, 84.
Smith, Ethel M., aid acknowledged, viii .; co-author of appendix, 277. Smith, John, lieut. in Beebe's com- pany, 75.
Smith, Rev. John, of Albany, first R. C. priest in Litchfield, 201.
Smith, Gov. John Cotton, defeated by Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 166; on storm of 1779, 207.
Smith, Jonathan, Jr., joins British, 84.
Smith, Joseph L., said to have treated pastors rudely at Dem- ocratic festival, 165.
Smith, Lieut. Joshua, in French war, 48; in Beebe's company, 74. Smith, Lieut. Josiah, in French war,
48. Smith. Junius, student at Litch- field Law School, 106.
Smith, Gen. Kirby, grandson of Ephraim Kirby, 165.
Smith, Lyman Sr., plants Elm Ridge elms, 170.
Smith, Lyman, Jr., plants elms, 170; killed at Cold Harbor, 224.
Smith, Nathaniel, on 1720 map, ii; on committee to hire first pastor, 27. Smith, Phineas, nailor in Bantam, I 29.
Smith, Dr. Reuben, contributes gun, 74; on subscription com- mittee for blockaded Boston, 70; inoculates Wolcott children, 42; letter from, 43; in Gen. Wooster's army, 82; letter to Oliver Wolcott (1777), 82; on committee to ex- amine surgeons, 81.
Smith, Lieut. Stephen, in French war, 48.
Smith Stephen S., establishes The County Post, 139.
Smith, Senator Truman, 214.
Smoke Club organized (1917), 253:
letter to from James Weir, 255. Snakes, 340 caught (1787), 176. Snowdrift in 1888 (illus)., 206. Snowdrifts, 239.
Snow-shoeing, 26S. Societa Italiana di Mutuo Socorso, 322.
Society in early days, 55.
Soldiers' monuments, 269.
"Sons of Liberty" in Litchfield, 66. Sothern, Edward H., plans rally for Second Liberty Loan campaign, 249.
Sothern, Mrs. E. H., recites at Wel- come Home celebration, 26t.
South-East Farms, now Northfield, I86.
South Farms (now Morris), 178; its boundary, 45; building of meet- ing house at, 157; Congregational clergymen in, 203 ..
South Griswold (now Lake) Street, 15. South Mill, John Marsh's camp, II. South Plain, 6; Indian relics found on, 17.
South Street, 15; line of, 39; illus., 15; in ice storm (illus)., 207; houses on, 346.
Southwick, pickerel from, in Cran- berry Pond, 176.
Spanish-American War, Red Cross work in, 246. Snelling matches, 267.
Spencer, Joseph, at Fort Washing- ton, 77.
Spencer Street, houses on, 352.
Spring Hill, see BUEL SANITARIUM. Stables in 1891, list of, 265.
Stage coaches, 95.
Stage-routes, passing of, 209.
Stamp Act denounced. 66; declared unconstitutional, 68. Standley, John, finds lead, 8.
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. Stanley, Frederick, in Beebe's com- pany, 74.
Stanley, Capt. Nathaniel, member of forfeiture committee, 24.
Stanley, Timothy, on 1720 map, i; dies on prison ship, 76.
Stanley, Whiting, contributes gun, Stanton, William, post rider, 47; on
subscription committee for blockaded Boston. 70.
Stanton, Capt., of Sheldon's Horse, 86.
Starr, F. Ratchford, buys Echo Farm, 264.
State Council of Defense, local com- mittee, 248.
State Park Commission, 189.
State's attorneys, list, 306. States, trees symbolical of, 169. "Statistical Account," book bv
James Morris, 180.
Staurolite, occurrence of, 4.
Steamboat to New York, 95.
Steele, Samuel, granted land, 8.
Stein, Norman, killed in action, 256. Stevens' "Memorials of Methodism" quoted, 199.
Stillson, Amos H., killed at Cold Harbor, 224.
Stipend of minister, 27.
Stoddard, Aaron, dies in North Church prison, 77.
Stoddard, Albert, edits The Republican, 139.
Stoddard, Briant, in Becbe's com- pany, 74.
Stoddard, David, chosen innholder, 82; chosen constable, 82.
Stoddard, J., on 1720 map, i.
Stoddard, James, first person buried in Morris Cemetery, 178.
Stoddard, Obed, in Beebe's com- pany, 74; appraiser, 74.
Stone, Capt., commands Militia in- fantry company, 125.
Stone, Ira, dies in service, 75.
Stone, Josiah, joins British, 84.
Stone, Noah, 30.
Storms, noteworthy, 207.
Stoughton, Elizabeth, wife of Offver Wolcott, Jr.
Stove, first, in church, 29.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, quoted, 20; anecdote of, 34; on John P. Brace, 114; her "Poganuc People," viii.
Straits' Turnpike, 95.
Strays in Litchfield streets, 239.
Streets, layout of, 39.
Strong and Co., carding mill, 132. Strong, Eleazer, on 1720 map, i; first fence-viewer, 38.
Strong, Idea, daughter of Jedediah, 158.
Strong, Jedediah, sketch of, 158; delegate to convention, 69; made commissary, 72; contributes three guns, 74; elected deputy, 82; erects milestone at Elm Ridge, 93; Noah Webster studies with, IO1; raises silkworms, 134; signs pledge (1789), 158.
Strong, Supply, on 1720 map, i; dies at 90, 43.
Strong, Susannah, sues for divorce, 158.
Stuart, Jared, dies in Sugar House prison, 77.
Suckqunnokqueen, Indian 12.
grantor,
Sugar House prison, 77.
Sullivan, Mr., plays flute, 119. Sumers, S., on 1720 map, ii.
Sun, The, newspaper (1835-'39), 138. Sunday in Litchfield (1773), 145. Swamp, Litchfield hill a, 39. Sweeney, Rev. Timothy M., builds St. Anthony's church, 201.
Sweet, Lyman E., takes three pris- oners at Hatcher's Run, 228. Swine, regulation of, 173.
Sycamore trees, symbolizing the States, 169.
Symington, Rev. Charles, pastor Congregational Church, 1883-'94, 195.
Tablet on memorial monument, 261. Tahiti, native of, in Cornwall mis- sion school, 185.
Talcott, Gov. Joseph, letter from John Marsh, 20; memo. by, 22. Tallmadge Ave., remnants of Lynde Lord's orchard, 171; houses on, 346.
Tallmadge. Benjamin (Major and Colonel), "Memoirs," viii; de- scription of, by Henry Ward Beecher, 135; by Col L. W. Wes- sels, 136; by E. D. Mansfield, 136; portraits of Col. and Mrs. by Ralph Earle, 86, 87; commands Sheldon's Horse, 85; description of, 86; commands detachment, 88; attacks Fort George, 89; cap- tures John Andre, 89; on school committee, 97; his store on North St., 130; his books, 132; signs pledge, (1789), 158; lampooned in. The Witness, 164; first president Phoenix branch bank, 166; plants elnis, 170; supporter of missions, 185; friend of Lyman Beecher, 37. Tallmadge, Frederick A,, 119.
Tallmadge, Mary Floyd, wife of Edward W. Seymour (portrait), 239.
Tallmadge House, (illus)., 2; Hollister's History of Connecti- cut writtten there, 170.
Tallmadge, John, postmaster at Warren. partner of his brother Benjamin, 136.
Tanning in Litchfield. 131.
Taylor, Benjamin, in Beebc's com- pany, 74.
Taylor, Joel, dies in North Church prison, 77; money delivered to his mother, 75.
Taylor, Moses, in Beebe's company, 74.
Taxcronuck, Indian grantor, 9. Telegraph and Telephone, 270. Telegraph, duplex, invented by J. P. Humiston of Northfield, 188. Temperance Association of 1789, 157.
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Temperance movements in Litch- field, 156; Beecher's sermons on, 160; crusade carried on by John Pierpont, 183.
Tennis in Litchfield, 267.
Thayer, Cornelius, brazier, 128.
Theatricals, barred before Revo- lution, 122.
Thompson, Esther H., on history com., vii; reminiscences acknowl- edged, ix; on the cause of the Beecher temperance sermons, 160; paper on Pierce scholars quoted, 116; quoted, 31, 36, 157.
Thompson, Isaac, goldsmith, 134.
Thompson, William H., a donor of first organ, 195.
Thurston, Amy R., residence, 40;
in food-conservation work, 248; canteen worker in France, 259. Ticonderoga captured, 71.
Times, London, praises Oliver Wol- cott, Jr's, inaugural address as governor, 166.
Toboggan Club, 268.
Toleration, religious, party in favor of, 147; step toward, 196; Act providing for, 166.
"Tom," meaning of, in place names, I8.
Tonhocks, Indian witness to deed, I3.
Torrington, turnpike to, 95; Wolcott mills at, 146; birthplace of John Brown, 183.
Torrington, see also WOLCOTTVILLE. Torrington Road, houses on, 356.
Tourist resort, Bantam Lake as a, 193.
Toweecume, Indian grantor, 12. Tower on Mt. Tom, 189.
Towns, importance of as units in Revolution, 82.
"Town and gown" feuds at Pierce school, 116.
Town Clerks, list, 308.
Town-meeting, first, 38; records of, 27.
Town (now North) Street, 15.
Town Hill (now South) Street, 15. Towne, Henry R., donor of new St. Michael's church, 198.
Tracy, Uriah, moderator of meeting, 41; buys Sheldon House, 96; on school committee, 97; U. S. sena - tor, 101; repartee of, 101; mot about Mrs. Wolcott, 148; said to have planned disunion, 107; signs pledge, (1789), 158. Trap for wolves (1744), 176. Treadway, Thos., on 1720 map, ii.
Treasurers of the County (lists), 305: of the town, 309. Tree map of the borough, 169. Trees and Parks (Chapter xvii). I68.
"Trees of Litchfield," ix.
Trees of Litchfield, H. W. Beecher on, 172; paper on by Mary Perkins Quincy cited, 169; by Prof. H. S. Munroe (1919), 169. Tribune Fresh Air Fund, 190.
Trident, The, ship of China Trading Co., 137.
Trinity church, Milton, clergymen of, 294.
Trinity Church, Northfield, conse- crated 1836, 186; clergymen of, 294.
Triumphal Arch on East St. at re- turn of regiment, 1865, (illus)., 225.
Troops, billeting of, 23.
Trowbridge, Deacon, 30.
Trowbridge, E. G., rides 300 miles on cycle, 267.
Trowbridge, Isaac, post-rider, 94.
Trowbridge, Thomas, shoemaker, 131.
Trumbull, Allan, aviator, 252.
Trumbull, Col., sketch of Benjamin Tallmadge, 86.
Trumbull-Vanderpoel Electric Manu- facturing Co., 191, 343.
Tunxis tribe, 8.
Turkeys to be impounded, 174; wild, in Litchfield, 175.
Turkington, Dr Chas. H., medical officer in Great War, 253.
Turkington, Frank H., heads arm- istice parade, 260; (portrait), 303. Turner, Albert M., contributor for Northfield, ix., 188; quoted, 16. Turner, Jacob, his tavern a mail station (1800), 187; becomes a school (1845), 187.
Turner, Titus, settier of Northfield, I86.
Turner and Woodruff, mail left at their store in Northfield, 187.
Turnpikes and coaches, era of, 94. Tuscania torpedoed, 257.
Two Cousins; play by Sarah Pierce, 123.
Tyler, Daniel P., his "Statistics of Connecticut Industries" (1845),
I 34.
Unibrella, the first (1772), 131. Underwood house, on site of Pierce house, 112; maples near, 170.
United States Hotel, name of Phelps Tavern in the 60's, 121; (illus)., 122.
United War Work Campaign, 252. University Club, Litchfield County, ix .; publications, viii., 219.
"Unwilling Maid" Litchfield nove1. viii.
U. S. officials from Litchfield, 297. Vaill, Dudley L., author of "The County Regiment" (1908), viii., 219.
Vaill, Capt. Joseph, builds Wolf Pit, 176. Vaill, Samuel, dies on prison ship "Grosvenor," 77. Vaill House, Brush Hill, 189.
Vaill, Theodore F., historian of County Regiment (1868), viii., 219. Vaills, The, plant elms, 170. Valleys cut, 5.
Vanderpoel, Emily N., (Mrs. John A.) "Chronicles of a Pioneer School." source of Chap. x., iii .; viii .; aid acknowledged, ix .; (portrait), xvi .; quoted, 38, 95; gives law school building, 103; gives old Lawn Club for Red Cross work, 246.
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Vanderpoel, Floyd L. (portrait), 340. Vanderpoel, John Arent, donor, 326; gives library building, 271; por- trait, 270.
Van Winkle, Edgar B., (portrait), ix. Van Winkle, Mrs. Edgar B., paper "A Litchfield Diplomat", 108.
Van Winkle, The Misses, stables described, 267.
Victory conference (1918), 249.
Victory Loan (1919), 250.
Village Improvement Society, 232; 241, 270; (Company), 329; in Bantam, 192.
Volcanic formations, 3; activity, 5. Volunteers for civil war, 218.
Wadhams, Capt. Luman, in charge of tents at Camp Dutton, 220; mortally wounded at Cold Har- bor, 224.
Wadhams, Mrs. Luman, becomes nurse, 226; letter from, 226.
Wadhams, three brothers, killed within 14 days, 226.
Wadhams, Mr., of Goshen, inn - keeper, 96.
Wadhams, The, plant elms, 170.
Wadsworth, Capt. of Sheldon's Horse, 86; carousal at his store, 160.
Wadsworth, Elijah, built Oliver Wolcott house, 147.
Wadsworth and Kirby, slitting mill partially destroyed, 129.
Walker, Jos., on 1720 map, ii.
Waller, J., on 1720 map, i.
War declared on Germany, 247. War Bureau, holds rally, 251.
War gardens, 249.
War Savings Stamps campaign, 251. Waramaug see WEROAMAUG.
"Waramaug," first locomotive in Litchfield, 233.
Ward, Col. Andrew, commands regi- ment, 73.
Ward, Henry, publishes The Mis. cellany (1822), 138; The Republi- can (1846-'56), 139.
Ward, William, goldsmith, 134.
Warner, Col. of Roxbury, takes Crown Point, 71.
Warner, Dr. Charles N., burgess, 260.
Warner, Mrs. Charles N., supervisor Red Cross kritting, 250.
Warren, comprised in Indian "Ban- tam," II.
Warren Land Co., 343.
Warwick, earl of, 7.
Washburn, William, Northfield Con- gregational Church organized at his house, 186.
Washington, town of, comprised in Indian "Bantam," II.
Washington, George, quoted, 74; his three visits to Litchfield, 89; rebukes soldiers for stoning St. Michael's, 163.
Water Company, Litchfield. 341.
Water-power of Bantam River, 19 !.
Waterbury American, quoted, 36. Waterbury, its boundary, 44; court given Litchfield County juris- diction, 46; possible site of Mattatuck, 9; visited by John Marsh, 10.
Waterbury river, boundary of Litchfield, 12. Watson, James, lieut. in Beebe's company, 75.
Watson, Nathaniel, shoots Indian, 22.
Watt, Robert, killed at Cold Har- bor, 224.
Wauglı, Alexander, lieut. in Good- win's company, 81.
Waugh, Thomas, deeds land for West Morris cemetery, 178.
Wax Work exhibited (1806), 124. Weather in Litchfield, 206.
Webb, Catherine C., diary quoted, 119.
Webb, Joseph, lodges Washington at Wethersfield, 89.
Webb, Lieut .. Watson, musters in county regiment, 221.
Webster, Benj., on 1720 map, ii. Webster, Noah, studies in Litch- field, 101; diary quoted, 207.
Webster, Reuben, advertises run- away servant, 155; house on Prospect St., 169.
Weed, Jeremiah, at Fort Washing - ton, 77.
Weed, T., in Beebe's company, 74.
Weir, James, killed at Thierry, 255 ..
Chateau
Weir, Thomas F., describes Chateau Thierry action, 255.
Welch, Major David, commands company, 71; has Tory votes for deputy, 82; advertises runaway mulatto, 152; a settler of Milton, 189.
Welch, Hugh, iron puddler, 129. Welch brothers, give bell to Mil- ton church, 189.
Welch House, David; Milton (illus)., 185.
Welch Houses, Milton, 189.
Welcome Home Day (July 4, 1919), 260.
Welfare work, Bantam factories, 193. Weroamaug, Indian witness to deed 13, 16.
Wessells, Major, distinguished at Santiago, 273.
Wessells. Gen. Henry W., sketch, 221.
Wessells, Leverett W., colonel of county regiment, 219; sketch, 221; his account of Col. Tallmadge quoted, 136.
West Burying Ground, earliest cemetery, 202.
West Cemetery Improvement Co., 334.
West Farms (now Milton), 189. West Morris cemetery, 178.
West Parks, its trees, 171.
West Street, 15; houses on, 350. Western Lands, early name of
Litchfield region, 2, 8.
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Western Reserve, sale of, 191, 236; administered by Seth P. Beers, 213.
Western Union Telegraph Co., sued by Humiston, inventor of du- plex telegraphy, 188.
Wethersfield, settlement of, 7.
Wheeler, Mrs. J. William, stables described, 266.
Whipping-post elm, (illus)., 171.
Whitbeck, Charles A., awarded Croix de Guerre, 257.
Whitehead, Asa, marries Mary Ann Wolcott, 150.
Whiting, Col. William, grantee, 12; his charge for 40 deeds, 10.
Whiting, Jason, on committee to buy volunteers' supplies, 1861, 218. Whiting, John, at Fort Washing- ton, 77.
Whittlescy, Roger N., contributes gun, 74.
Wichfield, John, 2.
Wickwire, James, son drowned on ice, 126.
Wilbor, Mary L., pupil at Pierce school; diary quoted, 114, 117, 118. Wilcoxson, Gideon, dies in Sugar House prison, 77.
Wildcats in Litchfield, 175.
Williams, Bishop John, consecrates Trinity Church Northfield, 1866, 186.
Williams, Dr. Talcott, makes ad- dress at Welcome Home Day, 261. Wilson, Edward, in war with Spain, 273.
Wilson, Roger, killed in action, 256. Wilton, skirmish at (1777), 84.
Winchell, H., on 1720 map, i. Winchell, N., on 1720 map, i.
Windsor, Conn., 2; settlement of, 7; granted Western Lands, 8.
Windsor, Vt., company to operate Litchfield mines, located in, 215. Wing and Shumway, publish The Enquirer, (1865), 140.
Winsted, district courts at, 46; fur - nishes Catholic priests for Litch . field, 1858-'82, 201.
Winsted Herald's joke on George A. Hickox, 235.
"Winter Privilege" to hold religious services, 178. Winter Sports, 208 ..
Witness. The, newspaper (1805-'07), 138; its sensational career, 164. Wognacug, Indian witness to deed, I.3.
Wolcott family (chapter), 141.
Wolcott, Alice, owner of Wolcott place, 149.
Wolcott, Frederick, described, 149; portrait, 141; his narrative of Geo. III. statue incident, 80; serves on school committee, 97; partner of his brother Oliver Jr., 137; signs pledge (1789), 158; cuts down his orchard, 171; funeral sermon, 204.
Wolcott ( Frederick) House, (illus)., 150, 151.
Wolcott, Henry, original settler,
14I.
Wolcott, J. Huntington, donor, 271, 326.
Wolcott, Laura, Mary Ann and Frederick, their account of bul- lets made from statue of Geo. III., 80.
Wolcott, Mariann (- Mary Ann), has smallpox, 42; letter to hcr brother, 121; marries Chauncey Goodrich, 149. See also Good- rich, Mariann.
Wolcott, Mary Ann, (niece of above) described by E. D. Mans- field, 149; marries Asa White- head, 150.
Wolcott, Oliver, Sr., sketch of, 142; lineage of, 141; letter from, 42, first high sheriff, 46; in Continental Congress, 72, 80; signs Decla- ration, 78; statue of Geo. III. melted at his house, 80; pro- moted to brigadier, 81; Ictter from Dr. Reuben Smith, 82; orders troops to Peekskill, 87; manumits slave, 152.
Wolcott, Mrs. Oliver, portrait, 69. Wolcott, 'Oliver, Jr., (Gov. Wolcott) autobiographical sketch, 143; portraits, 68, 167; quartermaster at Litchfield, 79; in China Trad- ing Co., 137; letter about slaves, 151; becomes a Democrat, 166; criticized for tree-planting, 168. Wolcott, Oliver S., at Litchfield Law School, 107.
Wolcott, Gov. Roger (Conn)., 141; on forfeiture committee, 24; memorial address on, 141.
Wolcott Ave., houses on, 349.
Wolcott Library, see LIBRARY.
"Wolcott Memorial," viii.
Wolcott sisters, description of, 149. Wolcottville (now Torrington), Oliver Wolcott Jr., builds woolen factory in, 137, See also TORRING- TON.
Wolf Pit Farm, 176. "Wolves and Presbyterians" in Davies Hollow, 197.
Wolves, bounties for, 175; in Nor- folk, 176.
Women's Auxiliary, St. Michael's Church, 339; St. Paul's church, 340.
Women's Board of Missions, 336. Women's Forum, 329.
Women's Guild, Cong. Church, 337. St. Paul's Church, 340. Women's Home Missionary Society, 337.
Wonposet, Indian grantor, 12.
Wood pile, for Mansion House, (illus)., 97.
Woodbury, not in Western Lands, 8; men sent from, 22; sends troops to Shepaug, 26; its boun- dary line, 45; its rivalry with Litchfield, 46; petition of South Farms to join, 178.
Woodruff, Arthur, concerts, 268.
Woodruff, Charles, paid for pall- bearers, 178.
Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H., golden wedding of, 274 Woodruff, Eben, on 1720 map, i.
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Woodruff, George Catlin, Sr., his- torian, 210; (portrait), 210; at Litchfield Law School, 107; his "Hist. of Litchfield," his "Residents of Litchfield", viii .; his address at Centennial (1876), 213; quoted, 8, 12, 27, 79; on politi- cal and religious feeling in Litch- field, 167; first vice-president county historical society, 213; rem - iniscences of, 230; gives library quarters, 271; golden wedding of, 274.
Woodruff, Geo. C. Jr., aid ac- knowledged, ix .; edits The En- quirer (1894-), 140; portrait, 140, chairman War Bureau, 260.
Woodruff, George Morris, dedi- cation to, v; portrait, viii .; plants trees in East Park, 171; golden wedding of, 274.
Woodruff, James, contributes gun, 74.
Woodruff, Hon. James Parsons, (portrait), 300.
Woodruff, Judge Lewis B., at Litchfield Law School, 107; (portrait), 215.
Woodruff, Lewis B., present owner of Reeve house, 102.
Woodruff, Lucy Morris, pupil of Pierce School, 119; wife of O. S. Seymour, 214.
Woodruff, Matthew, shoots Indian, 22.
Woodruff, Morris, (portrait), 178; employs Salmon, brother of John Brown, 184; supporter of mis- sions, 185.
Woodruff, N., on 1720 map, i.
Woodruff, Oliver, in Beebe's con - pany, 74; survivor of Bridewell prison, 77.
Woodruff St., houses on, 356. Woodspell, minister's, 35.
Woolen cloth factory at Wolcott- ville (now Torrington), 137. Woolsey, Theodore D., historical discourse quoted, 104.
Wooster, Levi S., builds up North- field library, 187.
Worcester, Dr., blesses God for Litchfield, 185.
World war (chap. xxiii.), 245. Wyantinuck tribe, 16.
Wyllys, Susannah, wife of Jedediah Strong, 158.
Yale Law School founded, 108.
Yale, students of, give plays, 123. Yeowomen in Great War, 259.
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, 337.
Young Women's Guild, St. Michael's Church, 339.
Yuan Shi Ki, sends evergreen for William W. Rockhill's grave, 171. Zavotti, Pio, supposed killed in action, 256.
ERRATA.
p. viii, line 9 from bottom, for Jennie read Jeanie p. 3, line 11 from top, for insistantly read insistently
p. 5, two bottom lines, read: streams of water gushing from the melting ice
p. 20, line 3 from bottom, for John read Joseph
p. 36, line 10 from bottom, for ridiclued read ridiculed
p. 42, line 10 from bottom, for may read many
p. 44, line 5 from bottom, for Housantonic read Housatonic
p. 80, line 15 from top, for set read sent
p. 148, line 6 from top, for thorougly read thoroughly
p. 157, line 12 from top, for liguor read liquor
p. 161, last paragraph. "The active temperance movement in Litchfield was several times revived. I can ans- wer only for the years of my own boyhood, but dur- ing these years there was a very active lodge of the Sons of Temperance in town and several other or- ganizations, including one that was modeled directly after that of Lyman Beecher's time and included all the prominent professional men of Litchfield". (A. E. B.)
p. 196, line 17 from top, { for Kinton, Hertfordshire read
p. 197, line 12 from top, § Kington, Herefordshire
p. 203, top line, for Within fifteen years read In 1866
p. 205, line 11 from bottom, for Gimbred read Jones (see page 114)
p. 219, line 6 from bottom; for unanimousy read unani- mously
p. 351, The illustration opposite this page is dated 1920, but obviously it was taken prior to the remodeling of the Courthouse, probably about 1912.
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