Hampden county, 1636-1936, Volume II, Part 42

Author: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: New York, The American historical Society, Inc.
Number of Pages: 562


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Mason, Primus, 408, 488.


Masonic Building. Springfield, 396.


Masons and stonecutters. 493, 497. 498, 896, 1006; also see Builders.


Massachusetts Agricultural College, 688. Massachusetts Arms Company, 656.


Massachusetts Bay, 21, 23-25, 27. 30, 37. 44, 46, 55, 56, 61, 69. 85, 93, 95. 96, IIO, 169, 178, 201, 736, 787, 788. 812, 909, 997, 1023, 1025.


Massachusetts Bay Company, 18, 19, 22, 24.


Massachusetts Gazette and General Ad- vertiser," 291.


Massachusetts General Court; see Court, General, Massachusetts.


Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics, 935. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 489, 502, 519, 522, 523, 646. Massasoit Fire Insurance Company, 521. Massasoit House, 363-365, 519.


Massasoit, Indian, 137, 362.


Massasoit Lake, 557. Massasoit Spring, 1009, 1010.


Matches, manufacture of, 599, 632. Mater Dolorosa School, 694.


Mather, Atherton, 983.


Mather, Cotton, 81.


Mather, Increase, 144, 155, 159, 189.


Mather, Samuel, 755.


"Mather on Congregational principles." 621.


Mathews, or Matthews, John, 74, 107, 147. Matthews, Sarah, Mrs., 454. Maumee River, 356. Maxfield, Major, 429.


Maxim, Hiram Stevens, 1014.


May, Nehemiah, 875.


Maynard. Elisha Burr, 549.


Mayor of Springfield (Fordis C. Parker), boyhood memories of, 401-409. "Meadow City," 714. Meat Markets, 484, 701. Medeski, Anthony, 494.


Medical profession:


Advertisements of medicine, 294, 296.


"Cabot fever," 634.


Calentura, 428. Camp fever, 856.


Cholera, 682, 984.


Dentists, 485, 517, 705.


Diseases, contagious, 956.


Dissection, surgical, 390.


Doctors, see Physicians, below.


Doctor's services less important than re- ligion, 267.


Druggists, 221, 222, 297, 343.


Epidemics, 74. 595, 627, 682, 878.


Epilepsy, 935.


Faith healing, 663.


Farr Alpaca Company's physician. 705. Gout, 650.


Herbs and roots, medical, 250, 993. Hessian physician, 1006.


Hospitals, 215, 389, 428, 438, 452, 561- 564, 664, 699, 700, 705, 716, 743, 753, 755, 757, 924, 935.


Influenza epidemic, 595.


Itch, 956. Malaria, 475.


Malarial fever, Cuban, 428.


Medicine, study of, 329.


Medicine needed, 148.


Peppermint distillery, 779.


Physicians; see Bowen, Henry C .; Brewer, Chauncey; Brigham, Fred; Carmichael, J. H .; Chadwick, Henry; Champagne, Eugene (faith healer) ; Chapin, W. A. R .; Clark, David; Deane, Wallace H .; De Wolf, Thad- deus K .; Fagnent, Dr .: Fitzgerald, Edward; Ghourayeb, Albert; Green, Thomas; Henin, Charles; Horton, Timothy; Karpovich, Peter; Lathrop, Seth; Lawrence, James; Leonard, John E .; Long, Dr .; Lucas, Heman S .; McLean, Dr .; Otis, Dr .; Paul, Socrates J .; Pynchon, Charles; Sher- man, John; Skeele, Amos; Spelios, L. G .; Van Horn, John; Wallis, Thomas; Whitney, Dr .; Ziter, Fred.


Prescription, an old, 626. Roots and herbs, medical, 250, 993. Self healing, 700.


Smallpox, 215, 265, 277. 742, 743, 795. 833, 834, 856, 878, 883, 930, 991.


Snakes as medicine, 241. Spotted fever, 856. Superstitions, medical, 377, 380.


Surgery of Indians, 694. Surgical bandages, 304, 664.


Town pump a "physician," 373. Tuberculosis, 512. Tufts Medical College, 467. Typhoid fever, 634.


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Typhus epidemic, 627. Vapor baths, 688. Meekins, Emory, 518, 519, 608.


Meekins, Packard and Wheat, 518, 519, 608.


Meetinghouses, 45, 46, 61, 62, 74, 77, 142, 150, 158, 167, 168, 183, 184, 189, 195, 199, 206, 208, 209, 260-262, 267-269, 277, 278, 284, 299, 356, 373, 621, 622, 624, 626, 736, 740, 741, 743, 747, 778, 780, 789, 806-808, 811, 827, 834, 835, 845, 855, 857, 864, 865, 868, 869, 873, 874, 876, 884-888, 891, 893, 896, 897, 900, 910-912, 914, 916, 930, 952, 953, 955, 957-959, 968, 976, 977, 979, 985, 990, 991, 998, 1001, 1003, 1011, 1019, 1025, 1027-1029, 1033, 1035, 1036; also see Churches.


Mellichamp, Jean, 196.


Memorial Bridge, 600-604, 609, 904.


Memories, boyhood, of a Springfield mayor (Fordis C. Parker), 401-409.


Memories of Springfield, 259-272.


Memphremagog, Lake, 278.


Menamesick (Chicopee River), 949.


Meneely, Mr., of E. A., and G. R., Me- neely, 552.


Merchants, general, 171, 172, 221, 248, 267, 296, 314, 329, 330, 334, 336, 516, 668, 684, 835, 836, 888.


Mercy Hospital, Springfield, 428, 562, 563. Merriam, Charles, 336, 337, 364, 373, 391, 581, 630.


Merriam, Dan, 336.


Merriam, Ebenezer, 336, 337.


Merriam, G. and C., 337, 373, 581, 630.


Merriam, George, 336, 337, 341, 346, 364, 373, 391, 581, 630.


Merriam, George Spring, 581.


Merriam, Homer, 337.


Merriam, Thirza, Mrs., 336.


Merrick, Aaron, 957, 958.


Merrick, Capt., 929.


Merrick, Constable, 84.


Merrick family, 1009; also see Mirrick.


Merrick, Goodwife, 85.


Merrick, James, 927.


Merrick, Thomas, 864, 1024.


Merrick, Tilly, 1005.


Merrick and Fay, 931. Merrimac River, 18, 197.


Merritt, partner of Wood, 921.


Metcalf, Joseph, 704, 705.


Metelli, Eugene, 480.


Mexico, 320, 596, 716.


Michael, Rev., 503.


Michalaros, John, 467, 468.


Michigan, 334, 355, 416.


Middle Branch, 828, 834, 835.


Middle Granville, Hampden Co., Mass., 856, 857. Middle Landing, Springfield, 269.


Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Mass.,


1019. Middlebury, Vt., 10II.


Middlefield, Hampshire Co., Mass .. 825, 830, 833, 839.


Middlesex County, Mass., 97, 198.


Middletown, Conn., 293, 446, 71I. Milford, 865.


Milford, Conn., 180, 181.


Military training, 47, 62, 97, 98, 128-132, 149, 170, 195, 196, 222, 224, 260, 277, 278, 280, 281, 568, 643, 741, 743, 754, 791, 811, 814, 827, 917, 929, 955, 956, 977, 992, 1007. Milk marketing, 716, 1041.


Mill Brook, 989, 993.


Mill River, 58, 76, 90, 138, 146, 147, 172, 284, 288, 365, 378, 386, 706, 843, 922.


Miller, Aaron, 923. Miller Corner, Ludlow, 909, 914.


Miller, Jean, Mrs., 98, 548.


Miller, John, 667.


Miller, Joseph, 908, 911, 916.


Miller, Thomas, 83, 84, 104, 146, 147. 779.


Miller's River, 172.


Mills, grain, or grist, 97, 98, 110, 114, 145, 147-149, 160, 275, 283, 324, 401, 619. 668, 670, 737, 779, 793, 828, 834, 868, 875, 890, 896, 908, 930, 952, 959, 978, 989, 1006, 1038, 1041.


Mills, lumber ; see Sawmills.


Milnor, William, 293.


Milton, David, 3.


Mineachogue, see Minneachaug.


Minerals, 171, 172, 794, 799, 803, 836, 838, 839, 873, 879, 945.


Ministers (pastors, preachers) :


Builder of churches, 458.


Entertained at each other's houses, 106.


First in county, 35.


Guilty of drunkenness, 954.


Had many chance guests, 894.


Hampshire Association, 952.


None at Springfield first year, 31.


Residences, 36. Respect shown for, 269.


Smokers, 254. Treated to rum, 267. Visited schools, 270.


Ministers, list of; sce:


Adams, Mr .; Ahlquist, L. P .; Atwater, Noah; Atwell, George; Bailey, Win- throp; Ballantine, John; Barnes, Stephen G .; Bascom, Aaron; Beaven, Thomas D .; Bisbee, John; Black, Newton; Blinkensop, William; Boyd, William; Breck, Robert; Brewer, Daniel; Brown, Ebenezer; Burns, Rev .; Butler, Daniel; Caldwell, John; Callender, Elisha; Cha- pin, Pelatiah; Clap, Thomas; Clark, Eli B .; Clark, Lucius W .; Coddington, Elijah; Colton, Abishai; Colton, Calvin;


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INDEX


Conaty, Rev .; Conklin, Robert; Cooley,


Timothy Mather; Davenport, John; Davies, Thomas F .; Davis, Emerson; Davis, Rev .; DeBerry, William N .; Dellaporta, Anthony; Dickinson, Bax- ter; Doherty, John J .; Dwight, Timothy; Earle, Rev .; Eddy, Mary Baker (Glover) ; Edwards, Jonathan; Eliot, John; Ely, Alfred; Ely, Samuel: Fisk, Elisha; Fisk, Franklin; Fisk, Wilbur; Fitch, James; Fitton, James; Foster, Isaac; Forward, Abel; Franzen, Johan- nes; Gagnier, Louis G .; Galligher, M. P .: Garnier, L. G .; Gilkey, James Gor- don; Glover, Pelatiah; Griswold, Sylva- nus; Hale, Rev .; Hall, Gordon; Har- kins, Monsignor ; Harrison, Roger; Har- vey, John; Hazen, James; Healey, Pat- rick; Holyoke, John; Hooker, John; Hooker, Rev .; Hooker, Thomas; Hop- kins, Samuel; Hosford, William; How- ard, Bezaleel; Hubbard, Billy; Hubbard, Jonathan; Jennison, Isaac; Kelley, Rev .; Kingsbury, Ebenezer ; Kniblow, Ebene- zer ; Lathrop, Joseph; Lee, Jesse; Le Verdiere, Augustine; Lockwood, John H .; Lutz, Elder ; McClean, Alexander; McClenathan, William: McCloskey. Cardinal; Mckinstry, John; McNeil, Rev .; Manopoulous, Christos; Marti- nelli, Cardinal; Mather, Cotton; Mather, Increase; Michael, Rev .; Mirick, Noah; Moody, Dwight Lyman; Morley, Sardis ; Morton, James; Moulton, Ebenezer ; Moulton, Horace; Moxon, George; Net- tleton, Asahel; Niles, Elder; Noble, Seth ; O'Callaghan, John; Occum, Samp- son; Olsen, Augustus; O'Reilly, P. T .; Osgood, Samuel; Pappaleonidas, D .; Peabody, William B. O .; Peck, Phineas; Pope Pius IX; Rapaport, Samuel; Rear- don, G. T .; Reccord, Augustus P .; Reed, David Allen; Reeve, Ezra; Rice, William; Russell, John; Ruter, Martin; Saab, Paul A .; Sabin, Abishai: Sander- son, Alonzo; Sankey, Ira David; Sar- gent, Horatio; Sheldon, David; Steward, Antipas; Stiles, Ezra; Stocking, Amasa; Stone, Samuel; Storrs, Richard Salter; Strong, Simeon; Taylor, Edward; Ter- hune, Edward Payson; Thompson, Lath- rop; Thompson, William; Thrasher, Rev .; Tomikowski, Joseph; Treat, Rich- ard; Turcotte, Magloire; Tuttle, Moses; Ufford, Edward Smith; Upham, Ed- ward: Vickberg, Rev .; Walker, J. B. R .; Warren, Moses; Warren, Rev. ; Wesley, John; White, Moses; White- field, George; Wightman, Jesse; Wilcox, George; Williams, Bishon; Williams, John; Williams, Rev .; Williams, Roger;


Williams, Stephen; Winchester, Elha- nan; Woodbridge, John.


Minnechaug or Berryland (Ludlow), 907- 924, 1031.


Mirick, David, 1026.


Mirick, Lieut., 1029.


Mirick, Noah, 909, 1026-1028, 1033, 1035.


Mirick, Samuel, 778. Mirick, Timothy, 1029, 1030.


Mirrick, Goodman, 169.


Mirrick, Thomas, 49, 58, 105, 172, 777.


Mirrick, also see Merrick.


Missouri, 355, 418.


Misulis, Kazimir, 493.


Mittineague, Hampden Co., Mass., 10, 431, 780, 782, 847, 970, 1009, IOII.


Mittineague Paper Company, 970, 1012.


· Mixer, Isaac, 829.


Mixer, Phineas, 956.


Mohawk Indians, 165, 166.


Mohegan Indians, 154, 805.


Monadnock Mountain, 873.


Money, early, 36-43, 74, 106, 125, 548, 883.


Money Hole Hill, 669, 670.


Monroe, James, 333.


Monson, Hampden Co., Mass., 3, 4, 14,


286, 331, 435, 567, 589, 803, 805, 816, 863, 869, 927-940, 958, 991.


Monson Academy, 324, 336, 454, 932, 934. Monson and its early woolen mills, 927- 940.


Monson Free Public Library, 934.


Monson, population, 928.


Monson, William, 928.


Monson Woolen Manufacturing Company, 931.


Monson and Brimfield Manufacturing Company, 930.


Montague, Franklin Co., Mass., 230, 233. Montague, John, 236.


Montague, Richard, 160.


Montauk Point, N. Y., 430.


Montgomery, Hampden Co., Mass., 3, 4, 825, 943-945, 967.


Montgomery among the hills, 943-945.


Montgomery, population, 945.


Montgomery, Richard, 943.


Montreal, Canada, 456, 458.


Moodus, Conn., 924.


Moody, Dwight Lyman, 335, 405, 538, 637.


Moody, Levi, 238.


Moore, Deacon, 154.


Moore Drop Forging Company, 609.


Moore, George A., 963.


Moore, Joel, 943.


Moore, Mr., 977.


Moore, Mrs., 293.


Moose, 237, 239.


Moose Meadow, 943.


Moran, James, 935.


More Indian wars, 163-173.


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Morgan, David, 806.


Morgan, Elisha, 515.


Morgan Envelope Company, 477, 515.


Morgan, Joseph, 668.


Morgan, Justin, 390, IOII.


Morgan, Lucas, 668.


Morgan, Miles, 74, 75, 78, 84, 169, 172, 515, 547.


Morgan, Sergeant, 168.


Morgan, Thomas, 815.


Morgan (Way) house, 765.


Moriarty, Maude Tait, 599.


Morley, Sardis, 415.


Morris, Henry, 1029.


Morris, O. B., 465.


Morris, Oliver, 337, 338.


Morris, Robert O., 544.


Morse, Jacob, 590.


Morse, Jedidiah, 630.


Morse, O. D., 516.


Morse and Haynes, 516.


Morton, James, 796.


Moseley, Colonel, 778.


Moseley, David, 744.


Moseley, John, 743.


Mosely, Captain, 148, 149.


Moses, Horace A., 565, 969, 970, 1012, 1016, XV.


Mosher Building, 711.


Mosman, Silas, 635.


Mother of Springfield plantation, Agawam, 777-784. Motorcycles, 409, 525, 526.


Moulton, Ebenezer, 990.


Moulton family, 989.


Moulton, Freeborn, 929, 930.


Moulton, Horace, 934, 991.


Moulton, Molly (Mrs. Anthony Needham), 989.


Moulton, Samuel, 991.


"Mount Asaph" (Chester), 828.


Mount Desert, Maine, 21.


Mount Dumplin, 961.


Mount Grandy, 993.


Mount Hitchcock, 993.


Mount Holyoke, 10, 109, 587, 685, 689, 690, 1028.


Mount Holyoke College, 452, 477, 561, 698, 699.


Mount Hope, 137, 140, 151.


Mount Marcy, 1041. Mount Monadnock, 873.


"Mount Orthodox," 1003.


Mount Pisgah, 783, 993.


Mount Provin, 533, 536, 783, 979.


Mount St. Vincent Orphanage for Girls, 721. Mount Shatterack, 944, 945. Mount Sodom, 856, 979. Mount Tekoa, 240, 735, 749, 943, 945, 969; also see Little Tekoa, 970.


Mount Tom, 4, 10, 12, 110, 239, 240, 544, 587, 669, 703, 714, 718, 1028. Mount Tom Aqueduct Company, 684.


Mount Vision, 869.


Mount Warner, 993.


Mount Washington, II. Mountain Park, Holyoke, 702-704.


Mountain View Farm, 945.


Mountains, geology of, 9-14. "Mountains," the, Wilbraham, 1023, 1026.


"Mountfair" (Chester), 828.


Moxon, George, 35, 39, 40, 49, 58, 59, 61- 63, 74, 77, 82, 89, 90, 92, 95.


Moxon, James, 576.


Moxon, Martha, 35, 78, 81.


Moxon, Rebeckah, 35, 78, 81.


Muddy Brook, 145.


Mundale, Hampden Co., Mass., 533, 535, 749, 757. Munger family, 989.


Munger, Rebecca (Mrs. Anthony Need- ham), 989.


Municipal Springfield, 529-553.


Munn, Benjamin, 108, 929, 930.


Munn, Charles Clark, 582.


Munroe Company, 960.


Murders, 403, 438, 442-446, 686, 782,


Murphy, Francis, 405.


Murray, Arthur T., 525.


Murray, John, 825, 827, 828.


Murray, partner of Smith, 516.


Murrayfield (Chester), 795, 825, 828, 830, 833, 834.


Museum of Fine Arts, 575, 590, 613.


Museum of Natural History, 575, 586, 587. Museums, 405, 451, 613, 755, 838, 870, 899, 901, 934.


Museums and libraries, 575-591.


Music and musical instruments, 266, 313, 319, 331, 332, 405, 435, 441, 460, 461, 463, 464, 477, 479-482, 514, 538, 548, 550-553, 560, 565, 582, 583, 591, 622, 624, 626, 629, 631, 632, 641, 698. 699, 702, 718, 740, 743, 752, 761, 779, 798,


808, 814, 876, 885, 887, 888, 894, 896, 899, 900, 913, 915, 918, 934, 944, 953, 957, 958, 999, 1003, 1008, 10II, 1033, 1039, 1040; also see Theatres and opera ; Bells.


Muskrats, 238, 239, 282, 692, 1023. Myrifield (Rowe, Franklin Co., Mass.), 828.


Naismith, James, 557. Namerick Brook, 109. Nantucket County, Mass., 324, 934, 935. Narragansett Indians, 151. Narragansett, R. I., 139, 140. Nash, Deacon, 91I.


Nash, Timothy, 160. Nash, William, 701.


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INDEX


"Nashaway Trail," 949.


Natick Indians, 142.


National Blank Book Company, 718.


National Dairy Show, 1017, 1018. National Equipment Company, 499.


National Library Bindery Company, 1016. National Net and Twine Company, 924. National Recovery Administration (NRA), 600.


"National Union" magazine, 467. "Nautilus Magazine," 700.


Navy, United States, 316, 327, 328, 419, 425, 978.


Nayasset (Springfield), 31.


Needham, Anthony, 989, 990.


Needham, partner of Osborn, 993.


Negro, John, 741.


Negroes, 131. 134, 172, 173, 206, 209, 249, 261, 264, 277, 329, 356, 358-360, 364, 408, 446, 486-402, 569, 620, 622, 626, 632, 742, 857, 888, 893, 894, 976, 1040. Nelson, Mr., artist, 332.


Nelson, Tams, 939.


Nestor, Constantine Veniopoulos, 468.


Nestor, Nicholas G. V., 467, 468.


Netherlands (Holland), 38, 223; also see Dutch, the.


Nettleton, Asahel, 867.


Nettleton Pond, 1013.


Neubauer, Chris, 464.


Nevada, 419.


"New Addition" (to Westfield), 943. 967. New Amsterdam (New York), 97.


New Bedford, Bristol Co., Mass., 329, 417, 549, 662.


New Boston, Berkshire Co., Mass., 4.


New Britain, Conn., 443.


New Brunswick, Canada, 213.


New City (Holyoke), 685.


New County, pioneer life in the, 103-120. New England Box Company, 1016.


"New England Homestead." 429-515.


New England Metal Culvert Company, 962.


New England Portable Gas Machine Com- pany, 1013, 1014. New England Power Company, 971.


New England Westinghouse plant, 526, 664.


New Hampshire, 14, 139, 413, 605, 634, 721, 724, 726, 915, 1018, 1019.


New Haven, Conn., 69, 70, 110, 172, 179- 183, 185, 248, 293, 319, 325, 365, 748, 857, 896, 978. New Jersey, 198, 694.


New Lebanon, N. Y., 856.


New London, Conn., 172, 229, 249.


"New Marlborough" (Palmer), 950. New Mexico, 596.


New Orleans, La., 419.


New York (State and City), 97, 166, 179, 217, 221, 265, 268, 292-294, 299, 304,


314, 315, 319, 325, 328, 330, 333, 351, 353, 355, 366, 374, 394, 418, 419, 425, 442, 446, 452, 453, 467, 472, 473, 484, 492, 503, 514, 524, 532, 533, 535, 538, 551, 582, 588, 632, 634, 635, 653, 656, 754, 796, 818, 857, 858, 904, 961. New York University, 428.


Newark, N. J., 342.


Newburyport, Essex Co., Mass., 331, 526. Newell, Abijah, 929.


Newell family, 891.


Newmarket Academy, 1042-1044.


Newmarket, N. H., 1042, 1044, 1045, 1047. Newport, R. I., 252, 418.


Newspapers, 190, 215, 222, 254, 280, 288, 291-308, 313, 319, 320, 322, 324, 328, 395, 403, 418, 419, 429, 465, 473, 483, 490, 501, 502, 515, 523, 539, 540, 542,


581, 582, 600, 609, 610. 624, 625, 653, 657, 688, 702, 710, 711, 718, 748, 811, 858, 901, 923, 936, 962, 963.


Newton, George H., 934, 935.


Niagara Falls, 588.


Nicholls, Abner, 816.


Niles, Elder, 977.


Nine Mile Pond, 1038.


Nipmuck Indians, 125, 126, 137-140, 143, 151, 154-156, 803, 873.


Noble Hospital, Westfield, 753.


Noble, John, 797.


Noble, Seth, 944.


Noble, Silas, 859.


Noble, Thomas, 779, 944.


Noble View Farm, 969.


Nonesuch Meadow, 101I.


Nonotuck Indians, 38-40, 137, 138.


Nonotuck, Mass., 38-40, 137.


Nooney Brook, 828.


Norcross, Joel, 933.


Norcross Quarries, 497.


Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Mass., 609.


Norfolk, Va., 328.


Norman Conquest, 18.


Norman, Theodore A., 962.


Normandin, E. R., 457.


North Blandford, Hampden Co., Mass., 797.


North Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mass., 956. North Carolina, 486.


North Chester, Hampden Co., Mass., 4, 835.


North Wilbraham, Hampden Co., Mass., 4, 78, 587, 816, 864, 1041.


Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass., 3, 80, 98, 103, 106, 107, 110, 114, 115, 124, 125, 128-131, 140, 143, 151, 152, 159, 160, 163-165, 172, 183, 190, 191, 197, 198, 204-206, 215, 216, 218, 219, 223, 224, 229-233, 260, 269, 275, 294, 296, 314, 316, 319, 322, 333, 334, 345, 454, 460, 520, 582, 635, 637, 667-670, 674,


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690, 706, 714, 718, 734, 739, 748, 778, 826, 834, 854, 914, 954, 978, 1008, 1035. Northborough, Worcester Co., Mass., 292. Northeastern University, 561.


Northfield, Franklin Co., Mass., 106, 125, 126, 140-144, 150, 151, 156, 157, 159, 164, 222.


Norton, John, 92-94.


Norway, and Norwegians, 393, 497, 501.


Norwich (Huntington), Mass., 833, 835, 836, 944. Norwich Bridge, 829.


Norwich, Conn., 154, 200, 278, 295, 737, 739.


Norwottuck Indians, 125-127.


Norwottuck Valley, 117, 119, 124, 252.


Novitiate and Summer Home, 721.


Noyes Hill, 985.


Noyes Pond, 985.


Nugent, Patrick, 471.


Nurseries, 757; also see Fruit and fruit trees. Nye, Mr., 406, 478.


Oak Grove Cemetery, 428. Oats, 865, 1026.


Oberlin, Ohio, 491, 560.


Observatory Restaurant, 518.


O'Callaghan, John, 682.


Occum, Sampson, 205.


Occupations, early; see How the people lived, 245-255.


O'Connor, Jerome, 719.


O'Dea, Grace (Mrs. John Riley), 470.


O'Dea, Margaret, 470. Ohio, 353-355, 567, 701.


Ohio River, 329.


Oklahoma, 633.


Old Colony Historical Society, xv.


Old Men's Home, see Home for Aged Men.


Oldham, John, 24, 31.


Olds, Robert, 928.


Olds, Solomon, 914. Olean, N. Y., 352.


Olsen, Augustus, 501.


Olsen family, 499.


Olson, Lars, 497.


Ontario, Lake, 298.


Optical goods, see Spectacles, manufacture of ; Telescope manufacture. "Ordinaries," see Taverns.


O'Reilly, P. T., 472.


Organizations, see Societies, clubs, and or- ganizations. Origo, Silvio, 481.


Orlemanski, Stanley, 494. Ormond Beach, Florida, 518. Orne, James Dwight, 421. Orr, William, 560, 561. Osborn, William P., 993.


Osborne, Helen (Mrs. James Jackson Stor- row), 1019.


Osborne, John, 734.


Osgood family, 663.


Osgood, Samuel, 278, 285, 288, 338-342, 345, 356, 465, 565, 569.


Otis, Berkshire Co., Mass., 415.


Otis Company, 960.


Otis, Dr., 475.


Otis, George, 586.


Otis, Mr., dam builder, 968.


Otis Pond, 985.


Our Lady of the Elms Academy, 662.


Outward Commons, Springfield, 199, 863, 910, 1023, 1024, 1032.


Overman Wheel Company, 638, 659, 660.


"Overplus land," 863, 1026, 1027. Oxen, see Cattle.


Packard, A. A., 518, 519, 608.


Packard, Arthur Howard, 429.


Packard, Timothy, 931, 933.


Paddock, James, 879.


Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 552.


Page, Irving H., 525.


Paige, "Pop Corn," 407.


Faine, Jedediah, 914.


Paine, Timothy, 825, 827, 828.


Palmer, Hampden Co., Mass., 3, 4, 219, 220, 247, 292, 404, 407, 789, 803, 818, 819, 913, 923, 936, 949-963, 990, xvi.


Palmer Carpet Mill, 960.


Palmer Center, in Palmer, 957-959.


Palmer Company, 960.


Palmer "Declaration of Independence," 956.


Palmer, the "Elbow Tract," 949-963.


Palmer Mills Otis Company, 960.


Palmer, Mr., a burglar, 549.


Palmer National Bank, 962.


Palmer Savings Bank, 962.


Palmer Wire Company, 960.


Panama, 418-420.


Panthers, 950.


Papanti, Luigi, 477.


Paper city, Holyoke, 667-729.


Paper from life-everlasting, 1012.


Paper manufacture, 283, 303, 313, 314, 319, 324, 325, 388, 633, 690, 708-713. 717, 718, 723, 752, 753, 780, 783, 836. 868, 923, 967-971, 1009, 1012, 1016, 1041.


Papier-maché manufacture, 891.


Pappaleonidas, D., 468. Parenteau, Mr., 458. Paris, Ky., 332, 333.


Parker, Captain, 141.


Parker, Chief-Justice, 281.


Parker farm, 407.


Parker, Fordis C., "a Springfield mayor," 401. Parker, Robert E., xvi.


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INDEX


1081


Parks, 324, 356, 367, 389, 409, 499, 540-


542, 598, 603, 612, 613, 664, 680, 702- 704, 713, 714, 748, 752, 756, 780. 784, 811, 859, 934, 1035. Parks, Elisha, 743.


Parks, General, 219.


Parks, Luther, 959.


Parks, Nathan, 668.


Parks, Warham, 745.


"Parley, Peter" (Samuel Griswold Good- rich), 630.


Parliament, British, 5, 17-19, 73, 177, 178. Parsons, Deacon, 1000.


Parsons, Eli, 218-220.


Parsons, Enos, 520.


Parsons' Hall, 701.


Parsons, Hugh, 65, 66, 80, 81-85, 89.


Parsons, Jonathan, 1006.


Parsons, Joseph, 124, 125.


Parsons, Zenas, 215, 216, 221, 222, 223. 260, 262, 326.


Partridge, Colonel, 196, 197.


Partridge, Edward, 741.


Passaga, Gen., 596.


Patents, 319, 321.


Paterson, N. J., 924.


Patriotic societies, see Societies, clubs and organizations.


Pattaguatic Hill, 961.


Patton's block, 483.


"Patucket" (South Hadley Falls), 233.


Paucatuck Brook, 1009.


Paul, Socrates J., 467.


Pawtucket Indians, 139.


Peabody Assembly Hall, 465.


Peabody Cemetery, Springfield. 332, 569.


Peabody, William B. O., 465, 569.


Fearsons, Judge, 713.


Pearsons, W. B. C., 702.


Pease, Augustus, 977.


Pease, Levi, 291-293, 797, 958.


Pease, Marshall, 632. Pease, Simon, 917.


Peat bogs and fertilizer. 993.


Pebble Hill, 800.


Peck, Phineas, 1044. Peck. Ralph E., xvi.


Pecowsic, Hampden Co., Mass., 90, 540. Pecowsic Brook, 843, 853, 883, 884, 891.


Peddlers, 482, 483, 857, 918.


Peekskill, N. Y., 331.


Pelham, Hampshire Co., Mass., 217, 247, 296, 788, 826, 890, 956, 1007, 1034.


Pelissier, George E., 704. Pell and Corbett, 551. P'emigewasset River, 197.


Pennsylvania, 314, 353, 355, 688, 1008. Penny Brook, 803.


"Penny News," 308.


Penobscot Bay, Maine, 830. Penobscot Indians, 166. Penrose, Stephen, 798.


People and events, 311-347. Pepper, Francis, 172.


Pepper, Henry, IOII.


Pepper, partner of Spalding, 659.


Pequot Indians, 31, 35, 38. 134, 138. 154.


Pequot Lakes, 754.


Perkins family, 406, 701.


Perkins, Henry J., 784.


Perkins, J. L., 719.


Perkins Machine and Gear Company. 1016. Ferkins mills, the, 634.


Perkins and Brown, 487.


"Peggy's Dipping Hole," 1025. Pershing, John Joseph, 596.


Persia, 585.


Peru, 418. Petersen, Tyco, 502.


Petersham, Worcester Co., Mass., 958.


Pharos Tourist Agency, 467.


Phelps, Isaac, 740.


Phelps, Oliver, 857.


Phelps, Willis, 269.


Phelps-Gorham land purchase, 857.


Philadelphia, Pa., 262, 293, 299, 333, 336, 366, 486, 515, 656, 660, 930.


Philip, King, 976; also see War, King Philip's.


Philippine Islands, and Manila, 417, 455. 584


Phillips, Cornelius E., 606.


Fhilo Brook, 777.


Phineas, Capt., 630.


Photography, 638, 753.


Physicians, see Medical profession.


Pigeons, 74, 240, 406, 843, 844.


Pilalas, Eleftherius S., 465.


Pilalas, Stavros, 465.


Piligian family, 453.


"Pinchin, William, Gentleman," 576; also see Pynchon, William.


Pine Mountain, 869.


Pinion Wire Manufacturing Company, 963.


Pioneer Blodgett, settler of Holland, 873- 879.


Pioneer life in the new county, 103-120. Pipe and fittings manufacture, 515, 535. Pirates, 293, 294.


Pitcher Brook, 969.


Pittsburgh, Pa., 332, 352-354, 584.


Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Mass., 220, 249, 252, 333.


Pius IX, Pope, 472.


Pixley, Joseph, 787. Planet Company, 753.


Plants, see Flora ; Grains; Vegetables.


Platt, Peter, 460.


Playgrounds, see Athletics.


Plunkett, Thomas F., 835. Plunkettville (North Chester), 835.


Plymouth Colony, Mass., 24, 36, 69, 137, 140, 151, 469. Pocasset, Barnstable Co., Mass., 139, 140.


1082


HAMPDEN COUNTY-1636-1936


Pocumtuck (Deerfield), 142.


Pocumtuck Indians, 125.


Poetry, 60, 265, 270, 297, 298, 332, 569, 761, 762, 764, 782, 813, 937, 957, 1029- 1031. "Pokeham" (Hampden), 869.


Poland, and the Poles, 394, 492-495, 656, 657, 664, 715, 970, 1042.


Fole Bridge Brook, 1025.


Poli, S. Z., 526.


Poli Theatre, 526.


Police, 445, 474, 482, 483, 485, 501, 544, 547-550, 608, 690, 715; also see Court, Police.


Polk, James Knox, 316, 320.


Pollard, Capt., 351.


Pomeroy, Mary, Mrs., 234.


Pomeroy, Moses, 685.


Pomeroy Mountain, 241.


Pomeroy, Phœbus, 685.


Pomeroy, Titus, 230.


Pomfret, Conn., 929.


Pond, Preston C., xvi.


Ponder, Nathaniel, 741.


Poorhouse, Springfield, built in 1802, 278.




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