History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 213

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706

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Solomon Hall.

Isaac Tinkham.

Israel Holmes. Enoch Thomas.

Luther Hall.

Henry Thomas.

Noah Haskell.

Abner Wood.

Henry Hacket.

Caleb Wood.

George Howland.

Francis Wood.

Caleb Muxsom.

SIXTH COMPANY .- ALARM LIST.

Capt. Abishai Tinkham. Edward Raymond.

Capt. Abiel Peirce. Simeon Sherman.

Capt. Joseph Keith.

Edward Sherman.

Lieut. Foxell Thomas. John Swift.

Robert Clark. Barzilla Thomas.

Stephen Coombs.

Seth Miller.

Ebenezer Hacket. Moses Thomas.

Joshua Perry. William Peirce.

Elijah Perry.

Train hand, 66 ; alarm list, 17 : total, 83.

SEVENTH COMPANY .- TRAIN BAND.

Commissioned Officers.

Abraham Shaw, capt. John Smith, 2d lieut.

Isaac Hathaway.

Seth Ramsdell.

Jacob Shennan. Isaac Smith.

William Strobridge. John Thrasher.

FOURTH COMPANY .- ALARM LIST.

Josiah Smith, lieut. Job Chase.

Ephraim Wood (2d).

Aberdeen Pratt.

William Littlejohn.

Eliphalet Elms.

Zenas Ripley. Jabez Thomas. Jr. Jacob Bates.

David Weston, Jr.

Israel Thomas.

George Pratt.

Levi Thomas.

David Turner.

Jesse Bryant. John Norcutt, Jr.

Isaac Bumpus.

Joseph Tupper.

Ephraim Norcutt.

The last four named were designated as being "in service," that doubtless meant the patriot service of Revolutionary army.

THIRD COMPANY .- ALARM LIST.

Lemuel Wood, capt. Edward Gishee.

Thomas Wood, lient.

Samuel Pratt.

James Weston, lient. Joseph Barden.

Edmond Weston, lieut. Samuel Cushing.

Robert Cushman, lieut. Joseph Leonard.

Archipas Cole, lieut. Jedediah Lyon.

John Murdock, lient.

Robert Green.

Benjamin -. ens.

Zebadee Pratt.

Samuel D -.

George Richmond.

Benjamin -.

David Weston.

Hnshai Thomas.

Ebenezer Richmond.

William Cushman.

Zebulon Leonard.

Andrew Leach.

Elisha Tinkham.

Lemuel Bryant.

Joseph Bates.

James Littlejohn.

John Hayford.

Ebenezer Wood.

Thomas Hayford.

Train hand, 71; alarm list, 32: total, 103.

FOURTH COMPANY .- TRAIN BAND.

Commissioned Officers.

Henry Peirce, capt. Nathaniel Macomber, 2d

Peter Hoar, lient. lieut.

Non-Commissioned Officers.

Robert Hoar, sergt.

Thomas Howland, sergt.

William Canedy, sergt.

Lebbeus Simmons, corp.

Braddock Hoar, sergt. Seth Simmons, corp.

Privates.

John Allen.

John Hoar.

David Braman.

William Hoar.

Seth Borden.

Ebenezer Howland.

Benjamin Boothe. Rnfns Howland.

Barnabas Clark.

Seth Keen.

Henry Edmineter.

Joseph Keen.

Moses Parris.

Stephen Hathaway. Josiah Halloway. Isaac Parris.

Philip Hoskins.

Samuel Parris.

John Hoskins. Ebenezer Hafford.

George Peirce. Enos Peirce.

Jonathan Hafford. Samuel Howland. Consider Howland.

James Peirce.

Simeon Peirce.

Eseck Howland.

Samuel Record.

Robert Strobridge, lieut.

Ezra Richmond.

Thomas Blackman. Samuel Leonard.

HISTORY OF MIDDLEBORO'.

David Pratt.

Aaron Carey.

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Non-Commissioned Officers.

Ebonezer Nelson, sergt.

Hugh Montgomery, sergt.

John Smith, sergt.

James Pickens, sergt.

Musicians.

Silas Pickens, drummer. Joseph Smith, fifer.

Privates.

John Bly, Jr.

William Pickens.

William Bly.

Jonathan Phinney.

Joseph Bly.

John Parris.

Lemuel Briggs.

David Pickens.

Andrew Cole.

Benjamin Pick ens.

Micah Cole.

Israel Richmond.

Nathan Cole.

Ahiel Smith.

Paul Dean.

Nathaniel Shaw.

George Douglass, Jr.

Benjamin Spooner.

Ahner Elins.

Uriah Sampson, Jr.

Joshua Haskins.

Isaac Sampson.

Joh Hoar.

Nathaniel Thompson. Silas Townsend. Caleb Tinkham.

Jeremiah Jones, Jr.

Joseph Macomher, Jr.

Ahner Townsend.

Jelin Montgomery, Jr.

George Williams.

John McCully, Jr.

Abiel Washhurn.

John Macomber.

Jonathan Wescoat.

Samuel Macomher.

David Cudworth.

Elijah Macomber.

Alanson Colman.

Hiram Nelson.

SEVENTH COMPANY .- ALARM LIST.

Capt. Amos Washburn.

Job Howland.

Lieut. Elisha Haskell.

Ithernah Haskins.

Lieut. Andrew McCully.

Thomas Nelson.

Lieut. Joseph Macomber.

Samuel Niles.

Zephaniah Briggs.

John Bly.

John Pickens. Thomas Pick ens.

Elkanah Caswell.

Abraham Reed.

George Douglass.

Henry Strohridge.

Roger Haskell.

Joh Townsend.

Train hand, 53; alarm list, 20: total, 73.

EIGIITHI COMPANY .- TRAIN BAND.

Commissioned Officers.

David Vaughan, capt.

Ichahod Wood, Jr., 2d

Andrew Cebb, lieut. lieut.

Non-Commissioned Officers.

Jacoh Thomas, sergt.

Samuel Burges, corp.

Beza Soule, sergt.

Nelson Thomas, corp.

William Shurtliff, sergt.

Peter Wood, corp.

Binny Cobb, sergt.

Musician.

Thomas Bates, drummer.

Privates.

John Tinkham, Jr.

Nathan Cobb (2d). Nathan Cobb (3d).

Isaac Bryant,

William Elins.

Isaiah Clark. Benjamin Gammons.

James Cobb.

Nathan Kinsley.

Gershem Cobb.

Nathan Key.

Binny Cohb, Jr.

Zurashah Palmor.

Isaiah Cebh. John Porkins.

Andrew Cobb, Jr.

Jesoph Perkins.

Israel Smith.

Zenas Thomas.

John Smith.

Eber Thomas.

Elisha Thomas.

Amos Tinkham.

Eliphalet Thomas.

Elias Vaughan.

Benjamin Thomas, Jr.

James Thomas.

Churchill Thomas.

Ransom Thomas. Zachariah Weston, Jr.

Jeremiah Thomas, Jr.

Manasseh Washburn.

Ezra Thomas.

Joshua Wood.

EIGHTH COMPANY .- ALARM LIST.

Josiah Carver, capt.

Nathan Hatch.

Joshua Eddy, capt. Zachariah Paddock.

Jonathan Fuller, ens. John Sampson.

Jesse Vaughn, ens. Jedediah Thomas.

Thomas Sturtevant, doct.

Charles Thomas.

John Bent.

Jeremiah Thomas.

Nathan Cobh.

Zachariah Weston.

Ehenezer Cohh. Amnos Wood.

Train hand, 50; alarm list, 16 : total, 66.

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That report was as follows :

COMMONWEALTHI OF MASSACHUSETTS.

"The Committee of Council on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the communication of the Adjutant-General on the sub- ject of reorganizing the Militia, conforming the same to the re duced numbers which, by law, now compose tho Train Band, etc. REPORT, That in the Fourth Regiment the companies of Infantry in the town of MIDDLEBOROUGH, commanded by Captains Ben jamin F. Wood and James Pickens, be disbanded, aud that al porsons liable to bo enrolled in the militia and residing within tho following limits in said Middleborough, viz., beginning a Woodward's hridge, en Taunton River, thence easterly by said river te the southwest corner of Halifax ; thence seutheasterly by the line which divides Middleboreugh from Halifax, Plymp ton, and Carver, until it comos to the road leading from Willian Shurtliff's, in Middlehorough, to Plymouth, by Rocky Meadow Saw-mill; thenco easterly by said road to the brook te Tuspa quin Pond ; thenoe westorly by the north side of said pond, and pass broek to the road leading from Wareham to Bridgewater

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thence westerly by the said road which leads to Bridgewater. by Edward Sparrow's and Levi Tinkham's, uutil it comes to the road leading from Plymonth to Tauutou by the house of Thomas Sproat : thence easterly by said Taunton road to the Nemasket River; thence northerly by said river to the road leading from Middleborough Four Corners to Bridgewater, by the houses of General Abiel Washburn and Ebenezer Willis : thence by sail road to the bounds first mentioned (exeluding all the inhabitants on said road from the school-house near General Washburn's to Woodward's bridge . be enrolled in the company of Infantry comuanded by Captain Earl Sproat, and constitute the Northeast Company in said Middleborough. And that all persons liable to be enrolled in the Militia aud residing within the following bounls, viz .. beginning at Fall Brook Fornace, thence easierly by Fall Brook to the north side of Tnspaquin Pond to the mouth of the brook which runs near the house of William Shurtleff: thence northerly by said brook to the road leading from William Shurtlet's to Plymouth, by Rocky Meadow Saw-mill, theuce easterly by the said road to Carver line : thence southeasterly by the line which divides the town of Middleborough from Carver and Wareham to Roches- ter ; thenee westerly by the line which divides Rochester from Middleborough to East Quitieus Pond: thence nortberly by East Quitieus, upper and lower Pocksha Ponds, to the mouth of the brook near Elias Cushman's : thenee northerly, straight to the first-namel bonnds. be enrolled in the Company of In- fantry, commanded by Captain John Fuller, and constitute the Southeast Company in Middleborough.

"That all persons, liable to be enrolled in the militia, and re- Filing within the following bounds. viz. : beginning at Taunton line at Shaw's meeting-house: thence southwesterly by the road leading from said meeting-house to Sampson's Tavern, in Middleborough, until it eoine, to Assawamsett Pond ; thence easterly by the west side of Assawamsett lower and upper Pock- sha and East tuiticus Pond to Rochester ; thence westerly and northerly by the line which divides Middleborough from Roch- ester. Tannton, and Freetown to the first-mentioned bounds be enrolled in the company of infantry commanded by Capt. Samuel Hoar, and constitute the Southwest Company in Middle- borough.

" That all persons liable to be enrolled in the militia, and residing within the following limits, viz. : beginning at Wood- warl'e bridge on Tannion River : thence southerly by the road je leading from Bridgewater to Middleborough Four Corners by the I- houses of Ebenezer Willis and Gen. Abiel Wasliburn to the Ne- masket River, including all the inhabitants on the said road from Woodward's bridge to the school-house near Gen. Abiel Wash- bnrn's ; tbence on said river to the road leading from Taunton by the houses of Peter H. Peirce, George Leonard, and Samuel Miller to Taunton line : thenee north by the line which divides Middleborough from Taunton to Taunton River ; thence west- erly hy said river to the bounds first mentioned, be enrolled in the company of infantry commanded by Capt. William Murdock, and constitute the Northwest Company in Middleborough.

" That all persona liable to be enrolled in the militia, and re- eiding within the following bounds, viz. : beginning at Shaw's meeting-houre; thence northerly by the line which divides Middleborough from Taunton to the road leading from Taunton to Plymoutb ; tbence easterly by said road leading to Plymouth by the houses of Samuel Miller, George Leonard, and Peter H. Peirce to the road leading from Bridgewater to Wareham near Thomas Spront's; tbence #ontheasterly by said road leading to Wareham by the houses of Levi Tinkham and Edward Spar- row to Fall Brook ; thence westerly by said brook to Fall brook Furnace; thence sontherly straight to the mouth of the brook near Elias Cuabman's at lower Pocksha and Aesawamsett Ponds

to the road leading from Sampson's Tavern in Middleborough to Shaw's meeting-bouse; thence northwesterly by said road to the first-mentioned bounds, be enrolled in the company of in- fantry commanded by Capt. Abraham Bryant, and constitute the Central Company in Middleborough."

This report was by the Governor and Couneil ac- cepted May 13, 1831, and enforced by General Orders of May 30, 1831. The boundaries by this order fixed for these theneeforth five instead of seven standing companies in the local militia of Middleboro', re- mained unchanged until the abolition of the old militia system by an act of the Massachusetts Legis- lature, passed April 24, 1840.

The two light infantry companies in Middleboro', familiarly known as grenadiers, that for many years were flank companies to the Fourth Regiment of In- fantry, were incorporated into and became parts of the Third Regiment of Light Infantry.

Grand Army of the Republic .- One post of the Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army of the Republie exists in Middleboro', some of its meinbers residing in the adjacent towns of Carver, Freetown, and Lakeville.

The charter of this post bears date of March 13, 1867, and the first meeting was held March 19, 1867, which was also the date of its first election of officers. This order, that has now so largely increased in this State as to be organized into nearly two hundred posts, was then in its infaney, only seven posts throughout this entire commonwealth having been previously formed, and Post 8, therefore, is the oldest in Plym- outh County, and among the most " ancient and hon- orable" of the State. Soon after its formation and organization this post adopted its name, in compliment to the writer of this historic sketch, who has ever re- garded that aet of this body as a high honor, more es- pecially as he at that time was not a member of the order, and the first intimation that he received of the desire or intention of the post to do so was a notice that the deed had already been done. This post is therefore known as E. W. Peirce Encampment, Post 8, Grand Army of the Republic.

The post commanders, with their several terins of service, have been as follows : A. T. Wales, March 19, 1867, to June 26, 1868; Marcus Soule, June 26, 1868, to Dec. 25, 1878; Lewis Finney, Dec. 25, 1868, to June 26, 1869; Charles .A. Howes, June 26, 1869, resigned ; Lorenzo D. Monroe, Dec. 25, 1869, to June 25, 1870; James E. Cushman, June 25, 1870, to Dec. 30, 1871; A. T. Wales, Dec. 30, 1871, to Dec. 28, 1872; Job Morton Staples, Dec. 28, 1872, to Dee. 27, 1873; John C. Sullivan, Dec. 27, 1873, to Dec. 26, 1874 ; Charles L. Starkey, Dec.

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26, 1874, to Jan. 25, 1876; Luther Crane, Jan. 25, 1876, to Dec. 30, 1876; A. W. Stoddard, Dec. 30, 1876, to Dec. 1, 1877; George H. Shaw, Dec. 1, 1877, to Dec. 7, 1878; Leander M. Alden, Dec. 7, 1878, to Dec. 3, 1881 ; Benjamin W. Bump, Dcc. 3, 1881, to Dec. 2, 1882; Frederick E. Wood, Dec. 2, 1882, to Dec. 1, 1883 ; Alvan P. Vaughan, Dec. 1, 1883.

This post is in a prosperous condition and provided with good quarters in the Peirce Academy Building, at the Four Corners Village in Middleboro'.

CHAPTER VI.

INDUSTRIAL HISTORY.

THE first mill erected in Middleboro' was designed for grinding corn, and located very near the spot now occupied by the "Star Mills"; and this fact leads naturally to the conclusion that the mill-dam at or near that place was the first or earliest one built upon the stream. Corn was the principal crop cultivated by the Indians before the arrival of the white people, and the latter immediately made it their chicf crop, and that upon which, more than any other, and per- haps more than all others combined, they relied to obtain bread, being, as it came essentially to be, the white man's " staff of life."

But although the white man was so ready to accept the red man's "Indian corn" as his chief article of food, the Christian was not content to follow the pagan practice of putting it into the form and con- dition of bread by first parching or roasting it in the fire, and then pounding in a mortar till reduced to meal, and resort by the emigrant was therefore quickly had to hard work at a hand-mill or a long and tedious journey with his grist to the corn-mill operated by water-power in Plymouth, and he therefore who first put in suc- cessful operation a mill for grinding corn at Middle- boro' was doubtless regarded, as in truth he was, a great public benefactor. Nearly two days' tedious journeying to and from Plymouth was thus saved to a householder at Middleboro' every time that a bushel of corn had to be ground for family use, or a relief from the still more distasteful task of " grind- ing" at a "hand-mill," where the one operator "taken," whether man or woman, was decmed more fortunate than the other that was left, the miscry of the present overcoming all fears concerning the future,

the inconvenience suffered being decmed unequaled by any that could reasonably be anticipated.

The demand for a grist-mill satisfied by being pro- vided for, the next, as would reasonably be expected, was expressed in the desire to utilize water-power in sawing lumber, and thus preparing materials for build- ing houses and barns, habitations for both men and beasts, and as a result two saw-mills were soon after built upon what was known as Bartlett's Brook, after which, in the march of improvement at Middleboro', " log cabins" began speedily, and continued steadily, to disappear, being regarded as obsolete and thoroughly behind the times, and were never more popular as human habitations, or declared to be " the blest or best abodes of civilized man," save during the brief period of the noted Harrison campaign, in 1840, when hard cider was also extolled and declared surpassing a nectar of the gods, and thus the spirit made to control the understanding. Frame buildings were taking the place of those constructed of logs at Middleboro' even before the breaking out of King Philip's war, in 1675, and as in that conflict it is highly probable that every house and barn in town was destroyed by the Indians, so in the rebuilding that was commenced after that war frame buildings were in nearly or quite every instance made to take the places of both the log

ere the cabins and frame buildings destroyed by the infuriated

of red man's torch during that bloody and distressing conflict.

What is known as Muttock was probably the second place at which a dam was made to span the stream running from the lakes or great ponds, seeking an outlet through " Taunton Great River" into Mount meul Hope Bay, and at Muttock the water-power was so extensively and successfully utilized that this locality became one of greater enterprise and more numerous TOlis Ture industries than any other in town, far surpassing what is now the business centre at the Four Corners, and thus continuing for a long term of years. But the busy hum of these numerous industries of Muttock was not conducted, or even suffered to be commenced. without opposition from some of the inhabitants, sec- 13000 med onded by checks and impediments on the part of the prov town in its corporate capacity, as strong objections were made to the building of the Muttock dam or account of the apprehended detriment it might prove to the herring fishery,-that constant and never-end. ·TH ing theme of controversy,-herring then being decmed not only an article of food, but indispensable to the raising of corn,-a few herring, according to Indiaı custom, still being applied to each hill to force the growth of this crop, and herring being in one or more instances relied on to pay some of the town officer;

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for the performance of their public duties.1 Herring, therefore, and all that properly pertained to the en- couragement and aided in producing herring, ought to and did engross the jealous care of Middleboro' people, and their scruples were difficult to surmount, but were finally so allaved as to allow the erection of the Mut- tock dam, thus giving great impetus to several other industries. and leaving it a still open question whether it was or was not at the expense of an injury done to the herring fishery.

That permission from the town of Middleboro' to erect the Muttock dam was obtained in an open town- meeting holden March 3, 1734, when it was " voted to allow Benjamin White, Esq., and others, liberty to erect a dam across Nemasket River for the benefit of a slitting-mill."

The town at the same mecting voted to permit " Capt. Bennett and Francis Miller, and others to build a dam for iron-works," but at the same time providing that these iron-works must not be permitted or suffered to impede the passage of the alewives or herrings.

Both these permits then obtained are thought to have applied to Muttock and the dam at that place erected as a consequence, and where for a few years the water-power was utilized to carry the machinery of a slitting-mill, and possibly in addition thereto a forge. About ten years after the grant obtained to erect this dam, the arrival and locating in this town of Mr. Peter Oliver gave great impetus to the busi- ness of manufacturers at this point, which thenceforth was very successfully conducted for the next and im- mediately succeeding thirty years.

One of the first or earliest blast-furnaces erected in this section of Massachusetts was probably located upon the dam at Muttock, and carried on by Peter Oliver, who appears to have discovered that the iron ore taken from the bottom of the great ponds in Middleboro', and dug from the bogs in town, was not sufficient for all the uses required, as that fact is most conclusively proved by a written correspondence car- ried on between Mr. Oliver and the committee of the province for the prosecution of the French and Indian war, a portion of which correspondence has been carefully preserved and is now on file in the office of the Secretary of State at Boston.

The first letter of Mr. Oliver was addressed to " The Honble Committee of War," and in words following :

1 May 24, 1681, William Hoskins was unanimously chosen town clerk of Middleboro', and the town voted to give him a load of fish, taken at the herring weir and delivered at his house, for his service one year as town clerk.

" MIDDLEBOROUGH, March 1, 1756.

"GENTLEMEN,-Your Favour of 27th Fehr relating to sup- plying you with two Howhitzers I received on Saturday Night, & now send a Messinger to acquaint you that had I known of your having occasion for them 10 Days ago, I could have sup- plied you, but I finished my Blast 3 or 4 Days since; which I am sorry for, as I had been at a great Deal of Trouble & Charge to procure Mountain Ore to make warlike Stores, of which ore is of a far better Quality than any we have in these Parts, especially for Guns and Mortars. I have sent for moro Mountain Ore, & expect to hlow again this month, & if you should then want any Stores, I believe I can supply you with those of as good a Quality as can be made, for I am sensible of the Risque of making guns and Mortars from Bog Ore that I shall not attempt them again with that.

" Iam, Gentlemen, your very humble Servant,

" PETER OLIVER."

What Mr. Oliver spelled " howbitzer" was doubt- less a howitzer. It is also intimated that Mr. Oliver had before this date been manufacturing warlike stores, and that his experience in that business had taught him not to trust to the use of bog ore.

A few days later Mr. Oliver wrote,-

" MIDDLEBOROUGH, March 8, 1756.

"SIR .- I shall be much obliged to you if you would write me a Line whether I could have the Ballance due to me from the Treasury ; if so I would come down, otherwise I should he loth to come.

"If I come I shall bring down £100 on £500 O. T. from Constahles.

"The mortars & shells I will send immediately.

" Mr. De Costar has nigh 100 shells by him already of mine, and the remainder I will send from thence.

" Yr humble Servant,

"PETER OLIVER."

" MIDDLEBOROUGH, April 7th, 1756.

"SIR,-I am sorry to inform you that after the greatest as- siduity and application I am not able to have the Warlike stores ready that you hespoke by the 15th April.

" I had got my Hearth secured & procured a vessel to fetch it, but had Weather & contrary Winds preventing my sending for it, so that I was obliged to cart it 50 miles, and have hut just now got it in, that I cannot blow till the latter end of next week.

"The last aent of stores I received from you I do not think very likely can he completed untill the 10th May; if that will do I will undertake to send them (unavoidable accidents ex- cepted) from Taunton to New York at my own charge, provided the hond Committee of War will run the Risque of the seas.

" Whether they will be wanted by that Time is not for me to say ; but where they could have heen cast elsewhere sooner I do not know, for Mr. Barker, I am informed, has hut just finished what he contracted for.

"Some of the aforementioned stores can he finished hefore the 10th May.

" It would have given me more uneasiness, Sir, had this De- lay happened hy any Fault of mine, but the Season of the year has prevented my accomplishing the business.

" I don't write this simpl to induce the hond Committee of War to wait for me to their Loss, prejudice, for I had much rather release the whole than have the least ill consequence attend the affair.

"I shall not wait for an answer to this, but hurry the Fur-

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nace into a Blast as fast as possible, whether I make one of those storos or not.

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History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 213

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1706

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706