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Not until the green fields had all but disappeared beneath brick and pavements did the realization become impressive that something of their beauty must be preserved. The common lands of Muddy River had existed as a matter of economic con- venience for the inhabitants who were enabled to pasture some at least of their cows conveniently at hand. The common lands of 1930 are of course not for the pasturing of cattle, but for the pleasure and recreation and health of the community. The necessity of providing such spaces has meant the creation of parks and the appointment of public officials to plan and supervise them.
Planning, particularly as it relates to parks, the layout of the community, and the types of buildings which may be constructed and the uses to which they may be put, is a matter seldom re- cognized as important until it is almost too late. In Brookline,
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however, foresighted citizens anticipated the needs of the future and undertook, often in the face of uncomprehending opposi- tion, to assure provision for them. A careful program of plan- ning has been evolved; the provision of parks and playgrounds and a golf course, and the protection and replacement of shade trees have all been taken into consideration.
The Brookline of today is remarkable as a community, justly proud of a distinguished past, yet not content to rest upon the glory that has gone before. A disposition to boast too much of the past is likely to predicate the sterility of the future, but Brookline has found in its past not so much a boast as honest pride; and even less of honest pride than of inspiration for the future.
The 'poor little town' of three centuries ago is today the wealthiest community under that form of government in the world. It has demonstrated the efficacy of responsible govern- ment in its most intimate form at a time when misgovernment and corruption have been rampant. It has adhered to funda- mental principles from which it has allowed a minimum of swerving for three centuries.
Brookline has faced charges of extravagance and has met them with proof that it is not extravagance but sound economy to buy the best of whatever is reasonably necessary, provided the community finances are adequate. If Brookline spends more per capita on the education of its children than other communities, it is because the town believes that the education of children is a matter so important that it should be done in the very best feasible way. The same principle may be applied to the other public services. Extravagance can only mean buying something desirable for more than it is worth or something unfit or unnecessary at any price. Brookline's record of three hundred years reveals no blots of extravagance.
Here, then, is a community which has learned, as so few have, that great lesson emphasized by the younger Pitt in his famous reply to Walpole, in which he said: 'The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honorable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither at- tempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their
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youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.' Brookline has been of the fortunate few. It has enjoyed instructive experience, incorporated in a history replete with the sagacity of sturdy New England character, and has profited, as it continues to profit, by that experience.
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Abbott, E. M., wharf, 208 Abbott, John C., 280 Abercrombie, Mehitable, 122 Ackers, John, 104 Ackers, William, 104 Ackers family, 104 Ackers farm, 7
Ackers home as barracks, 151
Adams, Henry, quoted, 174
Adams, Herbert Baxter, quoted, 39
Adams, Isaac, teacher, 77-78
Adams, John, 30, III, 120, 122-123, 161,173,187 Adams, Roger, 50 Adams, Samuel, 172
Addington, J. S., Secretary of General Court, 51
Administrative expenses of town, 8, 250- 251 Agassiz, Louis, 310 Agriculture, commercial, 180-182 Alcock, Thomas, 10
Allen, Rev. James, 70; chosen first minister, 67 Allen, Capt. John W., 184, 185 Allotments, great, 17, 18 Almshouse proposed, 248 American Legion, 334 Ammidown, Ebenezer D., 202
Amory, James S., 280 Amory, Robert, 280 Amsdel, Susanna, warned from town, 85 Andem House, 15 Andrew, Governor John A., 264-278, 305 Andrews, Lieut .- Col. George L., 270 Andros, Edmund, 44, 49 Animals, domestic, not to run at large, 90 Annexation to Boston threatened, 254, 278-283 Apartment houses, 316-319 Aspinwall, Eleazer, 100 Aspinwall, Elizabeth, 109 Aspinwall, Mary, 116
Aspinwall, Peter, 27, 28, 30, 36, 37, 39, 81, 83, 100, 103, 104 Aspinwall, Samuel, 42, 65, 100 Aspinwall, Thomas, 68, 100, 137 Aspinwall, Col. Thomas, 101-103, 146, 164 Aspinwall, William, 9, 18, 80, 84, 103, 211, 215, 268, 308, 309 Aspinwall, Dr. William, 148, 152, 162, 166, 167; medical career, 101-102 Aspinwall family, 100-103 Aspinwall home, 317 Atkinson, Edward, 259, 263 Atkinson, William P., 259
Babcock, George, 181 Babcock, Madam, 252-253
Badger, Stephen, 72 Baker, Abigail, 114-115 Baker, Benjamin F., 306; quoted, 230- 231 Baker, Edward Wild, 306; cited, 270 n .; quoted, 144-146, 149, 155-156, 189- 199 passim, 238-245 passim, 264-268
Baker, Eleazar, 80, 114, 166 Baker, Judge Harvey Humphrey, 331
Baldwin, Col. Loammi, 162, 21I
Balstone, William, 9
Banner, Peter, carpenter, 80
Barstow, George, 62 Bartlett, James, 266
Beacon Street improvement, 297-300 Bearse, Austin, 263
Becke, Alexander, 38, 39
Benton, Austin W., 309
Blake, George B., 204, 273
Blaxton, William, early settler of Boston, 6 Bolton, Charles Knowles, 334; cited, 216 n.
Bootlegging, 246, 247-248 Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation, 197 Boston and Worcester Street Railway, 328 Boston and Worcester Turnpike, 189- 196, 318, 328
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Boston Aqueduct Corporation, 236 Boston Children's Aid Association, 331
Boston, evacuation, 161
Boston Marine Society, 121 Boston Port Bill, 141
Boston Symphony Orchestra, 331
Boundaries, first run, 31-34; perambu- lation, 33, 44, 88, 335; enlarged in 1843, 233-234 Bounties offered for recruits, 164-168, 271,273 Bourne, Jarratt (or Gerrard), 39 Bourne house, 28
Bowditch, William, 204, 259, 261-264, 293, 305, 307, 308, 309
Bowdoin, James, 173
Bowen, Griffin, 25
Bowen, Mary, teacher, 79, 86
Bowles, Mary, 96
Boylston, Dudley, 114
Boylston, Joshua, 83, 114, 166
Boylston, Peter, 90, 11I-II2
Boylston, Susanna, III
Boylston, Thomas, 30, 42, 95, 111, 114
Boylston, Ward Nicholas, 114
Boylston, Dr. Zabdiel, 101; experiments in inoculation, 112-114; home, 121
Boylston family, III
Bradley, Capt. Benjamin, 213-214
Bradley's Hill, 213
Bridge, John, 32
Bridge at West Boston opposed, 84
Bridges, 7, 9, 35
Briggs, Governor George Nixon, 260 Brook Farm, 271
Brookline, origin of name, 61-63
Brookline Education Society, 332-333
Brookline Friendly Society, 330 Brookline Gas Light Co., 247
Brookline Savings Bank, 319
Brookline Trust Co., 319
Brown, Rev. Cotton, 70-71
Brown, J. & N., 192
Brown, John, 263
Brown, Joseph, 166
Buckmaster, Joseph, 42 Buckminster, Joanne, 29
Buckminster, Joseph, 81, 104
Buckminster, Thomas, house, 29 Building construction, 1922, 319 Building regulations, 320-321 Bullard & Lee, 210
Burbank, Moses, teacher, 220
Burns, Anthony, fugitive slave, 262 Burton, John, 166
Butler, Benjamin F., 305, 311
Butler, John, 166 Byfield Nathaniel C., Speaker, 51
Cabot, E. C., 237
Cabot, Elizabeth, 210
Cabot, Judge Frederick P., 331
Cabot, George, 186-187, 210
Cabot family, 186-187
Cæsar, slave, 109
Calisthenics in schools, 227
Candage, Rufus G. F., 293, 309; quoted, 318
Candler, John W., 309
Candler, William Latham, 269, 277
Cartbridge over Muddy River, 7, 9
Caswall, Joseph, 166
Cemetery, 89, 251
Chamberlain, Elizabeth, 86
Champion, Richard, 256
Champres, Richard, 32
Chandler, Alfred D., 308, 309; quoted,
281, 313, 322-324, 327
Chandler, Charles Lyon, 269, 277-278 Chandler, T. P., 280
Channing, Walter, 312
Chapin, Nathaniel G., 266
Chase, Dr. H. Lincoln, 308
Chase, William Leverett, 311
Cheverus, Bishop, 253
Chicatabut, Chief, treaty with, 7
Child, Abijah, 147 n.
Child, Isaac, 82, 135, 141, 172
Children, delinquent, 331
Choate, Rufus, 229
Chocolate mill, 179
Chowder parties, 241, 244
Church affiliation at Roxbury, 44 Church membership, 19
Churches, 214-219
Civic rights summarized, 1772, 134- 135 Civil War, 255-278; preliminaries, 264- 267; military committee formed, 268; first Brookline soldiers, 269; private recruiting methods, 270; enlistment bounties, 271, 273; military quotas, 271-275; recruiting efforts, 272; wo- men's work, 273-274; draft, avoided,
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274-275; military services, 276-278; memorial, 307-308, 334 Claflin, Gov. William, 305 Clark, Caleb, 115 Clark, James, 115 Clark, Jeremiah, 166
Clark, Joshua, 115 Clark, Richard & Son, 138
Clark, Samuel, 89, 115; house, 317 Clark family, 115 Clarke, Rev. James Freeman, 271 Classical School, 228
Clerk of the market, first, 39 Coffee, Edward, runaway servant, 110 Coggeshall, John, 18; wigwam, 27 Colborne, William, 9, 12-15 passim, 18, 28, 32, 81, 100, 103; house, 7, 27 Colman, Samuel, 311 Colonization program, 4-6 Commerce, ship, 183 Commissioners of Customs, 126-128 Committee of Convention, 1768, 133 Committee of Correspondence, views on 'despotick measures,' 1773, 135-136; action on tea question, 137-140
Committee of Thirty, 322
Commons, 22
Community consciousness, 31
Confiscation of loyalists' property, 94, 153-154 'Connecticut Path,' 190
Constitution, state, opposed, 171, 172; ratified, 173 Constitution and Guerrière, 175
Converse, Mr., teacher, 220
Coolidge Corner, development, 318 'Copperhead Crossroads,' 267
Corey, Elijah, 121, 215
Corey, Isaac, 121
Corey, Timothy, 121, 147 n., 164 Corey family, 121
Cotton, John, 9-14 passim; heirs of, 29
Cotton, Thomas, 82, 83, 119
Cowdin, Colonel, 269
Craft, Caleb, 95, 146 n., 166, 167 Craft, Ebenezer, 94, 107 Craft, Elizabeth, 95
Craft, Griffin, 7, 27, 94, 105, 179
Craft, Joseph, 105, 179 Craft, Mary, 105 Craft, Samuel, 164 Craft, Susannah, 107, 123
Craft, William, fugitive slave, 261 Craft (or Crafts) family, 94-95 Crafts, Ebenezer, 256 Crafts, Samuel, 179 Crane, Ezekiel, 166
Currency inflation, 167-171
Currency, 'old tenor,' 71 Curtis, George, 25 Curtis, George T., U.S. Commissioner, 261 Cushing, William, 120
Cypress Street, origin as the New Lane, 82
Dana, Daniel, 147 n. Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., quoted, 261- 262
Dana's Tavern, 192
Dane, Ernest B., 319
Dane, John, 204
Davenport, J., 200
Davis, Abigail, 256
Davis, Ebenezer, 100, 119, 135, 257
Davis, Hannah, 105
Davis, Lucy, teacher, 220
Davis, Nehemiah, 100, 172
Davis, Rachel, 119
Davis, William, 38, 166
Davis family, 119-120
Day Nursery, 330 Dearborn, Gen. Henry, 228
Del Hond, Dr., 112
Denny, Francis P., 237
Devotion, Ebenezer, 80, 99
Devotion, Edward, 30, 33, 39, 42, 98, 99; house, 28, 100
Devotion, John, 42, 93, 98, 99
Devotion, Mary, 28
Devotion family, 98-100
Devotion legacy to town, 99-100
Dexter, George M., 237
Domestic life, 117-119
Dorchester Heights, defense of, 160-161
Douglas, Dr. William, 112
Downer, Dr. Eliphalet, 105, 148-149, 162-163 Drew, Anne, 107
Drew, Charles H., 293, 306, 309
Drew, Erosamon, 66, 89, 180 Druce, Bethiah, 180
Druce, Elizabeth, 180
Druce, John, 89
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Druce, Vincent, 94, 180; house, 317 Dudley Joseph, 44, 47, 54, 57 Duncan, Christopher, 229 Dunlap, George, 166 Dupee, James A., 268 Dwight, Wilder, 267, 268, 270, 278
Edgerly, James W., 309
Education, 219-228, 302-304, 331-333, 336; new theories, 221-225; cost, 226; subjects of study, 227-228; for adults, 228 Eldridge, Stephen, 166
Elections, method, 40-41
Electric interurban lines, 195
Eliot, Charles W., 31 I
Eliot, Jacob, 24, 29, 81, 104
Eliot, Rev. John, 24, 98, 104; influence with Indians, 7
Ellis, John, 85
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 229
Emerson, Rev. William, quoted, 155- 156
Emigration before 1630, 5 Endicott, John, as governor, 5
'Essex Result,' 172 'European Superfluities,' 122, 132 Evacuation of Boston, 161
Fairbanks, Richard, 21 Families of early nineteenth century, 210-213
Fences, 34
Fence-viewers, 34
Fenway, 300
Fillmore, President Millard, 260
Fire department, 328; expanded, 291- 292
Fire losses, 1910-1930, 328-329
Fire protection, 238-245, 335 Firemen, volunteer, 238-244
Firewards discontinued, 244-245
First Church, 18; described, about 1820, 217-219
Fitch, James, house, 28
Fitch, Richard, house, 28
Fitzgerald, Desmond, 308
Flack, Cotton, house, 28
Flint, Thomas, 10
Follen, Eliza Lee, 259
Forbes, Fayette F., Superintendent of Water Works, 289
Forge, 179 Fort at Sewall's Point, 150-151 Fort Sumter bombarded, 268 Foster, W. H., estate, 32 Founders of Muddy River, 11-15 Founders, notable families, 29-30 Francis, Dr. Carleton S., quoted, 213- 214, 308 Francis, Dr. Tappan E., 280
Franklin, Benjamin, opposed to inocu- lation, 112
Freemen, 18, 25 Frothingham, Richard, quoted, 150
Fugitive Slave Bill, 260
Fulling mill, 179
Gardner, Andrew, 48, 62, 95
Gardner, Dr. Augustus, 96
Gardner, Benjamin, 96
Gardner, Caleb, 65, 66, 82, 83, 89, 96, 100, 147 n., 166
Gardner, Elisha, 86, 96, 137, 141
Gardner, Elizabeth, 1 14
Gardner, Isaac, 67, 97, 100, 135-136, 146, 147 n., 148, 158; home burned, 97 Gardner, Isaac S., 158, 176, 189
Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 212
Gardner, Johannah, 100
Gardner, John L., 212, 232, 280
Gardner, Joshua, 42, 95
Gardner, Mary, III
Gardner, Samuel, 96
Gardner, Solomon, 96
Gardner, Thomas, 30, 37, 39, 42, 50, 65-67, 95, 97; house, 198
Gardner family, 95-98 Gardner Hall, 232
Gardner house, 96-97
Garrison, William Lloyd, 305
Gates, Simon, 62
General Court, representatives not sent, 87 Geographical background, I
Gerrish, Colonel, commander at Sew- all's Point, 150-151
Gerry, Governor, 174
Goddard, Abijah W., 259
Goddard, Benjamin, 116, 215; quoted, 117-118, 174-175
Goddard, John, 96, 116, 135, 141, 142, 150, 159-160, 163-164, 171, 174;
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active in transporting military sup- plies, 143, 158; custodian of muni- tions in Brookline, 157 Goddard, Dr. John, 123, 182 Goddard, Joseph, 116, 176 Goddard, Julia, 253
Goddard, Nathaniel, 158; quoted, 76- 77, 118-119, 157-158; letters, 184- 186; cited, 224 Goddard, Samuel, 185 Goddard, Samuel Aspinwall, 116
Goddard, Warren, 116
Goddard, William, 116, 185
Goddard family, 30, 115-119
Gordon, Maj. George H., 270 Gorham, Capt. Benjamin, 140
Government, details of, 89-91; costs, 1870-1880, 281
Governor Brooks, ship, 184, 185
Governor and Company of Massachu- setts Bay in New England, chartered, 4 Grade crossings, 204-205 Great allotments, 17-18 Green, John, 253 Gridley, Jeremiah, 120-121
Gridley, Richard, 120 Griggs, Benjamin, 105 Griggs, Elizabeth, 121 Griggs, George, 104, 105, 106, 179, 199- 201, 25I Griggs, Helen M., 274 Griggs, Ichabod, 105 Griggs, Joseph, 105 Griggs, Mary, 105
Griggs, Moses, 105 Griggs, Nathaniel, house burned, 105- 106
Griggs, Samuel, 105, 147 n. Griggs, Thomas, 105, 106, 215 Griggs family, 104-106 Grimké, Angelina, 257 Grimké, Sarah, 257 Grist mill, 178-179 Grosse, Isaac, 10 Grubb, Thomas, 28, 39 Grush, John H., 267 Guild, J., 267
Hager, Joel, 158 Hales, John G., quoted, 198 Hall, Elisha, 231 Hall, Samuel, 189.
Hall, Thomas B., 268 Hallowell, Sir Benjamin, 114 Hambleton, John, 166 Hammond, Jonathan, 189 Harris, John, 135, 147 n. Harris, Robert, 24, 81; house, 29
Harvard College, gift to, 24; graduates, 80; buildings as barracks. 156
Haven, Samuel, 72 Haydn, Lewis, 262 Hay scales, 182
Head, Charles D., 309; quoted, 282
Health protection, 290-291, 329-330
Heath, Ebenezer, 123, 124, 189
Heath, Elizabeth, quoted, 123-124
Heath, John, 86, 107, 123, 124, 137, I54 Heath, Susannah, 123
Heath, William, 105, 123, 179; quoted, 150 Heath family, 123-124
Hibbins, William, 22, 23, 37
Hide, Gershon, 165
Higby, Christopher, 166
Higginson, George, 210
Higginson, Henry Lee, 331
Higginson, Stephen, 210
High school, proposed, 221-226
Highway taxes, 83, 250
Highways, 188-202; first, 35-37; early development, 80-84; surveyors of, 83-84; speed of travel regulated, 249 Hill, Solomon, 99 Hoar, J. Emory, 231
Holbrook, Josiah, lyceum founder, 229
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, quoted, 202 n. Holmes, Robert Sharp, 154
Holtzer, Charles William, 208
Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., 208
Home life, 117-119
Homes established, 28-29
Hooker, Rev. Thomas, land provided for, 8
Hooper, Louisa M., 334
Horse cars, 313-314
Horton, Katherine, 85 Household affairs, 117-119, 129
Houses, first at Muddy River, 27
Howe, James Murray, 266, 268
Howe, John, 268 Hull, Hannah, 61-62, 93 Hull, John, 30, 62, 93
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Hull, Judith, 62 Hull, Robert, 30, 93 Hulton, Anne, 126; quoted, 127, 128, 129-130, 131 Hulton, Henry, Commissioner of Cus- toms, 120, 126-127, 129-131; attack on, 129-131; property confiscated, 154 Humphrey, Willard A., 279 Hutchinson, Elisha, 138 Hutchinson, Thomas, 138
Hutchinson, William, 18
Hyslop, David, 122-123
Hyslop, Elizabeth, 122
Hyslop, William, 80, 121-122, 135-136
Hyslop family, 121-123
Hyslop home as barracks, 151
Independence of Muddy River, first moves toward, 40 Indian settlement at Muddy River, 7 Indian threat, 13
Indian trail, 189
Indians at Muddy River, 61
Industries, early, 178-180
Inn-keepers' charges regulated, 169
Inns, early, 190-192 Isaac, Joseph, 32
Jackson, Lieut. Abram, 166
Jackson, Rev. Joseph, 72, 115, 180, 216 Jail, 213 Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Co., 237, 284
James, Horace, 309
James I, King, grants by, 4
Jones, S. S. C., postmaster, 207 Josselyn, John, quoted, 3 Joy, Thomas, architect, 100 Judge Baker Foundation, 331
Kendrick, Ann, 29 Kendrick, John, 25, 39; house, 29
Kennard, Martin P., 262
Kenrick Brothers, 267 Kibby, Edward, 39, 181
Kimball Tavern, 194 King Philip's War, 42
Kingman, Bradford, cited, 105
Kirkland, President, of Harvard, 187 Knight, Stephen, warned from town, 84
Lalong, Feroline, 253
17-19; first sale of, 21; last grants, 21-23
Landowners, first, 9 Larnard, Benjamin, 147 n.
Lawrence, A. & A., & Co., 211
Lawrence, Amos A., 211-212, 237, 263, 266, 268, 271, 280 Lawrence, Francis W., 309
Lawrence University, 212
Lechford, Thomas, quoted, 18, 40
Lee, Henry, 210 Lee, Higginson & Co., 210
Lee, John Clarke, 210
Lee, Capt. Joseph, 187
Lee, Thomas, 210
Lee, Thomas, appointed grave-digger, 90 Lee and Cabot, 187
Leeds, John, 230
Leigh, John, 210
Leveritt, John, 12, 24
Leveritt, Thomas, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, 24, 37 Limited town meeting proposed, 322- 327
Lincoln, President, 268, 271-278 passim; inauguration, 267
Lincoln, William H., 309
Liquor, restrictions on, 39; problem, 246-248 Littell, Eliakim, 312
Living costs, 1777, 169
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 187
Lord, Arthur, quoted, 324
Loring, Ellis Gray, 259
Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 310
Lowell, Amy, 310
Lowell, Augustus, 280, 310
Lowell, Guy, 310
Lowell, Percival, 310
Lyceum, 229-230
Lyford, Nathaniel, 268
Lyman, Col. Theodore, 309, 310 Lyman School for Boys, 31I
Lyon, Rev. William Henry, 72; quoted, 160-161
Madison, President James, 175 Mandamus councilors, 142 Mann, Horace, educator, 221-224, 228, 231
Land, allotment methods, 10; policy, | Manual training, 304
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Maps of Brookline, 248 Marean, Dorman, 116 Marean, William, 1 16 Marian, Samuel, 165 Marrett, Thomas, 32
Masonic order, 121
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 259 Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, 263 Mather, Cotton, 112-113
McCormack, John, postmaster, 267 McGriff, John Charles Fremont, quoted, 314 McIlvane, John, 166
McIlvane, William, 166
McKoron, Hugh, 166
Meade, Maj. Gen. George S., 310 Mears, Robert, 30
Meekins, Thomas, 104 Meeting-house, first, 65-67; allotment of seats and pew spots, 69 Melcher, William K., 268
Melville, Herman, quoted, 199 n.
Merchant leaders, 184-188
Merrick, Leonard, quoted, 78
Military camps near Boston, 155-156 Military quarters, 151-153, 156
Military quotas, 165-168
Military stores at Brookline, 157-158
Military supplies, cost of freighting, 159 Mill Dam Road, 197-201 Miller, Jacob, drill master, 269
Mills, Elijah, 166 Minister, choice of second and successors, 70-73 Minute Men, 146-147
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 112
Montague, Griffin, charged with theft, 28
Muddy River, early description, 3; first mentions, 7; returned to Boston after Hooker grant, 31 Music in schools, 227
Naomi, quoted, 29 Negroes in church, 258 New England Emigrant Aid Co., 212 Newell, Artemas, town clerk, 251 Nowell, Thomas, 256
Ockington, David, 183 Odlyn, John, 22 Oldham, John, 189
Oliver, James, 24 Oliver, John, 20, 81 Oliver, Peter, 24, 33, 37, 81 Oliver, Thomas, 9, 12, 13, 15, 24, 29, 32,37 Olmsted, Frederick Law, 212, 312, 320 Otis, Harrison Gray, quoted, 144 Otis, James, 120
Parish and town separated, 214-216
Parker, John, house, 29
Parker, Sarah, 29
Parker, Theodore, 261
Parkman, John, 261
Parks, 336
Parsons, Theophilus, 1 72
Parsons, Thomas, 266, 268, 309
Peabody, Elizabeth, private school, 228
Peabody, Mary, private school, 228
Pease, Levi, 192 Pemberton, James, 39
Percy, Lord, 161
Perkins, James, 187-188
Perkins, Samuel G., 188
Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 187-188, 221
Perry, Hannah, teacher, 220
Philbrick, Edward, 211, 312
Philbrick, Samuel, 257-259, 261, 264
Phillips, Wendell, 258, 262, 311
Phips, Sir William, 100
Physical instruction, 304
Pierce, Rev. John, 91, 230, 257; quoted, 63, 72, 246; service as minister, 72-73, 216-217; cited, 80 Pierce, S. S., Co., 318
Pierce Grammar School, 331
Pierce Hall, 220, 234
Piggot, Christopher, house, 29
Planning board for the town, 320
Playgrounds, 225, 303-304, 336
Police protection, 245-247, 292-294, 329, 335 Political changes, 323 Poor, Mary W., quoted, 217-219, 252- 253
Poor relief, 84-86, 304
Population, 1700-1800, 29, 92; 1800- 1900, 213; 1900-1930, 321; character and distribution, 16; composition of early, 19 Population of Boston, 1643, 25
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Pormont, Philemon, first public school- master, 20
Post office, 205-207
Post riders, 192
Potter, Edward Clark, sculptor, 334
Potter, Nathaniel, 72
Pound, establishment of, 90
Prat, Benjamin, 120
Prescott, Col. William, 158
Primus, slave, 109
Prohibition, 247-248
Provincial Congress, 142, 143, 171
Public baths, 308
Public defense, 87-88
Public Library, 230-232, 333-334
Public servants, 38-40
Public services of Brookline families, 92, 309-312
Punch Bowl Tavern, 145, 192, 194, 198, 246 Punch Bowl Village, 192
Putnam, Col. Rufus, 150
Quartering Act, 141
Quincy, Judith, 93 Quincy, Samuel, 120
Railroads, 202-205, 294, 300-301 Rainsford, Edward, 38
Real estate values, 1900-1920, 317, 319- 320
Re-annexation to Boston, 49
Reed, Eben W., 309
Reed, Isaac, teacher, 79
Regulating Act, 141
Revolutionary War, preliminaries, 126-
144; preparations for defense, 141- 144; Nineteenth of April, 144-149; Minute Men, 146; draft threatened, 167
Richards, Ebenezer, 192
Richards Tavern, 192
Richardson, Henry Hobson, architect, 31I
Ritchie, E. S., & Sons, factory, 208
Riverdale Park, 300
Robinson, John, 176, 180, 230
Rogers, Henry M., 311
Rogerson, Rev. Roger, 72
Rose, Nathaniel, 166
Ruggles, Ed, teacher, 74
Russell, George R., 202, 204
Sabine, Dr. George K., 334
Sale of land, limitations on, 11, 21 Salter, William, 98
Sambo, slave, 119
Sampsford, John, 9
Sanford, John, 21
Sargent, Charles Sprague, 312
Sargent, Ignatius, 280
Savage, Thomas, 10, 12, 14, 20, 21, 38
Saw mill, 82, 180
School administration, 332
School buildings, 219-221, 226-227, 331-332
School dames, 75-76
School days before the Revolution, 76- 78 School directors, chosen, 48; women excluded as, 304
School provided for south part of town, 75 School, separate, sought for Muddy River, 43-48
Schoolhouse, first, built, 48
Schoolmaster paid by Boston, 54
Schools, early administration, 73-79; tuition, 74; growth and crowding, 79-80; higher education in eighteenth century, 80; County Academy pro- jected, 80; location of early district buildings, 220 n .; private, 228
Schouler, Adjutant General William, 275
Scott, Robert, 21
Scottow, Joshua, 24, 105
Searl, John, teacher, 48
Searle, Lucy, private school, 228, 252
Searles, Hannah, 110
Seaver, Benjamin Franklin, 183
Seaver, Nathaniel, 100, 183
Seaverns, Luther, sexton, 242
Seccomb, Edward R., 266
Sections of town recognized, 82-83 Selectmen first chosen, 52
Separation from Boston, efforts for, 50-61
Servants, indentured, 110-III
Settlements before 1630, 5-6
Settlers, character of early, 23-24; num- bers limited in new communities, 6
Sever, John, 66
Sewage system, 237-238, 289-290
Sewall, Hannah, 94
Sewall, Henry, 94, 107, 255
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Sewall, Hull, 94 Sewall, Joseph, 220
Sewall, Samuel, 54, 90, 93, 94, 107; farm confiscated, 154 Sewall, Chief Justice Samuel, 54, 61-63, 93; quoted, 70, 95-96, 255 Sewall, Samuel E., 255 Sewall family, 30, 93-94 Sewall's Point, 197, 198; fort at, 150- 151 Sewing in schools, 227 Sharp, Abigail, 104 Sharp, John, 104 Sharp, Martha, 104 Sharp, Mary, 104
Sharp, Robert, 27, 30, 95, 103, 104, 115, 166, 180, 256; house, 29
Sharp, Sarah, 95 Sharp, Stephen, 76, 104, 166, 215
Sharp, William, 89, 104 Sharp family, 103-104
Shaw, Chief Justice, 261
Sherman, Richard, 22
Sidewalks, 249, 295
Siege of Boston, 155-156
Sikes, Reuben, 192
Sims, Thomas, fugitive slave, 262 Sinclair, John, 166
Slaveholding, 108-109, 119, 255-257
Slavery controversy, 255-264 Sloane, Sir Hans, 114 Smallpox inoculation, 101-102, 112- 114, 151-152 Smelt Brook, 32 Smith, John, quoted, 3 Smith, Lambert, 166 Smith, Lucy, 95
Social life, 252-253, 314-315
Social service, 330-331
Society, pre-Revolutionary, examined, 128 Sons of Liberty, 127 Sparks, Jared, 229 Spear, John, 166 Sports in winter, 314
Spurr, Eliphalet, 197 Stage lines, 192-193, 195-197 Stearns, Charles, 94 Stearns, Charles H., 266, 309; quoted, 182, 318-319 Stearns, Marshal, 200, 266, 268 Stebbins, Miss, private school, 228
Stedman, Isaac, 30, 37 Stedman, Thomas, 42, 48, 66 Stevens, Henry, 33 Stevenson, Hannah, 261
Stocks, erection of, 90
Story, William, teacher, 74
Stoughton, Gov. William, 54
Street lights, 247, 295-296
Streets, 248-249, 295
Strong, Governor, 174 Suffolk County, plan to divide, 88- 89 Suffolk Resolves, 143
Sullivan, John, quoted, 161
Sullivan, Richard, 215, 228
Sunday laws, 293-294
Swimming instruction, 304
Symons, Arthur, quoted, 208
Tannery, 180
Tappan, John, 220
Tappan, Lewis, 220
Taxation, 41-42; 1775-1780, 170; 1882- 1892, 313; 1900-1920, 319-320
Taylor, Isaac, 280 Tea, destruction of, 140; resolutions respecting, 137-139
Telegraph lines, 207, 302
Telephone service, 302
Thatcher, Oxenbridge, 120
Thayer, Isaac, 229
Thomas, General, 150
Thompson, Maj. William, 137, 141, 142, 172; petition to the General Court, 152-153
Thorne, William, house, 28
Timonious, Dr., 112
Tithingmen, 70 "Tontine' house, 105
Towle, George Makepeace, 311
Town administration, 209, 296-297, 304-308
Town Hall dedicated, 1825, 220; 1845, 234-235; 1873, 306
Town meeting, work of, 131-132; vote for independence, 165; committee re- ports, 306; too large, 321-323; limited form proposed, 322-327; limited form adopted, 325-327; vindicated, 336
Town officials, 86-87, 306 Town planning, 320, 335-336 Town seal described, 251
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Town status granted, 59 Townshend Act, 137 Trade, world-wide, 182-188 Transportation, 294-295, 313-314 Treadway, Deborah, 116
Trolley lines, 328 Tucker, Henry, 166
Tuckerman, John, baptized, 70
Turner, Joseph & Son, knitting mill, 208 Turner, Robert, 24, 25
Turnpike tolls, 193-194
Twichell, Ginery, 195-196, 273
Tyng, Jonathan, 47
Tyng, William, 47, 81
'Underground Railroad,' 261
Underhill, Capt. John, 10, 13, 20; sent to disperse Indians at Muddy River, 7 Union Hall Association, 229
Vaux, Calvert, 212 Voting methods, 40
Walley, Mrs., 183
Walley family, 253
Walter, Rev. Nehemiah, 67
Walther, George J., 293
Wampatuck, Chief Josias, treaty with, 7 War of 1812, 173-177
Wardwell, Maj. D. K., 272
Washington, George, 91, 155-156
Water supply, 235-237, 283-289; algæ in, 288; bond issue, 286
Waterhouse, Dr. Benjamin, 102
Webb, Henry, 24
Webster, Daniel, 212, 260, 310 Weld, Mary, 95
Wells, 235-236 Wesson, Col. James, 162, 166
West End Land Company, 297
Wheelwright troubles, 13, 20
Whiskey Point, 214
White, Ann, 162
White, 'Aunt,' 95, 256
White, Benjamin, 42, 50, 66, 89, 95, 107- 109, 120, 141-143
White, Capt. Benjamin, 133, 171, 183
White, Charles F., cited, 107
White, Daniel, 146 n. White, Ebenezer, 192
White, Edward, 108, 109, 121 White, Ensign, 90 White, Jerusha, 95 White, John, 29, 38, 39, 80, 106-108, 166; house, 29; obstructs highway, 37 White, John, Jr., 48 White, Capt. John, 135
White, Joseph, 67, 100, 107, 192
White, Moses, 80, 119, 147 n.
White, Samuel, 107, 123, 216
White, Susannah, 94, 107, 183
White, Capt. Thomas, 95, 146, 165
White family, 106-109
Whitney, Henry M., 298
Whitney estate, 318
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 257
Whyte, Oliver, 109, 230, 309; postmaster, 206-207 Wild, Edward A., 268, 269, 273, 276- 277 Williams, Hannah, 124
Williams, Moses B., 268, 271
Williams, Sarah, 86
Winchester, Alexander, 109, 110
Winchester, Benjamin, 166
Winchester, Charles, 166
Winchester, Elhanan, 86, 87, 110, 171, 192 Winchester, Gulliver, 167
Winchester, Henry, 110 Winchester, Isaac, 121
Winchester, John, 30, 39, 42, 66, 83, 87, 109, 110 Winchester, Jonathan, 110
Winchester, Josiah, 83, 89, 110
Winchester, Mary, 110
Winchester, Silas, 166
Winchester, Stephen, 110, III
Winchester family, 109-III
Winship, Joshua, 166
Winthrop, John, quoted, 3, 7
Winthrop, Robert C., 212, 260, 306
Withington, Enos, 180
Withington, Otis, 230
Wolcott, Edward Kitchen, 94
Women voters, 305
Women's Christian Temperance Union, 330 Wood, Ruth, warned from town, 85 Wood, William, quoted, 2, 8-9 Woods, Harriet F., cited, 77, 92, 99, 104,
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106, 114-115, 119, 122; quoted, 96- 97 Woods, James, 165 Woodward, Thomas, 82, 85 Worcester Turnpike, 189-196, 318, 328 World War, Brookline in, 334 Wright, Richard, 9
Writs of Assistance, 120 Wyman, Abijah, quoted, 158 Wyman, Captain, 105
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