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ministerial succession in the, 588. of Quakers in Massachusetts Bay, 31. Advertiser, New Bedford, the, 527. Advocate, the, 527.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, list of pastors of, 559.
Agents and captains of the Stone Fleet (illustration), 327. Aid to families of colored troops, 350. Aiken, Benjamin, 78. Capt. John, story of, 153. Francis T., 620. Aimwill School, the, 631. Akin, A. P., 604, 605. John, 37,49. Thomas B., 709.
Akins, Miss Peace, 119. Alarm of New Bedford and Fairhaven in 1814, 185. Albert, Hannah A., 586. Alden, George N., 519. Gideon N., 520.
Alfred, the, exploit of, 88 et seq. Alger, Arthur M., 648. Rev. N. C., 395. Allen, C. N., 705. E. A. H., 699. Fred E., 702. Frederick S., 371, 466, 490, 491, 518, 602. George H. H., 477, 519. Gideon, 543, 725, 726. jr., Gideon, 517. Gilbert, 462, 490, 491, 514, 515, 517, 723. Horace B., 531.
James W., 703, 704.
Joseph H., 725. Rev. John, 83.
John, 57, 83, 556.
Miss Clara G., 601.
Mrs. E. H., 705, 707, 708.
Mrs. Frederick S .. 602.
Mrs. Gideon, 601.
P. H. S. W., 728, 729.
Prince, 567.
Slocum, 580.
Street Methodist Church, list of pas- tors of. 556. Thomas N .. 563, 590.
Timothy C., 711.
William B., 574.
William H., 506, 514, 516, 543, 725, 728. W. H. H., 586. W. W., 484. Alley, jr., A. G., 521. Almeida, Rev. Jose Ignacio, 558. Alms-house, completion of __ the new, 303. Almy, Allen, 489. Charles, 518. James T., 594. Thomas, 363, 368. American Carrier Rocket Company, 492. Tack Company, 396.
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HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD.
Ames, Frederick L., 499. Silvanns, 727, 728.
Amusements, 266, 717; in 1816, 239; in 1821, 243.
Anderson, William S., 528.
André, Capt. John, 116.
Andrew, Governor, visit of, 350, 368, 562.
Andrews, Charles, account of, 199.
Angier, Rev. Joseph, 543.
Anglia, William, 558.
Ann Alexander, story of the whaler, 442. Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, arrest of, 31. Annis house, the, 29.
Anniversary of Independence, celebration of the twentieth, 151.
two hundredth, of the settlement of Dartmouth, 367. Anti-Slavery sentiment, 60. society, 276. Anthony, A. S., 721.
Benjamin, 519, 520, 531, 553.
Benjamin H., 520, 531.
Edmund, 530. portrait of, facing 530.
jr., Edmund, 531.
Joseph, 50. Joseph R., 496, 513.
jr .. William, 566, 567. Mrs. Benjamin, 603.
Thomas, certificate of removal, 53. Appeal of Quakers to the English govern- ment, 37.
Appropriations for soldiers' families, 320. for soldiers' families and for bounties, 322.
for war purposes in 1862, 330. for water works. 373.
Aqueduct Association, the Bedford, 153. " Ark, The" (illustration), 245; riot, 246 et seq.
the second, 248, et seq.
Armies, disposition of, in 1778, 110. Armstrong, R. M., 606. Army, horses for, 90.
Arnold, James, 509, 600, 602, 603, 636, 682. portrait of, facing 28. Mrs. James, 236, 601. Sarah Rotch, 600. William A., 728, 729, 730. Arrest and incarceration of first Quakers in Massachusetts Bay, 31. Art industries, 475, et seq. Artillery company in 1810, 154. company, roll of, 168.
Ashley, Charles S., 521, 636, 731. portrait of, facing 284. F. M., 728, 730. Joshua, 586. Joshua B., 479.
Assassination of President Lincoln, 355.
Assistance for soldiers' families, 91.
Association, Firemen's Beneficial, 690. for the Relief of Aged Women, 603.
Athenæum, the, 279.
Atkinson, William P., 629.
Atsatt, I. P., 484 J. C. F., 484.
Attitude of Quakers against bearing arms, 40.
Attorneys, early, 640.
Atwood, Herbert M., 731.
Anchmuty, Robert, 640.
Austin, Ann, and Mary Fisher, incarcera- tion of, 31.
Ayer, George A., 463.
Babbitt, Wood & Company, 491.
Babcock, Captain, of the Hero, 107. Daniel, 629. Dr. D. A., 676.
Eastland, 306, 727.
Rev. Cyrus. 560. Rev. Dr. 368.
Bachellor, David, 542.
Bachaud, Rev. Eugene, 580.
Bailey, John, 527.
Mrs. Ellen, 551. Simeon, 549. Thomas, 548.
Baits, Worth, 115.
Baker, Ansel G., 729. Col. David A., 304.
Edward L., 456, 520, 620.
George T., 468, 511, 543, 728.
George W., 517.
Rev. L., 560. William A., 729.
William G., 371, 529. & Gifford, 487.
Balch, Rev. David, 588.
Bank, Acushnet Co-operative, 519. Bedford, 509. organization of the, 153.
Bedford Commercial, 239, 509.
Citizens' National, directors of, since organization, 512. Fairhaven National, 396.
First National, directors of, from or- ganization, 513.
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Bank, Marine, 513. Mechanics' National, directors of, since organization, 511. Merchants' National, 514. directors of, since organization, 515. National, of Commerce, directors of, since organization, 510. New Bedford Five Cents Savings, 518. Bannister Andrew, 573.
Barbont, W. S,, 503. Barker, Abraham, 514, 517, 725. Caleb, 5€7. George F., 513, 518. Giles G., 480. Horace W., 519. John P., 513, 518. Joshua, 546, 549. Barlow, James, 582. Barnard, Mrs. Lydia T., 113, 229. recollections of, 226.
Barnes, David A., 564. David Leonard, 641. Rev. Charles E., 574. Barney, Benjamin B., sketch of, 661. Charles E., 475, 476. Edwin L., 590. 591, 655, 658.
Barrell, James L., 613, 614. Barrows, Carlos, 729. F. S., 704. I. N., 551. Rev. L. D., 554.
Barry, Mrs. W. W., 607.
Barstow, Capl. Thomas, 154. Bartholomew, Rev. J. I., 558. Bartlett, Cyrus, 615. Dr. Lyman, 576, 667, 671. George F., 515. Ivory H., 518, 728. jr., Ivory H., 513. Mrs. Lewis, 586. & Sons, Ivory H., 326.
Bassett, Ezra, 641. Ezra, sketch of, 647. W. H., 491. Batchelder, Rev. David, 545. Batchelor, Rev. B. S., 601. Bates, John A., 519, 520. Joseph, prisoner in Dartmoor, 203. Lot B., 516, 520, 554, 600. Nathan, 516. Rev. B., 560. William, 589. William M., 485. & Kirby, 488.
Baylies, Amelia F., 602. Hon. Francis, 283, 497. John, 728, 730. John B., 730. William, 473, 475, 514, 519, 521.
Bay State Chair Company, 484. Beauvais, J. A., 465, 466, 475, 499, 512, 518, 519. portrait of, facing 150.
Beckerman, Mrs. R. S .. 557. Bedford Fire Society, 681. first mention of, in Dartmouth records, 61. first settlement of, 56. impetus given to, by Joseph Rotch, 58. the ship, 142. village, sad condition of, in 1815, 227.
Beetle, C. D., 557.
Bell, Lient. James, 112, 121. William, 590. Bench and Bar, 639 et seq.
Benjamin, Isaac W., 467, 531. portrait of, facing 608. Bennett, Deliverance, 94. Nelson, 605. Manufacturing Company, the, 465. Robert, 152. R. G., 553, 605. Sylvanus, 553. jr., Thomas, 454, 456, 458, 459.
Bent, Rev. Nathaniel T., 570. Bentley, Rev. William, 560. S. E., 462. Berube, Rev. Antoine, 581. Besse, Edward L., 493. William H., 521.
Bethel African Methodist Church, 558. list of pastors and officers of, 559. Betsey, whaling voyage of sloop, 406. Bible Society, organization of, 240. the Washington Masonic, 112, 129 et seq. illustrations of, 130, 131.
Bigelow, Capt, Charles H., 371. Rev. Jonathan, 549. & Clark, 527. Bisbee, Elisha, 640. Blackbirds, town order to kill, 48. Bliss, David S., 585. George, 730. Harrison, 499. Josiah, 500. Moses H., 728. William, 729.
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HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD.
Block-house on Sconticntt Neck, 27. Blood, H. A., 499. Blossom Bros., 484. Bly, L. A., 704, 709. O. F., 731. Board of Trade, New Bedford, 520. Boardman, James, 573.
Bonney, Capt. Samuel, 154. Charles T., 551 ; sketch of, 657. jr., Chas. T., 703, 704, 709. Josiah, 477. Josiah S., 586.
Boone, Rev. Wilton R , 564.
Booth, Stephen W., 530.
Boots and Shoes, 477 et seq.
Borden, Alanson, 573, 645, 654, 655, 664, 710. portrait of, facing 644. Charles F., 484. Samuel, 514. & Howard, 501. Boston Light Infantry, visit of, 288. port-bill, effects of, 79.
Bounties in 1779, 88.
Bourne, Abner, 657, 728.
Benjamin, 189.
Edwin W., 516, 520.
James R., 548. Jonathan, 493, 505, 514. portrait of, facing 100.
Joseph, 514, 516, 597.
Maj. George A., 304, 486, 517, 711.
Rev. Ansel J., 597. Standish, 516, 544.
Bowen & Co., George S., 481
Boutell, Lewis, 508.
Bowie, Edwin R., 731,
Bowhead whales, the first taken, 417.
Bowker, Edward E., 493. & Tripp, 493.
Bowman. Thomas E., 604, 605.
Bownas, Samuel, 567.
Bradford, Alden, 589. Frederick A., 548, 728, 730.
James C., 605. Seth, 641. William, 22. W. J. A., 641.
Bradley, jr., Gilbert, 492. Thomas, 514.
Braley, Jasper W., 519, 520.
Braman, Hattie H., 731.
Braver, J. Maitland, 628.
Brayton, David, 730. J. S., 499.
Brayton, Thomas E., 462. Bridge, New Bedford and Fairhaven, built, 152.
street in 1815, 232. tool-house in 1815, 232.
Bridgham, George, 707.
Briggs, Darius, 729. David, 546.
George A., 371.
George H. 557. James C., 490.
Stephen H., 557. Thomas, 46. Brigham, Capt. Lincoln F., 291, 590, 620, 623, 645, 656.
Brightman Brothers, 495. Mrs. Susan, 124.
Oliver P., 464, 507, 512, 519, 520. & Washburn, 482. Bristol County Mutnul Fire Insurance Company, 520. Reporter, the 527.
British at Bunker Hill, 75.
attack upon Dartmouth, 109 et seq.
invasion and destruction of whaling vessels, 414. malignity a proof of Dartmouth's loy- alty, 109. prohibitory law against fishing, 411.
Brock, George P., 481.
Jethro C., 519, 520, 553, 710.
Brooks, Rev. Pinllips, 571.
Brown, Edward J., 475, 512, 515.
James W., 558.
M. E., 637.
Moses, 527.
Oliver F., 519. Rev. Wm. T., 585.
Brownell, Albion F., 520. Ashley & Co., 479.
Benjamin F., 481, 516, 519, 520, 593.
Charles H., 585.
Charles W., 465, 731.
George L., 479.
Holder M., 508.
J. Augustus, 465, 479, 485, 518.
Joseph, 479, 556. Stephen A., 515, 519, 521.
Wright, 589.
W. E., 465. & Co., 495. Bryant, John, 728. Seth E., 711. William Cullen, extract from letter of, 194.
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Bryant & Britt, 468, 482. Buchanan, Rev. W. Howell, 575.
Buchell, Charles N., 731. Buck, Dudley, 705. Buckle, an ancient soldier's (illustration), 123. Buckley, Mrs. O. P., 632. Buckminster, Joseph, 602, 638. portrait of, facing 260. Buffington, A. E .. 586. George B., 613.
Bullard, Dr. John T., 603. John N., 487. Silas, 487. Bulletin, Daily Evening, the, 525. Bullock, Hon. Alexander H., 368. Mrs. Marion, 703. Bumpus, Shirley W., 728.
Bunker Hill, fortification of, 75. reproduction of battle of, 152.
Bunker, James M., 613.
Burch, Rev. William A., 588.
Burg, Dr. Benjamin, sketch of, 667.
Burgess, Capt. Phineas, 258. Cornelius S., 546. G. W., 553. Isaiah, 725. Nathan, 589, 590.
Burial ground at Acushnet village, 724.
Burke, defense of the whale fisheries by, 411. Burleigh, Rev. Charles F., 587.
Burnell, Hon. Barker, 497.
Burnham, Amos, 498. Burrage, John, 641. Burrill, Kev. W. R., 564.
Burt. Charles, 710. Daniel C., 548. Henry P., 487. Mrs. H. P., 709. Samuel P., 502, 503, 520, 626. & Tobey, 487. Burying-ground Hill, 723. early, 25 et seq.
Bush, Jesse, account book of, 76. Bushnell, Eric S., 708. Business concerns in 1820, 242; in 1830, 264. Butler, Daniel A., 710, 711. Rev. James D., 601. William F., 548. William M., 485, 519, 553, 660.
Butman, John H., 605. Buttrick, Jonathan. 481, 727. Butts, jr., F. A., 533.
Butts, Peleg, 728. Buzzards Bay, 19.
Cady, Miss Sally, 152. Cadwell, David A., 613. Mrs. David A., 701, 702, 703, 704.
Callia, Mrs. F. G., 602.
Caudle-house, statement of Ricketson re- garding the first, 410.
Canfield, William, 525. Cannon, Edward S., 598. James 570. jr., Philip, 560. the old, in Fairhaven, 88.
Canton, wrecking of, 445. Cannonville Chapel, the, 594. Union Church, organizers of, 596.
Campbell, Alexander H., 513.
Capen, Charles D., 481. "Captain Jack" and his military career, 287.
Captures by privateers, 98. by the British of New Bedford ves- sels, 178. by the Nimrod, 179.
Card, Byron F., 463, 465.
Cardwill, Captain, 106.'
Carllsmith, Miss Lillian, 707.
Carney, Color-Sergeant, story of the as- sault upon Fort Wagner by, 346 et seq. Carpenter, Albert H. W., 728, 729, 730. Carr, Greene, 570.
Carriage manufacture, 479 et seq.
Carrigue, Richard, 729.
Carroll, Patrick F., sketch of, 664.
Carsley, Robert B., 484.
Carter, Robert H, 564.
Carver, Susan, 549.
Castle, Joe, adventure of, 114. William, 137. Caswell, John P., 605. jr., Samuel, 729.
Catastrophe, an Indian pudding, 121.
Cemeteries, 723 et seq.
Census, a quaint, 87.
Centennial celebration, 379 et seq.
Centre Church, the, organizers of, 596. Chace, Sarah, 586. Chadwick, Nye, 500. Rev. Nicholas S., 587.
Chalkley, Thomas, 567. Chamberlain, Rev. Andrew, 564. Chandonnet, Father Thomas A., 580. Chapman, Lieut. John H., 271. Cyrus W., 714.
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HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD.
Chappell, William H., 585.
Charter of Massachusetts, provisions of, for fisheries, 402.
Chase, Betsey, 584. Ezra B., 551. Nathan, 491. Rev. Moses, 553, 556. Warren E., 485, 530.
Chesbrough, E. T., 495.
Cheever, Israel, 536.
Chicago fire, assistance rendered to suffer- ers from the, 387.
Childs. Aaron, 306. Nathaniel R., 731.
Choate Charles F., 499.
Cholera, 267, 304.
Choral Association and the "Grand Musi- cal Festival and Reunion " of June 9, 1870, 699.
before the Lyceum, November 22, 1870, 700. chorus of, at the Jubilee, 1872, 701, cast of "Naaman " as presented by, Oct. 14, 1878, 702. cast of oratorio of " St. Paul " as presented by, April 9, 1880, 703.1 concert by, on May 3, 1870, 699. concert by, October 17, 1871, 700.
concert by, June 14, 1872, 701.
concert by, April 9, 1878, 701.
first performance of, in New Bedford, 699. hiatus in work of, 701.
officers of, for 1892, 709.
organization of, 375.
organization of the, 698.
rehearsals of, for the Interna- tional Jubilee in 1872, 700.
second anniversary of, April 19, 1871, 700.
work of, in 1878-80, 702; in 1881, 704 : in 1882 and 1883, 704: in 1883, in season of 1883-84, 1884-85, and 1885- 86, 705 ; in season of 1886-87, 706; in 1888, 707; in 1889, 708; in 1891, 708; in 1892, 708. visit of to Taunton, 699.
Choral Union, organization of, 697.
Christian church building, raising of, 267. Philanthropist, the, 526.
Christian Scientists, 594. Church, Advent Christian, 587.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion, 559.
Allen Street Methodist, 556.
Bethel African Methodist, 558. Bradford L., 730.
building ordered in 1686, 47.
Cannonville Union, 596,
Captain Benjamin, 26, 27, 28.
Centre, 596.
County Street Methodist Episcopal, 551.
Dr. Benjamin, 83.
Elm Street M. E., burning of, 249.
Ephraim E., 588.
First Baptist, 560.
First Congregational, Fairhaven, 395.
First Presbyterian, 575.
First Primitive Methodist, 557.
Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal, 553. George C., 728.
Grace Episcopal, 570.
James I., 698, 699.
matters, division in, 51.
Methodist Episcopal, Fairhaven, 395.
Middle Street Christian, 582.
Mrs. Harriet A., 602.
North Baptist, 561.
North Christian, 584.
North Congregational, 544 et seq.
of the Sacred Heart, Catholic, 580.
Pacific, 595.
Pacific Congregational, dedication of, 297.
Pleasant Street Methodist Episcopal, 554.
Portuguese Methodist, 558.
St. James Catholic, 581.
St. James Episcopal, 572.
St. John the Baptist Catholic, Portu- gnese, 578.
St. Lawrence Catholic, 575.
St. Martin's Episcopal, 574.
Salem Baptist, Colored, 564.
Second Baptist, Colored, 563.
South Christian, 586.
Spruce Street Christian, 586.
Third Christian, 595.
treachery of. 80. Trinitarian, 548.
Universalist, 588.
Washington Street Christian, Fair- haven, 395.
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Church William N., 515, 521, 712. Churches, extinct, 595.
Cipher letter, the Church, 81. Circus, the first, 718. Circuses, selectmen ordered to hcenses to, '276.
grant City Alms-house, 716. charter, adoption of, 300, charter, changes in, 378. charter, discussion relative to, 297. Council, resolutions of, on the death of President Lincoln, 356.
Guards, the, 711.
government, organization of, 300.
government, table showing cost of principal departments of, 1848-91, 390.
marshals and assistants, names of, 710.
marshals, list of, 711.
Manufacturing Company. the, 463. offices, mmor, 302. watch, names of the first, 709.
Claghorn, Capt. George, in account with town of Dartmouth, 90, 415.
Clark, Edward A., 729. Mrs. Julia A., 585. Rev. James F., 581. Clarke, Albert E., sketch of, 664. Dr. Henry B., 676. Clark's Cove Guano Company, 485. Point, 320. Clearing House, New Bedford, 515.
Cleopatra, French privateer, 176.
Clifford, Charles W., 462, 464, 465. 466, 485, 490, 507, 511, 517, 544. 603, 658, 721.
portrait of, between 76 and 77. Col. John H., 284, 295, 317, 320, 368, 497, 620, 641. portrait of, between 76 and 77. Miss Helen, 602. Mrs. Chas. W., 603. Walter, 477, 485, 507, 511, 518, 521, 606, 664, 727. portrait of, facing 654.
Clifton, J. W., 492. Clinton, Sir Henry, landing of, at Dart- mouth, 100, 115. Clough, Elder Simon, 585.
Club, Rheinberger, 709. Cheney, Patrick, 576. Coast Guards, organization of, 320. Cobb, Rev. Oliver, 549. Oliver W., 490, 511.
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Cobb, Thomas J., 645. Wendell H., 485, 658, 698.
Cobliu, Robert, 560. Cochran, Wm. J., 575. Codd, Thomas A., sketch of, 659.
Coe, Rev. Isaac H .. 520, 586, 587. Rev. Curtis, 542. Rev. William, 582.
Coffin Brothers, 481. Davis, 468. Hiram B., 492. Timothy G., 249, 611, 641, 646, 727, 728. William C., 517. Coggeshall, Capt. John, 154. Charles, 549, 727, 728. Hayden, 516, 546. James B., 257. jr., John, 514, 516, 682.
Colby, Capt. H. G. O., 291, 293, 304, 590. 599, 645, 647. Dr. Elijah, sketch of, 669.
Cold day of 1821, 243. Cole, Theodore W .. 728, 730. Thomas, 500, 727. Collins, A B., sketch of, 664. Col. James A., 304.
Colonists, methods of, preluding the Rev- olution, 66. relations of, with the Indians, 21. who settled Salem, 19. Columbian Courier, the, 524.
Commissions, first, for privateers, 98.
Committee, names of, to organize a new church from the North Congregational, 548.
of citizens to invite President Jack- son, 267. of safety, 66, 141. of twenty-one, 1775, 79. on resolutions relative to financia stress. 268. the first water, 371.
of twenty to report form of city charter, 297. Common Burying-ground, old, 742. council. inauguration of, 301. Company B, Third Regiment Artillery, 351, et seq. Captain Kempton's, records and ros- ter of, 84, et seq. D, Twenty-third Regiment Infantry, 322. Concert Hall, 720. Congdon, Benjamin T., 281, 524, 527.
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HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD.
Congdon Caleb, 161. Charles T., 525, 634.
James B., 252, 283, 296, 302, 355, 379, 496, 497, 514, 517, 543, 600, 601, 611, 615, 630, 632, 634, 635, 636, 637, 695, 721, 726. address by, to the city govern- ment of Dartmouth, England, 369.
Joseph, 511.
Congregational Society at Acushnet vil- lage, 541. at The-Head-of-the-River, 542. in New Bedford, the First, 532 et seq. Congregationalism, opposition to, 555.
Conibear, Rev. George A., 587.
Connecticut Courant, 100.
Connell, John J., 574.
Constitution and Java fight, the, 166.
Continental money, depreciation of, and its effects, 95. Convent of the Sacred Heart, 580.
Convention, the Hartford, 195.
Cook, Charles E., 575. Charles T., 508. Clarence A., 490. Samuel, 500, 601. Samuel H . 485, 519.
Cooke, John, 19, 20, 26, 44, 46, 120.
Cooke's garrison, 25.
Co-operative Loan Association, New Bed- ford, 519.
Cordage Company, New Bedford. 466. Corey, Daniel W., 519, 729. David A., 493. Nathaniel, 710. Cornell, H. L .. 706, 707. Joseph, 477. Joseph H., 512. Pardon, 484, 485.
Corney, James, D. D., 709.
Cornish, Clark, 548. Clifton H., 729. Dr. Aaron, sketch of, 670. Hannaniah, 78. Ivory S .. 613. Cory, David W., 520. County congress, Sept. 28, 1774, 79. Street M. E. Church, 551.
formation of Young Men's Christian Association in, 552. list of pastors of, from or- ganization to date, 552.
Courier, New Bedford, the. 524. Court-house, provisions for first, 643. of Common Pleas, first in New Bed- ford, 643.
orders against Quakers, 34 et seq.
orders relating to Dartmouth, 44.
police, establishment of, 644.
Courts, present, 644. petition for, 51. Covell, David F., 729. jr., George A., 605.
Cox, James V .. 502, 505. Rev. Obadiah, 562.
Craig, Rev. Wheelock. 550, 629.
Cranston, William, 582.
Crapo, Col. Henry H., 272, 275, 277, 280, 302, 368, 517. 518, 589, 725. Mrs. W. W., 602. William W., 367, 373, 379, 461, 462, 473, 485, 502, 511, 512, 606, 620, 655, 664. portrait of, facing 66.
Crocker, Capt John. 182.
George (., 635. portrait of, between 90 and 91. Oliver, 635. portrait of, between 90 and 91.
O. & G. O .. 468. Rowland C., 636.
R. R .. 295, 728. William A., 496, 498.
Cross, W. W., 721.
Crossman, James W .. 729. Robert, 118. William W., 729.
Crowell, Stephen, 698, 699.
Cumming, Arthur, 623.
Cummings, Benjamin T., 519. Miss Louise S., 602, 603, 698.
Rev. E. W., 575.
Cundall, Dr. C. C., 709.
Cushing, Capt. James, 112, 121. John K., story of. 68, 73, 76, 273.
Cushman, Jacob, 501. Zacheus, 552, 727, 728.
Custom- howge building, an early descrip- tion of. 714. "Corner " (illustration), 230.
Cutter, Peter D., 730, Cuttyhunk, 18.
Dade, Isaac C., sketch of, 663. Daggett, Capt. William, 192. Thomas, and William Weeks, " whale cutters," 404.
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Daguerreotypes, introduction of, 303. Dahl, Josie W., 731. Damon, Henry D., 702. H. F., 486. Joseph, 523. Rev. Allen, 587. Samuel, 555.
Dana, Mrs. E. C, 574.
Dancing-school. the first, 717.
Danie, Rev. Timothy, 549.
Danielson, Colonel, 73.
Dartmoor Prison, 197 et seq.
arrival of prisoners from, 198. Bates's story of, 204 et seq. Captain Mckenzie's narrative of, 206, et seq. recital of Charles Andrews con- cerning, 199.
record of prisoners in, from New Bedford and vicinity, 201. relic of, 197. Dartmonth, after the invasion, 141 and Rochester, and boundary line be- tween, 52.
and Tiverton, boundaries of, 50.
a refuge for the Quakers, 34.
British force that entered, 112.
British invasion of, a retribution for damages done by privateers, 97. burning of, by the British, 117.
called to account for church votes, 47. celebration of the two hundredth an- niversary of the settlement of, 366. condition of, after the British attack, 139
condition of, when occupied by Gos- nold, 18. company of infantry in 1814, roster of, 225.
date of corporate existence of, 44.
defeneeless condition of, when at- taeked by the British, 110. destruction of, by Indians in 1675, 21. details of attack upon, 111. exempted from taxation, 30. exposed condition of, during Philip's war, '24.
financial condition of, in 1774, 61. first freemen in, 44. first order defining territory of, 43. first town-meeting in, 44. garrisons at, at time of Philip's war, 24.
Gosnold's exploration and occupation of, 18.
Dartmouth I. irbor a rendezvous for priva- teers. 109.
helplessness of, after destruction by Indians, 45.
history of town of, sinee its division, 391 et seq.
identified with the " Boston tea party," 65. ineidents of the British attack upou, 113 et seq.
incorporation of town of, 20.
in the Revolution, 67.
invasion of, in 1788, 109 et seq. list of first purchasers of, 20.
men mustered for Fishkill, 88.
Monthly Meeting and slavery, 568.
Monthly Meeting, clerks of, 566.
opposition in, to sale of ardent spirit?, 50.
order of Plymouth Court eoneerning destruction of, by Indians, 21.
original purchasers of, 20.
part taken by. in the opening of the Revolution, 67.
patriotie spirit of inhabitants of, 78.
petition to selectmen of, in 1775, 77. presented to Court for want of a min- ister, 49.
purchase of the territory of, 19.
Quakers among early settlers of, 31. reason for selection of. for settlement, 55.
Records, oldest existing pages of the (illustrations), between 44 and 45. records of patriotism of, S et seq. representation of. in six military eom- panies, 88
representative, first, from, 20.
return of quota of soldiers of, 54. rolls of minute men from, 67. statistics of, in 1768, 64.
summary of loeal Revolutionary his tory, 140.
territory formerly included in, 391.
the scene of the first naval exploit in the Revolution, 97 troops at Bunker Hill, 73.
vote of, to come under government of Rhode Island, 51. whale fishery at, 405. Dartmouth, the, 58.
Da Terra, Joseph I., sketch of, 662. Davenport, Cornelius, 367. Dudley, 252, 511, 576, 611, 682. & Mason, 501.
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HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD.
Davenport, Mason & Co., 502.
Davis Chemical Works, the H. V., 486. James, 724. Mrs. Åbner H., 586. Nicholas, 50, 535. Obadiah, 566. Oliver B., 728. William, 78.
Dawson, Joseph, 636.
Dayton, Luther M., 710, 711.
Deacon, William, 729, 730.
Dean, Dexter, 501.
Rev. Gardner, 587.
Declaration of war in 1812, reception of news of, 163.
of war in 1812, terror caused by the, 165.
Decline of the whale fishery, 431.
Deblois, Capt. Jobn S., 442.
Deed to first purchasers of Dartmouth, 20. first, of the Dartmouth territory, 19. Defence, preparations for, in 1812, 164.
Defences of Dartmouth, 110.
Delano, Capt. Joshua, 414. Capt. Warren, and children, 187. Fred E., 492. George, 469. Gustavus, 730. James. 515, 519, 521, 572.
Jabez, 140.
Joseph C., 422, 456. 469, 600.
Mrs. Joseph C., 321.
Richard, 127.
Thomas, 682. Timothy, 228.
Delano's Sons, George, 468, 469.
Denham, James R., 261. Mrs. Tilson, 190. Thomas M., 638.
Denison Brothers, 486. Henry C., 486, 512, 519. John H., 486.
Depot, the old, at Pearl street, 498.
Desmond, Thomas F., sketch of, 662.
Devoll, Daniel T., sketch of, 660. Dews Edwin, 485, 486, 518, 712.
Dewey, Rev. Orville, 368, 542, 543,6 37.
Dexter, D. D., Henry M., 548. Howard N., 588. Dialectic Society, the, 243.
Dickens, Charles, visit of, 374. Diman, F. L., 572, 706, 709. Mrs. Allen F. L., 705. Directory, the first, 277. Disaster, whaling, of 1871, 425 et seq.
Disaster, whaling, of 1876, 431 et seq. Districts, division of New Bedford into, 143. fire, 681.
Doane, Robert N. B., 731.
Document, an anti-slavery, 60.
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