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Quakers, various facts concerning, 47, 125, 291, 296, 305, 312, 318, 329, 342, 351, 390, 402, 536, 585.
Quanapaug, (Indian,) 263, 264.
Quanapokonat, (Indian,) 42,
Quarrel between Thomas Dexter and John Endicott, 137.
Queakussen, (Indian,) 40, 41. Quonopohit, (Indian,) 51, 54, 55, 263, 264, 282.
R.
Racoons, 374. Raddin, 235, 288, 443, 450, 570.
Rail-roads, steam and horse, 100, 404, 411, 436, 440, 463, 467, 473.
Rain, 260, 262, 282, 314, 325, 359, 398, 440.
Ramsdell, 126, 229, 242, 289, 339, 425, 443, 452, 577, 580. Rand, 190, 240, 292, 466, 577. Randall, 588. Randolph, 234, 284 to 291.
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HISTORY OF LYNN.
Rattlesnakes, 416, 425, 434. Raymond, 465. Raynor, 583.
Read, 211, 276, 577. See Reed.
Reading settled in 1639, by Lynn peo- ple, 182.
Rebellion, Shays's, 349, 352.
Rebellion, Southern, of 1861, patriotic proceedings in Lynn at commence- ment of, 464.
Records, Town, 9, 483.
Red Rock, 69.
Red Spring, 71. See Mineral Spring. Redding, 577.
Rednap, 127, 172, 239, 577.
Reed, 201, 351, 465, 466, 477. See Read.
Regan, 447. Regatta at Nahant, 457. Reith, 577.
Religious Character of the Early Set- tlers, 100.
Religious Societies, lists of, and Minis- ters, 582, 583, 584, 585, 587, 588, 589. Remick, 465.
Representatives, 134, 146, 292. Names of - Lynn, 578; Lynnfield, 587; Saugus, 588.
Resolutions adopted in 1773, concern- ing the duty on Tea, 337.
Resolutions concerning the South Caro- lina Nullification of 1832, 399.
Resolutions concerning the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, 427.
Resolutions concerning the Rebellion of 1861, 466.
Revenue, U. S. surplus, distributed, 404. Revolutionary matters, 334 to 349.
Revolutionary Soldiers belonging to Lynn, names of, 579.
Rexford, 583.
Reynolds, 466, 577, 584.
Rhodes, 91, 143, 157, 190, 263, 282, 292, 320, 336, 356, 434, 447, 466, 520, 523, .534,577, 580, 581.
Rhymster, 333. Rice, 311, 312, 569, 583, 589.
Rich, 577, 580.
Richards, 126, 127, 143, 184, 282, 287, 305, 577, 583, 584, 589.
Richardson, 302, 303, 380, 439, 577, 580, 581. Rickman, 89, 90. Ricraft, 172. Riddan, 577. Rifle Company, Lynn, 389, 418. Ring, 577. Roach, 436, 577.
Roads, 94, 100, 137, 196, 250, 260, 421. Roaring Cavern, 60.
Robberies, 216, 379, 421, 426, 431, 461, 462.
Robbins, 368, 371, 382, 400, 407, 582. Roberts, 577.
Robinson, 228, 357, 362, 367, 397, 410, 579, 580, 581, 592.
Roby, 329, 340, 351, 363, 460, 579, 580, 588.
Rock Temple, 64.
Rocks, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 439.
Bockwood, 380, 398, 534, 582.
Rogers, 162, 261, 451, 577, 583.
Roman Catholics. See Catholic Church. Roolton, 172, 577.
Root, 261, 577.
Rooten, 577.
Rope-walking, daring feats of, 461.
Rose, 363.
Rouillard, 62.
Rowe, 466.
Rowland, 577.
Rubin, 211.
Ruff, 524.
Ruggles, 213.
Rum exchanged for Negro Slaves, 178. Rummary. 577.
Rumney Marsh, 39, 76.
Russell, 122, 206, 278, 279, 402, 584, 587.
S.
Sabbath and Sabbath-breaking, 105, 110, 209, 217, 223, 256, 257, 300, 373, Sadler, 10, 94, 95, 157, 158, 172, 174, 183, 196, 209, 214, 352, 577, 580.
Sadler's Rock, 69, 72, 95, 439.
Safety, Committee of, Revolutionary, 340.
Sagamore Hill, 36, 44, 69, 93, 121, 128, 131, 165.
Sagamore Hotel built, 439.
Salaries, 277, 298, 311, 318, 322, 324, 326.
Salls, 577. Salmon, 127, 241, 252, 260, 577.
Salter, 577. Saltonstall, 154, 280, 296.
Saltpetre, manufacture of required in families, 203.
Samson, (slave,) 344.
Sanborn, 162, 465, 583. Sanchez, 28. Sancho, 22.
Sandwich, settlement of, commenced in 1637 by Lynn people, 169.
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INDEX.
Sanford, 192, 584. Sarah, (Indian,) 41. Sargent, 362, 434, 466, 583, 584, 585. Sassacus, (Indian,) 17, 33, 168, 264.
SAUGUS :
Incorporated as a separate town, 378. Names of Representatives, Town Clerks, Post-masters, Ministers, 588.
And see pages 20, 57, 72, 75, 324, 325, 329, 363, 366, 372, 379, 395, 404, 405, 408, 429, 430, 431, 435, 438, 443, 450, 451, 460, 461, 463, 467, 470, 471, 473, 572. See also Meeting-houses. Fires. Deaths. Lightning. Storms.
Saugus River, 31, 57, 76, 144, 182, 205, 223, 232, 372, 378, 390, 415, 421. Saunderson, 465.
Savage, 120, 122, 155, 156, 158, 191, 195, 234, 235, 259, 266, 280, 589.
Savage Rock, 28. Savings institutions, 390, 445, 585. Sawin, 588.
Say, 197. Sayles, 158. Sayre, 171, 193, 194, 577. Scales, 451.
Scarlet, 210.
School-houses, 322, 324, 329, 358, 381, 416, 421, 422, 423, 424, 428, 431, 432, 436, 446, 447, 456, 458, 467.
School-masters, 131, 203, 283, 292, 297, 300, 305, 309, 310, 312, 318, 324, 329, 581.
Schools, 222, 260, 283, 284, 305, 309, 311, 318, 342, 351, 363, 424, 586. Schouler, 466. Scott, 172, 209, 405, 577.
Sea, damage by the, 388, 429, 442. See Tides.
Sea-guards erected on Beach, 388, 404, 429.
Sea-serpent, 382 to 386. Seal, City, 556. Seals, 137, 439.
Searl, 388, 587.
Seccomb, 577. Sedgwick, 213. Seger, 589.
Selectmen, 165, 266, 282, 293, 329.
Senators, names of, from Lynn, 581. Sermons, 105, 149, 178, 316. Settlers. See Early Settlers.
Sewall, 119, 127, 179, 276, 360, 361, 443, 582. Seward, 427.
Shackford, 94, 425, 582. Shag Rocks, 60, 394. Shakspeare, 123. Sharks, 395, 451, 461.
Sharp, 300, 432, 577.
Shattuck, 113. Shaw, 231, 417, 588.
Shays's Rebellion, 349, 352.
Sheep, 131, 232, 286, 290, 311, 325, 329.
Shells, beach, 309, 368.
Shepard, 238, 257, 276, 277, 278, 283, 289, 291, 292, 293, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301, 303, 304, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 333, 492, 577, 578, 582.
Shepherd, town, 310. Sherman, 91, 417, 577.
Shipwrecked Mariners, sufferings of, 124, 357, 362, 364, 463.
Shipwrecks, 124, 136, 141, 242, 311, 325, 329, 331, 334, 335, 336, 353, 357, 359, 362, 390, 391, 392, 394, 396, 403, 407, 410, 431, 432, 448, 449, 456, 463. Ship-yards at Lynn, 321, 399. [478. Shirley, 575.
Shoe business in 1864, 586.
Shoe-makers, 88, 89, 91, 154, 256, 299, 328, 382, 413, 424, 447, 459, 586.
Shoe-makers' Strike, in 1860, 459.
Shoes and Shoemaking, 86, 232, 299,
324, 334, 335, 361, 371, 520, 523, 524, 525, 570.
Shore, 577.
Shorey, 364, 365, 373.
Shrud, 138.
Shurtleff, 533.
Shute, 310, 575.
Sias, 583.
Sickness, 34, 81, 146, 212, 222, 255, 256, 265, 298, 319, 324, 325, 342, 397, 421, 424, 428, 490.
Side-walks, brick, 440.
Signatures. See Autographs.
Siguenot, 117.
Silk, manufacture of, at Lynn, 329, 404.
Silsbe, 153, 184, 228, 292, 331, 577. Simmons, 577.
Simms, 274, 580.
Simon, 577.
Simpson, 447.
Siverns, 577.
Skating, 455.
Skeleton of Indian exhumed, 388.
Skelton, 141.
Skeppar, 215, 577.
Skerry, 210. Skiff, 577. Skinner, 417, 587
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HISTORY OF LYNN.
Slade, 588. Slave, Fugitive, Law, of 1850, 426. Slavery, 22, 178, 187, 264, 426.
Slavery, abolishment of, in the West Indies, celebrated in Lynn, 415. Slaves owned in Lynn, 344.
Slawson, 577. Sleeping in Meeting, 209, 212, 221. Sleigh Ride, perilous, 353.
Small, 434.
Small-pox, 146, 256, 298, 319, 342, 397, 424, 490.
Smith, 30, 33, 127, 163, 171, 187, 298,
319, 351, 384, 396, 463, 465, 467, 569, 577, 578, 579, 583, 584, 585, 589. Snakes, 62, 416, 425, 434.
Snow, (surname,) 465, 466.
Snow and Snow Storms, 141, 146, 176, 203, 204, 259, 260, 298, 306, 310, 322, 324, 325, 329, 335, 336, 364, 366, 371,
372, 386, 391, 402, 433, 438, 441, 445, 449, 464.
Snow in July, 366; in June, 379. Snuff, manufacture of, 358.
Soames, 288.
Society, Female Benevolent, 478.
Soldiers. See Military. Volunteers. Soldiers' bounties, 341, 352, 358, 377. Soldiers, funerals of deceased, 471.
Soldiers' lot in Cemetery, 472.
Soldiers, names of, who volunteered at outbreak of Rebellion of 1861, 465, 466.
Soldiers of the Revolution, names of, 579.
Soldiers, public reception of, on their return from war, 468, 473, 478. Soule, 434, 583.
South, 143, 171, 173, 577.
Southampton, L. I., settled in 1640, by Lynn people, 192. Souther, 115, 470. Sparhawk, 318, 323, 336, 351, 587. Sparks, 466.
Spaulding, 395, 583, 589. Spear, 583.
Specimens of Poetry, by deceased wri- ters, natives of Lynn, 395, 501, 503, 504, 508 to 511, 530 to 533, 535, 537, 545, 550 to 553, 565, 573, 574. Spencer, 94, 115, 172, 174, 183, 191, 577. Spies, Indian, 263. Spinney, 417, 587. Spiritualism, 246, 413, 437, 471. Sports of the Indians, 46. Spouting Horn, 60. Spring Pond, 71, 299. 411.
Springs, 70, 71, 121, 147, 279, 300. See Mineral Spring. Sprowl, 410.
Squidraysett, (Indian,) 141.
St. John, 273, 274.
Stacey, 190, 229, 263, 577.
Stackpole, 379.
Stage Travel, 99, 333, 405.
Stamp Act, 334. Stanbury, 171, 194, 577.
Standish, 577.
Stanley, 165, 225, 261, 448, 577, 578.
Staples, 583, 584, 587.
Star, The, the first penny newspaper in Lynn, 517.
Starke, 577.
Starkey, 577.
Stark weather, 475.
Starr, 577.
Stavers, 333.
Steam Cylinder, explosion of, 470.
Steam Fire Engine, first in Lynn, 477.
Stearns, 406, 577.
Steele, 583, 589.
Stetson, 147.
Stevens, 197, 438, 577, 583.
Stewart, 577. See Stuart.
Stickney, 581, 589, 592.
Stimpson, 589.
Stirling, 192.
Stocker, 156, 298, 426, 577, 579, 580, 588.
Stocking, 583.
Stocks, Bilboes, 142.
Stockton, 123.
Stoddard, 117
Stone, 465, 588.
Stone Houses, 201, 380, 381, 440, 469. Stores in Lynn, in 1864, 586.
Storey, 373.
Storke, 579.
Storms, 124, 150, 203, 209, 221, 259,
260, 266, 278, 306, 310, 319, 322, 324, 325, 329, 335, 336, 359, 366, 371, 378, 380, 386, 391, 396, 397, 407, 410, 416, 423, 429, 433, 438, 440, 441, 445, 446, 449, 461, 462, 463, 464, 477.
Stoughton, 575.
Stowers, 489, 5%
Strain, 585.
Strange proceedings in forming a new church, in 1674, 261.
Streets of Lynn, in 1864, 586.
Strike, Shoemakers' in 1860, 459.
Strong, 350, 575.
Stuart, 497. See Stewart.
Stuyvesant, 188. Styche, 207, 211, 239, 577.
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INDEX.
Styles, old and new, 25. Sufferings of Shipwrecked Mariners, 124, 357, 362, 364, 463. Sullivan, 62, 350, 369, 575. Summer, Indian, 82, 440. Sumner, 575. Sun, spots on. See Celestial Phenom- ena.
Sunday Services, customs at, 105, 209. See Sabbath. Sleeping in Meeting. Sunderland, 413, 589. Sun-dial on Lynn Common, 453.
Sun-fish, large, 462.
Sunk Rock, 62.
Surnames of all Lynn Settlers down to the year 1700, 576.
Surplus United States Revenue distrib- uted, 404. Sutherland, 589. Swaine, 52. Swallows' Cave, 59, 75.
Swamps, 78, 119, 128.
SWAMPSCOT:
Incorporated as a separate town, 434. Orthography of the name, 170. First Fishing Schooner at, 359. Cemetery consecrated, 439.
Lists of Town Clerks, Post-masters, and Ministers, 589.
And see pages 20, 67, 73, 131, 250, 358, 374, 391, 395, 402, 414, 415, 423, 443, 445, 446, 447, 448, 450, 451, 456, 457, 471, 472. See also Shipwrecks. Storms. Lightning. Tides. Fires. Deaths. Swan, 466, 545.
Swansey, 417, 587. Sweetser, 321, 360, 465, 466, 588.
Swett, 407, 410, 500, 582. Symonds, 120, 150, 196, 211.
Sythe, improved, patented in 1655, by Joseph Jenks, of Lynn, 235.
T.
Tables of names of Public Officers and others, Statistics, &c., 575 to 589. Tailor, 575. See Taylor. Talbot, 300, 301, 588.
Talmage, 130, 171, 172, 176, 577. Tanneries, 112, 386. Tapley, 227, 465. Tar, manufacture of, 242.
Tarbox, 114, 190, 225, 261, 263, 282, 310, 478, 577. Tarr, 465, 577, 580.
Tavern bills, curious, of certain colo- nial dignitaries, 210.
Taverns, 114, 156, 165, 210, 214, 223, 255, 277, 341, 342, 365, 371, 382, 438, 439, 469, 495, 586.
Tax, City, at different periods, 586. Taxation, rate of, at various times, 586. Taxes, 145, 222, 311, 324, 334, 335, 586. Taylor, 127, 172, 190, 221, 222, 280, 307, 320, 362, 400, 405, 428, 466, 577. Tea, early use of, 313. Votes passed in Lynn, in 1771 and 1773, concern- ing the use of, 336, 337. Destruction of, in Lynn, in 1773, 337.
Teague, 265, 577.
Telegraph, 418, 444, 453, 454, 469.
Temperance Levee of Rev. Theobold Matthew, 423.
Temperance Society, 390.
Tempests, 150, 209, 221, 259, 262, 366, 396, 397, 407. See Storms.
Temple, 230, 234, 541.
Temple Rock, 64.
Ten Hour System, 425.
Terry, 194.
Thacher, 86, 150, 239, 358, 359, 361, 365, 373, 381, 505, 577, 582, 587.
Thanksgivings, 143, 473.
Thayer, 583.
Thing, 462.
Thom, 577.
Thomas, 124, 139, 155, 439.
Thompson, 271, 354, 386, 401, 402, 426, 428, 466, 577, 579, 589, 592.
Thorn, 172, 577. Thorndike, 371.
Thorwald, 26, 27.
Thoyght, 577.
Thrasher, 577.
Throat Distemper, 325.
Thunder. See Lightning.
Tibbets, 425, 446.
Tides, remarkable, 150, 203, 260, 319, 336, 351, 395, 396, 407, 410, 423, 454.
Tight rope, remarkable feats on, 461. Tillotson, 327, 584.
Tilton, 190, 204, 577, 584.
Tingle, 577.
Tispaquin, (Indian,) 264.
Titcomb, 352, 587. Tobacco, 141, 220, 250, 371.
Tobin, 470.
Tokowampate, (Indian,) 264. Tolman, 577.
Tom, (Indian,) 40, 41.
Tom, Mount, origin of name, 124.
Tomlins, 127, 128, 143, 146, 147, 157, 165, 171, 172, 177, 196, 203, 209, 214, 577, 578, 579, 580.
Tontoquon, (Indian,) 39.
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HISTORY OF LYNN.
Tooley, 577. Tornados, 426, 431. See Tempests. Storms. Winds.
Tour, 217. Tower, 251, 577. Towlin, 465. Town Clerks. See Clerks.
Town House, 377, 424, 478, 591.
Town Meetings, 132, 196, 241, 278, 290, 296, 324, 360, 367, 368, 369, 371. Town Records, 9.
Towne, 577, 581.
Townsend, 159, 172, 196, 218, 263, 268, 282, 310, 312, 339, 577, 580.
Tracy, 453, 455, 583.
Trade, Board of, 450.
Trask, 242, 465, 577.
Travel, modes of, and facilities for, 93, 99, 298, 333, 405.
Trawl-fishing, 450.
Treadwell, 333, 340, 346, 347, 582.
Treason, 142, 251.
Tree, (surname,) 577.
Trees, Frosted, 392, 445, 508.
Trees, miscellaneous notices of, 77, 79, 82, 147, 202, 408, 412, 438.
Trevett, 409, 577.
Troopers. See Military.
Trot, Horse, in 1816, at Lynn, 379.
Trotting Horse killed by lightning, 453. Trotting Park, Franklin, laid out, 451. True, 144, 583, 584. Trumbull, 190, 577.
Tucker, 318. Tuckerman, 388. Tuckney, 268. Tudor, 63, 389, 432, 474.
Tufts, 227, 466, 579. Tupper, 169, 577.
Turner, 128, 129, 130, 132, 140 to 143, 146, 147, 165, 167, 177, 223, 577, 578, 579.
Turnpike, 100, 365, 478. Turtles, 423, 444, 461. Tutt, 466. 'Tuttle, 122, 465, 580.
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Twiss, 236. Twist, 580. Twombly, 583. Tyler, 190, 192, 405, 411. Tythingmen, 165.
U.
Unitarian Society, first in Lynn, formed, 388. Succession of Ministers, 582. Unitarian Society, Central, (Free Ch.,) formed, 432. Succession of Minis- ters, 585.
Universalism, first preaching of, in Lynn, 372.
Universalist Society, first in Lynn, 400. Succession of Ministers, 584.
Universalist Society, second in Lynn, 402. Succession of Ministers, 584. Universalist Society in Lynnfield, 587. Universalist Society in Saugus, 460, 588. Upton, 579, 587. Usher, 425, 465, 577, 579, 581.
V.
Vaccination, 342. Valuation of Estates in Lynn, at differ- ent periods, 428, 463, 586. Vane, 167, 169, 198, 575.
Vasa, 22.
Vassall, 158.
Vaudreul, 117.
Veal, 244, 246, 247, 248, 577.
Vega, 28. Vegetable-animal, (rose-fish,) 80. Venus, (slave,) 344.
Viall, 403.
Vickary, 431.
Vicksburg, fall of, celebrated, 473. Viles, 587.
Vincent, 577.
Vinton, 229, 577.
Visit of Kossuth, the Hungarian Exile, 433.
Visits of Gen. Lafayette, 351, 388.
Visits of Presidents of the United States, 353, 380, 400, 417.
Voltaire, 560. Volunteer Soldiers, 465, 467. See Mil- itary.
Voyages and Discoveries, early, 25.
W.
Waban, (Indian,) 264. Wabaquin, (Indian,) 41.
Wabbacowet, (Indian,) 35.
Wade, 214, 216, 577.
Wages. See Prices.
Wainwright, 317.
Wait, 229, 256, 266, 334, 472, 577, 580, 589.
Walcott, 295, 587. Walden, 581. Waldo, 584. Wales, 577.
Wales, Prince of, in Lynn, 462.
Walker, 130, 135, 138, 151, 171, 172, 190, 214, 217, 228, 242, 266, 275, 333, . 577, 578, 579.
- Walsall, 577.
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INDEX.
Walton, 171, 173, 194, 209, 577. War Meetings in Lynn, 466, 470, 471, 474. Ward, 219, 363, 402, 581, 584. Wardwell, 577, 581.
Warmest weather ever known in Lynn, 477. See Hot Weather. Warning off a Settler, 297. Warremore, 577.
Warren, 583.
Wars, 34, 167, 262, 264, 288, 305 330, 331, 340, 372, 417. Wascussue, (Indian,) 129. Washburn, 372, 575.
Washington, 350, 353, 361.
Washington, President, visits Lynn, 353. His memory honored, 361. Washington Square enclosed, 469. Wastall, 154. Waterman, 546.
Waters, 584. Wathin, 172, 577 Wattaquattinusk, (Indian,) 39.
Watts, 137, 452, 465, 577, 580.
Weather, extraordinary changes in the, 82, 417, 438, 443, 464.
Weather, warm. See Hot Weather.
Webb, 194, 213, 234, 235, 583. Webbacowet, (Indian,) 35. Webster, 163, 421, 427, 435, 466, 549. Weinberg, 470. Weitzel, 473. Welby, 172, 577 Weld, 205, 273.
Wellman, 190, 229, 251, 263, 335, 577. Wellmore, 577.
Wells, 172, 174, 190, 192, 193, 362, 577, 583. Wendell, 417.
Wenepoykin, Winnepurkit, (Indian,). 36, 38 to 42, 51, 146, 233, 242, 263, 264, 282. .
Wentworth, 117, 465. Wenuchus, (Indian,) 36, 38, 41, 59, 138.
West, 172, 219, 577. Westland, 269, 270. Whales, 330, 391, 456. Whaling Company, 398. Whalley, 310, 460. Wheat, (surname,) 577. Wheat, (grain,) 255. Wheatley, 22. Wheaton, 493. Wheeler, 143, 234, 242, 577. Wheelwright, 164, 169 Whipple, 211, 581. Whip-poor-will, 82.
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Whitcomb, 89, 90, 587.
White, 130, 172, 289, 466, 577, 584, 589. Whitefield, 326, 327, 332, 333. Whiting, 145, 165, 169, 172, 212, 227, 229, 231, 235, 236, 238, 240, 241, 242, 253, 254, 256, 257, 260, 265, 266 to 276, 296, 314, 333, 492, 577, 582.
Whitman, 580. Whitney, 291, 311, 312, 465, 584.
Whitridge, 172, 227, 577, 587.
Whittemore, 358, 577.
Whittier, 91. Whittingham, 225.
Wiggin, 210, 242, 451.
Wigglesworth, 332, 356.
Wight, (slave,) 229, 344, 577.
Wilbur, 442, 588.
Wild Animals found in Lynn, 45.
Wild Fowl, 80.
Wildes, 584.
Wiley, 372, 425, 583, 587.
Wilkins, 122, 130, 577.
Willey, 151, 577.
William, Duke, or Black Will, (Indian,) 40, 131, 141, 144, 241, 242.
Williams, 48, 117, 164, 335, 370, 465, 577, 580, 588.
Williamson, 359.
Willis, 85, 130, 146, 171, 214, 381, 382, 577, 578, 580, 584.
Williston, 362, 583.
Willman, 577.
Wills, curious, 121, 122, 188.
Wilson, 122, 146, 169, 216, 271, 466, 577, 583.
Wilt, 577. Windmill Hill, 127, 165.
Winds, high, 266, 278, 378, 425, 426, 431, 437, 438, 441, 463, 477.
Wing, 162, 486, 577.
Winget, 330. Winser, 577.
Winslow, 35, 169.
Winter, (surname,) 160, 577.
Winters, remarkable, 257, 298, 381.
Winthrop, 95, 100, 114, 124, 129, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 146, 155, 160, 164, 168, 169, 183, 187, 193, 199, 200, 203, 205, 209, 213, 224, 311, 575.
Wire manufacture, 257, 372. Wit, singular encounters of, 330, 346.
Witchcraft and Witches, 186, 224, 238, 276, 293 to 296. Witherdin, 226. Witt, 190, 192, 256, 293, 299, 577. Witter, 130, 131, 208, 219, 230, 231, 242, 577. Wolfe, 396.
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HISTORY OF LYNN.
Wolf's Cave, 66.
Wolves, 132, 136, 144, 147, 241, 286, 299, 311, 329. Woman, tributes to, 17, 405. Wonohaquaham, (Indian,) 36, 137, 138, 146.
Wood, 45, 70, 77, 79, 113, 133, 136, 141, 143, 145, 165, 169, 171, 577, 578, 579.
Woodbury, 339. Woodend, origin of name, 113.
Woodey, 242, 297, 577.
Woodlands, 306.
Woodman, 577.
Woods, Fires in the, 424, 431, 443, 458, 477.
Wooing, 37, 163, 186, 222, 225, 280. Worcester, 120, 277.
Work-house, 381, 423.
World's Fair, in 1852, 436. Wormwood, 321, 577.
Wright, 131, 135, 140, 143, 577, 584. Writers, deceased, of Poetry and Prose, natives of Lynn, 502, 505, 528, 533, 536, 540, 544, 567.
Writs, Clerks of the, 292, 580.
Wuttanoh, (Indian,) 39, 41. Wyman, 163.
Y.
Yarmouth settled in 1639, by Lynn people, 182.
Yatt, 194.
Yawata, (Indian,) 36, 40, 59, 264.
York, 417.
Young, 466, 580, 583.
Z. Zodiacal Light, 257.
LYNN
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EASTERN RAIL ROAD STATION, LYNN. Erected in 1848. Central Square.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
1004. THORWALD, the Northman, supposed to have visited Nahant.
1602. Gosnold supposed to have anchored near Nahant.
1614. Captain John Smith appears at Nahant.
1622. Nahant granted to Captain Robert Gorges.
1629. Settlement of Lynn commences.
1630. Thomas Newhall born ; being the first white person born in Lynn. Fifty settlers, chiefly farmers, with many families, arrive.
1632. First Church formed, Rev. Stephen Bachiler, minister.
1633. A corn mill built on Strawberry brook ; the first mill in Lynn.
1634. Hon. John Humfrey arrives and settles on his farm, near Nahant street. William Wood, of Lynn, publishes his "Nevy Englands Prospect."
1635. Philip Kertland, the first shoemaker in Lynn, arrives.
1637. Name of the settlement changed from Saugus to Lynn.
1638. First division of lands, among the inhabitants.
1639. Ferry established across Saugus river, from Needham's Landing to Bal- lard's. First bridge over Saugus river, at Boston street crossing, built. 1643. Iron Works established on Saugus river; the first in America.
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1646. A market ordered to be held at Lynn every Tuesday, "their lecture day." 1658. Dungeon Rock supposed to have been rent by an earthquake, entomb- ing alive Thomas Veal, a pirate, with treasure.
1669. Boniface Burton, dies, aged 113 years.
1671. This year was remarkable for the severity of its storms. There was a violent snow storm, 18 January, with much thunder and lightning.
1680. Dr. Philip Read complains of Mrs. Margaret Gifford, as a witch. The great Newtonian comet appears, in November, exciting much alarm. 1682. Old Tunnel Meeting-house built.
1688. The people much excited by Randolph's petition to Andros, for Nahant.
1692. Great witchcraft excitement.
1696. Severe winter; the coldest since the settlement commenced.
1697. Much alarm in Lynn on account of the appearance of the small-pox.
1706. Second division of lands among the inhabitants.
1708. A fast held on account of the ravages of canker worms and caterpillars.
1715. First Meeting-house in Lynnfield built.
1716. Extraordinary darkness at noon-day, 21 Oct .; dinner tables liglited.
1717. Memorable snow storms, Feb. 20 and 24; one story houses buried.
1719. Northern Lights observed for the first time, 17 Dec .; a startling display. 1723. Terrific storm, 24 Feb., the sea raging and rising to an alarming height. First mill on Saugus river, at Boston street crossing, built.
1726. £13.15 awarded to Nathaniel Potter, for linen manufactured at Lynn.
1736. First Meeting-house in Saugus built.
1745. Mr. Whitefield preaches on Lynn Common, creating much excitement.
1749. Great drought, hot summer, and immense multitudes of grasshoppers. 1750. John Adam Dagyr. an accomplished shoemaker arrives, and gives great impetus to the business ; became noted, but died in the alms-house. 1755. Greatest earthquake ever known in New England, 18 November.
1770. Potato rot prevails. Canker worms commit great ravages.
1776. Twenty-six negro slaves owned in Lynn.
1780. Memorable dark day, 19 May ; houses lighted as at night.
1793. Lynn Post-office established, and kept on Boston street, near Federal.
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HISTORY OF LYNN.
1795. Brig Peggy wrecked on Long Beach, Dec. 9, and eleven lives lost. 1800. Manufacture of morocco leather introduced. Elephant first shown here. 1803. Boston and Salem Turnpike opened and Lynn Hotel built. Miles Shorey and wife killed by lightning, at their dwelling, Boston street, 10 July. 1804. Independence first celebrated in Lynn. Snow fell in July.
1808. First law office in Lynn opened. Great bull fight at Half-way House. Trapping of lobsters first practised at Swampscot.
1813. Moll Pitcher, the celebrated fortune-teller dies, 9 April, aged 75 years. 1814. Lynnfield incorporated as a separate town. First Town House in Lynn built. First bank established. Female Benevolent Society formed. 1815. Saugus incorporated as a separate town. Terrific southeasterly gale, 23 September, carrying the ocean spray several miles inland.
1819. The great sea-serpent appears in our waters.
1825. First Lynn newspaper - the Weekly Mirror -issued, 3 September.
1827. A broad and brilliant night arch, 28 August.
1828. A whale, sixty feet in length, cast ashore at Whale beach, 2 May.
1829. A splendid display of frosted trees, 10 January. Another in Dec., 1855. 1833. Extraordinary shower of meteors, 13 November.
1838. Eastern Rail Road opened for travel, from Boston for Salem, 28 August.
1843. Schooner Thomas wrecked on Long beach, five men perishing, 17 March. 1846. Rockaway House, Swampscot, burned, 1 January.
1848. Carriage Road over harbor side of Long beach built. Lynn Common fenced. George Gray, the Lynn hermit, dies.
1849. Lynn Police Court established. Large emigration to California.
1850. Lynn adopts the City form of government. Pine Grove Cemetery con- secrated, 24 July. Thirteen persons, of a pic-nic party, drowned in Lynnfield pond, 15 Angust. "Ten hour system" generally adopted. 1851. John J. Perdy murdered at his boarding house, Market street, 28 June. 1852. Swampscot incorporated as a separate town. Hiram Marble commences the excavation of Dungeon Rock. Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian exile visits Lynn, 6 May. Omnibus line commences in Lynn.
1853. Nahant incorporated as a separate town. Prize fight on Lynnfield road, 3 Jannary. Gas first lighted in Lynn, 13 January. Cars commence running over the Saugus Branch Rail Road, 1 February. Patrick McGuire fatally stabbed, in Franklin street, 26 September.
1856. Egg Rock light shown for the first time, 15 September.
1857. Bark Tedesco wrecked at Swampscot, all on board perishing, 18 Jannary. 1858. Telegraphic communication between Lynn and other places established.» A magnificent comet, Donati's, visible in the northwest, in the autumn. 1859. Roman Catholic church, Ash street, burned, 28 May. Brilliant display of northern lights, 28 August ; the whole heavens covered. Union street Methodist meeting-house destroyed by fire, 20 November.
1860. Harbor so frozen, in January, that persons walked across, to Bass Point. Shoemakers' great strike commences in February. Prince of Wales passes through town, 20 October. Horse Rail Road cars commence running, 29 November. Market street first lighted by gas, 7 Dec.
1861. Alonzo Lewis, the poet and historian, dies 21 January, aged 66 years. A splendid comet suddenly appears, 2 July, the tail of which had actually swept the e. "h three days before, producing nothing beyond a slight apparently auroral light in the atmosphere. The extensive edifice known as Nahant Hotel, burned, 12 September.
1862. Lyun Free Public Library opened. Enthusiastic war meetings held. Nathan Breed, jr., murdered in his store, on Summer street, 23 Dec. 1864. June 25, the thermometer rose to 104 degrees, in shady places, in Lynn, indicating the warmest day here of which there is any record. Great drought, and extensive fires in the woods, during the summer. City Hall, (old Town House, built in 1814,) burned 6 October, and Joseph Bond, confined in the lock-up, burned to death.
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