History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable counties, Massachusetts, Vol. II, Part 58

Author: Thompson, Elroy Sherman, 1874-
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 654


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Climate of Plymouth County, 4


Clocks of Colonial type, 169-173


Clubs, the 4-H, 334-336


Coast Guard, Wareham, 264


Codfish aristocracy, 767


Codfish the totem of Massachusetts, 767-784; Dr. Edward Everett Hale, on early Massa- chusetts maritime affairs, 767-768; Cape Cod seamen in the Revolution, 767; terrific speed from ocean to ocean, 770-772; wiping an em- pire off the map in twenty minutes, 772; for- tunes made by early mariners, 773; "Sur- prise" launched in 1850, 774-775; Donald Mc- Kay, great clipper shipbuilder, 775; nautical training ship, 776-778; "Jolly Roger" often in the offing, 778-780; Captain Kidd and others, 781-784


Cod-fishing, leading industry in early times, 48-50


Cohasset honor list, 1154


Cohasset, in Norfolk County, though surrounded by Plymouth County towns; Cohasset Rocks; Thoreau's description, 1079


Colonial discipline severe, 180-182


Colonial governors, 931


Colonial period to the Civil War, 249-259


Colonies, United of New England, at time of Confederation, 59-60


Colonists brought by land-hunger, 786-787


Colonists started life with the Bible, 1049


Colored man in notable events, 1022


Commissioner of Massachusetts Nautical Train-


1197


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ing School, 777


Communism of Pilgrims was a failure, 325-326 Compact, "Mayflower," 693-697


Confederation, Slavery, and King Philip's War, 59-83


Corey, torture of Giles, 954


Corn first planted, 36


Cotton industry in Norfolk County, 999


Counties, launching of the three, 153-156 County extension home section, 332-333


Court, First General, 959


Court trials, early, 951


"Covered Wagon," removal to the West in the, 251-252


Cradle of Liberty given to Boston by a slave dealer, 1030


Cranberry acreage in these counties, 161


Cranberry crop on Cape Cod, 848


Cranberries in Plymouth County, 161; "God's cranberry bog," 163


Crows, extermination of, 788 Cushing elm at Hingham, 58


Customs in the good, old days, 785-805; Christ- mas observance considered idolatrous, 785- 786; land hunger not love of agriculture, 786-787; bounties offered for extermination of crows and animals, 788; putting the rum in decorum, 789-792; military drills and weapons, 793-795; Yankee traders, 796-799; pre-war decade, 800-802; evils in the "good old days," 803-805


Dairy cattle first arrived on the "Charity," 38 Day of humiliation, 935


Dean Academy in Franklin, 1059


Deborah Sampson, heroine of the Revolution, 113-117


Decisions without aid of lawyers, 959


Decorum, putting the rum in, 789


Dedham called mother of towns, 978


Dedham courthouse a noted landmark, 973 Dedham, historical, residential and industrial center; new Masonic Temple, 1080; first ar- rivals in the mother town, 1081; early govern- ment of the town, 1082; government and defense, 1084; in Indian and Revolutionary wars, 1085-1086; has the first canal, 1087


Dedham honor list, 1154-1157


Dedham, incorporation of, 926


Dedham saw advantage of the new railroad, 1039 Dedham tavern-keeper, 1043


Defense and learning universally guarded, 1049- 1070; Loyalists in the Revolution, 1050; mi- litia engaged in watchful waiting, 1050; dis- tinct types of patriots, 1051; the real strength of the nation, 1054; some early private schools, 1056; beautiful college for women, 1057; founded by West Point father, 1058; Dean Academy in Franklin, 1059; need of normal schools, 1060; birth of a new idea in educa- cation, 1061; the Quincy system of education, 1062; "Palladium of our rational joys," 1062; catechisms, ballads and broadsides, 1064; The Fourth Estate, 1065-1070


Delusions of the forefathers-and ours, 956 Dennis honor roll. 885-886


Dennis, named in honor of the pastor of its first


church, 873


Dermer, Captain Thomas, 707


Dexter, Henry Martyn, concerning the Puri- tans, 906


Diagnosis by popular vote, 968


Diarists of the early colony, 976


Dighton Rock, 21


Dikes and canals, 339


District Medical Society, 970


Document of Revolutionary days, 1030


Domestic animals, when they were first legal tender, 985


Dorchester and Roxbury, early recollections of, 974


Dover has smallest population of any of the Norfolk County towns, 1087; an agricultural town; noted for its springs of pure water, 1088 Duties of inspectors of youth, 224


Duxbury clam, 561


Duxbury honor roll, 665


Duxbury, 557-561; Myles Standish lived here, 557; churches and schools, 559; ideal sum- mer homes, 561


Dwight, Dr., description of his Cape visit, 839- 840


Early appearance of Jews, 797


Early industries in Plymouth County, 5, 6 Early religious services, customs at, 244-245


Earthquakes, comets, thunder and lightning, 205-213


East Bridgewater, bought of the Indians, 561- 563


East Bridgewater honor roll, 665


East Bridgewater settlement, 526


Eastham, agricultural township, 873


Eccentric Indian writ, 808


Eddy, Rev. Mary Baker, 938


Edgartown soldier in foreign service, 895.


Education, birth of a new idea in, 1061


Education, Plymouth Colony's proud record in, 291


Education, the Quincy system of, 1062


Eliot, John, and Roger Williams, friends to the aborigines, 85-88


Eliot, Rev. John, at Nonantum, 86


Eliot, Rev. John, teaches and civilizes the In- dians, 918


Eliot's Indian Bible, 88


Enduring foundations and memorials, 1011


English Colony in Cuttyhunk before Virginia, attempt to plant, 25-27


English spoken by the Indians, 807-818; com- munication from King Philip, 810; early and recent Indians, 811; living descendant of Massasoit, 812; more "Indian English" by Tompson, 814; Massachusetts 1849, 816 Indians in


Episcopal Church in Dedham established, 942 Epitaphs, some interesting, 590


Ether, discovery and application of, 122 Evils in the "good old days," 803-805 Express companies, first of the, 799 Extermination, war of, precipitated, 924


Fairs, health, and a normal school, 485-505;


Brockton Agricultural Society, and the great Brockton Fair, 485-492; Plymouth County Ag-


1198


PLYMOUTH, NORFOLK AND BARNSTABLE


ricultural Society, 492; Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society, 493; Marshfield Ag- ricultural and Horticultural Society, 494; Mid- dleboro Agricultural Society, 495; Plymouth County Health Association, 495-497; first State Normal School Building in America, 497-505


Falmouth honor roll, 886


Falmouth, largest shipping point for strawber- ries, 874


Famous school, its beginning, 981


Farm Bureau, Plymouth County, 330


Feminist, martyrdom of an early, 906, et seq.


Fire observatories on the Cape, 825


First County Farm Agent, 329


First encounter with the Indians on Cape Cod, 12-14


Fashions, flings at, 791


First Liberal churches in Boston, 245-247


First offense in Plymouth, punishment for, 37


First sawmill in America, at Hanover, 572


First Soldiers' Monument in the State, at Hali- fax, 571


First tea-kettle made in Carver, 556


First town government organized, 935


First war vessel built at Kingston, 200


Fishermen and politics, opposition by, 340-341 Forefathers' Day, 401


Foreign-born Americans, 306, et seq .; notable assembly of new citizens, 309


Fore River plant, 1005


Forty-niner, typical, 259


Fought on land and sea, and in the air, 883-898 Fourth Estate, 399, et seq .; William Bradford, of the "Mayflower" the first reporter, 399- 401; May Alden Ward concerning Bradford, 401; no war correspondent for King Philip War, 404; Ben Franklin, Boston's first news- boy, 404; newspapers sold the idea of free- dom, 406-408; Franklin's "wicked paper" landed him in jail, 408; successors to the "Courant" and their ads, 411; some Plymouth County newspapers, 412-417; ยก some valued contributors, 417-419; beginning of the coun- ty dailies, 419-422; tributes to a publisher's first daily, 422; some old-timers of pleasant memory, 423-427; clever women in local journalism, 428-429; "Old Colony Memorial" and other veterans, 429-431; newspaper men as Rough Riders, 431-432; some district men and good fellows, 434-437; "Nothing but newspaper talk," 438-439; many owe their fame to reporters, 440-441; days of tramp printer nearly over, 442-444; "Brockton and South Shore Magazine," 444; secretaries to the great, 445-448


Foxboro honor list, 1158


Foxboro, one hundred and fifty years old as a separate municipality, 1088; iron ore beds and foundry; varied manufactures; Soldiers' Me- morial, 1089; unique Howe Monument, 1090 Franklin honor list, 1158-1161


Franklin, named for Benjamin Franklin; excel- lent school department; seat of Dean Acad- emy; printing press industry, 1091; early in- dustries, 1092


Free school, first public provision for, 977


"Free Schoole in Roxburie," its origin, 976 Free schools started at Plymouth, 51


Freydisa, first woman commander of armed forces in America, 19


Friction between the two colonies, 902 From days of '49 to Civil War, 345-363


Frothingham, Congressman, concerning Pil- grims and Puritans, 901


Fuller, Dr. Samuel, "Mayflower" Pilgrim, 117- 118


Fusion of Puritan and Pilgrim colonies, 906


Gangplanks to Cape Cod, 703-713; Aboriginal yarn about Marthas Vineyard, 705; Indians be- came incensed against English, 709; red skins returned good for evil, 710


Garrison, Phillips, and Sumner, speakers at Is- land Grove, 62


Gay Head honor roll, 894


Genesis of Norfolk County, 971-993; recollec- tions of old Dorchester and Roxbury, 974; the free school in Roxbury, 976; adoption of the Suffolk Resolves, 978; starting a famous school, 981; Quincy of Quincy and the Ad- ams family, 982; spirit of the founders still exists, 984; when domestic animals were legal tender, 985; municipalities in Norfolk Coun- ty, 987; old Fayerbankes house in Dedham, 989; replica of Lincoln log cabin, 990; So- ciety has sung a century and a half, 991; Society in Dedham for apprehension of horse thieves, 992; Weymouth Agricultural and In- dustrial Society, 992


Glassmaking an important industry, 841-843 Godly ministers, plentiful provision! of, 908 Goffe, Colonel, regicide judge, 69


"Good old days," interesting records of, 177-187 Gosnold honor roll, 895


Governors of the colonies, 931


Gravestone inscriptions, 1015


Hale, Edward Everett, story of Massachusetts, 767-768


Halifax Garden Company, 564


Halifax, 563-571; strong for education, and poultry, 564; early episode with English sol- diers, 565; Dunbar's ride a community af- fair, 568; military responses prompt in all wars, 569; Sturtevant murder in 1874, 570 Hanover honor roll, 666 and 668


Hanson, 574-576


Hanson honor roll, 666 and 668


Hanover, 571-574; town of the anchor and plough, 572


Harwich, noted for cranberry development, 875 Heale, Dr. Giles, also sailed on the "May- flower," 144-147


Heretics, popular banishments of, 912


Hingham, 576-581; dish timber and coopering, 577; physical characteristics, and early resi- dents, 578; old ship meeting-house still in use, 579


Hingham honor roll, 667-669


Historic trees at Marshfield, Pembroke, Old- ham Pond, Halifax, Island Grove, Plymouth, Kingston, Cohasset, Middleboro, 53-58


Hoar, Hon. George Frisbie, Reminiscences, 804


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Holbrook, shoe manufacturing town, 1093; its leap-year proposal, 1094


Holbrook honor list, 1161 Hotel keepers' plans for the Cape, 819


Hour-glasses and clocks, 174-175


Houses of worship, enactment for, 935


Hudson, Henry, at Cape Cod, 24 Hull, 581-582


Hull honor roll, 669


Hutchinson, Ann, called blasphemous, 907


Hyannis, restoration of; special trains to, 851


Hyannisport, an attractive village of Barnstable, 851


Immigration and emigration, 801-802


Incidents and anecdotes of negroes and slavery, 1023-1025


Incorporation of Plymouth County towns, 156 Indian and colonial deeds and grants, 923


Indian dreams and superstitions, 96-97 Indian English, more by Tompson 814-815 "Indian, Lo, the Poor," 85-105


Indian names in Plymouth County, 43-58


Indian nomenclature of places and people, 43, et seq.


Indian, Revolutionary, monument to, 594


Indians' belief in the Great I Am, 90-95 Indians, early and recent, 811


Indians hired by the English to scalp colonists, 103


Indians, last of the Dedham, 928


Indians, Massachusetts in 1849, 816-818


Indians on Massachusetts coast, 814


Indians, praying, early census of, 719 Indians share food with whites, 917


Indians sold as punishment for crime, 60


Indians, the praying, 86-87


Indians, translation of Old Testament for the, 87


Industrial rise and development, 995-1018; early in the cotton industry, 999; Revere Copper Works at Canton, 1000; first paper mill built in New England, 1001; part of a Bible not inspired, 1003; century and more of straw bon- nets, 1003; early President's prophecy ful- filled, 1004; gigantic Fore River plant, 1005; Victory plant at Squantum 1006; departure of "Lexington" plane carrier, 1007; first rail- road in America, 1007; building Minot's Ledge lighthouse, 1011; enduring foundations and memorials, 1011; sermons in stones, 1013


Industries, banks, and insurance companies, 322- 324


Infant damnation doctrine, 219 Insane, care of in other days, 1029


Intolerance rewarded by deliverance, 909 Inventory of Standish's effects, 909


Ironworks at Plympton, 627 Island counties, 891-898


Jews, early appearance of, 797 Jews in Plymouth County, 308 "Jolly Roger" often in the offing, 778


Jones, captain of the "Mayflower," a buccaneer, 780 Judges graduates of Harvard College, 370


Kidd, Blackbeard, and others, 781-784 King Philip chair, 75


King Philip, fate of his wife and child, 77-78


King Philip struggle precipitated by killing of Wausaman, 67


King Philip to Governor Prence, 810


King Philip War, half the Plymouth County towns destroyed therein, 82


King Philip's land-sale on a shirt, 920 King Philip's secretary, 925


King Philip's War, its cause, 105


King Philip's war of extermination, 65, et seq .; Alexander arrested at Monponsett, 69; Philip accused of conspiracy, 71: murder of Sassa- mon, 74; Philip's death, 74-75; queen and prince sold as slaves, 77-78; statement of Princess Wontonskanuske, 79-81; how the treaty of peace read, 81.


Kingston, 583-593; building of "Independence" and "Mars," 582; historic house moved to Duxbury, 584; Kingston much liked by first- comers, 585; the Bradfords prominent in the Old World, 587; Kingston furnished two Revolutionary War generals, 588; commander, inventors, author, scholars, 588; Whitefield caused change in ministers, 589; some inter- esting epitaphs, 590; boundaries, lakes, rivers, and hills, 591; deserved honor to Kingston nurse, 592; some works of progress in a half century, 592


Kingston honor roll, 670 Kingston nurse honored, 592


Labor movement and legislation, 356-360 Labor unions in the counties, 360


Lakeville honor roll, 670


Lakeville, 594-596; monument to a Revolution- ary Indian, 594


Land hunger brought out the colonists, 786-787 Lands restored to agricultural uses, 342


Latter-day Pilgrims, contributions by, 303-316 Law, early rules for practice of, 950


Lawyers held in light esteem in Plymouth, 949 Laws of the Colony first printed, 959 Laws, codifying of, 366


Lawyers, notable, of East Bridgewater, 381 Lawyers of distinction, 370-371


League of the two colonies, 946


LeBaron, Dr. Francis, early Plymouth medical practitioner, 119


LeBaron, Dr. Francis, his coming to Plymouth, 943


Lechford first lawyer in the Colony, 950


Lee, Jesse, establishes Methodist Episcopal Church on Puritan : soil, 937


Legal practice and practitioners, 365-397; early judges of probate court, 367-370; successful for practice elsewhere, 371-373; William Cul- len Bryant admitted to practice, 373; Daniel Webster believed his tongue mightier than his pen, 373-380; War Governor John A. Andrew, an attorney here, 380-381; Judge Robert O. Harris, "father of the new navy," judge of probate, 382-383; Hon. Simmons charged with treason, 383-384; succession of prominent practitioners, 386-388; recent Con- stitutional conventions, 389-397


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Leif, the Lucky, at Nantucket, 21


"Lexington" plane carrier, 1007


Liberal-minded exponents, 945


Lightning visitations, 203-213


Lincoln Log Cabin, replica of, 990


Linden tree at Cole's Hill, 57


Liquor, its blighting effect on the Indians, 102 Literature, Oratory and Abolition started, 256- 258


Locomotives, naming of, an old custom, 1042


Lodge, Henry Cabot, on the Pilgrims, 695


Lord's Prayer in the Indian language, 48


Loyalists of the Revolution, 1050


Lyford made untruthful statements, 903


Manufacturing in early days, 996-999


Mariners, early, made fortunes, 773


Marion honor roll, 670


Marion, 596-599; Captain Church's important date with Awashonks, 597; conveyances from the Indians, 598


Maritime Massachusetts, 767-768


Marketing opportunities in Plymouth County, 164-166


Marshfield, 599-604; present view of the town, 599; something about early settlers, 600; first farms owned by non-residents, 602; contro-


versy over encouragement for ministers, 603 Marshfield honor roll, 671 and 688


"Mary and John" arrives in port, 924


Mashpee Indians, 813; 875


Massachusetts Bay colonists described, 974


Massachusetts Company, its formation, 929


Massachusetts Militia, reorganization of, 1054


Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Ag- riculture, organized, 787


Massachusetts State Board of Education, 1061 Massachusetts was free-born, 1023


Massasoit, a peaceful king, 94-95


Massasoit Memorial at Cole's Hill, 79


Matchlocks in Indian wars, 794


Mather, Rev. Cotton, various estimates of, 953 Mather's "Heaven's Alarm to the World," 207 Mattapoisett, 604-605


Mattapoisett honor roll, 671


"Mayflower" census and vital statistics, 32-35


"Mayflower" Compact, 693-697


"Mayflower" passengers, descent proved from fifty-four, 36


"Mayflower" said to have been in the slave trade, 1021


"Mayflower" was not filled with clocks, 167-175 Mayhew, Rev. Jonathan, 937


McCarthy, Dr., and the Wisconsin idea, 288- 291


McFingal, history amusingly related by, 189-195 McKay, Donald, greatest of clipper shipbuild- ers, 775


Medical educational work, benefits of, 139-143 Medical practice, Plymouth County progress, 134-136


Medical practitioners in Plymouth Colony of early days, 119, et seq.


Medical Society, Massachusetts, Plymouth County members of, 127


Medical Society, Plymouth District, 129-130 Medfield, forty-third town in the State to be


incorporated; witches and Indians, 1095; Dr. Saunders' Historical Sermon, 1096


Medfield honor list, 1161-1162


Medway, first white settler in, 923


Medway honor list, 1162


Medway, the sixty-ninth town in the Massachu- setts Colony; first mill in the town; church bell foundry, 1097


Megansett, origin of, 720


Meeting-house, In the beginning was the, 215-220


Middleboro honor roll, 671-673


Middleboro, 605-610; Middleboro prospers un- der a town manager, 609; Middleboro Memo- rial High School, 606; Agricultural Society, 607; Nemasket a place of fish, 607; Pond Thomas, and River Thomas, 609


Migrations of early settlers, 975


Military drills and weapons, 793


Militia company, oldest in the State at Hali- fax, 249


Militia engaged in watchful waiting, 1050 Millis honor list, 1162


Millis, where famous ginger-ale is, made; traces its ancestry to Dedham, 1098


Milton honor list, 1162-1167


Milton, incorporation of, 924


Milton, the weather-observatory town; parks, playgrounds, public institutions, 1099; has first paper mill built in New England, 1100; home of a royal governor, 1101


Minister also physician, 792


Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, 1011


Miontonimo, white people consented to his mur- der, 99-101


Missionary work among the Indians, reaction to, 87


Mitchell, Charlotte L., descendant of Massa- soit, 812


Mitchell, Charlotte, Indian princess, her out- spoken sentiment, 80-81


Moon, potent influence of the, 150-151


Morton, first appearance of, 928


Music in churches, Inharmony concerning, 939


Municipalities in Norfolk County, 987


Mystic, Fort, burning of Indians in, 101


Nantucket honor roll, 898


Nation, real strength of, 1054


Nautical items, distressing and unusual, 362


Nautical School founded, 776


Nautical training ship interests, 776-778


Needham, 1102-1104; formerly a part of Ded- ham; inland town with waterfront; indus- tries; educational matters, 1103


Needham honor list, 1167-1168


Needham soldiers in foreign service, 1190


Negro slaves admitted to church membership, 313


Negroes in America before Pilgrims, 311; 1019 New England's Conscience rampant, 285-301


New England's adaptability, 299-300


New England's population in 1673, 102


New Jerusalem, Boston Society, established, 938 Newport Mill, 20-21


Newspapers of Norfolk County, 1065-1070


Norfolk, formerly a part of Wrentham; New


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State prison there, 1104; State Cancer Hos- pital, 1105


Norfolk honor list, 1168


Norfolk incorporated, 973


Norfolk County in Puritan Colony, 901


Norfolk County, municipalities in, 987


Norfolk County Railroad opened, 1040


Norfolk County set off from Suffolk, 978


Norfolk County, variation in county lines, 973 Norfolk County's increase in population, 971


Norfolk County's twenty-eight towns, 1071


Normal schools, need of, 1060


Norwell, 610-612; most recently acquired name in the county, 611; demand for ships too big for North River, hurt local industry, 611


Norwood, a growing town, 1105-1106; Henry O. Peabody fund, 1106; some comparative figures; Public Library educational work; site for a State Armory, 1107; permanent chief of fire department; Neponset Valley Improve- ment; some recent town facts, 1108; indus- tries of the town, 1109


Norwood honor list, 1169-1170


Old Colony Railroad opened, 1038


Oldest militia company in State at Halifax, 262 Old Fayerbankes House in Dedham, 989


"Old Ironsides" wins a hat for Captain Hull, 349-350


Old-time customs, 785


Old-time hospitality, 1045


Old Waban a famous character, 809


"Only citizens because saints," 933-948; min- isterial material unsatisfactory, 935; "Morn- ing gun of Revolution," 936; first student of Christian Science, 938; inharmony concern- ing music in churches, 939; typical early pas- tor's long service, 941; end of sectarian domi- nation, 942; the Roman Catholic church, 944 Opechanganough and Metacomet, cruel plot- ters, 95-96


Ordinance for houses of worship, 935


"Ordeal by touch," 149-150


Ordination of a minister a gala day, 780-781 "Oregon" cruise of, 1898, 770


Orleans honor roll, 887


Orr, Hon. Hugh, industrialist, 563


Paine, Dr. A. Elliott, medical examiner nearly fifty years, 131-132


Painless surgery, discovery of, 970


Paper manufacture in Plymouth County, 7


Paper mill, first in New England, 1001


Paradise of lakes and streams, 819-833; saving the woods from the fire demon, 825; exit billboards and sandy roads, 818; seeing Cape Cod while standing on it, 831


Patriots, distinct types of, 1051


Peddlers, Yankee, 796-797


Pembroke, 612-616; defiance to the king, 612; purchase from Indians; garrison house erec- ted, 614


Pembroke honor roll, 673


Pequot War, the, 97, et seq. Pequots, last of the, 99


Piano frame manufacturing at Bridgewater, 7 Pierce family at Middleboro, 607


Pilgrim and Puritan atrocities, 910


Pilgrim and Puritan differences, 242-243 Pilgrim firearms, 794


Pilgrim Memorial Monument at Provincetown, 692


Pilgrim Society organized, 620


Pilgrims and Puritans welded by steam, 1041 Pilgrims' good will visit to Squantum, 915-931;


early mingling of the whites and the reds, 917; notable work of the Apostle to the In- dians, 919; Philip's land-sale on a shirt, 920; demands from the heirs of Chicataubut, 922; arrival of the "Mary and John," 924; war of extermination precipitated, 924; trouble caused by Weston and Morton, 928; Society for Puritan colonization, 929; Colonial gov- ernors, 931


Pilgrims' Landing Anniversary, 616-617


Pilgrims' land-trip up the coast, 915


Pilgrims, leaders of the, 29-30


Pilgrims more lenient in punishments, 902


Pilgrims more tolerant than the Puritans, 304- 305


Pioneers, Patriots and Practitioners, 107-151


Pirates' gold, search for, 639


Pirate treasures, 783


Piratical days, 779


Plainville honor list, 1170-1171


Plainville, youngest of the Norfolk County towns, 1109


Plow, The famed Daniel Webster, 186 Plows first imported, 986


Plymouth, 616-624; aside from historical glories, 616-618; some physical beauties, 619; first cele- bration of the Landing of the Pilgrims, 621; starting of Pilgrim Society, 622; Pilgrim Hall, 623; some old places of burial, 623


Plymouth Colony anticipated the initiative and referendum, 960


Plymouth Colony not touched with witchcraft, 952


Plymouth County Agricultural Society, 389


Plymouth County Farm Bureau, 330


Plymouth County honor roll, 653-688


Plymouth County officials, 157


Plymouth County shoe factories, 453


Plymouth County towns half destroyed in King Philip War, 82


Plymouth County towns, incorporation of, dates of, 156


Plymouth County towns' population in 1865, 319


Plymouth County Tuberculosis Hospital, 574 Plymouth honor roll, 674-677 and 688


Plymouth's part in Kansas colonization, 296-298 Plympton honor roll, 677-679


Plympton, 624-628; election held no contests, 625; two living George Washingtons, 626; some town statistics, 626; early settlers and industries, 627


Population in early times, 795


Population of New England in 1673, 102


Portuguese newcomers, 310


Post offices in Plymouth County, 158 Potential possibilities of this section, 300


Power loom first came to Waltham, 1000 Prevention of fire on the Cape, 826-827


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Printing and its beginnings in the colonies, 1062 Priorities of Colonial times in this section, 36 Privateer fleet of Massachusetts, 769




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