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Brown bread, 209.
Brush, 196.
Bryant, Dr., 239.
Bryant, Capt. Arad, 202.
Bryant, Caleb, 114.
Bryant, Ira, 317.
Bryant, Isaac, 347.
Bryant, Corp. and Capt. James W., 172, 188.
Bryant, Jesse, 373, 376.
Bryant, Corp. William E., 188.
Bryant, Rev. William M., 486.
Bugles, 197.
Bull Run, battle of, 170, 176; second battle of, 170, 177, 179, 185.
Bullard, N. Josephine, 266.
Bullets, 196.
Bump, Clark, 154.
Bump, Bumpus, or Bumpas, Edward, 34, 35, 552, 585, 586, 593, 596; de- scendants of, 393; life of, 36-37.
Bump, James, 197 ..
Bump, James S., 394.
Bump, or Bumpus, John, 34; life of, 37. Bump, Bumpus, or Bumpas, Joseph, 34, 359, 393, 563, 593, 622; autograph of, 37; life of, 37.
Bump, Josiah C., 433.
Bump, Lavinia (Mrs. Tom Thumb), 394; residence of, 394.
Bump, Capt. Nathaniel, life of, 393, 394.
Bump, William E., 394.
Bump Neighborhood, 165.
Bumpas, Joseph, Jr., 563.
Bumpus, Hannah, 596, 597.
Bumpus, or Bumpas, Philip, 225, 560.
Bunker Hill, battle of, 115.
Burdan's sharpshooters, 179.
Burgess, Betsey T., 468.
Burgess, Cornelius, 468.
Burgess, Corp. F. O., 188.
Burgess, Rev. I. J., 480.
Burgess, Melissa, 468.
Burgoyne, Gen., 125, 131, 139.
Burial customs of the 18th century, 220-22I.
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Burke, Rev. John B., 485. Burnside, Gen., 178, 179, 184. Business, changes in, xxi. Business Men's Club, 633. Butler, Gen. B. F., 185. Byram, Rev. Mr., 462.
Cabot Club, 633. Caches, 4.
Cadman, or Codman, William, 552, 563, 616, 621; life of, 617.
Cadohunset Brook, 627. Calhoun, J. C., 168.
Calico, 215. Callihan, Corp. Jeremiah, 190. Cambric, 212.
Camp, Abram, 454-455.
Camp Joe Hooker, 172, 173.
Camp Jourdan, 172.
Campbell, Onesimus, 463.
Canada, 157. Canals, 360, 427, 580. Candles, 2II, 212, 217.
Candlesticks, 21I.
Canedy, Alexander, 99; life of, 435- 4,36. Canedy, Capt. William, 90, 91, 116, 155, 200, 435, 496.
Canedy Family (Lakeville), tradition concerning, 434-435. Canedy's Corner, 475.
Cann, Rev. Frank S., 474.
Cannon and cannon-balls, manufacture of (Titicut), 407. Canonicus, revolt of, 193. Canteen, 196. Cape Cod, 21, 582. Cape Cod Railroad, 304.
Capen, Sergt. R. S., 190.
Capen, Sergt .- Major Robert S., 190. Card-playing in 18th century, 217.
Carle, Sergt. William H., 181. Carpenter, Rev. George, 480.
Carpenter shops, at Purchade, 397. Carpets of the 18th century, 214-215. Carriage roads, 506. Carroll, Rev. J. S., 487.
Carrollton, 173.
Carter, Richard, 397. Cartways, 572. Cart-wheels, 207. Carver, 477, 613. Carver, Capt. Josiah, 203. Cary, Col. Simeon, 122. Case, Edward, 28.
Catalogue of members of First Church, 639-686; index of, 640-644.
Cathcart, Rev. Samuel M., 469. Catlett's Station, 177.
Cavalry, in local militia, 201, 205; in Rebellion, 189-191; in War of 1812, 159.
Cemeteries, 334, 383, 634-637.
Central Baptist Church, 482-485, 636; pictures of, 253, 255, 483.
Central Congregational Church, 467- 469; chapel built, 467; picture of, 468.
Central Methodist Church, 486-488; picture of, 488.
Centreville, 178.
Chaddock, Rev. Calvin, 466.
Chadwick, Rev. M. S., 486.
Chamberlain, Dr. William, 244.
Chancellorsville, battle of, 170, 176, 177, 178, 180, 185, 189.
Chapin, Dr., 244.
Chapman, Rev. Calvin, ministry of, 462.
Character of early settlers, 29, 32, 33.
Charles, David, 407.
Charles River, IO.
Charleston harbor, 187.
Chase, John, 596, 598.
Chesapeake Bay, 158.
Chesemuttock (an Indian), 355.
Chickahominy, 179.
Chickamauga, battle of, 170.
Chickataubut, 10, 399; deed of, 399. Chimneys, 208.
Chipman, Elder John, 552, 564, 621; autograph of, 622; life of, 622, 623. Choules, John O., 254. Christian Church (Lakeville), 486.
Christmas, 209.
Church, Capt. Benjamin, 81, 89, 428, 563, 613, 615, 628, 629, 630; auto- graph of, 81; campaign of, 81-86. Church, Richard, 55.
Church councils, provisions to pay for expenses of, 568.
Churches, 439-494; Advent, 494; Bap- tist, 469-485; Christian, 486; Con- gregationalist, 439-469; Episcopal, 492; Methodist, 486-489; Roman Catholic, 493-494; Unitarian, 490- 491; United Brethren, 480; Univer- salist, 490.
Churches, see Ecclesiastical History; act concerning, 439; first built in Plymouth, 55; First Church, 309-317, 354, 439-459; Halifax, 354, 462; In- dian, 17-20, 400, 401, 440; North Rochester, 466.
Churchill, Asaph, 247, 376.
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Churchill, John, 563, 593.
Churchill, Capt. Perez, 134, 138, 201. Churchill, William, 593.
Cider, 212, 216.
Citizen's Aid Society, 633.
"City, The," 396. Civil history (1654-1839), 544-581.
Civil War, 168.
Clapp, Ebenezer, 448.
Clapp, Edward, 448.
Clarinets, 197.
Clark, Major, 348.
Clark, Abishai T., life of, 304.
Clark, Amos, 410.
Clark, Augusta, 486.
Clark, Corp. Darius B., 182.
Clark, Mrs. Doritie, 612, 613.
Clark, Lieut. Ezra, 137.
Clark, Harrison, 348.
Clark, Capt. Horatio G., 201.
Clark, James M., 270.
Clark, Dr. Joseph, 239, 277, 496, 497; life of, 276.
Clark, Joseph, Jr., 277.
Clark, Robert, 410.
Clark, Dr. Samuel, 239, 278; life of, 275; picture of house of, 275.
Clark, Samuel, 612.
Clark, Susan S., 486.
Clark, Thomas, 275.
Clark, Thurston, 54.
Clark, or Clarke, William, 34, 601; life of, 38.
Clark, Mrs. Zilpha M., 469.
Clark House, description of, 275; pic- ture of the Dr., 275.
Clark's Island, 275.
Clarke, Nathaniel, 558.
Clarke, Mrs. Rebecca Scollay, 218, 276. Clear Pond, 419.
Clerks, Town, 530-531.
Clocks, manufacture of, 4II.
Coat of arms, king's, 272.
Cobb, Andrew B., 270.
Cobb, Ebenezer, 462.
Cobb, Gershom, 34, 449, 517, 518, 546, 552, 612, 621; life of, 38; death of, 75.
Cobb, or Cob, John, 34, 35, 560, 563, 572, 612; autograph of, 65; life of, 65.
Cobb, John, Jr., 594.
Cobb, Capt. Jonathan, 202.
Cobb, or Cob, Jonathan, 563, 564, 568. Cobb, Lydia, 462.
Cobb, Lieut. Sylvanus, 128.
Cobb, Capt. Sylvester F., 202.
Coffins, how made, 220.
Colby, Harrison Gray Otis, life of, 414. Colby, Rev. Philip, 270, 407, 414; ministry of, 465.
Cold Harbor, battle of, 170, 177, 184, 185, 187, 189.
Cole, Andrew, 482.
Cole, Lieut. Archipus, 12I.
Cole, Hugh, 545.
Cole, James, Sr., 603, 627; life of, 627.
Cole, Capt. Nathaniel, 200.
Colonial laws, 196, 495, 530.
Commissioners, 60.
Committee of Correspondence, 109; letters of clerk of, 11I-II4; mem- bers of, IIO.
Committee of Inspection, 155.
Committee of Safety, 155.
Committee to look into sale of Indian lands at Muttock appointed, 356; report of, 358-359.
Compromise of 1850, 168.
Comstock, Dr. William W., life of, 243; portrait of, 243.
Conant, Rev. Sylvanus, 313, 350, 459; autograph of, 314; death of, 575; house of, 315; inscription on grave- stone of, 316; life of, 314, 315; min- istry of, 447-449.
Confectionery, 198. Confiscation of Indian arms, 547.
Congregational churches: Central, 467- 469, picture of, 468; First, see First. Church; Halifax, 462; Independent, 467; Lakeville, 460-462; North Ro- chester, 466; Separatist, 467; Titicut, 462-466, pictures of, 415, 466.
Conlin, Rev. , 493.
Connecticut, 89, 136.
Constables of town from 1669, 517, 518, 546, 549.
Constitutional Conventions, members of, 542.
Continental Congress, 114, 221, 223; act of, 196, 223.
Continental money, depreciation of, 464. Cook, Francis, 551, 585, 593, 596; life of, 587.
Cookies, 217.
Coombs, Combe, or Combs, Francis, 34, 35, 39, 76, 287, 306, 517, 518, 545, 549, 551, 552, 564, 621, 622, 628; life of, 38-40.
Coombs, Rev. Henry C., 474, 480; life of, 281; portrait of, 281.
Coombs, Rev. Isaac W., 474.
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Coombs, James M., 267. Coombs, Mrs. Mary, 39.
Coombs, Rev. Simeon, 253; ministry of, 476-477. Coombs Tavern, 39. Copeland, Dr. George W., 300.
Copeland, Marcus M., 268.
Corbitant, attack upon Squanto and Hobomok, 24; chief of Pocassets, 24. Core Creek, 172.
Corn, xxi, 26, 31, 89, 501, 556; how planted by Indians, 4; used for bal- lots in voting, 31; legend of, 3-4. Corn gardens, 3.
Cotley, Shute, and Littleworth farm, 28. Cotton, Rev. John, 18, 354, 462. Cotton-batting mills, 430. Cotton-gin, 206. Cotton mills, xxi, 430.
County commissioners, established 1828, 543; list of, 543. County courts, clerk of, 542.
Court End, 272, 278.
Court of Assistants, 557.
Court of Insolvency, Register of, 542. Court of Probate and Insolvency, Re- gister of, 542.
Court of Sessions, judge of, 543.
Covington, Thomas, 250, 388.
Crafts, Rev. Thomas, ministry of, 461. Cranberry bogs at Rocky Meadow, 335. Crandon, Benjamin, 267. Crandon, Rev. Philip, 487, 489. Cranes, 208. "Crater, battle of the," 189. Cressey, Rev. - , 492.
Crocheting, 215. Crocker, Rev. E. R., 490.
Crossman, Alpha, 378.
Crowe, or Crow, William, 54, 60, 553, 629. Crown Point, 99, 115. Crows, 567.
Cudworth house, history of, 436, 437; picture of, 436. Culver, Rev. David, 487. Cummings, Dr. C. S., 241. Cups, description of, 209.
Currency, issued during the Revolu- tion, 221, 222, 223; depreciation of, 222, 223, 464, 577; value of Continen- tal, 224; votes relating to, 577-579. Cushing, Matthew H., 300, 301.
Cushing, Rev. Perez Lincoln, 263.
Cushman, Mr., 564. Cushman, Adoniram J., 468.
Cushman, Mrs. Ann S., 469.
Cushman, Rev. Bartlett, 486.
Cushman, Clarence L., 271.
Cushman, Elkanah, 622; life of, 623.
Cushman, Herbert L., 271.
Cushman, Hercules, 227, 254, 457, 542; life of, 232, 233.
Cushman, Isaac, 622; life of, 623; autograph of, 623.
Cushman, Senior Major Jacob, 205. Cushman, Capt. Joseph, 162.
Cushman, Elder Thomas, 304, 551, 603, 616, 629; life of, 604-605. Cushman, Zenas, 457.
Daland, Rev. George, 480.
Dams, 35, 288, 305, 359, 360, 378, 407, 408, 433, 499, 501, 568, 580.
Dancing, attitude towards, in 18th cen- tury, 217.
Danforth, Rev. Samuel, 18.
Danson, or Dawson, George, 34, 386, 622; life of, 40; manner of death of, 57, 75.
Danson Brook, 40, 75, 386; view of, 79.
Darling, Ens. Benjamin, 118.
Darling, Corp. Thomas, 198.
Darling, Thomas, 388.
Dartmouth, 80, 428, 547, 549, 550.
Dartmouth Path, description of the, 504.
David, Stephen, conveyance of land to Titicut Parish, 20.
Davis, Corp. Nehemiah D., 182.
Davis, Rev. William F., 488.
DeNormandie, Rev. C. Y., 490.
Dean, Corp. Alexis C., 184.
Dean, John, 28.
Dean, Steven, 596, 598.
Dean, W. H., 297.
Dean, Walter, 28.
Deane, Benjamin, 461.
Deane, Corp. David W., 189.
Deane, Steven, 552.
Declaration of Independence, signing of, 124.
Dedham Plain, 550.
Deeds, early, 311, 312, 400; rights reserved to take ore, 307.
Deeds, Indian, 357-358, 399, 584-585, 595-596, 600-601, 602-603, 608, 609-610, 611-612, 614-616, 619-621. Delano, or Dillino, Philip, 563, 585, 594, 596, 616, 621; life of, 587. Delano, Thomas, 225, 621; life of, 623.
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Delaware River, 125. Democrats, 160.
Dentistry, early methods of, 238.
Deputies to General Court, none sent, 1671, 546; 1673, 547; 1675, 549; 1682, 555.
Deputies to Plymouth Colony Court, 533-534; duties, expenses, and choice of, 533; duties enlarged, 533; list of, 533-534. Dermer, Capt. Thomas, 21. Detroit, surrender of, 157.
Diaries of, Abner Barrows, 95-98; Mr. - Bennett, 466; Peter Oliver, Jr., 148-150; Miss Rebecca Scollay, 272. Dickey, Rev. R. B., ministry of, 480. Dickinson, Rev. William C., 469.
Dike, Col. Nicholas, 123.
Dilley, Miss Anna, 247.
Dining-room, 210.
Dishes, used by early settlers, 30-32; used in 18th century, 209.
District schools, 248; _ description of, 247-249.
Doane, George E., 300, 301.
Dodd, Rev. Stephen G., 469.
Doggett, or Doged, John, 225, 563, 594; life of, 153-154.
Doggett, Samuel, 594.
Doggett, Simeon, 430, 497; life of, 153; picture of house of, 153.
Doggett, Rev. Simeon, 153.
Doggett, Rev. Thomas, 153.
Doggett, Thomas, 621; autograph of, 623; life of, 623-624.
Doggett, William E., 153, 378.
Doggett House, picture of, 153.
Done, Daniel, 626, 627. Dorchester, 268.
Dorrance, E. B., 275.
Dotey, Edward, 604; life of, 587.
Dotey, Thomas, 585; life of, 587.
Drake, Dr. Ebenezer W., life of, 242; portrait of, 242.
Drake, Rev. Ellis R., 469.
Drake Cemetery, 637. Dred Scott Decision, 168.
Dress, of early settlers, 218-219; of 18th century, 215, 216, 218-221, 367, 375. Drew, Major Benjamin, Jr., 204, 267. Drew, Elizabeth, 462.
Drew, John, Jr., 462. Drew, Sarah, 462. Drewry's Bluff, 184, 187.
Driggs, Capt. Leonard, 382. Drummond, Gov., letter from Isaac Winslow to, 435.
Drums, 197, 571.
Drunkenness, how regarded, 319; law passed in regard to, 319.
Dudley, Gov., II. Dunbar, Daniel, life of, 146.
Dunbar, Jesse, life of, 146-147.
Dunham, Calvin, work of, 216.
Dunham, or Donham, John or Jona- than, 34, 517, 518, 547, 549, 551, 563, 564, 601, 612, 616, 621; life of, 4I.
Dunham, or Donham, John or Jona- than, Jr., 548, 604, 612; life of, 41-42. Dunham, Joseph, life of, 601.
Dunham, Josiah, 392.
Dunham, Mrs. Mary, 469.
Dunham, Samuel, 604; life of, 605.
Dunham Pond, 419.
Dunlap, Timothy L., 288.
Durfee, Nathan, 510.
Dutch ovens, 209.
Duxbury, 8, 146, 159, 582, 601, 613.
Dwellings, enclosure of, 194; protec- tion against fire of, 194.
Dwight, President Timothy, tables of longevity, xxii-xxiii.
Dyer, Rev. Nathan Tirrell, 459.
Early purchases from the Indians, 548, 582-630; boundary lines how marked, 583; date of first, 583; Eight Men's Purchase, 626, 627; fairness of pil- grims in, 582; Great Men's Purchase, 602; Little Lotmen's Purchase, 602- 608; Major or Five Men's Purchase, 600-602; map of, 582; Middleboro, purchase of, 583; minor purchases, 627-630; old oak tree, 583, 584, pic- ture of, 583; Purchade Purchase, 594-600; Sixteen Shilling Purchase, 618-626; South Purchase, 613-618; Twelve Men's Purchase, 610-613; Twenty-six Men's Purchase, 584-594; Wood's Purchase, 608-610.
Early settlers, 1, 2, 15, 21, 28, 29; be- fore King Philip's War, 29-67; char- acter of, xxi; first, 54; from Plymouth, xx-xxi; hardships of; 32, 33; lists of, 34, 35; lives of, 35-67; religion of, 439- East Freetown, 467.
East Middleboro, 267, 270. East Middleboro post-office, 270, 348. Eastern Bay State Regiment, 185.
Eaton, Amos H., 263.
Eaton, Andrew M., 515. Eaton, Benjamin, life of, 601. Eaton, Francis, 394.
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Eaton, Lieut .- Col. Oliver, 205; life of, 413; portrait of, 413.
Eaton, Samuel, 34, 35, 225, 517, 560, 564, 621; life of, 42-43.
Eaton, Corp. Samuel, 198.
Eaton, Solomon, 413; portrait of, 412.
Eaton, Solomon K., 413, 498.
Eaton, Rev. William, 317; ministry of, 456-457.
Eaton, Williams, 412.
Eaton Cemetery, 637.
Eaton Family School, 263.
Eaton's Inn, S., 268, 412, 413.
Ecclesiastical history, 439-494.
Eddy, Sergt. Albert, 190.
Eddy, Andros, 343.
Eddy, Anna C., 270.
Eddy, Rev. Clarence, 466.
Eddy, or Edie, Ebenezer, 346, 563.
Eddy, Jabez, petition of, xviii.
Eddy, John, 346; almanacs of, 343; life of, 343-344, 624; printing-office of, 343.
Eddy, Capt. Joshua, 139, 321, 335, 346, 347, 348, 376, 388, 496, 497, 575; life of, 344-346; portrait of, 344.
Eddy, Joshua M., 270, 347, 349. Eddy, Morton, 346.
Eddy, Nathaniel, 270, 346, 348, 349. Eddy, Eddie, Edy, or Eedey, Obadiah, 34, 35, 343, 518, 549, 560, 563, 594; life of, 44.
Eddy, Eady, Eddie, or Edey, Samuel, 344, 347, 359, 448, 552, 563, 585, 594, 596, 624; autograph of, 343; life of wife of, 342; life of, 342-343, 587- 588; residence of, 347.
Eddy, Sergt. Samuel, 198.
Eddy, Samuel, Jr., 343, 347; life of, 347.
Eddy, Seth, 575.
Eddy, W. Osgood, 299.
Eddy, William C., 344, 349.
Eddy, William S., 346, 348, 349; por- trait of, 349.
Eddy, Eddie, Edey, or Edie, Zachariah,
34, 54, 147, 227, 254, 315, 321, 343, 346, 551, 563, 616, 622, 635; letter from, 404-405; life of, 43, 230-232; office of, 347; portrait of, 232; resi- dence of, 346.
Eddy's furnace, description of, 348- 349.
Eddyville, 247, 270, 342-348. Edson, Abiezer, 464. Edson, Capt. Charles F., 180. Edson, Capt. Josiah, Jr., 574.
Education, 245-263; methods of early settlers, 32.
Edwards, Rev. Henry L., 466.
Eight Men's Purchase, 626-627, 628; description of, 626; proprietors of, 627; vote in regard to, 626.
Elder's Pond, 419, 422; description of, 429.
Eldridge, Dr. Benjamin, 244.
Electric light plants, 290.
Eliot, Rev. John, labors of, 16, 17, 19.
Ellis, Dr. George L., 244, 296.
Ellis, Joel, 571.
Ellis, Col. Southworth, 457.
Ellis, Thomas, II4.
Ellis, Capt. William, 347.
Ellis, William, 562, 563.
Elmes, Ens. Ignatious, 94.
Emery, Rev. Samuel Hopkins, 405, 466, 470.
England, 146, 148, 154, 155, 195, 212, 320.
Episcopal Church, 492; picture of, 492.
Essay and Literary Journal, 267.
Everett, Rev. Thomas J., 488.
Ewer Cemetery, 636.
Ewer, Rev. Ebenezer, 487.
Fairbanks, Rev. George G., 485.
Fair Haven, 135, 160, 161.
Fair Oaks, 177.
Fall Brook, 303, 305,. 308, 460, 637; business at, xxi.
Fall Brook Furnace, 305.
Fallowell, or Followell, Gabriel, 564, 603, 616, 622; life of, 605.
Farm implements, 206-207.
Farnsworth, Rev. B. F., 254.
Farragut, Admiral, 170, 174.
Farwell, Frank S., 288.
Faunce, Joseph, 594.
Faunce, or Fance, Thomas, 563, 594; life of, 612-613.
Fay, Lucien D., 258.
Fearing, Senior Major Israel, 128; letter of, 129-130.
Feather-beds, 21I.
Felix, 420, 427, 568, 630.
Felix, Thomas, pastor of Indian church, 20.
Fidelity, oath of, 33; list of men, 560. Fifes, 197.
Fines, relating to, blackbirds' and crows' heads, 567; church, not attend- ing, 59; herring privileges, 501, 502; highways, repairing, 506; Indian lands, 582; sabbath-breaking, 40, 342;
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town meetings, not attending, 496,
519, 555; war, refusing togo to, 89, 350. Finney, Corp. Albert F., 188.
Finney, Ebenezer, 446.
Finney, Ens. Nelson, 92.
Finney, Robert, 545.
Fire district, 513-516; bounds of pre- sent, 516; incorporation of, 515; or- ganization and officers of, 514, 515. Fire engines, apparatus, 515; first, 514. Firearms, 193, 194, 195, 196.
Fire-frames, manufacture of, 407.
Fireplaces, 208, 397.
Fires, early methods of fighting, 514; military companies to assist at, 513; protection against, 194, 513.
First Baptist Church (Titicut), 469- 474; pictures of, 470, 473.
First Brigade, 173, 176, 179, 184, 185, 189.
First Cadet Corps, 196.
First Church, xxii, 18, 34, 35, 139, 197, 220, 379, 439, 460, 462, 467, 468, 477, 544, 592; first meeting-house, 441, 445; original parish of, 309; picture of pulpit, 456; pictures of, 311, 457; polity of, 442, 443, present meeting- house, 312, 456, 457; records of, 441- 442; second meeting-house, 311, 445- 446, 449; third meeting-house, 450- 454; used as town house, 495-496.
First Provincial Congress of Mass., 543.
Fisher, Rev. Ward, 480.
Fisheries, herring, 498-503.
Fitch, Lieut. J. Arthur, 187, 188. Fitz, Harvey, 254.
Fitz, Rev. Hervey, life and ministry of, 484; portrait of, 484.
Fitz-John Porter's Division, 184.
Five Men's Purchase. See Major's or Five Men's Purchase.
Flags, 571. Flails, 207, 216.
Flax, preparation and use of, 212-213. Flaxseed, 213.
Fleeces, preparation of, in 18th century, 214.
Flintlock muskets, 195. Flints, 196.
Fobes, Mr., 464.
Fobes, Abigail, 463.
Fobes, Abigail, Jr., 463.
Fobes, Esther, 463. Fobes, Joshua, 20. Food of early settlers, 30-32.
Foot companies, 195. Forbes, Rev. Dr., 228.
Forbes, Rev. Isaac B., 489. Forges, 288, 417, 433, 437. Forks, 209.
Fort Bisland, 173.
Fort Donelson, 170.
Fort Duquesne, defeat and recapture of, 92.
Fort Edwards, 99.
Fort Harrison, 187.
Fort Henry, 98, 170.
Fort Sumter, 168.
Fort Totten, 172.
Fort Wagner, 187.
Fort Warren, 176, 178, 185.
Fort William Henry, 95.
Fortress Monroe, 171.
Forts, 593; abandonment of, 78; burn- ing of, 80; description of, 74, 277; location of, 74; men in, 34, 593-594. Foshay, Rev. J. H., 485.
Foster, General, 184.
Foster, Mr., 247.
Foster, Capt. Richard B., 201.
Foundries, 360; at Titicut, 407.
Four Corners, xxi, xxii, 13, 103, 252, 254, 267, 272-302, 380, 390, 411, 429, 430, 467; view of, in 1832, xx; views of, 297, 300; views of, in 1850, 298; views of, at present time, 299.
Four Mile line, 462.
Fourth Baptist Church (Lakeville), United Brethren, 426, 427, 480-482; called Pond Church, 480; organ- ization of church of United Brethren, 48T.
Fourth Plymouth District Court, 540- 541; clerk of, 541; establishment and jurisdiction of, 540; justice of, 540- 54I.
France, 336-339.
France (in Europe), 336.
Franklin, Colonel, 176.
Franklin, Benjamin, 217, 321, 322, 376.
Franklin stove, 217.
Fraternal organizations, 631-633.
Fredericksburg, 178, 185, 187.
Freeman, Capt. Morton, 202.
Freemen of town, 33, 533, 553; lists of, 34, 517, 546, 560. Freetown, xx, 130, 145, 428, 580.
Free-Will Baptist Church (Lakeville), 475. French, 193, 336.
French and Indian Wars, 88-99; diary concerning, 95-98; place of enlist- ment, 320; soldiers in, 90-93, 94-95, 99; tax for, 89.
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French neutrals, 99-100; bills for their support, 100; number in Middleboro, 99, 100. Fryer, Dr. Winsor F., 244.
Fugitive Slave Law, 168.
Fuller, Lieut., 594.
Fuller, Ebenezer, 462.
Fuller, Elizabeth, 462
Fuller, Hannah, 462.
Fuller, Isaac, 50, 563.
Fuller, Dr. Isaac, 354, 446; life of, 238- 239.
Fuller, Major Isaac, 205.
Fuller, Capt. John, 373.
Fuller, John, 462, 560, 563.
Fuller, Capt. and Lieut. Matthew, 552, 564, 585, 596, 616, 622; life of, 588. Fuller, Rev. Samuel, 32, 34, 35, 44, 76,
220, 495, 496, 551, 552, 585, 588, 593, 596, 621, 634; autograph of, 309; call to Middleboro, 440-441; grave- stone of, 637; inscription on grave- stone of, 310; life of, 309-310; min- istry of, 443.
Fuller, Seth, 410. Fuller, Mrs. Seth, 466.
Fulling-mills, xxi, 407.
Funeral customs of the 18th century, 220. Furnace, the, 348.
Furnaces, blast, xxi, 209, 298, 305, 339, 360, 378, 412; picture of site of old Fall Brook, 305.
Gage, Gen., 109. Gaines's Mills, 179.
Gainesville, 187. Gammon, Sergt. George N., 185. Gammons, Alanson, 486.
Gammons, E. H., 270.
Gammons, Rev. John G., 489.
Gammons, Rev. Roland, 487.
Gammons Cemetery, 637.
Gardner, Sir Christopher, life of, 26, 27. Garrison houses, 277, 328, 431; de- scription of, 58, 277.
Gay, Corp. Erastus E., 175.
. General Assembly, 570.
General Court Acts relating to, arms, Indian, 547; arms, providing, 554, 560; boundaries of town, 549, 553, 557-558; churches, organization of, 439; Coombs, Francis, 40; dan- cing, 42, 43; drunkenness, 319; flax and linen, 213; French and Indian Wars, 88; guns, carrying to church, 75; highways, 506, 508, 509; houses
remote from public worship, 550; incorporation of town, 546, 557-558; Indian lands, 356, 358, 548, 582, 630; Indian reservation, guarding of, 400; Indians, men for expedition against, 547; land at Assawampsett Pond, 630; land purchases, 548, 628, 630; lands, disposition of, etc., Thomas Cushman et als., 629; Little Lotmen's Purchase, 545, 603, 604; lottery for rebuilding Titicut Bridge, 408-409; Major's Purchase, 548, 601; military companies, 194; minis- try, support of, 552; Old and New Lights, 448; ordinaries, 60; Purchade Purchase, 594-596; Ransome, Lem- uel, 155; rebuilding town, 58; re- settling town, 549, 550; Revolution, expenses of, 130-131; Sassamon, John, 420; schools, 245; selectmen, 519; town clerks, 530; town deputies, 533; town treasurers, 531; Twelve Men's Purchase, 612; Twenty-six Men's Purchase, 584; Vaughan, George, 60; woolen and silk gar- ments, 218.
General Court of the Province of Mass. Bay in New England, representatives to, 534-538.
George III, 106, 145, 322.
Georgia, 170.
Germantown, battle of, 125.
Gettysburg, battle of, 170, 177, 178, 180, 185.
Ghent, 167.
Gibbs, or Guibs, John, 561, 563.
Gilbert, John, Sr., 28.
Gill, Rev. Jason, 487.
Gilman, Dr., 244.
Gingerbread, 217; sugar, 198.
Goddard, Mrs. Almira, 469.
Godfrey, Rufus, 268.
Goldsboro, 184.
Goodwin, Mrs., 410, 413.
Goodwin, Charles, 410.
Goodwin, Gen. Nathaniel, 159, 165.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinand, expedition of, 2I.
Gorum, John, 547. Gosport Navy Yard, 171, 178.
Gould, Linus A., 258.
Grand Army of the Republic, 192; his- tory of, 631-632.
Grand Inquest, members of, 549.
Grand Jury, action of, for not employ- ing a schoolmaster, 246.
Grant, Rev. George A., 488.
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Grant, Rev. Henry M., 469. Grant, Gen. U. S., 171, 180. Gravestones, 220.
Gray, Edward, 47, 54, 67, 551, 564, 585, 593, 596, 602, 603, 610, 612, 616, 621, 629; life of, 588-589.
Great Awakening, the, 446, 462, 463.
Great Britain, 157, 158, 167.
Great Cedar Swamp, 386.
Great Court at Boston, 564.
Great Men's Purchase, 602; date of, 602; description of, 602; disposition by court and purchasers of, 602.
Great Quittacus Pond, 263, 303, 339, 419; description of, 429.
Green, the, 309-328, 346, 381, 634; par- ish set off, xviii.
Green, Dr. Charles, 257.
Green, William, 556.
Gridirons, 209. Grinnell, Charles E., 380.
Grist-mills, xxi, 289, 290, 305, 306, 378, 390, 407. Grover's Brigade, 178.
Gun shops, 407.
Guns, 75, 212; description of, used in 1675, 76-77; permission to carry, 556. Gurnet, 159.
Gurney, Rev. David, autograph of, 465; house of, 406; life of, 406; min- istry of, 465.
Gye, George, 155-156.
Hackett, John, 460.
Halberds, 195, 571; picture of, 58.
Hale, Rev. William Bayard, 492.
Halifax, xvii, 8, 55, 59, 145, 343, 35I- 354, 490; church at, history of, 462; date of incorporation of, 462.
Hall, Dr. Edward I., 244.
Hall, Rev. Silas, 474; ministry of, 472, 473. .
Hallowell, Gabriel, 551. Hamilton Crossing, 187.
Hammer shops, 391. Hammond, George A., 297. Hanaford, Rev. Howard Alcott, 459.
Hancock, Gen., 177.
Hancock, John, 114, 155.
Hand Rock, description of, 77; pic- ture of, 77.
Hand-looms, 214, 308; picture of, 214. Hanover Court House, 179.
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