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Newport (R. I.), founding, i, 209, 211 ; commerce, ii, 475, 504; in Revolu- tion, iii, 121; buildings, iv, 228.
"Newport" (galley), ii, 73, 76.
"Newsletter" (Boston), i, 265.
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Newsletter, broadside, (illus.) opp. i, 600.
Newspapers, early, i, 265; ii, 230, 311; iii, 109-112, 193, 287, 361 ; edited by women, 326; nineteenth century, 519 ; iv, 221 ; v, 152, 479 ; Maine, iii, 553, 563 ; collections, v, 285, 287; finan- cial, v, 366. See also Liberty of the press.
Newton (Mass.), water supply, v, 86; Newton, Isaac, hotel, iv, 365.
Newton, Thomas, ii, 43, 163. schools, v, 461.
Newton Theological School, Institu- tion, library, v, 289.
Niantic Indians, i, 212-213, 232, 241- 242, 243, 246-247.
Niblo's Garden (New York City), banquets, iv, 121.
Nichewoag. See Petersham.
Nichols, Malcolm Edwin, v, 79.
Nicholson, General Francis, ii, 83-84, 275.
Nickerson, Thomas, v, 161.
Nicolls, Richard, i, 484, 486, 488, 510.
"Nightingale" (clipper ship), in harbor (illus.), opp. iv, 450.
Niles, Samuel, ii, 309.
Ninigret (Indian), i, 213, 242, 243, 246.
Nipmuc Indians, i, 131, 134, 548, 571. Nitroglycerin, iv, 366.
Nixon, General John, iii, 126, 130.
Noddle's Island, i, 17, 261, 400; iii, 53, 120. Nokake, i, 149.
Nonconformists, i, 561.
"Nonsuch" (frigate), iii, 90.
Nonesuch River, i, 196.
Norfolk (Mass.), prison colony, v, 52 ; State hospital, v, 59.
Norfolk County (Eng.), i, 56, 59.
Norfolk County (Mass.), ii, 103, 106; cotton mills, iv, 281.
Norridgewock (Me.), ii, 86-90.
North, Lord, i, 565-566; ii, 503, 516, 517, 519, 545; iii, 64.
North Adams, industries, iv, 360, 361,
362; railroad, 428 ; immigrants, 610. North American Civic League for Im- migrants, iv, 148, 152.
"North American Review," iii, 505; iv, 47, 221, 270, 286 ; v, 480.
North Andover, school, v, 463.
North Attleboro, v, 390.
North Carolina, settlement, i, 2, 194; Fundamental Constitutions, ii, 582, 587; French and Indian War, 426; boundaries, iii, 175; in Union, 177; bills of credit, 343; federal constitu- tion, 389; proslavery acts, iv, 317; reconstruction, 555, 567, 574 ; carpet- baggers, 582; industries, v, 385, 386. "North Dakota" (U.S.S.), v, 397.
North Reading State Sanatorium, v, 59. North Yarmouth (Maine), admiralty court, iii, 39.
Northampton (Mass.), abandoned, i, 416; founding, 531 ; schools, ii, 376; iv, 165, 389 ; v, 207; probate records, iv, 347; pastor, 369; railroads, 428. Northampton State Hospital, v, 59.
Northamptonshire (Eng.), i, 57, 59, 60, 61.
Northbridge, mills, v, 372.
Northeastern University, v, 109, 260, 262; Law School; 109, 214, 263.
"Northern Light" (clipper ship), iv, 455.
Northern Pacific R. R., v, 160.
Northfield, Indian troubles, i, 518, 548 ; founding, 531 ; ii, 103, III ; name, ii, 104.
Northumberland (Eng.), i, 57.
Northwest Ordinance (1787), v, 133- 136, 164.
Northwest Territory, v, 132, 133, 134. Norton (Mass.), founding, ii, 103; re- vision of constitution, iii, 71 ; schools, v, 209.
Norton, Arthur O., "Harvard College," i, chap. xii, pp. 325-357.
Norton, Charles H., v, 371. Norton, Charles Eliot, iv, 190, 233, 237, 571 ; v, 283, 490.
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Norton, John (1606-1663), i, 312, 338, 372, 473, 478, 484.
Norton, John (1651-1716), i, 373.
Norton, Mrs. Mary, i, 275.
Norton Female Seminary, v, 209. Norwegians, immigrants, iv, 162.
Norwich (Eng.), i, 59.
Norwich (Mass.), in Revolution, iii, 162; railroad, iv, 427.
Notaries, appointment, iii, 6; removal, iv, 30; women, v, 650.
Notes. See Public debt.
Nottinghamshire (Eng.), i, 60.
Nourse, Mrs. Rebecca, ii, 38, 40, 53.
Nova Albion, i, 363; iv, 345.
Nova Scotia, French in, i, 5; Scotch in, 505; English claim, 385; part of Mass., ii, 11; ceded to England, 85; excluded from colonial union, 460; commerce, iii, 48, 125; attacked dur- ing American Revolution, 51, 125; shipbuilding, iv, 467; map (1723), opp. ii, 66. See also Acadia.
Nowell, Increase, i, 112, 348, 419. Nowell, Samuel, i, 474; ii, 5. Noyes, Joseph, i, 275.
Noyes, Nicholas, ii, 42, 54.
Noyes, Oliver, ii, 298.
Nullification, militia duty, i, 241-245, 472; English laws, 563; ii, 15; Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), iii, 452; Conscription Act, 466; Embargo Act, (18II), 435; Tariff Act (1828), iv, II7.
Nurses, iv, 528 ; v, 546, 621.
Nut Island (N. Y.), See Governor's Id. Nuts, i, 42.
O AKES, THOMAS, ii, 4, 6, 20. Oakham, district, ii, 110.
Oaths, allegiance, i, 83, 485, 563; iii, 87; fidelity, i, 171, 393; iii, 87, 88; on Bible, i, 591, 595; attor- neys, ii, 163, 167; democratized, iii, 74; allegiance to U. S., 112; officials of Mass., 198; iv, 6; v, 510; loyal- ist's declaration, iii, 262.
Oberlin College, founding, v, 148; li- brarian, 154; students, 204, 206.
Oberlin Rescue Case, v, 148. O'Brien, Hugh, v, 535.
O'Brien, Jeremiah, iii, 31, 35.
O'Brien, Robert Lincoln, v, 481, 483. "Observer" (antislavery journal), v, I53.
O'Connell, Joseph Francis, v, 180. O'Connell, William, Cardinal, v, 189, 472, 529; portrait, opp. v, 528.
Office holding, eligibility, i, 185; iv, 606; loyalists, iii, 262; dual, iv, 7, 31; religious test, 116; women, v, IO.
Officials (Mass.), extortion, i, 588 ; ap- pointing, ii, 8, 11-12, 517; iii, 64, 73, 74; v, 40, 606; salaries, i, 439; ii, 12, 14, 19, 21; iv, 54; v, 40; popular election, iv, 21, 25; v, 651; plurality vote, iv, 24; intimidation, 606; pensions, v, 54, 169; removal, 40, 48, 171, 193, 652; retirement board, 30. See also Civil service.
Officials (U. S.), tenure of office, iv, 558, 561.
Ogden v. Saunders, iv, 112.
Ohio Company of Associates, v, 137.
Ohio, immigration from New England, iii, 565; iv, 355; v, 137-142; charter, iv, 291; State constitution, v, 138. Old Colony R. R., v, 403, 418, 425. Old Colony Trust Associates, v, 348. Old Colony Trust Co., v, 347. Oldham, John, i, 76, 79-80, 535. Old Jewry meeting-house, London, fre- quented by exiled loyalists, iii, 272. "Old South Historical Series," v, 490. Old State House, courts in, ii, 175, 223 ; Council Chamber, 91, 175, 223, 235; first use of term, iii, 108; royal arms removed, 163.
O'Leary, Bishop Thomas, M., v, 472, 532.
Oliver, Andrew, ii, 177, 186, 304, 431, 479, 480, 491, 508.
Oliver, Mrs. Bridget. See Bishop, Mrs.
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Oliver, Chief Justice Peter, ii, 153, 184, 187, 188, 256; portrait, opp. ii, 188. Oliver, Thomas, ii, 547.
Olmstead, Frederick Law, iv, 240, 435. Olney, Richard, v, 99, 172; portrait, opp. v, 100.
Omaha (Neb.), exposition, iv, 244, 245.
Oneida Indians, ii, 432.
Onondaga Indians, ii, 432.
Onset, shipbuilding, v, 388.
Opium, smuggling, iv, 440.
Optical goods, industry, v, 389.
Oranges, rarity, iv, 357.
Orchards, Boston, ii, 361; statistics, 394 ; experimentation, iv, 394.
Orderly book, extracts, ii, 449-450; fac simile, opp. ii, 450.
Ordnance and supplies, captured from British, iii, 23; brought from Ticon- deroga, 23; from France, 40.
Oregon (territory), iv, 298-301.
Oregon Colonization Society, iv, 299.
O'Reilly, John Boyle, iv, 157, 243; V, 536; portrait, opp. v, 536.
O'Reilly, Bishop Patrick T., v, 472, 532. Organs, v, 387.
"Oriental" (clipper ship), iv, 446; second, 459.
Orleans (Mass.), War of 1812, iii, 490. Orphans, i, 278, 280.
Osburn, Sarah, ii, 38, 40.
Osgood, Samuel, iii, 103, 165, 166, 411.
Osterville, shipbuilding, v, 388.
Oswego (N. Y.), school, iv, 189.
Otis (Mass.), iv, 349, 361.
Otis, Harrison Gray, ii, 179; iii, 446, iv, 42; v, 520; politics, iii, 413, 424, 427, 431, 432, 437, 455, 456, 465, 467, 468, 542, 566; iv, 316; U. S. Senator, 283, 286; proslavery, 295, 316, 321 ; portrait, opp., iii, 424.
Otis, James, Sr., ii, 469, 491.
Otis, James, Jr., ii, 249, 313, 378 ; law- yer, 145, 172-174, 178; iii, 225; poli- tics, ii, 149, 176, 472, 473, 481, 490; writs of assistance, 158, 169, 175-
177, 227, 312, 468 ; offices, 244, 250, 472; writer, ii, 177, 312. "Otter" (vessel), iii, 536.
"Outlook," v, 494. Overtime Bill, v, 178.
Oxford (Mass.), i, 62, 530; ii, 103, 258.
Oxford University, i, 325, 342; grad- uates, i, 88, 328, 338-339, 388.
Oxen, draught animals, ii, 389; iii, 357.
P ACIFIC" (vessel), iii, 256. Pacifism, iv, 319. Page, Mabel, v, 123.
Page, Marie Danforth, v, 220. Page, Walter Hines, v, 487.
Pageants, iv, 249.
Paine, Thomas, ii, 313; iii, 161.
Paine, Robert Treat, iii, 314; Conti- nental Congress, ii, 547; iii, 154, 164, 165, 174, 228; Mass. Constitutional Convention, iii, 189, 190, 209, 233; judge, iv, 41; portrait, opp. ii, 528. Painting, eighteenth century, iv, 230; nineteenth century, 231, 241, 248. Palfrey, John Gorham, iv, 96, 97, 208, 297, 475, 483.
Palmer, Mrs. Alice (Freeman), iv, 193; V, 317.
Palmer, Edward, i, 280.
Palmer, George Herbert, iv, 190, 194; v, 284, 317.
Palmer (Mass.), ii, III; iii, 100; iv, 361.
Palmer Memorial Hospital, v, 458, 561. Panics, financial, iv, 288, 289; v, 343, 344, 350, 352.
Pannaway. See Little Harbor.
"Panoplist," iv, 254, 261.
Paper, manufacture, ii, 410; iii, 360; iv, 361 ; v, 393, 430, 438 ; machinery, 372; for currency, 383; wall paper, 390.
Parades, on Sunday, v, 47.
Pâris, Admiral François Edmond, iv, 464. Park, Edwards A., v, 140. Parker, Alice, ii, 40.
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Parker, Francis W., iv, 189.
Parker, Herbert, v, 635, 641, 645, 648, 657, 658, 659, 666.
Parker, Chief Justice Isaac, i, 100; iii, 4, 552, 578 ; iv, 43, 47, 49.
Parker, Joel, iv, 50; v, 106.
Parker, John, ii, 568-570; iv, 205.
Parker, Mary, ii, 40.
Parker, Theodore, iv, 186, 205, 266, 272, 275, 330, 479, 486, 505; v, 148; library, 270.
Parker House, v, III.
Parkman, Ebenezer, iii, 310.
Parkman, Francis, iv, 209; v, 151, 296; portrait, opp. iv, 210.
Parkman, George, iv, 56.
Parkman Memorial, iv, 243; v, 88.
Parks, Metropolitan District, iv, 618; v, 29, 73, 332 ; Boston, 88, 90, 332. Parley, Peter. See Abbott, Jacob. Parmenter, Frederick A., v, 126.
Parole of convicts, v, 30, 41, 55.
Parris, Governor (Maine) Albion Keith, iii, 561, 563, 565, 576.
Parris, John, ii, 36-37, 42, 53.
Parsons, Hugh, ii, 33.
Parsons, Mrs. Mary Louis, ii, 33.
Parsons, Moses, iii, 319.
Parsons, Chief Justice Theophilus, ii,
173, 179; iii, 116, 184; iv, 41, 42, 43, 44, 50 ; Mass. Constitutional Con- vention, iii, 189, 190, 192, 200; de- cisions, 295, 477; "Essex Result," 184; politics, 398, 413, 429.
Parsons, Theophilus, Jr., iv, 574; v, 106, 302. Partnership, laws, v, 44.
Partridge, George, iii, 165, 166, 409, 415.
Partridge, Lelia, iv, 189.
Partridge, Oliver, ii, 457, 481.
Partridge, Ralph, i, 83, 88.
Passaconoway (Indian), i, 133.
Passamaquoddy Indians, iii, 126.
Passamaquoddy Islands, iii, 562. Passenger Cases, iv, 113.
Patents, i, 428.
Patrons of Husbandry, iv, 397.
Patterson, General John, iv, 370.
Patuxet. See Plymouth.
Paupers. See also Poor.
Pawmett. See Truro.
Pawtucket Falls, iv, 414, 421.
Pawtuxet (R. I.), settlement, i, 210.
Paxton, Charles, ii, 276, 468, 501 ; v, II5.
Paxton, founding, ii, 112.
Payquage. See Athol.
Payson, Thomas E., iv, 386.
Peabody (Mass.), Russian element, iv. I54. Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer, iv, 189; v, 209.
Peabody, Joseph, iii, 539.
Peabody, Robert Swain, iv, 234, 244, 247.
Peabody, William Rodman, v, 606.
Peabody Home for Crippled Children, v, 559.
Peace, world-wide, v, 189, 229, 499.
Peace Conference (1861), iv, 505, 506.
Peace movement, iv, 319.
"Peacock" (H.M.S.), iii, 483.
"Peacock" (U. S. sloop), iii, 487. Pearson, Edward J., v, 411, 416.
Pearson, Henry Greenleaf, "Prelimi- naries of Civil War," iv, chap. xvi, pp. 473-497; "Massachusetts to the Front (1861)," iv, chap. xvii, pp. 499-513. Peck, Samuel, iv, 579. Peddlers, iv, 429.
Pejepscot Bay, i, 197.
Pelham, ii, 110, 259; iv, 354.
"Pelican" (H.M.S.), iii, 484.
Pell's Point Battle, iii, 128.
Pelletier, Joseph C., v, 124, 193, 637, 662.
Pemberton Island. See George's Is- land.
Pemaquid (Me.), founding, i, 196, 363; Indian troubles, 513; ii, 66, 76; county seat, i, 511, 516, 585; fort, ii, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 71, 79. Pemberton Fund, iii, 519.
Pembroke, founding, ii, 103, 104, 106.
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Pencils, iii, 292.
Pendleton Act, v, 47.
"Penguin" (H.M.S.), iii, 488. Penhallow, Samuel, ii, 310.
Pentient Female Refuge and Bethesda Society, iii, 520.
Penn, William, i, 373 ; ii, 5, 35.
Pennacook Indians, i, 128, 130, 153.
Pennsylvania, Indians, i, 131; paper money, ii, 214; Albany Congress, 423; governors, 426; iii, 388; In- dian wars, ii, 426; federal constitu- tion, iii, 374, 377; population, 434; abolition of slavery, 508; iv, 320- 322; education, iv, 178; immigration from New England, 355.
"Pennsylvania Gazette," ii, 311.
Penobscot (Maine), i, 85, 89, 195, 497, 505, 511, 516, 585; in the Revolu- tion, iii, 36; illegal trading, 542; War of 1812, 544.
Penobscot Expedition, iii, 36-38, 60.
Penobscot Indians, ii, 86, 88, 90.
Penobscot region, early, i, 15; Plym- outh Colony, i, 85; St. Casin, i, 585.
Penobscot River, boundary, i, 199; iii, 489; name, i, 363.
Pens, manufacture, iv, 362.
Pensions, army, iii, 147; Revolutionary War, 147, 327; public employees, v, 169; old-age, 36.
Pentagoët (Maine), i, 516.
People's Party, iv, 554, 632.
Pepper trade, iii, 537.
Pepin, Chauncey, v, 22.
Pepperell (Mass.), founding, ii, 110. Pepperrell, Sir William, i, 283, 421, 424, 426, 427, 444.
Pepperrell papers, ii, 315.
Pequod Indians, i, 217, 246-247, 253, 268, 553.
Pequod River, boundary, i, 211.
Pequot War, i, 217-218, 226, 534-535; books about, i, 373.
Percy, Earl, ii, 563, 564, 581-585; iii, 24, 321.
Periodicals, iv, 221; v, 485-494, 501 ; index, 291; medical, 547.
Perkins, Charles E., iv, 248; v, 159. Perkins, Mrs. Damaris, ii, 373. Perkins, George E., v, 61. Perkins, Holten B., v, 619.
Perkins, James, iii, 538.
Perkins, Joseph, iii, 519.
Perkins, Mrs. Sarah, iv, 363.
Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, iii, 535, 538; v, 520.
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, iii, 518, 539; iv, 274; v, 239. Perpetuities, iv, 89.
Perry, Commodore Oliver Hazard, iii, 484.
Person, inviolability, i, 118.
Personal Liberty Act (1855), iv, 492, 495, 502, 503, 506, 561.
Perth Amboy (N. J.), terra cotta, iv, 238.
Peru, piracy, iii, 482; Tacna-Arica dispute, v, 230.
Pestilences, among Indians, i, 128-129, 135.
Peter, Hugh, i, 116, 268, 317, 345, 349. Peter, Tar, i, 447.
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, v, 564. Peters, Andrew James, v, 79, 93.
Peters, Andrew J., "Boston-the Mu- nicipality (1890-1930)," v, chap. iii, pp. 68-96.
Petersburg (Va.), siege, iv, 538. Petersham, founding ii, 110.
Petitions, refusal by Congress, iv, 326, 332 ; fees accompanying, 8.
Petroleum, illuminant, i, 25; iv, 397. Pew, General William A., v, 579, 584. Pfaff, Charles, v, 581.
"Phantom" (clipper), iv, 456, 457.
Pharmacy, Board of Registration in, iv, 614; v, 389.
Phelan, James J., and Donald G. Rob- bins, "Public Finance of Massachu- setts (1890-1930)," v, chap. xi, pp. 329-369.
Phelan, James J., v, 602, 606, 626.
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Phelps, Amos Augustus, iv, 332, 335. Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, v, 207, 211, 218, 490.
Phelps, Oliver, iii, 353.
Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, not demo- cratic, iii, 447.
Philadelphia (Penn.), founding, ii, 35; imports from England, 504, 510; co- operation against England, 521 ; fast day, 525; Continental Congresses, 544; iii, 156; British in, iii, 131; bank, 363; federal constitution, 370; national capital, 418; Johnson con- vention,' iv, 556; literary center, v, 156; freight differential, 419; mili- tia, 572.
"Philadelphia News Bureau," v, 366. "Philadelphia Weekly Mercury," ii, 3II.
Philbrick, John D., iv, 192, 198.
Philip (Indian), i, 130. See also King Philip's War.
Phillips, Alonzo D., iv, 367.
Phillips, Samuel, iii, 41, 140; iv, 177. Phillips, Wendell, iv, 115, 213, 475, 509, 555, 556, 573, 595; abolitionist, 294, 295, 324, 327, 334, 337, 338, 486, 502; v, 148; portrait, opp. iv, 334.
Phillips, William, iii, 107, 108 ; iv, 358. Phillips Andover Academy, iii, 504; iv, 177; V, 241. Phillips v. Savage, ii, 169.
Phillis (slave), ii, 263, 367.
Phips, Lady Mary (Spencer), ii, 49. Phips, Spencer, ii, 435, 466.
Phips, Sir William, i, 599-600; ii, 4, 7, 9, 15-16, 20, 21, 41, 49, 67-69, 71-73, 330, 435; iii, 90, 285; por- trait, opp. ii, 18.
"Phoebe" (H.M.S.), iii, 483.
"Phoenix" (brig), iii, 60.
Photography, on Sunday, v, 46.
Physicians, settlers, i, 53-54, 310, 425 ; ii, 33; v, 539; numbers, i, 318; v, 545; in wars, iv, 518, 528; v, 621; registration, 29, 543; instruction, 216; women, 216; standards, 263,
545; in epidemic, 627. See also Medical science.
Pianos, introduction, iii, 502; manu- facture, v, 386.
Pickering, Edward, v, 264.
Pickering, John, iii, 79, 189.
Pickering, Timothy, iii, 39, 411, 554, 584; in Cabinet, iii, 240, 411, 424; politics, iii, 246, 411, 413, 435, 542; U. S. Senator, iii, 429, 434, 540; secession plot, iii, 429, 432, 456, 476. Pickering fireback, (illus.) opp. i, 40. Pickering papers, ii, 315.
Pierce, Edward L., iv, 578-579.
Pierce, President Franklin, iv, 130, 216, 482.
Pierce, John, i, 67, 72, 76.
Pietists, ii, 339.
Pigwacket Indians, ii, 90.
Pike, John, v, 524.
Pillsbury, Albert E., v, 635, 636, 642, 647, 650, 657, 658, 660, 668.
Pilgrims, i, 12-15, 60-61, 66, 68, 76, 79,
81, 84, 89-90, 260, 361, 365, 384, 412, 421. See also Plymouth Colony.
"Pilgrim" (vessel), iii, 50, 60.
Pillory, i, 314; iii, 300.
"Pilot," iv, 157, 489.
Pinckney, General Charles Cotesworth, iii, 242, 377, 382, 385, 394, 423, 424, 433.
Piracy, by French, i, 459; against French, 517; elimination, 596; ii, 19; Barbary States, 317; iii, 471 ; in the Revolution, 30; Peru, 482. Pirates, i, 511; ii, 19, 278, 301, 302, 361.
Piscataqua. See Kittery (Me.) ; Ports- mouth (N. H.).
Piscataqua River, i, 196, 199, 202, 203, 204.
Pitcairn, John, ii, 566-570, 580.
Pitt, William, Sr., ii, 90, 304, 305, 440, 488, 495, 515.
Pitts, John, ii, 245; iii, 103.
Pittsburgh (Pa.), Fort Duquesne, ii, 426, 432, 440, 442; party convention, iv, 556.
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Pittsfield, founding, ii, III; iv, 349; courts vacant, iii, 74-77; in Revolu- tion, 100, 161; Mass. constitution, 183, 187; Washington Benevolent Society, iv, 357; country club, 358 ; industries, iv, 360-363; v, 372, 385; school, iv, 360; resort, 367; rail- roads, 428; town center, (illus.) opp. iv, 350.
"Pittsfield Sun" (newspaper), iv, 370. Plainville, library, v, 276.
Plantations. See Towns.
Plattsburg (N. Y.), iii, 486; v, 609. Playgrounds, v, 77.
Plimpton, George A., "French and In- dian Wars," ii, chap. xiv, pp. 419- 451.
"Plough" (vessel), i, 196.
Plough Patent, i, 196, 199.
Plows, i, 423; iv, 373, 374; illustra- tions, opp. iv, 374.
Plumer, William, iii, 414, 429.
"Pluto" (brigantine), iii, 60.
Plymouth (Eng.), Pilgrims, i, 68; pris- oners of war, iii, 52.
Plymouth (Mass.), founding, i, 15, 60, 70; description, 70-72, 88 ; early his- tory, 70-74, 87-88, 386, 422 ; fortifica- tions, 72, 74, 80, 534; early explora- tions, 193; shipbuilding, 265; in Revolution, ii, 547; iii, 57; admi- ralty court, iii, 39; effect of em- bargo, 432; War of 1812, 506, 544; fisheries, 531; bicentenary, iv, 114; industries, 305.
Plymouth Colony, agreement with Lon- don Company, i, 14, 67, 77-78, 410- 412; assent by king and bishops, 14; voyage in "Mayflower," 15, 68-70; Mayflower Compact, 15, 69; settle- ment, 15-16, 60-61, 70-73, 207, 226, 260-261; v, 137; authority over Cape Ann, i, 18-19; fishing outposts, 19; division of property, 14, 67, 72, 75, 77, 411, 417; dissensions, 18, 69; Indians, 70, 72-75, 533-534, 536, 539, 540; population, 71, 87, 261, 414; agriculture, 71, 73, 87, 422-423 ;
Pierce patent (1620-1621), 72, 76, 192 (illus.), opp. 78; undertakers, 77-78 ; trading enterprises, 77, 84- 86, 89, 195, 217, 238, 497, 505; free- holders and purchasers, 77; War- wick patent (1630), 78, 82, 192, 569 ; wealth, 76, 85, 87-88; territory, 78, 86 (map), opp. 222; Kennebec sta- tion, 78, 195; government, 82-83, 392 ; statutes, 82-84, 315; ii, 15; cur- rency, i, 84, 433; Mass. aggressions, 84, 86, 217, 238, 497; raid on Merry Mount, 85, 392; place in history, 85, 89; absorbed by Mass., 89, 255; ii, II; Pequod War, i, 218; militia, 229, 252, 253, 365; Mass. duties, 239, 438 ; settlement law, 286; wick- edness, 315; decline, 365-366; sala- ries of officials, 439 ; customs duties, 450; Philip's War, 544-552 ; in Dom- inion of New England, 572, 584; governors and deputy governors, 607; Quebec expedition, ii, 4, 68 ; ally in war, 66. See also New Eng- land Confederation ; also names of persons, towns, and specific topics. Plymouth Company (Eng.), i, 5, 17, 18, 190.
Plymouth County (Mass.), settlement, i, 78; ii, 103, 110, 112; convention (1774), ii, 550.
Plymouth Rock, i, 70.
Plympton (Mass.), ii, 103, 106.
Pocasset. See Portsmouth (R. I.).
Pocasset Indians, i, 547.
Pocumtuc Indians, i, 131, 233.
Poe, Edgar Allen, i, 364; ii, 311; iv, 201; letter, v, 271.
Poetry, criticism of life, ii, 293.
Pokanoket, i, 128.
Poles, immigrants, iv, 154, 161, 162, 169.
Police, State force, iv, 595, 600, 616; v, 29, 60, 596; Boston, iv, 614, 616; v, 69, 72, 73, 91, 94; Boston strike, 70, 93, 190, 593; removal, 48. See also Constables.
Politics, parties of the provincial pe-
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riod, ii, 126, 138, 143, 145, 149, 490; economic factors, iv, 76; civilian
employees, v, 76; study of, 228, 255. Polk, President James, iv, 94, 125, 297. Pollard, Mrs. Ann, ii, 373.
"Polly" (sloop), iii, 31.
Pomeroy, General Seth, ii, 427; iii, I2.
Pometacom (Indian). See Philip.
Pondville Hospital, v, 59, 561.
Pontiac War, ii, 476.
Pook, Samuel Hartt, iv, 445, 447, 455, 457, 463, 468, 469.
Poole, Elizabeth, i, 61, 317.
Poole, William Frederick, v, 154, 291. Poor, i, 285; ii, 266; iii, 513-516; v, 49; care by town, i, 121, 285, 287- 288 ; ii, 101, 224, 266, 268, 368; iii, 513-516, 596; iv, 144; v, 50, 51, 55; laws, i, 285; ii, 266; State aid, i, 288; v, 50, 51, 58 ; sold for servants, i, 465; buying food, ii, 232; statis- tics, 229, 268; iv, 145; families of absent loyalists, iii, 264; rich and poor, 513 ; private charities, 519; v, 459 ; disfranchisement, iv, 5, 29, 30; immigration restricted, iii, 509; iv, I43; State authorities, 144, 614; v, 29, 30, 32; free transportation out of Europe, iv, 144; Catholic chari- ties, v, 533; hospital social service, 562; coordinating relief, 605. Poor Widows Fund, iii, 519. Pontoosuck. See Pittsfield.
Pope, General John, iv, 533.
Pope Day, ii, 269; v, 506, 510, 521. Popham (Me.), i, 38.
Popham, Sir John, i, 6, 67, 191.
Population, racial elements, i, 62, 257; iv, 143, 146, 149, 167, 354; V, 72; native born, i, 480; near sea- board, v, 419; present-day, 491; map' showing density, opp. ii, 410; map of distribution, v, inside cover. Population, statistics: seventeenth cen- tury, i, 63, 100, 240, 261-262, 339, 414, 416, 525; eighteenth century, ii, 112, 262, 386-388 ; iii, 91, 355, 407;
iv, 143, 282; nineteenth century, ii, 386; iii, 433; iv, 76, 282; V, 101; comparison with England, ii, 387; twentieth century, v, 95, 240.
Port charges, discriminatory, iii, 528, 533.
Port Royal (N. S.), i, 504; ii, 4, 67, 69, 70, 77, 82-83, 85.
Porter, David, Sr., iii, 60.
Porter, Commodore David, iii, 60, 482; portrait, opp. iii, 482.
Porter, William Townsend, v, 557.
Portia Law School, v, 109, 214.
Portland (Maine), pastors, i, 403; ii, 282; Indian troubles, i, 585; de- stroyed, ii, 7; iii, 125, 490; Fort Loyal, ii, 79; spinning party, ii, 282; fortification, iii, 491; conventions, 554; railroad, iv, 428.
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth R. R., v, 402.
Porto Rico, v, 582.
Ports of entry, i, 464, 518.
Portsmouth (N. H.), annexed by Mass., i, 206;, founding, i, 261 ; witchcraft, ii, 34-35; peace with In- dians, 85; in Revolution, 529; iii, 107; visited by Washington, 117; stage route, iv, 420; railroad, 428 ; shipbuilding, 454.
Portsmouth (R. I.), i, 208, 209, 211, 397.
Portugal, in America, i, I.
Portuguese, immigrants, iv, 147, 161, 162, 169, 431.
Postal service, provincial, ii, 13, 416; mail stage (illus.), opp. iii, 510.
Postmasters General (U. S.), iii; in- cumbents, 4II.
Potash, ii, 398.
Pottawatomie (Kansas) massacres, iv, 493.
Poultry, i, 378, 424; introduction, 68. Pound, Roscoe, v, 99, 107.
Pownall, Governor Thomas, ii, 143- 144, 165, 435.
Practice Act (Mass.), iv, 58.
"Prairie" (U.S.S.), v, 582.
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Pratt, Bela, iv, 249.
Pratt, Benjamin, ii, 165, 172, 174, 175. Prayer-Book, Anglican, i, 7, 8; ii, 286;
King's Chapel, i, 405; iv, 257; col- lection, v, 271.
Preble, Edward, iii, 59, 471.
Preble, William Pitt, iii, 561, 563, 576.
Prence, Governor (Plymouth) Thomas, i, 72, 540.
Prentice, Mrs. Sarah (Sartell), iii, 317. Presbyterians, i, 9, 10; ii, 224; iv, 267; v, 470; missions, 138.
Prescott, Benjamin, iv, 366.
Prescott, James, iv, 54, 110.
Prescott, William, ii, 551; iii, 5, 8, II-12, 126.
Prescott, William Hickling, iii, 519; iv, 70, 129, 209, 221; V, 151.
"President" (U. S. frigate), iii, 488. President of the U. S., election by governors, iii, 385; independence, 395; single term, 466; candidates from same State, 466; Mass. men, iv, 283; transmission of orders to Army, 557; disputed election, 601 ; list, v, 690. See also names of Pres- idents.
Presidential electors, selection, iii, 410. Preston (Eng.), i, 57, 59.
Preston, Capt. Thomas, ii, 180, 251. Price fixing, early, i, 102, 184, 428 ; in Revolution, iii, 84, 324, 345.
Prices, i, 271, 275, 431-432; ii, 206, 232 ; in Revolutionary War, iii, 324, 343.
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