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Goods
490
Foxes
431
Freeman's Oath
404
Freemen
404
Frocks .
451
Frontier Towns
1, 86
Frontier Towns, Defence
of ..... 131, 135, 138, 150 Frontier Towns, Prohibi- tion Concerning .. . . . 135
Fulling Mill ..... 51, 485, 662
Funeral, Account of 544ff, 690
Funeral, Carriages at
815
Funeral, Gloves at (See
Gloves.)
Furniture
402
Gale, September
642
Garrison Houses 67, 90ff, 108,
110, 112, 116, 123, 130,
134, 507, 531, 664, 841.
Garrison Soldiers, Credited
at Chelmsford ..
92
Garrison Soldiers, Dis-
missed
120
Gentleman Soldier
(McKawes)
330
Dials. . 49, 403 Diary of John Adams. 14 Fences 56 Gifts to the Parson 189, 239, 784, 787, 801.
Diary of Simon Bradstreet 535 Diary of Ebenezer Bridge 190, 223, 235, 298, 355, 363, 543, 544, 639, 640, 641, 784
Diary of John Evelyn . 420
Diary of Oliver Fletcher (Acct. Book) ... 549, 837 Diary of Increase Mather 101, 432.
Diary of John Pike
147
Diary of Samuel Sewall 70, 127, 528.
Diary, Old Chelmsford 464 Difficulties of the Historian 292 Dips, Tallow 403
Discoveries, Early ..... 73, 75 Disorderly Persons, Com- mittee to Deal with .. 465 Ditch Around Indian Corn- Fields 78, 514
Divine Worship, Compul- sory 47, 406
Divine Worship, Methods of Calling to ...... 48, 409 Divine Worship, Neglect of 410 Doctor's Agreement .. 462, 801 Doctor's Recipes 460
Doctrinal Discussions (See Controversies.)
Dogs as Foot Warmers 682, 789
Dogs to Use Against
Indians. . .
123
Dogs to Use Against
Wolves
429
Dogs, Vote to Kill All ..
815
"Doing a Turn"
292
Dollar Sign
623
Drafts and Requisitious
294,
295.
Drug-mill.
665
Eagle, The Chelmsford ... 460
Early Grants of Land (See
Grants.)
Early Ill Behavior 59, 411, 465, 530.
Early Recollections
467
Earthquakes .. 639, 640, 788 East and West India Goods 229, 781.
East Village
485
Engine-men
407
Enlistment Papers
257, 287,
288, 293.
Ensign-2d Lieut. 89
Episcopal Church 711, 712, 715 Equipment of Soldiers (See Accoutrement.)
Estate of Ebenezer Bridge 783 Estate of His Father ..... 784 Exchange of Land. ... 31ff, 629 Execution on Judgment Against Town .. 496, 577
Expenses, Town
627, 628
Extension of Land .... 29, 473
Factory Life, Early
491
Families Driven Away by
Calamity
137
Farm, Winthrop
523
Farming (See Agriculture) 418 Farming Life, Monotony of 464 Farms About Merrimack 474, 536.
Diary of Oliver Corey .... 176 | Ferry, Brown's 485, 497 Glaziers 678
890
HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD
Glebe or Ministry Land 19, 792, 812, 814, 817.
Glebe or Ministry Land, Sale of 684 Gloves at Funerals 544, 545, 814.
Gloves at Weddings. 782 Governor, Votes for in 1780, 1781, 1782 215
Grange
464
Granite 506, 589, 637, 650, 673, 674.
Grants ..
1, 49, 50
Grants, Additional
29
Grants, Committee to Lay
Out
4
Grants, Description of 4, 5, 6, 7 Grants, Early 72 Grants to Samuel Adams 35, 835.
Grants to Thomas Hench- man 108
Grants to Margaret Win-
throp
74
Grants, Various 577, 578, 579 Great Awakening, The ... 697 Great Brook Settlers .... 45 Grist Mills 35, 50, 51, 52, 53, 485, 662, 664, 665, 784, 835.
Groton, Removals to
28
Hat Factory
479, 483
Haystack and Barn Burned 98, 99, 102, 432, 538, 826.
Headquarters at Cambridge, 1775 224, 246
Hearse
817
Hedgehog
456
Herding of Cattle.
55, 527
Hills
629
Historian, Difficulties of. .
292
Hogreaves
409, 422
"Hole in the Ground" 577
Homes
417
490
Hops
Horses
56, 423, 424
Hour Glass
49, 403
Houses, Construction of 46, 67, 91, 92, 393ff, 396, 398.
Houses, Garrison (See Garrison.) Houses, Location of .. 37ff, 46
Houses, Old 12, 67, 299, 393, 394, 398, 399, 400, 417, 522, 541. Housewright 164, 315, 340, 344, 348.
Ill Behavior, Early 59, 411, 465, 530.
Illiteracy
418, 551
Illumination of Stoddard
House ...... 190, 203, 789
Immigration
1
Imprisonment for Taxes 608,
609, 611.
Incorporation
13, 75
Indentures
415, 416
Independence, Declaration
of ..... 209, 213, 238, 480 Indians. 75, 432, 596, 632, 826 Indians as Slaves (See Slaves.) Indians as Soldiers 87, 98, 116, 274.
Indians, Attempt to Chris- tianize ... .. 3, 81, 84
Indians, Bounty for Scalps of (See Scalps.)
Indians' Chapel
78
-
Indians, Children Taken
by
131, 531, 814
Indians, Conversion of 84, 697
Indians, Exchange of Land
With
3,31,629
Indians Keep Sabbath .... 101 Indians' Land 477 Liberty Pole . 373, 589
Indians, Liquors to (See Liquor) 75ff, 432ff, 511ff, 524, 826, 833.
Indian Names
638
Indian Relics
434
Indians, Trade With 36, 76, 81, 82.
Inhabitancy and Warning
Out
576ff
Inns and Innholders (See
Taverns.)
Inoculation
581, 788
Inspection, Committee of
(See Committee.)
Instructions to Represent-
atives
193ff, 207
Itch, The
461, 784
Jesuits, Banished
406
Jokes, Practical
456
Knocker
595
Land Bank
190, 623
Land, Committee to Lay
Out
41
Land, Common
55
Land Controversies
5
Land, Distribution of
49
Land, Examination of
2
Land, Exchange of 31, 314, 629
Land, Extension of
29
Land Titles 76, 465, 468, 469, 473, 512, 577.
Latch String
411, 595
Latitude and Longitude. . .
629
Laws and Liberties (See
Index of Names) 405, 600
Laws, Old .
405
Lawyers
805
Matches, Lucifer
595
Letter from a Chyrurgeon
11
Matchlocks
87
Maverick's Description
73
Meadow Hay Sermons
691
Meadows
634
Meeting House of 1660.20, 675
Meeting House of 1710
..
676
Meeting House of 1792
680,
689, 793, 794, 814.
Meeting House of 1842.685, 689 Meeting House Architec- ture .... 689
Meeting House Bell 48, 680, 687, 688.
Meeting House, Clubs in 61, 88 Meeting House, Description of .. . 676, 680, 689 Meeting House, Order in 678, 682.
Meeting House, Private Entrances to 47 Meeting House, Propping of . . 680, 681, 682 Meeting House Raised ... 794 Meeting House, Seating the 47, 677, 678, 689.
Letter of Moses Parker and Benjamin Walker 233 Memorial Day 375
Letters of Col. Tyng .. 145, 149 Letter to Major Waldron. 125 Letter to Wannalancit ... 106 Letter of Gen. Artemas Ward . 366
Letter to Church at Chelmsford 23
Letter to Comm. of Corr.,
Boston
198
Letter to Mr. Danforth ..
198
Liberals (See Unitarians.)
Library, Adams
585ff
Library Celebration
585
Library, Free Public
584
Library, North Chelms-
ford.
587ff
Library, Social.
583
Life of Long Ago ..
392f
Lights (See Street Lights.)
Lime 447, 636, 649, 650, 660, 661.
Lines Between Chelmsford
and Other Towns .. 469ff
Lines Between English and
Indians.
. . . . 33ff, 512ff
Liquor and Longevity ... 549
Liquor Licenses 210, 600, 611
817.
Liquor to Indians 59, 82, 419, 524, 530.
Literary Organizations
458
Log Chapel
78
"Long Cause"
519
Losses at Bunker Hill 232, 844
Losses at Chelmsford ... 121ff
Magistrates Only to Marry 406, 690, 782.
Mail Service 238, 442, 456, 466, 625. Mammoth Road ..... 439, 452 Manufacturing 479, 484, 485, 486ff, 656, 662.
Marriages
406, 690
Mason
575
Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia, Company K. 373
Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia, Troop F
375
Massacre, Boston
193
Letter from Selectmen of Cambridge. 357 Letter of Joshua Baldwin .. 392 Letters of John Betteys 285, 286.
Letter of Sarah Bradstreet 446 Letters of Samuel Chamber- lain 446, 447 Letter of Introduction, John Fiske's 15
Letter of Nathaniel Foster 286 Letter of Jesse Heywood. 287 Letters of Hinchman 102, 105, 129, 130, 166.
Letters of Hutchinson 203, 780 Letters of David Jeffries 133, 206.
Letter of Capt. Moseley. 97
Letters of Numphow and John Line .. . 101, 107 Letter of Moses Parker ... 233
Meeting House, Singing in 679, 681, 682.
Men and Women Sit on
Opposite Sides .. 678, 689
Merrimack, Early Dis-
covery of
73
Merrimack, Exploration of 75
Letters from Chelmsford 110, 111, 119, 205, 208.
Letter from Gen. Denison .123 Letter from James Parker 124
891
INDEX OF TOPICS
Meteorological and Seis- mical Observations 639 838. Middlesex Canal .... 454, 500 Onesimus Bildam 459 200 Opinion of Sec'y Knox. 235
Middlesex Convention . . Middlesex County Train- ing School 599 Middlesex Resolves 203, 204, 807.
Migration to Connecticut 64, 75 Militia 127, 211, 216, 455, 465 Mills 35, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 485ff, 578, 636, 656ff, 662, 787, 789, 790.
Millstones .. 58
Ministers, Early .. 65, 66, 769 Ministers, Influence of 47, 415 Ministers, Rates for .. 59, 615 Ministry or Glebe Land 19, 812, 814, 817.
Ministry or Glebe Land, Sale of
684
Minute Men 216, 274 "Mogginsons" (See Snow- shoe Companies) . . 145
Money, Counterfeit
215
Money, Depreciation (See also Deprecia- tion) 284, 293, 294, 295, 296, 622, 624, 779, 796.
Monument Association .. 588 Monument Dedication . . 591
Monument, Notes for Ad- dress of R. W. Emer-
son 592
Monument, Revolutionary 588ff, 832, 841.
"Mow it High"
444
Muster Fields
455
Muster, General . .. 791, 792
Muster Rolls and Lists, Indian Wars, 92-95, 115, 116, 133, 134, 139-144, 148-153, 156-159, 162-178 Muster Rolls and Lists, Revolutionary ... 242-274
Nails, Value of Handmade 394 Name, Origin of . .. 14, 15 Names, Indian . . 638
Necessaries of Life (See Prices.)
Neck, Concord River 75, 541, 632, 678.
Neck, The 524, 525, 540, 558, 559.
Neck, Wamesit. 474, 515, 530 Negroes 274, 275, 284, 570, 627, 786, 790.
"New England, Descrip- tion of" 73
Newfield 57,836
Newlights .... 697, 784, 786 New Style. . 7, 784, 813, 838 Non-residence, Rejected for 522, 755, 757 Note Book of Oliver Corey 176 North End. . 41, 559, 621
Oath, Freeman's 404
Oath, Soldier's 217
Oath of Allegiance. . 357 Oath of William Adams. 275 Oath of Capt. Ford .. 253, 366
.. 456, 831 Odd Characters Odd Interjections 464 407
Odd Invention
Officers, Town .. 409, 600, 602 "Old Hundred" Reassures Soldiers 227
Old Line Thespians 459 of
Old Style and New 7, 784, 813, į Precinct, West ..
476, 477
Prices of the Necessaries
of Life 108, 259, 296, 405, 446, 447.
Printing in Chelmsford ... 593 Prison, Boston (See Boston.) Prisoners, Ford Brings, to Cambridge ..... 251, 263
Prisoners in Chelmsford 222, 223, 237.
Pronunciation of the Name 639 Public Worship 47, 406, 410, 411, 830.
Quakers
. . . 114, 240, 406, 627
Quartering Act
190
"Queresters"
606, 679
Railroads. .
.455, 509
Rates for the Minister 615, 618
Rates (Taxes)
614
Rebellion, Records of
Chelmsford Men in the .. 378ff
Rebellion, Route of Soldiers
in Shays'
363
Rebellion, Shays'
356
Rebellion, War of the
368
Recipes, Doctor's
460
Receipts
837
Receipt for "doing a turn" 292
Receipts for Monuments 240.
71,
Receipts for Wages
291
Receipts of Capt. Ford 289, 291 Religious Controversies (See Controversies.)
Religious Organizations (See Churches.)
Religious Revivals.
697
Reminiscences. .
477ff
Representatives, Instruc-
tions to
193ff
Representatives, Rejected 522, 541, 755, 757.
Resolve of Provincial Con-
gress
290
Resolves, Middlesex . 203, 807
Revenue, Surplus
..
625
Revolution, Chelmsford
Men Who Lost Their
Lives in .
. 355
Revolution Drafts and
Requisitions
. 294ff
Plantation, Indian
479
Revolution
Enlistment
Papers .. .
...
Planters, Planting ... 600, 810
Plot Against Dover ... 129 Polling on the Common 493, 601, 685.
Polls
619, 626, 627
Ponds
632, 633, 635
Poor, Care of 61, 599, 627, 811
Population. ..
626, 627
Port of Boston, Closing of. 193
Postage, Rates of 625
Pothooks
595
Pound 20, 422, 430, 579, 679, 814, 818.
Poverty ... 425, 539, 540, 592 Powder Accounts .... 89, 132 Powder Mills ... 486, 817, 818 Powder, Stock of 208, 214, 477, 676.
Power of Attorney. .299
Praying Town, Description 78
Precinct, Wamesit
523
Old Laws
405ff
Orchard 420
Order 104, 105, 106, 108, 117, 118, 119, 120, 125, 136, 145, 176, 366.
Order, Regimental .. 210, 366 Order Book of Capt. Ford 251, 292.
Order Book of Col. Greene 204 Order Book of Col. J. B. Varnum 285 Order Book of Gen. Greene 266 Order of the Colonel 263, 284, 289, 290.
Organ, First 771
Orthography of the Name. 638 Outcry, Sold at .. 608, 609, 611
Pall
676
Panniers
392
Paper Money, Deprecia- tion of (See Deprecia- tion) 296
Parish, West
699
Pasturing Horses and
Cattle .
444
Paupers (See Poor.)
Pay for Attending Consti- tutional Convention .. 284
Pay for Committee Men at Concord 362
Peat
. 637, 649
Pensioners, List of Revolu-
tionary
284
Petition of Dunstable .. .
131
Petitions, Soldiers' (See Soldiers.)
Petition to Court of Com-
mon Pleas
356
Petitions to Governor, Etc. 2, 3, 4, 29, 31, 36, 86, 103, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 122, 127, 131, 132, 136, 137, 146, 148, 152, 160, 161, 179-188, 359, 364, 826.
Physicians (See also Chirur- geons) . . 460, 461, 462, 463 Pillion 392, 547
Placard, Threatening. 114
Plains .
633
287ff
Revolution, Letters from
Men in
.... 233, 285ff
Revolution, Monument to
Soldiers of . 588, 832, 843
Revolution, Number of Chelmsford Men in .. 354
Revolution, Records of Men Who Served in .. 292, 301, 841.
Revolution, Route of
Soldiers in
. .
261
Revolution, Soldiers of the,
Buried in Chelmsford 719,
842. (See List of Illus-
trations No. 21.)
Revolution, Some Causes of .... 157, 190, 191, 813
Revolution Subscription
Paper
293ff
Practical Jokes
. 418, 456
Prayers in Town Meeting 600,
601, 790.
Revolution, Town Accounts
in the
281ff
Revolution, War of the 190,
828, 842.
Ride and Tie.
392
Opodeldoc 463
892
HISTORY OF CHELMSFORD
Roads, Early (See Streets) 37ff, 43, 44, 54, 392, 434ff, 439, 440, 528, 560.
Roads, State Highways 434,
436, 437.
Robin's Hill.
393
Robin's Hill, Clearing of .. 89 Robin's Hill, House on. 62
Robin's Hill, Origin of
Name 629
Route in Shays' Rebellion 363 Social Distinctions 414
Route to Ticonderoga.
261
Social Life
456, 685
Rum
297, 452
Rye and Indian.
420
Rye, Price of .
296
Rye Sent to Boston .. 205, 206
Sabbath, Breach of .. 124, 407 Saddle Bags 392 Sale of John Bate's Effects 290 Salt 296, 297, 814 Salt Bought for the Town's Use . 209, 214, 814
Salt, Manufacture of .... 424 Sawmills .... 517, 662, 664, 835 Sawmills, First 35, 50, 51, 52, 53, 485, 489.
Scalps .. 130, 139, 145, 163, 833 School, Chelmsford Classi-
cal 540, 563, 566, 567, 818 School Dames. . 551
School Districts . 560, 561, 562
School for the Deaf .. 582 School House, First 556
School, Recent Develop- ments in ... 565
School, Singing 679, 681, 682, 813.
School, Training 599 Schools 417, 418, 466, 531, 550, 785.
Schools, List of Teachers in Chelmsford 842 "Scoot Train" 510
Scriptures (See Bible.)
Seismical Observations 639
Selectmen, List of. 754 Selectmen May Catechise 405, 551.
Selectmen, Railing Against 413 Selectmen to be Instructed 600, 755, 756.
Separates . . 693, 697, 785 Separation from England, Feeling Against 199
Separation of Church and State ... 697
Separation of Church and Town .. 683
September Gale 642
Settlers on Great Brook ... 45
Settlers on Stony Brook .. 44
Shays' Rebellion, Collapse of 357
Shays' Rebellion, Pardon
for Participants in ... 357 Sheep .... 56, 57, 423, 424, 451 Sheep Sent to Boston 199, 205, 281.
Shoemaker. 578 Shoes 124, 177, 293, 296, 297 Signalling .. 62 Silk Worms 452
Singing (See Schools) 679, 681, 682, 686.
Singing School
813
Slaves, Indian 76, 85, 99, 102,
103, 811.
Slaves, Negro 275, 570, 627, | Stoves, Foot 595, 789
786, 811.
Slit-work
445, 446
Sloop Joiner
166
Smallpox 280, 581, 788 Smoking Tobacco 297, 407, 785, 838.
Snow-shoe Company 138ff, 145, 150, 151, 811, 812.
Soldiers, Bond for Pay of .. 279
Soldiers, Classes of.
275ff
Soldiers' Diet
425
Soldiers' Dress
218
Soldiers, Hardships of 189, 280 Soldiers, Indians as (See Indians.)
Soldiers, Impressed 87, 119, 166, 787.
Soldiers, Letters of (See Letters.)
Soldiers, Negro .. 274, 275, 284
Soldiers' Oath
217
Soldiers of the Revolution
Buried in Chelmsford 719, 842.
Soldiers, Pay of 96, 108, 126,
150, 153, 263, 264, 268, 269, 270, 272, 273, 291, 366, 367.
Soldiers, Petitions and
Allowances of 90, 121, 132,
136, 138, 146, 148, 157,
158, 159, 160, 161, 174, 179ff, 189, 235.
Soldiers Provide Own Arms 88 Soldiers, Punishment of 124, 292, 311.
Soldiers Reassured by "Old Hundred" 227 Soldiers' Receipts for Pay 271, 288, 289, 291.
Soldiers Returning from
War
280
Soldiers' Wages Paid by Towns
96
Soldiers Who Died in Indian Wars 113, 115, 125 189, 827.
Soldiers Who Died in the Revolution 204, 302, 312, 321, 335, 349, 355, 807, 843.
South End ..... 45, 559, 620 Speech of Wannalancit ... 79
Spelling of Chelmsford.
638
Stage Coaches 392, 440ff, 818
Stairs, Men's. .
678
Town, Governmental
Stairs, Women's
678
Powers of.
465
Town House 62, 63, 64, 88, 601, 685.
Town House and Stockade on Robin's Hill . .. 62ff
Stockades
62,
123
Town, Large and Rich .... 478
Town Lines
468
Town Meeting .. 465, 592, 600
Town Meeting, First
12
Stony Brook Valley
44
Store-keepers ..
. .
. 402, 829
Store (Stock), Town 89, 132, 152, 204, 208, 209, 214, 245, 295, 477, 676, 677, 689, 813, 815.
Stoves, Franklin 595 Stoves in Meeting House 403, 682, 689.
Strangers, Law Concerning 49, 576.
Strawberries 520 Street Lights .... 820, 821, 832 Streets (See Roads) 20, 37ff, 54, 434ff .
Suffrage, Right of 404, 599, 830
Suffrage, Woman
821
Sugar
451, 839
Sugar for Town's Use.
209
Sugar, Manufacture of.
424
Superior Court of Judica- ture .. 574
Surplus Revenue
625
Surrender of Burgoyne
238,
263, 291.
Swamps
633
Swine
55, 422, 423, 450
Tailors 327, 541, 549, 578, 676, 700, 838.
Tallow Dips 403, 417
Tanners . . . 297, 579, 659, 832 Tavern Keeper's License .. 611 Taverns and Taverners 58, 396, 398, 401, 402, 479ff, 480, 483, 493, 521, 546, 548, 829, 840.
Tax, Direct, of 1798. . . 628 Taxation, Early Forms of. 613 Taxation, Present Form of 615 Taxes 59ff, 608, 609, 610, 613- 622, 627, 628, 811.
Taxes, Abated (See Abate- ment.)
"Tea Party, Boston" 193, 299 Territorial Limits 4, 33, 468ff, 557, 813.
Theocracy, Puritan 25, 85, 691, 692, 693, 697.
Thieves ..
409
Ticonderoga, Route to ... 261
Timber, Large
400, 418
Tinder Boxes
596
Soldiers Who Died in the
Civil War
819
Tithingmen
409
Titles, Land 76, 465, 468, 469, 512, 577.
Titles of Respect.
414
Tobacco, Smoking (See Smoking.)
Tobacco Tongs. 783
Topography
519, 629
Town Bounds (See Bounds.) Town, Changes in Life of .. 465 Town, Execution of Judg- ment Against 496, 577
Settlement 7, 8, 75, 392, 524 Settlers, First 1, 7, 8, 9, 392 Spinning and Weaving 417, 451 Squirrels 431ff Town Expenses 627 Town Farm 599
Stamp Act 190, 191, 192, 194, 202, 789.
States, Union of 214
Steamboats
508
Still
43,
Stocks
49, 403, 404
Stony Brook Path.
43
530
Town Hall
601
Town Meeting, Prayers in 600, 601, 784, 790.
Town Meeting, Second 13 Town, Middle of .... 557, 813 Town not Centered .. 650, 676
Soldiers, Accoutrement of 87, 88, 219, 255.
893
INDEX OF TOPICS
Town of Chelmsford, Devel- opment of 46, 465, 473, 489, 671.
Town Officers 409, 602, 607, 754.
Town, Only One of the
Name in U. S. ... 14, 15
Town, Separation of Church and 683 Town, Settlement of 1, 7, 392, 524.
Town Stores (See Store.)
Town Warrants .. 606ff
Trade With Indians 36, 76, 81
Traditions 8, 12, 21, 53, 62, 455, 537, 595.
Tradition About Indians 433, 434.
Tradition of April 19th.
294
Tradition of First Site.
393
Traffic and Travel
442ff
Training Band
210, 255
Training School
459
Trammels
547, 595, 783
Tree Nails
400
Triangulation Station 630
Truant School.
459
Turkeys, Driving
444
War, Civil
368
"Turn, Doing A'
292
Turnips
420
Turnpike
439
Turpentine
811
Union Jack 410
Union Parish. 685
Union Parish Dissolved. . 686 Unitarians .. 685, 687, 797, 800
Valley Forge, Chelmsford Men at 355
Valuation. .
. 626, 627
Vendue, Public 290, 462, 599,
615.
Verses on Chelmsford Bells 688 Verses on Col. Parker .... 234 Verses on Concord Fight 218, 219.
Verses on Fish 420
Verses on Robin's Hill. 630
Verses on Shays' Rebellion 357 Verses on The Dark Day .. 641 Veterans' Association .. 369
Veterans, Lists of. .
370ff
Village Improvement Asso-
ciation 459, 587, 594, 820, 832.
Votes for Governor Under the Constitution, First .. 215 Voting (See Suffrage.)
Wamesit Purchase
511 ff
Wannalancit, Death of
136
Wannalancit, Influence of. 125
War, Queen Anne's ..
138
War, Dummer's or Love-
well's
150, 522
War, French and Indian 162, 542ff.
War, King George's 157 War, King Philip's 61, 62, 84, 419, 432, 511, 533, 536, 537, 538.
War, King William's 127, 522 War, Losses in .. 121, 122, 826 War, Mexican (1848) ... . 367 War of 1812 ..... 367, 486, 506
Wars, Province .. 127, 827
War, Revolutionary 190ff, 559, 702, 828, 841ff.
War, Spanish (1898) 367
Warming Pans .. 547, 595, 783 Warning Out. 576ff, 832
606ff Warrants
Watch Tower 629
Watches .... 403, 783, plate 34 598
Water District
Watering Troughs 595
Weaving .
. 417, 446, 578
Wepocositt, Wibecusit 101, 109
West End ..
39, 45, 55
West Indies, Service in
156
West Parish
476, 699
Wheeled Vehicles 392, 444, 619,
..
783, 791.
Wigs
98, 837, 838
Wildcats
431
Wine ..
419
Wintersnight Tale 448ff
Witchcraft.
69, 96, 671ff
Wolves
57, 429ff
Wood, Price of
297,814
Woodchucks
432
Wool-Scouring
667-671
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