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Nehoiden Block, 241, 359, 396, 401, 542, 603, 633 Nehoiden Club, Wellesley, 9 Nehoiden Cornet Band, 63 1
Nehoiden Division, Sons of Temper- ance, 603 Nehoiden Glee Club, 631
Nehoiden Hall, 283, 492, 603
Nehoiden Land Company, 424
Nehoiden Lodge, Knights of Honor, 591
Nehoiden Road, Waban, IO
Nehoiden Street, 9, 18, 19, 41, 100. Pond, 139
Neponset Bridge, 113
Ness, John, 21I
New Bedford, Pacific Congregational Church, 280
New Berne, N. C., 497, 504
New Bridge, 114, 118, 119, 121, 130
New Brunswick, N. J., 405
New Cambridge, 55
New Century Club, 599
New Emission bills, 515
New England and New York Railroad Company, 415
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 230, 519
New England Historical and Genea- logical Register, 15, 228, 485
New England Methodist Historical Society, 260
New England Railroad Company, 414, 415, 418, 420
New Hampshire, House of Representa- tives, 255
New Haven, Conn., 618
New London District, 262
New Orleans, La., 504
New York, city, 292, 623. State, 465, 466, 51I
New York and Boston Railroad Com- pany, 413, 414
New York and New England Railroad Company, 413-415
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, 415, 418, 420
Newbery, William B., 387 Newbury, 363
Newcomb, Alithea A., 272. Rev. Harvey, 246, 271-274, 280, 627. His ordination, 273. His salary, 276. His "Cyclopedia of Mis- sions," 627
Newell, Rev. Mr., 237. Artemas, 100,
125, 159-162, 240, 309, 344, 345, 413, 414, 442, 446, 488, 490, 550, 551, 554, 603, 633, 648, 653, 662, 665. Augustus W., 29, 576. Ben- jamin, 391. David, 456. Ebenezer, 14, 167, 197, 198, 203, 209, 450, 527, 677, 687. Esther, 335. Fred- erick H., 52. George, 550. Han- nah, 66. Isaac, 52. Jonathan, 97, 100, 226, 241, 441, 563, 589. Mrs. Jonathan, 24I. Rev. Jonathan, 334, 372. Joseph, 47, 121, 342, 554, 653. Josiah, 14, 16, 21, 52, 53, 59, 66, 67, 82, 84, 87, 89, 91, 92, 95, 97, 109, 118, 120, 135, 164, 165, 167, 168, 173, 174, 181, 183, 184, 189, 199, 200, 202, 208, 214, 219, 220, 223, 225, 229, 231, 234, 247, 321, 322, 339, 369, 391, 442, 457, 461, 470-472, 475, 477, 482, 513, 515, 517, 519, 530, 536, 543, 557, 558, 562, 563, 637, 648-650, 652, 657, 660, 661. Josiah, Jr., 108, 202, 225, 333, 335, 336, 435, 457, 472, 482, 637. Lydia, 39. Mar- shall, 182, 352, 358, 490, 491, 545. Mary, 344. Nathan, 457. Rebeckah, 316. Reuben, 461, 463, 475, 476. Timothy, 52, 91, 94, 116, 118, 119, 167, 187, 196, 203, 208, 233, 321, 427, 472, 483, 554, 651, 658, 678, 687
Newell family, 29, 52
Newell's Bridge, 32, 120-122
Newell's Hall, 52, 243, 608
Newell's Road, 93
Newhall, Dr., 54I
Newport News, Va., 497
Newspapers and periodicals, 628-630
Newton, George E., 284. George F., 278 Newton-Newtown, 9, 17, 22, 24, 30, 33, 47, 56, 63, 83, 86, 98, 113-117, 124 , 127, 130, 132, 134, 137, 142, 219, 224, 225, 248, 249, 341, 371, 380, 381, 386, 388, 416, 430, 433, 434, 486, 497, 504, 512, 540, 543, 544, 548, 557, 568-570, 576, 579, 582, 616, 633, 644. Baptist Church, 307. First Church, 272. Turtle Island annexed, 163
Newton & Boston Street Railway Company, 105, 115, 417-419 Newton and Watertown Gas Light Company, 585
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Newton Centre, 250, 283, 413, 579. Baptist Church, 248, 249
Newton Corner, 579
Newton Factories Company, 380
Newton Highlands, 243, 285, 302, 402, 413. Grace Church, 303 Newton Iron Works Company, 163, 380
Newton Lower Falls, 302, 331, 390, 569, 570, 572. Methodist Episco- pal Church, 264-267. Its Sun- day School, 265. Saint Mary's Church, 302, 307, 327
Newton, Needham and Natick Society for apprehending Horse Thieves, 608, 609
Newton Railroad House, 447
Newton Upper Falls, 10, 127, 250, 262, 413, 447, 570, 571, 591. Baptist Church, 301. Methodist Church, 262-264. Saint Mary's Church, 296, 297
Niagara, fire-engine, 379
Niagara Engine Company, 580
Nichols, John, 363
Nickerson, Joseph M., 294, 295, 355 "Nighthawk," 583 Nine Arch Bridge, 20, 127, 139
Nixon, Mary, 617
Noanet Hall, 52, 243, 608
Nonagenarians, 615-619
Nonsuch Pond, 390
Noon, Rev. Samuel H., 269
Noon-house, 204, 205, 613
Norcross Bros. Co., 278
Norfolk, Duke of, 589, 590 Norfolk, 647 Norfolk Agricultural Society, 609
Norfolk Conference of Unitarian and other Christian Churches, 244 Norfolk County, 16, 23, 137, 165, 170, 238, 370, 388, 440, 529. Set off from Suffolk, 164. District Court, 645, 647
Norfolk County, England, 77
Norfolk County Commissioners, 415
Norfolk County Journal Press, 188
Norfolk County Temperance Society, 602
Norfolk Lodge, Masons, 589, 590
Norfolk Rifle Rangers, 440, 442, 444-
449. Officers, 244, 449. Uni- forms, 444, 445, 448. First pub- lic appearance, 445. Music, 446, 447. Musters, 446, 447. Corn-
wallis celebration held, 447, 448. Records, 448, 449
North Beverly, 618
North Haverhill, N. H., 619
North Hill, 13, 28, 29, 39, 53, 135, 194, 231, 312-314, 621, 687
North Natick graveyard, 27, 149, 327 North River, 479 North school district, 343, 344, 348- 350, 357, 358, 366
North school-house, 42, 99, 349, 351, 357, 358. Teachers, 363, 364 Northern Army, 477-479
Northwest Highway district, 95 Northwest school district, 351
Northwest school-house, 351 Nottinghamshire, England, 402
Nova Scotia, 432, 555, 557
Noyes, Charles, 271, 272, 309, 542, 543. Elizabeth (Mrs. Josiah), 284, 370, 394, 574, 593, 610. Dr. Josiah, 131, 137, 161, 242, 282-284, 290, 295, 309, 310, 352, 392, 397, 569- 571, 589, 593, 601, 602, 606-608, 612, 666. Sketch of his life, 573- 575. Rebecca, 207. Sarah B., 272. Rev. Thomas, 207, 246, 312, 486, 488, 489, 542, 573, 624, 665. His "Address delivered at the West Parish in Needham, before the Military Company of Exempts, at their disbanding, on Wednesday, April 19, 1815," 489
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Noyes barn, 633 Noyes place, 100, 633
Noyes Street, 539, 575
Noyes's Brook, 139
Nye, William H., 282
AK HILL, 34 Oak Street, 63, 80, 415
Oak trees, old, 205, 613, 614, 691
Oakhurst, 424 Oakland, 162
Oakland Hall School, 301, 354, 372
Oakland Institute, 102, 371, 372, 605, 611 Oakland Park, 424 Oaks, Rev. Josiah, 216
O'Brien, - Obrain - Obryan, -, 469. Elizabeth K., 617. Luke, 486. Mark, 486. Richard, 457 Obscow, Jonas, 477 Ockinton, David, 53, 462. Hannah,
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53. Lydia, 224. Matthias, 53, 71, 80, 194, 518, 671. Susannah, 53. Thomas, 53, 76. William, 53, 85, 230, 332
Ockington family, 53 Ockington Field, 194
Odd Fellows, 591
Odd Fellows Building, 358, 359, 591, 604, 630. Burned, 1887, 581, 590, 591
Odd Fellows Hall, 590, 591, 604
O'Keefe, Michael, 297. Mrs. Michael, 297
Old Colony Railroad Company, 415, 420
Old Colony Street Railway, 419, 424
"Old Growl," 12, 226
"Old Hawes, " 452
Old Home Celebration, 624-626
"Old Home Week," 192, 624-626
Old local names, ponds and streams, 135-140
Old maps in the State Archives, 129- I32
"Old Peppermill," 204
"Old Snap," 27
Oldest house in Needham, 28, 85
O'Leary, Rupert D. G., 205
Oliver, Mr., 174. Rev. Daniel, 246 Olustee, Fla., 500
O'Neil, John, 397. Margaret, 284
O'Neil property, 320, 392
Ophicleide, or tuber, horn, 630
Orcutt, Charles E., 305
Orders and Societies, 589-614. Masonic, 859. Norfolk Lodge 589, 590. Odd Fellows, 591. Other Societies and Orders, .591-593. Ladies' Charitable Socitey, 593. Need- ham Women's Suffrage League, 593, 594. Needham Nationalist Club, 594. Social and Literary Union, 594, 595. Young Men's Christian Association of High- landville, 595, 596. Needham im- provement societies, 596, 597. Chautauqua Literary and Scien- tific Circle, 597. Tea and Toast Club, 597, 691. Monday Club, 597, 598. Unitarian Club, 598. New Century Club, 599. Albion Cricket Club, 599, 600. Organizations for amusement, 600. Temper- ance and temperance societies, 601- 605. Needham Lyceum, 606-608.
Newton, Needham and Natick Society for apprehending Horse Thieves, 608, 609. Needham Young People's Association, 609. Agri- cultural and kindred societies, 609- 612. Needham Farmers and Me- chanics Association, 612
Ordinations, Rev. Jonathan Townsend, 224. Rev. Samuel West, 235. Rev. Stephen Palmer, 237. Rev. Harvey Newcomb, 273. Rev. William Barrows, 274. Rev. Ed- ward S. Atwood, 274, 275. Rev. Charles H. Williams, 275. Rev James M. Hubbard, 275. 'Rev. John L. Harris, 275. Rev. Jonathan Ed- wards, 276. Rev. Avery S. Wal- ker, 286, 287
Organ, West Church, 246. Baptist Church, 251. Orthodox Congre- gational Church, Grantville, 276, 279. Evangelical Congregational Church, 289
Orgill-Orgels-Orgile, Richard, 53. Sarah, 53, 330
Orgill family, 53
Ormoc, Island of Leyte, Philippines, 51I Orr, Galen, 162, 240, 289-291, 320, 353, 356, 357, 359, 393, 395-398, 425, 449, 492, 493, 576, 603, 646, 647, 654. Galen, & Co., 396. Mrs. Galen, 507. Thomas, 262, 393, 449, 613
Orr's lower mill, 398
Orthodox Congregational Church in Grantville, see Churches
Orthodox Congregational Meeting- house, see Meeting-houses
Orthodox Trinitarian Congregational Church, see Churches, Orthodox Congregational Church in Grant- ville
Orthodox Trinitarian Congregational Society, see Wellesley Hills Con- gregational Society
Osborn, Rev. V. R., 261
Osgood, Josiah A., 298
Osnaburghs manufactured, 380
Ostrander, Rev. Daniel, 260
Otheman, Rev. Bartholomew, 261
Otis, Rev. Erastus, 261
Our Social Club, 306
Overseers of the poor, see Town Officers
Overton, Thomas, 510
Ox meadow brook, 86
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Oxen, 64, 109, 116, 531, 532 Oxford, 37, 38
PACKARD, Rev. Hezekiah, 237 Page, Jeremiah, 475 Page, Josephine C., 668
Paine-Pain-Payn, Mr., 423. Aaron, 456, 459, 468. Anna, 54. Anna (Mills), 54. Anne, 225. Ephraim, 54, 435, 472, 684. John, 14, 54, 80, 87, 198, 223, 464, 476, 671. John, Jr., 223, 435. Ruth, 54. Samuel, 456, 461, 480. Susanna, 225. Thomas, 117, 435
Paine family, 54 Paine Land, 423 Paine's Hill, 54
Paint works, 125, 388, 389, 409 Palmer, Alanson, 363. Albert, 363. Catharine, 238, 240. George W., 250, 610, 611. Joseph, 239, 373. Rev. Stephen, 17, 76, 195, 204, 3 12, 322, 344, 488, 489, 624. His "Cen- tury Sermon, " 195, 202, 239, 623, 627. His students, 236. His minis- try, 237-239. His ordination, 237. His salary, 238. His writings, 239. His autobiography, 239. His revi- sion of Watts's "Psalms and Hymns," 239, 246. His "Sermon preached before the Military Com- pany of Exempts, in Needham, on Thursday, Nov. 17, 1814," 488. Wilson, 363 Palmer-McIntosh tomb, 239, 319 Pantheon Hall, Boston, 447
Paper-mills, 95, 130, 131, 160, 178, 380, 382-392, 409. First Mill, 382. Second Mill, 382-384. Third Mill, 384-386
Parish committee, 212, 245, 317 Parish House, 242
Parish records, 213, 221-229
Parishes, division of town into two, 207- 212. First or East, 42, 152-162, 212-215, 243, 262, 286, 295, 306, 308-310, 312, 313, 316, 318, 320- 322, 336, 347, 350, 414, 519, 593, 598, 602, 605, 621. West or Sec- ond, 152-162, 180, 214, 228, 271, 307, 312, 313, 602 Park - Parcke, William, II
Park, Wellesley Hills, 541 Park Commissioners, see Town Officers
Parker, Abigail, 331. Alfred, 664. Benjamin, 56. Benjamin W., 444. Rev. Clement, 261. David, 469. Deliverance, 55, 223, 225, 615. Ebenezer, 55. Elijah, 432. Elisha, 434. Enoch, 133, 152, 338, 463, 482, 516, 523, 652. Ephraim, 120, 122, 124. Hannah, 55, 225. Hor- ace B., 418. Isaac, 37, 56, 71. Jabez, 55. Jacob, 2II, 454, 523, 546. Jacob, Jr., 460. James, 432. John, 54, 55, 71, 80, 546, 547. John, Jr., 71. Jonathan, 55, 58, 71, 82, 196, 223, 224, 360, 435, 452, 456, 527, 658, 665. Joseph, 55. Rev. Joseph W., 251. Joshua, 435. Josiah, 469. Mrs. M. F., 279. Mercy, 224. Nathan, 291, 295. Obed C., 191, 353. Olive, 96. Richard, 277. Samuel, 55, 56, 71, 144, 196, 218, 229, 308, 313, 650, 677, 683. Sarah, 55. Solomon P., 468. Thomas, 47, 55, 380. Wil- liam, 55, 383, 430, 431. William B., 98, 161, 440, 444, 445, 449 Parker Building, 591, 604 Parker family, 54-56
Parker Hall, 190, 191, 193, 372, 507, 590, 594, 604, 612. Burned, 1882, 590 Parker place, 259 Parker Plain, 85, 100
Parker School, 360, 452, 472, 566 Parks, Walter L., 377
Parks and Public Grounds, 587, 588
Parlin, Frank E., 358
Parsonages, First Church, 24I. Con- gregational Church, 246. Baptist Church, 251. Methodist Church, 268. Orthodox Congregational Church, Grantville, 276. Evan- gelical Congregational Church, 289. Unitarian Society of Grant- ville, 301
Partridge, Colonel, 145 "Passing bell," 322 Patrick, Rev. Henry J., 288
Patten, Claudius B., 491, 667. Jon- athan, 428 Pawtucket, R. I., 274
Pay-rolls. Revolution, 460, 475, 477. Capt. Robert Smith's Company, 1776, 460, 461. Capt. Aaron Smith's Company, 1777, 477
Payne, William C., 304 Peabody, Charles E., 505. Ezekiel, 554,
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640. Rev. Oliver, 141-144, 227. Thomas F., 582
Pease, Charles W., 572
Peat, 553
Pcck, Rev. William W., 243-245
Peirce, see Pierce
Pember, Rev. Frederick, 302, 303
Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer, 218
Pen, James, 682
Pepelo, John, 435
Pepper, Robert, 331
Pepperell, 617
Peppermill Road, 204
Perambulation of town lines, 32, 58, 75, 132, 133, 145, 260, 656. Compen- sation, 132
Percy, Earl, 451
Periodicals, 628-630
Perkins, Dr., 572. Mr., 486. Rev. Mr., 219. Albert L., 268. Rev. Francis B., 275, 276. Henry G., 281. Rev. Jared, 261
Perrin, David C., 298, 299. Ellen P., 298. Noah, 264, 270
Perry, Calvin, 285, 295, 490. Rcv. Daniel, 261. Jemima, 615. John J., IOI
Personal Property, assessed valuation at different periods, 532
Petersburg, Va., 493
Petersham, 434
Peterson, Rev. John, 266, 269
Petition for the division of the town into two parishes, 209-211. Names of petitioners, 21I
Petition for the incorporation of the town, 68-71
Petitioners for incorporation, names, 71 Petitioners in boundary dispute with Dedham, names, 74
Pettee, Ebenezer N., 307. Otis, 10, 381, 391, 412. Tyler, 578, 589, 654
Pettingill, Captain, 469, 470. H. Eliza- beth, 272. Hannah D., 272
Pews, First Church, 195, 196, 199, 200, 205, 206, 515. Christ Church, 303 Phebe, negro, 565 Phelps, Mr., 128. David, 530
Philadelphia, Pa., 255
Phillips, Adelaide, 602. Freeman, 207, 356-358, 654 Phipps, Rev. George G., 247, 286, 667 Physicians, 568-575 Pickerell Pond, 138
Pickering, Rev. Georgc, 258-260, 262. Jane W., 284, 287. Oliver, 356, 375, 552
Pickett, Mary A., 284. Thomas F., 266. William B., 284
Pickford, Anna M. T., 61, 319, 452
Pierce - Peirce, Colonel, 476. Jacob,
22, 110, 122. Joel, 259, 263, 264. Parker H., 387. Sarah, 263. Wil- liam, III, 122, 317, 350, 441, 553, 578, 654, 665
Pierce Bridge, 122, 133
Pierce family, 22, 540
Picrce Road, 122
Pierepont, Rev. Mr., 220
Pigeon nets, 46
Pigeons, wild, 46, 49, 51. Fancy, 613 Piggery, 636
Pilfershire, 135
Pilgrim Society, 575
Pilsbury, Captain, 469
Pine Hill, 136
Pine Plain, 45, 65, 100, 136, 148
Pine Swamp, 20, 29, 36, 395
Pine Swamp Neck, 14, 135
"Pines, The," 372
Plainfield, Conn., 540
Planing-mill, 389, 407, 408
Plank, Asa, 478. Isaiah, 478
Plans referred to in the records, 133, I34 Plates given to Congregational Church,
246. First Church, 238. Evan- gelical Congregational Church, 290 Plimpton, Priscilla, 235 Plough for roads bought, IIO
Plumb, Rev. Albert H., 286
Plumbing regulations, 193
Plymouth, N. C., 504
Poles Island, 82, 87, 90, 109
Police, 673, 674
Political parties, 169-172
Politician & Advocate Press, 602
Polk, Pres. James K., 171
Polka mittens made, 408
Polls, number of, at different periods, 530-532 Pompoons, 448
Ponce, Puerto Rico, 510
Pond, Dr., 49. General, 438. Albert C., 416. Edmund G., 291, 361, 584. Rev. Joseph E., 261. Samuel, 616 Pond Brook, 16 Pond-hole, 149
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Pond Road, 558 Pond Street, 80 Ponds and streams, 138-140 Poor, see Town's Poor Poor-farm, Town farm, 161, 163, 546, 550-555, 638 Pope, Arthur W., 355
Population at different periods, 1711- 1910, 532
Port Tampa, Fla., 510
Porter, Rev. James, 261. Joel, 472
Porter & Fuller, 301
Porter & Lancey, 391
Postmasters, 370, 405, 541-544
Post-offices, 191, 541-544
Potter, Allanson C., 618. Austin, 655,
656. S. H., 577
Poultry Club, 612
Pound-keepers, see Town Officers
Pounds and stocks, 637-639
Powder chest, 196, 443
Powder-horn, 627
Powder-house, 427, 428, 443
Powder House Ledge, 427, 428
Powell's Island, 38, 127, 135
Powers, Eliza, 299. Samuel L., 377
Poyner, Joseph, 269. Rachel, 269
Pratt-Prat, Mr., 446. Cyrus, 125, 486. Daniel, 56, 57, 124, 330. Daniel, Jr., 435. Deborah, 34, 57. Ebenezer, 431, 435. Henry, 84, 89, 229, 330-332, 649. Isachar, 458, 462. Lemuel, 89, 90, 117, 133, 146, 147, 165, 201, 203, 211, 215, 520, 640, 644, 651. Moses, 431, 432. Phinehas, 56. Samuel, 57, 123, 158, 163, 211, 447, 458, 652. Seth, 458, 460, 462, 466, 478. Zebadiah, 186, 433, 458, 463 Pratt family, 56, 57 Pratt Farm, 57
Pratt's Bridge, 57, 114, 116, 123, 124, 130, 386
Praying Indians, 390
Preble, Jedidiah, 211. Jeremiah, 151
Prentice, Rev. Nathaniel, 220 Prentiss, Robert, 397
Prescott, John, 428 Preston, J. H., 268
Prices of commodities, 535-537
Priest, Thurston, 387
Primary school, 356, 359 Prince, negro, 565 Prindeville, J. J., 361 Printing offices, 629, 630
Private Expedition to Providence, 1777, 472, 476, 477, 480 Private schools, 370-372, 543 Probert, Francis T., 271. William A., 186, 656
Proprietors of Meadow Lands, 134
Providence, R. I., 475, 481
Province Laws, 555 Province tax, 73, 450, 519, 520, 527- 530 Provincial Congress, 165, 166, 450 Prudential school committees, see Town Officers, School Committee
Psalms tuned, 308
Public Grounds, 587, 588
Public Library, see Needham Public Library
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Public Weighers, see Town Officers
Pudding Point, 357, 566
Puffer, Rev. Joseph A., 243, 244 Pulpit, First Meeting-house, relics preserved, 197. Orthodox Con- gregational Church in Grantville, furniture given, 279
Pumping station, 583, 584
Purchase of township, 9
Purkett, Henry, 469
Putnam, Col. R., 469, 470, 478
Putney, Lyman K., 163, 278, 358, 646, 655, 664. Walter K., 358 Pyncheon, John J., 174. Joseph, 331
) UALIFICATIONS of voters, 173- 176 Quapish, Alexander, 559
Quebec, 485 Quincy, John, 174 Quincy, 279
Quinlan, Michael W., 637
Quint, Rev. Alonzo H., 287
R AILROAD Passenger House, 276 Railroads, 413-416. Engineers and conductors, 421, 422
Rams, 638, 639
Ramsdell, Rev. H. S., 261
Randall, Benjamin F., 447-449
Randolph, 579
Rankins, James, 307 Rattlesnake shot, IOI
Ravlin, Rev. Thomas, 261
Rawson, Rev. Silas B., 353
Read - Reed - Reid, Rev. Edward A.,
239, 254, 256. Eliphalet, 471. Francis E., 186. James J., 297.
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Mrs. James J., 297. Nelson S., 285, 288, 293
Readville, 498
Real Estate, assessed valuation at
different periods, 532
Recognition Council, 250
Redmen, Improved Order of, 592
"Regiments and Armories of Massa- chusetts," 442
Registrar of Deeds, 169, 170
Registrars of voters, see Town Officers Rehoboth, 237
Representatives in Congress, 169, 170 Representatives in the General Court,
159, 165, 171, 177, 182-184, 186, 196, 645-647
Republican Party, 17I
Reservoir Pond, 139
Reservoir Street, 102
Residents of Needham who have lived Ninety Years, 615-619
Revere, George, 100, 240, 241, 316, 350, 396, 603. George B., 401. Paul, & Son, 204
Revere Block, 396
Reynolds, James, 100
Rhode Island, 481. Battle of, 476
Rhode Island Campaign, 475-477 Rhododendrons, Hunnewell estate, 634 Richmond, Va., 501
Rice, Abram, 307. Gov. Alexander H., 370. Charles, 57, 161, 345-349, 387, 389, 440, 447, 453, 550, 576, 589, 607, 623, 646, 648, 653, 665. Charles, Jr., 384, 389, 577. Edmund, 33. Elizabeth, 57. Mrs. Elizabeth, 57. Ephraim, 62. Frederick W., 382. Isaac, 33. John, 48, 57, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 195, 198, 221, 649. John L., 385. Judith, 48, 57. Widow Judith, 57. Marshall S., 413, 414. Mar- tha, 33. Matthew, 33. Rev. Na- than, 261. Nathan P., his "Trials of a Public Benefactor, as Illustrated in the Discovery of Etherization," 628. Sybilla, 33. Thomas, 384, 385. Thomas, Jr., 382 Rice & Crane, 385 Rice family, 33, 57
Rice, Thomas, Paper Company, 382, 384 Rice's Block, 540 Rich, Rev. Thomas, 239 Richards, Aaron, 203. Abijah, 478.
Daniel W., 192, 656. David, 51, 303. Rev. George, 274. Hannah, 51. John E., 603, 613. Joseph, 79, 179. Nathaniel, 28. Reuben, 119. Samuel, 435, 538. Stephen, 428 Richardson, Aaron, 202. Abigail, 137. Benjamin, 126. Ebenezer, 456, 459, 463, 470, 472. Ezekiel, 58, 173, 454, 526, 672. Ezekiel, Jr., 203. George V., 257. James, 190. Jonathan, 688. Mehitable, 137. Mehitable (Smith), 137. Rev. Norman E., 269. Peter, 526. Richard, 137, 203, 457. Samuel, 203. Theoph- ilus, 116, 322, 430-432, 457, 460, 463. Theophilus, Jr., 203, 456, 464 Richardson gravel pit, 126, 587
Ricker, Rev. Joel, 261
Rideout, Benjamin W., 294
Ridge Hill, 91, 136, 140
Ridge Hill Farms, 17, 138, 139. Lakes, 138, 139 Riley, Ernest E., 613, 614
Rimmele Brothers, 40I
Ringgold, Ga., 510
Riordan, Rev. Cornelius J., 296
Risk, Elizabeth, 617
Risley, Rev. J. E., 261
Ritchie, James, 373. Rev. William, 29, 239, 240, 312, 393, 395, 576, 665. His salary, 239, 240. 666 William, Jr.,
Rittenhouse, Lemuel, 307
River Park, 40, 423-425
Road books, 112
Road commissioners, III
Roads, 78-106
Robbins, George H., 507 Robe, Rev. Thomas, 220 Roberts, William, 287
Robinson, David, 435. George, 83, 194, 218. Henry, 274, 646. James D., 250. John, 430, 431. Lemuel, 463. Reuben T., 666
Robinson & Roberts, 350
Rochester, 235
Rochester, N. H., 335
Rockport, 296
Rocks, The, 40, 41
Rod and Gun Club, 600 Rogers-Rodgers, Henry D., 579, 580,
585. Fitzwilliam, 271-273, 277, 281. Mary C., 272 Rolling-mill, 120 Rollins, George H., 197, 245
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Roper, Robert G., 400, 408. William, 400, 408 Roper & Sons, 408 Roper Bros., 408 Rose, Henry, 149 Roseleau, Calise, 618
Rosemary Brook, 23, 38, 114, 126, 240, 3II, 329, 397 Rosemary Brook Batting Mill, 397 Rosemary Commandery, United Order of the Golden Star, 592
Rosemary - Rosemer - Rosemery - Rosemerry Meadow, 20, 40, 41, 63-66, 76, 93, 135, 140, 311, 313 Rosemary Meadow Brook, 76, 78, 81 Rosemary Meadow Dam, 82, 84, 90.
Rosemary Meadow Plain, 82
Rosemary Plain, 29 Rosemary Plain Pond, 53
Rosemary Pond, 92, 93, 105, 139, 397
Rosemary Street, 97, 105 Ross, Albert R., 377
Rotch & Tilden, 300 Roxbury, 13, 42, 43, 52, 67, 78, 188, 224-226, 235, 392, 430, 433, 438, 446, 462, 464, 481, 483, 530, 615, 617
Roxbury Horse Guards, 442
Royal Arcanum, 592
Royal Artillery, 510 Ruggles, Timothy, 430
Rum, 203, 369, 392, 576
Rural delivery, 544 Russell, Edward, 95. Rev. Edward, 234. Harris, 298. M. M., 298. Simeon, 475. W. S., 595 Rutter, Miciah M., 609 Ryan James F., 376, 664 Ryan's Hill, 584
SABIN, Rev. Elijah R., 260 Sachem's Hill, II Sacramental Vessels, see Communion service Safford, Henry, 252 St. David Musical Society, 31I Saint Elmo Council, Royal Arcanum, 592
Saint John's Church, see Churches Saint Joseph's Church, see Churches St. Lawrence University, 242 St. Louis, Mo., 242 Saint Mary's Cemetery, 327, 338 Salem, 165, 242, 280, 387, 395, 667 Salisbury, Nicholas, 53
Salisbury, N. C., 498, 501 Sampson, Eugene H., 391 San Francisco, 271, 628 San Francisco relief, 562 "Sand Hole," 603
Sanders-Sandars, Rev. Daniel C., 372. Israel, 436. Peter, 435
Sanderson, Henry L., 275, 276, 282 Sanford, Milton H., 380 Sanger, Daniel, 428. William, 203.
Rev. Zedekiah, 335 Santiago, Cuba, 510
Sargent, Captain, 469. John, 609
Sargent's Tavern, 540, 541, 589
Sash and blind-shop, 394, 395
Sashes made, 394 Savannah, Ga., 504 Savings department of Elliot Mfg. Co., 381 Sawin, Calvin, 307. Thomas, 437
Sawmill Bridge, 126, 602
Sawmill Brook, 22, 143
Sawmill pond, 390
Sawmills, 46, 108, 114, 126, 130, 131, 380, 383, 390, 393
Sawtelle, Rev. Charles E., 256 Sawyer, Charlotte, 363. Charlotte M., 363. Harriet E., 363, 610. Otis, 44, 349, 363, 554, 654, 665
Scarrett, Rev. Isaac, 281 Schirmer, J. Walter, 572
School-books, 345, 360
School census, 522 School Committee, see Town Officers
"School Dame," 331, 332, 364 School district libraries, 348, 375 School Districts, 336-341, 343-351. Committees, 336, 337, 348. Rec- ord of a meeting, 338, 339
School Farm, 53, 80, 691
School Fund, 355, 356, 360, 361, 517, 586 School furniture, 342 School ground, 13, 78
School-houses, 329-335, 337-351, 353- 361. Names, 360 School Land in Dover, 159, 162, 344, 345, 360, 368-370, 533 School reports, 188, 189, 345, 349, 350, 352-354 School teachers, 344, 348, 361-367. First woman, 331. Provincial period, 334, 335 School terms, 337 Schools, 13, 328-379, 534, 643. Early
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329-335, 337-351. School dis- tricts, 336-341, 343-351. School teachers, 331, 334, 335, 348, 361- 364, 366, 367. Their wages, 364- 366. School money, 343-345. High Schools, 352-356. Appropriations 533, 534. Seven new school-houses, 356-361. Superintendents, 358. Appropriations, 364-366. Statis- tics, 366-367. School Land in Dover, 368-370. Private schools, 370-372
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