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Progress in transportation, 1033-1047; stage- coaches' "boldness" and "madness," 1035; railroads regarded as calamities, 1037; Ded- ham saw advantage of new railroad, 1039; Pilgrims and Puritans welded by steam, 1041; naming of locomotives an old custom, 1042; at the Sign of the Sun, 1043; about the old- time hospitality, 1045; description of a typical trip, 1045
Prophecy of President John Adams fulfilled, 1004
Providential indications, Some, 8-12
Provincetown honor roll, 887-889
Provincetown noted for its artists' colony, and its fishing interests, 876-877
Pulling teeth, bleeding and cupping, 969
Puritan clergymen silenced, 934
Puritan Colonization, Society for, 929
Puritan Colony was wealthy and powerful, 902
Puritan population in Boston, 937
Puritan reasons for coming to America, 902
Puritans attempted to merge church and State, 933
Puritans invade Pilgrim Colony, 184-186
Quakers now own remains of the "Mayflower," 143-144
Quakers, Punishment for, 41
Quakers, Services disturbed by, 226
Quakers severely dealt with by General Court, 226
Quincy, first settler in, 928
Quincy, home of presidents; settled in early Colonial times, 1110; great variety of manu- facturing establishments, 1111; safeguarding the public health, 1112; city departments and education, 1113; Adams mansion a national shrine, 1114; new highway development, 1115; New England's first aviation tragedy, 1116; the eventide home of Quincy, 1117
Quincy honor list, 1171-1179
Quincy men in foreign service, 1190-1191
Quincy of Quincy, and the Adams family, 982
Railroad building and incorporation, 258
Railroads, development of in Massachusetts, 1038
Railroad, first in America, 1007
Railroad reminiscences and incidents, 1009
Railroads early in this section, 318
Railroads, earliest agitation for, 1036
Railroads regarded as calamities, 1037
Randolph, formerly part of old Braintree, 1117; President Benjamin Ide Wheeler born here; institutions; industries, 1118; noted shoemak- ing center, 1119
Randolph honor list, 1179-1180
Reclamation Board, present, 341-342
Region of Romance and Fable, 3-14
Reminiscences of Hon. George Frisbie Hoar, 804
Republican Government, first in America, 960 Revere Copper Works at Canton, 1000
Revolutionary Indian, Monument to, 594
Revolutionary record of Deborah Sampson, 114-117
Revolution, morning gun of, 936
Rising of the doughboy, 1137-1192
Rochester, 628-629; town sold by King Philip, 628; first service on Minister's Rock, 629 Rockland honor roll, 688
Rockland, 629-633; separation from Abington, 631-632; pioneer probation advocates, 632 Roman Catholic church in Plymouth Colony and afterwards, 944
S-4 and its martyred crew, 865-869 Sacco-Vanzetti trial and execution, 962 Safety first a necessity for the Pilgrims, 305 Sagamore, World War soldiers from, 883-884 Samoset and Squanto, coming of, 36
Sampson, Deborah, her Revolutionary record, 114-117
Samuel Adams, "god-father" of his country, 293-295
Sassamon, murder of, 925
Savage, Captain Thomas, sympathized with Ann Hutchinson, 911
Scandinavian Vikings, 16-17
Scandinavian writings on Dighton Rock, 21
School attendance, first modern compulsory, 947 Schoolcraft concerning Massasoit, 94 School funds and laws in early days, 946-947 Schoolmasters' pay in early days, 52 Schools began in Marshfield, 50; Duxbury,
Plymouth and other schools, 51-52 Schools, public, beginning of, 41
Schools, some early private, 1056 Schools, various claims to the first public, 982 Scituate honor roll, 679-681
Scituate, 633-636; miles of charming beaches, 634
Scrooby to Plymouth, From, 29-42
Sectarian domination, end of, 942
Separatist church first organized, 934
Sermons in stones, 1013
Sermons on styles, 791
Sharon honor list, 1183
Sharon, one of the healthiest towns in the coun- ty, its hills and lakes, 1120; the home of Deborah Sampson, Revolutionary patriot, 1121; education, peace, harmony, health camps, 1122
Shays' Rebellion, results of, 201-202
Shipbuilding and the fisheries in Plymouth County, 187
Shipbuilding in Kingston, 583
Shipbuilding on North River, 611
Shoe factories in Plymouth County, 453
Shoe industry, home of the, 449-484; first shoe- makers arrive, 452; Brockton Fair style show, 454; women in shoe industry, 434-456; early sewing machines for shoemaking, 456; the "Shoe City," Plymouth County's Own, 457; Shoemaking ride of Micah Faxon, 458; world's greatest shoemaker starts business, 460; im- portance of Newman's measuring stick, 461; in the days of "whipping the cat," 462; Labor Union and high wages, 464; psychology of shoemaking, 465-467; early organization of shoemakers, 467; on the trail of the "Ten-
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footers," 468; Lincoln was a pioneer jobber, 469; important trade with the West Indies, 470; making of shoe tools and accessories, 471; learned the business, and then controlled it, 473; romance of the Old Guard, 473; heavy boots in vogue, 475-476; some eminent gradu- ates and rapid operatives, 477; backing from banks, 478; hard times showed need of ma- chinery, 479; Abington shod half the Union Army, 480; dollar shoe made Brockton famous, 481; world's greatest shoe center, 482-484 Shoemaking at Rockland, 631
Shoemaking industrialists in early days, 464
Shoe-manufacturing concerns as leaders in Plymouth County, 483
Slavery and public welfare, 1019-1032; "May- flower" said to have been in slave trade, 1021; colored man in notable events, 1022; Massa- chusetts was free-born, 1023; Adams family were abolitionists, 1023; Jack surely belonged to the church, 1024; purchase of Andrew's overcoats, 1025; liberated slaves and other indigent persons, 1027; sometimes people were warned out, 1028; care of insane one hundred years ago, 1029; document one hundred and fifty years old discovered, 1030; even alms- houses no longer needed, 1031
Slavery, Massachusetts' attitude toward, 60-64 Slaves, Indian and Negro, 154
Slaves liberated, and other indigent persons, 1027
Slaves red as well as black, 1021
Small chimney easily heated, 715-721; massacre caused consternation among Indians, 716; early census of praying Indians, 719
Smith, Captain John, reminiscences of, 919
Snorri or Peregrine?, 15-27
Snorri, first-born of European parentage on American soil, 19
Spanish fleet, Destruction of, 772
Sandwich, "handsomest town out of England," 877-878
Sandwich honor roll, 889
Society for apprehension of horse thieves in Dedham, 992
Soldiers' Monument, first in the State, at Hali- fax, 571
South Chatham honor roll, 885
Speed limit law, early, 960
Spinning wheel universal in early days, 249
Spirit of the Founders still exists, 984 Squanto, friend to the Pilgrims, 807; 915 Squanto, worthy successors of, 330-331 Stagecoach drivers and expressmen, 363 Stage drivers, old-time, 231-232
Stagecoach era, 798-799
Stagecoach was called a bold and mnad innova- tion, 1035
Standish, Captain Myles, 558
State Fish and Game Commission encouraging shell fish culture, 830
State Normal School, oldest, 320-321
"Stern to inflict, stubborn to endure," 901-913; Norfolk County within Puritan jurisdiction, 901; Frothingham, Congressman, on Puritans and Pilgrims, 901; Puritans welcomed by
Pilgrims, 902; Pilgrims more lenient in pun- ishments, 902; untruthful statements of Ly- ford, 903; arrival of the "Lion," 903; Roger Williams' migrations, 904; Williams outlawed, 905; Henry M. Dexter concerning the Puri- tans, 905; martyrdom of early feminist, 906; intolerance rewarded by deliverance, 909; atrocities on both sides, 910
Stoughton has a satisfactory town manager system; boundary lines often changed, 1123; variety of industrial lines; pioneers in shoe- making industry, 1124; two hundredth an- niversary celebration, 1125; "Birthplace of American Liberty," 1126-1127; picture of the town today, 1127-1128
Stoughton honor list, 1180-1183
Stoughton men in foreign service, 1191-1192 Stoughton Musical Society, 991
Straw bonnets, century and more of them, 1003 Suburban life at its best, 507, et seq.
Suffolk Resolves, Adoption of, 978
Suicidal inclination discouraged, 183
Sunday school, first in America, at Halifax, 218 Sunday schools, Beginning of, 217-219 "Surprise" launched in 1850, 774
Tavern and stage advertisements, 233-234 Taverns at Halifax, 567
Taverns, turnpikes and stagecoaches, 229-234
Terry, Eli, founder of the clock industry in New England, 173
Thatcher, Dr. James, a vegetarian, 121 Thayer Academy and its founding, 1058
The three learned professions, 949-957; delu- sion of witchcraft, 951; an intellectual aristoc- racy, 957; decisions without aid of lawyers, 959; Blue Laws purely imaginary, 961; Sacco- Vanzetti trial and execution, 962; vaccination interfered with God's plan, 966; diagnosis by popular vote, 968; pulling teeth, bleeding, and cupping, 969; discovery of painless sur- gery, 970; Norfolk District Medical Society formed, 970
Thoreau's observations of the Cape, 831-832 Tin peddlers and Yankee traders, 796-797
Tomson, John, and the famous John Tomson Gun, 107-112
Topography, geology and natural setting of Plymouth County, 3
Town meetings, town criers, and curfews, 221- 228
Town government, first organized, 935
Town meeting, first special in Dorchester, 977 Transcendentalism, 938
Treasure ships sunk, 784
Truro honor roll, 889
Truro, Revolutionary interests of, 879; sea-cliffs at, 821
Tuberculosis Hospital, Plymouth County, 574
Typesetting machines first installed in this coun- ty by Brockton "Daily Times," 421
Turnpikes and traveled highways in early days, 1034
Typical stagecoach trip, description of, 1045- 1047
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Uncas leads against Sassacus, 97-98
Unitarians, Universalists, Transcendentalists, 237-238 Universalism in Plymouth County, 238 Universalism organized, 938
Vaccination interfered with God's plan, 967 Victory plant at Squantum, 1006
Vineland voyagers, 19-20
Wadsworth, Peleg, Revolutionary soldier, 588 Walpole honor list, 1183-1184
Walpole; incorporation; industries, was a part of Dedham; named for Sir Robert Walpole, 1129
War and slavery, Choice between, 199-203
War of 1812, Plymouth and Barnstable counties in, 254-255; famous army of two saved the day, 256
Wareham coast guard, 264 Wareham honor roll, 681-682
Wareham, 636-645; town hearse sold as relic; veteran court crier; new industry making steel castings, 638; search for pirates' 'gold, 639; Agawam Purchase laid out as separate na- tion, 639; how the name of Tihonet origina- ted, 640; ale-wives saved for Plymouth, 641; rallied to defense of Marshfield, 642; British visit in 1814, 643; early ministers, schools and industries, 644; Wareham raised a company in 1861, 645; youth again ready for World War, 645
Warren, Joseph, wrote Suffolk Resolves, 979. Waste lands, reclamation of, 337-340
Waterways in Plymouth County, 5
Webster, Daniel, called the expounder of the Constitution, 958
Wellesley College, and its founding, 1057
Wellesley, educational center; home of Welles- ley College; Babson statistical organization, 1130
Wellfleet honor roll, 890
Wellfleet, important as a seaport, 879
West Bridgewater, 646-648; first settlement away from the coast, 647 West Bridgewater honor roll, 682-685
Weston and Morton, Trouble caused by, 926
Weston Colony, disappearance of, 927
Westwood honor list, 1184
Westwood, youngest child of Dedham, 1131
Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society, 992
Weymouth honor list, 1185-1189
Weymouth, noted for its ecclesiastical atmos- phere, 1132; has the largest fertilizer works in the country; more than three hundred years since the founding of the town; oldest Puritan settlement in Massachusetts, 1133
Weymouth, oldest town in Norfolk County, 927 Weymouth soldier in foreign service, 1192 "When the cruel war was over," 317-324
When Thoreau took his Cape Cod trip, 835-836 Whipping dogs out of the sanctuary, 225 Whitefield and the "Great Awakening," 239-240 White Island Pond, 47
White troops' atrocity in Pequot War, 98-99. White pines, historic, at Island Grove, 55 White, Peregrine, planted apple trees, 787 Whitman, 648-652; the town, and the man, 649; some beginnings and present facts, 650; birth of first child, and early industries, 651 Wild turkey and Thanksgiving, 327-328 Willards made famous timepieces, 169 Williams outlawed, 905
Williams, Roger, and other heretics, how they were dealt with, 39-40
Williams, Roger, his migrations, 904
Windmills exchanged for wheelbarrows, 848
Winslows, first settlers at Marshfield, 601 .
Winthrop, John, and the charter, 930
Witchcraft, delusion of, 951
Witchcraft in Plymouth County, 83 Women physicians in early days, 969 Women's apparel in Colonial times, 790 Wrentham honor list, 1189
Wrentham, set off from Dedham; generously supports educational institutions, 1134; Day's Academy; cotton and woolen mills; distin- guished persons, 1135
Yankee Doodle, The camp of, 6-8
Yankee peddlers, 796-797
Yankee traders early established, 180
Yarmouth; from fish to tourists; salt to agri- culture, 880-881
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