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The Board of Selectmen for the year 1890 consists of Edward A. Carter, chairman ; lToward Eames and James Kelley ; Henry Blanchard, Jr., is treasurer, and Edward M. Nichols, town clerk.
The officers of the town for the last year were :
J. Howard Eames, Henry Buck, Nathau B. Eames, selectmen, over- seers and assessore.
Edward M. Nichols, town clerk.
Henry Blanchard, treasurer.
Edward M. Nichole, collector.
Wm. 11. Carter, Warren Eames, Fred. A. Eamies, auditors.
Daniel C. Norcross, constable.
Charles .I. Sargent, Henry L. Carter, George N. Buck, special police.
J. Howard Enmes, Henry Buck, Nathan B. Kames, fence viewers,
Edward N. Eamies, Warren Eames, John Bailey, George W. Sutel- inker, Charles E. Carter, field drivers.
Henry B. Nichola, Edward A. Carter, Jamnes E. Kelley, Henry Shel- rlon, lloward M. Itorton, measurers of wood aud bark.
Herbert N. Buck, Edward M. Nichols, Josiah O. Jaqueth, puldic weighers.
James A. Baxter, ponnd keeper.
James E. Kelley, measurer of leather.
Edward M. Nichole, Ilenry Hiller, Henry Sheldon, cemetery com- mittee.
Charles E. Hudson, Charles M. Gowing, Ottis C. Buck, Common Com- mittee.
Richard L. Folkins, Charles W. Swain, Frank Carter, school com- inittee.
Arthur O. Buck, Librarian.
Jonathan C'arter, Dr. D. T. Russell, Charles W. Swain, Henry Ames,
Otis Gowing, Edgar N. Eames, trustees of Public Library.
Edward M Nichols, sealer of weights and measures.
Arthur N. Fezette, superintendent of alms-house.
Edward M. Nichols, undertaker.
Levi Swain, George E. Carter, Daniel C. Norcross, George T. Eames, Charles F. Harrie, fire and forest wardens.
Ariel P. Pearson, Dis. No. 1, Win. H. Carter, Dis. No. 2, Otis Gowing, Die. No. 3, J. Henry Buck, Dis. No. 4, Heory Buck, Dis. No. 5, John Bailey, Dis. No. 6 ; Charles Hopkins, Dis. No. 7, Walcer D. Carter, Dis. No. 8, Arthur N. Fezette, Dis. No. 9, Wm. Il. Boutwell, Dis. No. 10, Ed- ward Meane, Dis. No. 11, George Milligan, Dis. No. 12, Sylvester C'arter, Dis. No. 13, surveyors of high ways.
Charles J. Sargent, Thomas McGuan, inspectors of ballots.
Othniel Eames, Dennis McGuire, deputy inspectors.
The town publishes once in ten years a list in detail of the real and personal estates taxed, with the as- sessed valuation. The following is a recapitulation of the valuation for 1890 :
Valne of real estate liable to taxation $650,28. 00
Value of personal estate bable to taxation >9,882.00
Value of real and personal ostate exempt from taxa-
tion . 21,595.4M1
Total valuation 8761,762.00
Number of acres assessed .
9,9681
Number of acres exempt . . 103
Total number of acres
Total number of polle nebensed
347
Dwelling-houses
2×1.
Barns .
1.49
Saw-mills
1
Stores . .
3
Blacksmith-shops
Ice-houses
-1
Wind-malls
3
School-houses .
201
Other buiklings
217
Ilorses
12
Oxen
306
e'attle
17
Sheep .
44
Swine
360.00
State tax
51124
County tax
. 99$1.00
Town tax
Rate of taxation, $14 per 81000.
17
Slaughter-houses
Churches
APPENDIX.
VOLUME I .- CAMBRIDGE.
HARVARD BRIDGE.
BY JOHN LIVERMORE.
The history and description of bridges connecting Cambridge and Boston over the Charles River is not complete without some notice of the Harvard Bridge just finished, although not yet opened for public trav- el, owing to an unfortunate disagreement between the two cities as to the manner of crossing the track of the Grand Junction Railroad, over which the bridge must cross, either at grade, or by an overhead bridge, and as the question is still undecided, and is a subject of much bitter feeling, no opinion will be given on the general merits of the question, but only the hope that the controversy will be settled soon to the satis- faction of all the parties concerned.
In order to a right understanding of the causes and necessities that led to the building of this structure at the present time, and the reasons for its location where it is, we must go back for more than fifty years and see how step by step the present result has been reached.
In the year 1828 the Legislature of Massachusetts considered the subject of purchasing all the bridges over Charles River for the purpose of freeing them before their charters would legally expire, which led to a prolonged controversy in which the rela- tions between the public and the rights of corpora- tions received essential modifications ; but no action was taken on the subject until 1836, when a charter was granted to the " Hancock Free Bridge Corpora- tion " to enable them to build a bridge over Charles River at some point between Cragies and West Boston Bridge or to purchase one or both bridges for the purpose of making them free, but owing to the pecuniary distress which prevailed in 1836 and 1837, the money could not be raised to conclude the purchase. The scheme failed for the time, but in 1846 they received a second charter enabling them to not only purchase the two bridges, but to maintain them as toll bridges until a fund of $150,000 should be raised to keep them in repair and then they were to be free forever, and so the question of a new bridge was post- poned for the time.
For more than twenty-five years the necessity of a new ronte from Cambridgeport to Boston had been agitated and discussed, but from various causes noth-
ing was done until the year 1887, when the Legisla- ture passed a compulsory act apportioning the cost equally between the two cities. From the first Bos- ton was reluctant to proceed with the work and did not enter into the enterprise with either zeal or spirit, but apparently with regret that they were legally bound to do their part. The work, however, was commenced and the mayors of the two cities and Leander Greely (a practical artisan) were appointed.commissioners to superintend the building thereof, which they have done.
The new avenue could be opened for travel as soon as the question is definitely settled about the crossing of the track of the Boston and Albany Railroad.
The question of the locality of the bridge was set- tled without inneh difficulty and amicably at last. When the question was before the public, when it was first agitated, no one would have thought of locating it so far south; but since that time the business and population of Boston has been rapidly tending to- wards the "South End," and that part of Cambridge- port now known as Ward Four has been developed, and is fast becoming the most populous portion of the city, and there were not found wanting citizens who advanced a still more southerly location.
As has been stated the bridge, was built by special act of the Legislature, which was a compulsory act, and apportioned the cost equally between the two cities of Boston and Cambridge, and $500,000 was set apart for its construction. The bridge is 2157 feet in length, 70 feet wide, and 14 feet above mean high water ; the draw is 135 feet long and 60 feet wide, and is located in the centre of the structure. It is to be operated by an electric motor. There are ten spans to the bridge, on each side of the draw alternating regularly between 105 and 75 feet in width. The piers support girders 105 feet long, between every two of which hangs a 75-foot girder loosely linked to the other one at each end, so as to provide for the natural expansion. There are also two spans 90 feet in length on either side adjoining the draw, and an extra span at the Cambridge end. The iron girders were constructed by the Boston Bridge Works, the different sections being brought from the works on Sixth Street, Cambridgeport, upon huge drays drawn by six yokes of oxen to the water-side, and there put togeth- er and towed to the bridge by lighters.
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The contract of the Boston Bridge Company was $161,900, while the masonry piers built by Shields & Carroll, of Toronto, Canada, were contracted for at $122,820, the masonry abntments by W. Il. Ward $15,900, the draw foundations and pier by Boynton Brothers $26,875, the spruce lumber by Wm. G. Bark- er, the wooden flooring by W. H. Keys & Company, the spruce posts by Miller & Shaw, the roadway sheathing by Alexander McInnis and the iron railing by the Manley Manufacturing Company, of Dalton, Ga.
When this new avenue is once opened to the pub- lie and the several approaches to it improved, and put in order, it will without doubt be the finest and most attractive avenne from the city to the suburban towns in the vicinity, the direct route to the University, Mount Auburn, the Washington or Longfellow Mansion, Elmwood, the home of Lowell, and other residences of distinguished persons, and it is also the great high- , read " Mary De War." way to Lexington and Concord-places of great his- toric interest, so much visited by strangers from all parts of the world.
VOL. I. CAMBRIDGE.
William E. Russell was elected Governor of Massa- chusetts November 4, 1890.
VOL. II. LINCOLN.
William Francis Wheeler died October 10, 1890, aged seventy-cight years, seven months.
VOL. III. WALTHAM.
Sherman Hoar was elected member of Congress November 4, 1890.
ERRATA.
Page 201, vol. ii., first column, first line, " Harriet De War " should
Page 181. vol. iii .. second column, twenty -third line from bottom, "John Wayet " should read "John Wayte."
Page 198, vol. iii., second redumn, twenty-third line from top, " noani- 13018 " should read "ominous."
INDEX.
A.
Abbott, Edward, i, 153 Abbott, Josiah G., i, lxxv (ill.) Abbot, Lyman, i, 65 Acton, i, 241 Act incorporation, i, 241 Rev. John Swift, first pastor, i, 243 Music in the First Church, i, 245 Woodlawn Cemetery, i, 246 North Acton Cemetery, i, 247 Mount llope Cemetery, i, 247 The Brooks Taveru, i, 247 The Fletcher Ilomestead, i, 247 The Skinver House, i, 247 The Old Parsonage, i, 247 Revolutionary preliminaries, i, 251 Col. Winthrop E. Faulkner, i, 255 The Robbins House, i, 255 Capt. Davis' route to the North Bridge, 1, 255
Aboer Hosmer's huot, i, 257 Rev. J. T. Woodbury's speech, i, 257 Capt. Isaac Davis, i, 261 Revolutionary War, i, 262 French and Indian War, i, 264 The second meetiog-honse, i, 264 The great fire, i, 268 West Acton, i, 269 Namee from Historical Map of Acton, i, 272
The Devis Monument, i, 274 School-houses, i, 278 The Old Chestnut Tree, 1, 279 Geology, i, 280 The artist's view of Actoo, i, 280 The 19th of April, 1861, i, 283 The Civil War, i, 284 Memorial Library, i, 287 Congregational Church, i, 290 The Baptists, i, 293 Meanfactures, i, 294 Official, i, 295, 296 College graduates, 1, 296 Physicians, i, 298 Lawyera, 1, 299 Miscellaneous, i, 300 Biographical, i, 301 Adams, Samuel, i, 392, 616 Adams, A. M., 1, 601 (ill.) Adama, John, il, 16 Agassiz, Louis, 1, 90, 153 Andrew, John A, i, 496 Alboe, Obliah W., iii, 859 Aldrich, Charles T., ii, 572 (ill.) Aldrich, Samuel N., i, 497 ; iij, 858 Aldrich, Thomas B., i, 153 Allen, Nathan, ii, 203 Allen, Nathan Topliff, ill, 168 (ill.) Alley, Edward R., iii, 837 866
Anderson, William H., i, Ixxxi (il).) Apthorp, William F., 153 Appletoo, Nathao, ii, 8, 14 Appendix, iii, 864 Arlington, iii, 173 Location, iii, 173 Menotomy, iii, 173 l'eriod of settlement, 1625-1732, ili, 173
The Squaw sachem, jii, 173 Early grant of farme, iii, 174 The first mill, iii, 174 Early pursuits, iii, 174 King Philip's War, iii, 174 The Second Precinct of Cambridge, 1732- 1807, iii, 175
Early burial place, iii, 175
Pioneer schools, iii, 177 The Revolution, iii, 177 Early industries, iii, 183
The towo of West Cambridge, 1807-67, iii, 183
First town-meeting, West Cambridge, ini, 184
Light infantry, ili, 185
Schools, iii, 185 Social Library, iii, 185 Alme-house, ili, 186
Visit of Lafayette, iii, 186
The legacy of Dr. Ebenezer Learned, iii, 186
The Russell School, iii, 188
High School, iii, 188
Tornado of 1851, iii, 189
Town house, iii, 190
War of the Rebellion, iii, 190
Political, iii, 192 The town of Arlington, 1867-90, iii, 193 West Cambridge changed to Arlington, iii, 193
The Arlington Advocate, ili, 134 Arlington Laod Company, iii, 194 Monuments, iii, 195, 196 Churches, iji, 196
Jodustrial pursuits, iji, 197 Market gardening in Arlington and Bel- mont, iii, 198 Biographical, iii, 201
Ashby, i, 306 Descriptive, i, 306 Roads, i, 307 Old settlers, i, 307 Petitiona, i, 308, 309
Incorporation, i, 310 The Revolution, i, 312 Mechanical industries, i, 314 Ecclesiastical, i, 316 The Civil War, i, 319 Miscellaneous, 1, 319 Civil, 1, 325
Post-offices, physicians, etc., i, 327 Biographical, i, 332 Ashland, iii, 535
The surface, iji, 535 Incorporation, iii, 537 Organization, iii, 537 Further acts of the town, iii, 537 Towo-officers, iii, 538 Ways, iii, 539 Buildings, iii, 510 Landmarks, iii, 540) Burial-grounds, iii, 540 Wildwood Cemetery, iii, 540 Schools, iii, 541 Libraries, iii, 543 Public Library, iii, 545
Mills, watere, etc., iii, 545 Railroads, iii, 560
Express companies, iii, 561 Post-office, iii, 561 Newspapers, iii, 561
Physicians, iii, 662 Societies, iii, 563
Ecclesiaatical, iii, 563 First Universalist Church, fii, 563
Catholic Church, iii, 563 Congregational, iii, 564 Union Evangelical, iii, 664 Baptist Church, iii, 566 Methodist Episcopal, iii, 568 Civil War, iii, 569 Biographical, iii, 571
Ayers, David, iii, 533 (ill.) Ayer, Frederick, ii, 105 (ill.) Ayer, Frederick F., ii, 105 (ill.) Ayer, James C., ii, 101 (ill ), 686
Ayer, ii, 639 Introduction, ii, 639 Topography, ii, 631 Early Indian tribes, ii, 640 Boundaries, il, 641 Early settlers, ii, 642
Highways, 1i, 650 Ford-ways, li, 653 Bridges and taverns, ii, 654 Maps and plans, fi, 655 Canal, ii, 657 Railroads, ii, 658 Telegraph and telephones, il, 660 Schools and school-houses, ii, 661 Library, ji, 663 Water-works, ii, 665 Industries, ii, 665 Ancient mills, ii, 666 Manntactures, ii, 667 Newspapers, ii, 669 Religions Societlee, ii, 670 Baptist, ii, 670 Unitarian, ii, 671
Catholic, ji, 672 Congregationalist, if, 673 Methodist, ii, 674 Fires and fire-companies, ii, 675 New town, ji, 684 Agitation for set off, li, 684 Incorporation, ii, 685
B.
Bagoall. W. R., ii, 607 Bacon, Joseph N., iii, 86
Bacon, Jonathan, ii, 856 (ill.) Bacon, B. Franklin, iti, 88 Bacon, John W., i, 1xx1, 524, 549, 560, 563 Bacon, Oliver N., i, 560 Baldwin, Loammi, Col., i, 376, 390, 397, 409, 44G (ill.), ji, 1 Barker, Horace R., ii, 93 (ill.) Bancroft, George, i, 132, 152
Bancroft, Williamt .A., i, lviii, 176, 188 Bailey, W. T., iii, 676 Banks, Nathaniel P., iii, 719 Barnes, Edward F., iii, 851 (ill.) Barnes, J. W., iii, 848 Barney, A. P., i, Ixxiii Battles, Frank F., ii, 8I (ill.) Barton, George, i, 280 Bedford, ii, 811
Early history, ii, 811 Early votea, ii, 812
The Shawshine Graut, ji, 813 Indian claims, ii, 81 ! Name, ii, 816
Boundaries, il. 816
First meeting-house, ii, 817 Taxes, ii, 817 Some old families and sites, ii, 817 Ecclesiastical, ii, 818 Schools and libraries, ii, 823 Military, ii, 827 Miscellaneous, il, 836, 839, 840, 844, 846, 847,849, 853 Biographical, ii, 854 Belmont, iji, 682 Early history, iii, 682 Incorporation, iii, 683 First towu-meeting, iti, 683
Ecclesiastical, iii, 683 Educational, ili, 685 Public Library, iii, 686 Fire Department, iii, 687 Post-office, iii, 688 Water-works, iii, 688 Gas, ili, 689 Civil War, iii, 689. A new hall, iil, 689 Physicians, iii, 689 Secrat societies, iii, 689 Savings bank, iii, 690 Industries, ili, 690 Waverly Oaks, ini, 692 Tornado of 1851, iii, 695 Newspapers, iii, 695. Town officials, iii, 695 Representatives, iii, 696 Senator, iit, 696 Bemis, George F., ii, 637 (ill.) Bemis, Seth, iii, 428 (ill.) Bennett, Joshua, ii, 355 (ill.) Benton, Thomas II., ii, 33 Bigelow, Levi, iii, 857 (ill.)
Bigelow, Horace H., iii, 837 (ill.) Billerica, ii, 223. The beginnings, ii, 223 The Indians and Indian Wars, ii, 326
INDEX.
867
Religious hiatory, ii, 332 Land distribution, dismemberment, ii, 338
The Revolution, ii, 340 Educational, il, 344 Religious history, ii, 346 Miscellaneous, ji, 349 Biographical, li, 364
Blake, Francis, i, 499 (ill.), view, 500
Blake, George Fordyce, iii, 697 (ill.)
Blanchard, Albert II., i, 680, 706 (ill.) ; ini, 431
Blanchard, Simon, i, 305 (iH.)
Blood, Lorenzo P., iii, 220
Blood, Luther, ij, 569 (ill.) Booth, E. C., iii, 756 Boott, Kirk, ii, 8 (ilI.), 13, 17, 19, 23
Boyd, Samuel, iii, +49 (ill.)
Boynton, Royal B., i, 601 (ill.)
Bodge, George M., i, 4, 382
Boutwell, George S., i, 1, 275; ii, 16
Boxhoro', ii, 759
Early history, ii, 770
Act of iocorporation, ii, 771
Military, ii, 774
Schools, ii, 775
Ecclesiastical, ii, 777 Biographical, ii, 781
Brackett, J. Q. A., i, Ivii (ili.)
Bradley, Joseph S., iii, 277 (ill.)
Bradford, Ruth A., iii, 385
Brabrook, Joseph, i, 302 (ill.), view, 302
Brattle, Willianı, i, 179, 180
Bright, Jonathan Brown, hi, 755 (ill.)
Bright, Mrs. M. E., residance of, 756
Bright, William E., ii, 757 (ill.)
Brown, Abram E., ii, 871
Brooks, Artemas L., ii, 94 (ill.)
Brooks, Eliezer, ii, 663
Brooks, Nathan, ii, 606 (ill.)
Brooks, George M., i, lxxv!
Brooks, Phillips, i, 65
Bruce, George A., i, Ivii
Buros, George J., ii, 639
Burbank, Charles II., ii, 235
Bullock, Alex. II., ii, 16
Burke, Willianı A., ii, 82 (Ill.)
Burdett, Joseph O., i, Iviii Burnham, Walter, ii, 204 (tll.)
Butler, Benjamin F., i, Ixvi (ill.); ii, 127
Bullard, Henry, iii, 454 (ill.)
Bullard, Elias, iii, 155 (ill.)
Bollard, Appletoo, iii, 454 (ill.)
Buttrick, Francis, iii, 759 (ill.), view, 719 Burlington, 1, 663 Introduction, i, 663 Civil history, i, 165 Ecclesiastical, i, 670 Jobu Marrett's Almanacs, i, 674
C.
Cambridge, i, 1 Lotroduction, i, I Revolutionary, i, 1 Harvard University, i, 2 Iodians of Cambridge and vicinity, i, 4 Ecclesiastical, i, 11 First Church, i, 13, 12
First Evangelical Congregational, Cam- brigeport, i, 62 Second Evangelical Congregational, i, 63 Evangelical Church, East C'ambruge, 1,63 North Avenue Congregational, 1, 63 Pilgrim Congregational, 1, 63 Wood Mentorial, i, 61 Third Congregational Society, 1, 65
The Lee Street Suciety, 1, 65 Allea Street Congregational Society, (Unitarian), i, 66 University Church, i, 65 Christ Church, i, 66
St. Peter's Church, i, 67
St. Philip's Church, 3, 67 Church of the Anceusion, i, 67
St. James l'arish, i, 67 The Episcopal Theological School, i, 68
First Baptist, i, 69 Inman Square Mission, i, 69 Second Baptist, 1, 69
Old Cambridge Baptist, i, 69 North Avenue Baptist, i, 70
The Broadway Baptist, i, 71 Charles River Baptist, i, 72
U'nion Baptist, i, 72
First Universalist, i, 72
Second Universalist, i, 73 Third Universahat, i, 73
First Methodist Episcopal, i, 73
Harvard Street Church, i, 73
Methodist Episcopal t'hurch, in old
Cambridge, 1, 74 Grace Methodist Episcopal, i, 74 St. Paul's (African), i, 74. Rush African, i, 74
Reformed Episcopal, i, 74
St. Peter's R. C., 1, 74 St. Mary's R. C., i, 75 St. Paul's R. C. i, 75
St. John's (Church of the Sacred Heart), i, 76 New Jerusalem Church, i, 76
Yonag Men'a Christian Association 1, 77 The East End Mission, 1, 77 Harvard University, 1, 77
Corporate and material growth, 1, 77 The Medical School, i, 10I
The Law School, 1, 103
Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1, 103 Divinity School, i, 104, 140
The Peabody Museum of Amerkan Archaology and Ethnology, i, Jul
The Bussey Institution, i, I The Detital School, i, 105
The Botanic Garden, i, 105
The Astronomical Observatory i, 105
The Lawrence Scientific School, 1, 105 Progress of education, i, 105
Student life, i, 112
Commona, i, 112
Thu laws, liberties and orders, i, 11: Prayers, i, 117 Discipline, i, 121 Coannencemrut, i, 127 Class-day, i, 131 Dresa, i, 131 College societies, i, 1.33
Harvard journalism, i, 136 Sports and gymnastics, 1, 130 Conclusion, i, 140
The public schools, i, 112 Kindergarten, 1, 117 The l'ublic Library, 1, 1 4k
literature, i, 151
Musical, 1, 153
Meilleal, i, 158
Military, i, 176
"'lvil, i, 1!0) Banking and rouarance, 1, 19% Manufacturing and industrial, 1, 201
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868
Miscellaneous, i, 210 Biographical, i, 214 Carlisle, i, 708 Early history, i, 708 lucorporation, i, 711 First towa-meeting, i, 711 Officers elected, i, 711 Meeting-houses, i, 712, 732 Annexed to Concord, i, 714 Voters, etc., i, 716, 717 Incorporation of town, i, 717 Improvement Association, i, 718 Postmasters, i, 719 Town farm, i, 719 Boundary lines changed, i, 720 Free Public Library, i, 720 Flag-staffs and flage, i, 721
Educational, i, 722 Buryiog-grounds, i, 722 Physicians, i, 726 Military, i, 727 Ecclesiastical, i, 733 Carey Homestead, view, i, 635. Cameron, Allen, ii, 717 (ill.) Cate, George N., iii, 858 (ill.) Cate, Edward W., iii, 88 Chamberlain, Sammuel E., i, 186 Chase, Charles C., ii, 1, 118, 357 Channing, Edward C., 1, 152 Channing, William H , i, 152
Channcy, Charles, i, 32, 36, 79, 161
Chaffee, Knowlton Sampson, iii, 777 (ill.) Chelmsford, ii, 239 Map, ii, 240 Early history, ii, 239 Petition to trade with Iodians, ji, 244 Roads and residences, ii, 244 Witchcraft, ii, 248 The old buryjog-ground, il, 248
Indian history, ii, 249 The Pawtuckets or Wamesitts, ii, 239 French and Indian Wars, ii, 250 The Revolution, ii, 255 Shays' Rebellion, ii, 258 The Rebellion, ii, 259 Education, if, 259 Manufacturers, ii, 264 Miscellaneous, ii, 269 Clergymen, ii, 269 Lawyers, ii, 271 Physicians, ii, 272 Church history, ii, 273 Statistical, ii, 274 Biographical, ii, 274 Choate, Rufus, ii, 127 Claflin, Lee, ili, 804 (ill.) Claflin, William, iii, 163 (ill.) Clark, Alvan, i, 191, 209, 210 Clark, George F., i, 637 Clark, Alexander, in, 681 (ill.) Clark, Charles A., i, 707 (ill ) Clark, Ohver R., iii, 314 ('lay, Henry, ii, 23 Cochrane, Alexander, ii, 356 (ill.) Coggan, Marcellus, i, lxxxii (ill.) Coolidge, Austin J., iii, 436 Coolidge, Joshua, iii, 426 (ill.) Coolidge, Timothy A., iii, 854 (ill.) Colby, Gardner, iii, 159 (ill.) Collius, Edward Jackson, iii, 161 (Hl.), Elini- wood, view, iil, 162. Collins, Edward L., sii, 1G1 Collins, Michael, ii, 322 (ill.) Conant, Luther, i, 281 Concord,'il, 570 Settlement, il, 570
INDEX.
The first road, ii, 571 Initial events, ii, 571 Captain Thomas Wheeler's narrative, ii, 572 Independence in Church and Stale, ii, 577 Preparations for Revolution, ii, 578 Journal of a British Spy, ii, 579
Concord fight, ji, 584
Bruot aad strife of Revolutioo, ii, 586 Progress and prosperity as a shire-town and a literary centre, ii, 587
Celebration, ii, 588 Monuments, ii, 589
Rebelliva, ii, 590
Concord Courts, it, 593
Militia companies, ii, 594
Meadows, ii, 595
Education, ii, 506
Private schools, ii, 597
Societies, ii, 597
Newspapers, ii, 597 The Damon Mfg. Co. ii, 598
Prisone, il, 600
Fires, ii, 600
Musical matters, ii, 101
Taveros, ii, 601
Town donations, ii, 601
Clergymien, ii, 603
Lawyere, it, 603 Physicians, ii, 604
Harvard graduates, ii, 604 Statistics, ii, 605
Officials under U. S. Government, ii, 605 Officials of Massachusetts, ji, 605 Officials of Middlesex Co., ii, 605 Officiale of the towo, ii, 605 Biographical, ii, 606
Converse, Elisha Slade, iii, 532 Converse, Frank Eugene, iii, 533 (ill.) Cowley, Charles, i, Ixiii ; ii 16, 101, 105
l'eoney, Patrick H., i, 561 Coughlan, T. W., iii, 342
Cox, George H., i, 232 Craige, Alexander, i, 599, 601 (ill.)
C'rafts, Ellea, iii, 353 Crooke, Samuel and Abram, iii, 804 (ill.)
('rehore, Charles F., iii, 119
('rehore, Joseph, i, 456 Crehore, Lemuel, iii, 160 (ill.)
Crockett, David, ii, 23
Crowley, Jeremiah, i, lxiv
Cullen, Joha S., iii, 680 (ill.) Cumnock, Alexander G., ii, 79 (ill.) Cummings, John, i, 361, 455 (ill.) Curtis, Martha E. Sewall, i, 663 Curtis, Benjamin R., i, Ixii ; iii, 425 (ill.)
Curtis, George T., i, Ixiii, 152 Cutter, Heury, ii, 768 (ill.) ('utter, Ephraim, i, 363 Cutter, William R., i, 334, 366, 377, 394, 432, 453, 663, 746 Cutter, Benjamin, i, 373, 374
D.
Datma, Edward T., i, Ivi, 148, 14!)
Dana, Richard, i, xxxviii, 152, 191
Dans, Richard 11., i, xxxviii, 152, 191, 620
Dana, Richard H., Jr., i, Ixii, 141 Dana, Samuel, i, xxxiii Darling, Samuel C., fii, 763, 849
Davenport, William N., ill, 855 (ill.) l'avis, Thomas W., iii, 682 Davis, Arthur F., i, 280 Davis, Curtis, i, 233 (ill.) Davis, W. T., i, Ixxiv; ili, 456, 759, 779, 859 Daniels, Samuel O., i, 568 (ill.)
Damon, Calvin C., ii, 607 Davenport, Benoett F., iii, 325 Deonisoo, Aaron L., iii, 738 Devens, Charles, i, xxxi Dickene, Charlee, ii, 22 Dodge, B., ii, 886 (ill.) Dracut, ii, 276 Early history, ii, 276
Name, ii, 277 Indian deed, ii, 277 Indian history, ii, 278
Rev. John Eliot, ii, 280 Wanoalancit, ii, 280 Freoch'and ladian War, ii, 282
lodiao curiosities, ii, 282
A friendly visit, ii, 282
An old garrison-house, ii, 283
A brave woman, ii, 283
Lovewell's expedition, ii, 283
Petition for an Act of Iecorporation, fi, 284 Common, or reserved land, ii, 284
Roade laid out, ii, 286
Price of land, ii, 286
Votee and records, ii, 287
Early industries, ii, 287
Billerica Great Bridge, ii, 287
Live established between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, ii, 283
The Dark Day, ii, 288 Pawtucket Bridge, ii, 289
Old Buot, ii, 200
Ecclesiastical, ii, 290
Educational, ii, 298
The Revolutionary War, ii, 300
Shays' Rebellion, ii, 306 Miscellaneous, ii, 307
Fac-simile of the oath of allegiance, 1783, ii, 308
Central Village Academy, ii, 313 Wrestling by Dracut mee, ii, 313
Decrease of territory, ii, 316 War of the Rebellion, il, 316 Manufactures, ji, 317 Biographical, ii, 317
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