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City Officials (see Public Officials).
Civil List (see Public Officials), County Offices, and Courts and Lawyers).
Civil War (see Military History).
Claydon, Barnaby, and Richard, pioneer wheelwrights, 34.
Cleaves, Rev. Francis Ellicott, 126.
Clerk of Courts, 47, 48.
Clerk of Writs, 44.
Cliftondale, 53, 54-58.
Cobbett, Thomas, 26.
Conant, Roger, at Cape Anne, 19, 20, 326.
Congressmen succession of, 901-02.
Converse, Edward, of Charlestown Col- ony, 34.
Cottle, Edward, Merrimac pioneer, 313. County Offices, (see also Courts and
Lawyers)-Civil List, 46, 48, 51, 52; clerk of courts, 47; office of county commissioner created, 46, 52; commis- sioners, 46; treasurers, 48, 51; sher- iffs, 47, 51; trial justices, 52.
County of Essex (see Essex County). Courts and Lawyers-Court of Assist- ants, 40; Quarter Courts, 41, 43; Strangers' Courts, 43; first General Court, 45; first Chief Justice, 45; Courts of Justices of the Peace, 45; courts of 1692, 45; County Courts, 45; Court of Insolvency, 47; office Judge of Probate, created, 47; first Essex County courthouse, 49; later court- houses, 49, 50: civil list (1921). 51, 52; history of judicature, 825-66; bases of system, 825-28; first General Courts, 828-29; Court of Assistants, 830; Quarter Courts, 830-31; first magis-
trate, 831; first case in Salem, 831; in Ipswich, 831; original County Courts, 833; first Judge of Probate, 833; first Registry of Deeds, 834; Strangers' Court, 835; Superior Court, 837; witch- craft trials, 837-38; Court of Gen. Sessions, 838; of Common Pleas, 838- 39; first County Commissioners, 840; succession of judges, 841-42; of regis- ters of probate, 842; marshals and sheriffs, 843; clerks of court, 843; registers of deeds, 843-44; Probate Courts, 844; attorney-generals, 845; district attorneys, 845; earliest Bar, 850; Bar Associations, 850-62; present Civil List, 862; first court-house, 862; resumé of growth of judicature, 863- 66.
Craddock, Governor Matthew, 29, 828. Cushman, Robert, of Plymouth Colony, 14, 16.
Custom House, for Salem, Beverly, Marblehead, and Lynn, 331.
Dady, William, butcher, of Charlestown Colony, 34.
Danvers, Port of, 209.
Danvers State Hospital for Insane, 52. Danvers, Town of-Incorporated, 42;
property valuation, 52; polls, 52; Gov- ernor John Endicott, 194; general his- tory, 194-210; act of incorporation, 195-96; slavery, 196-97; anti-slavery vote, 197; centennial, 197; town rec- ords, 197; town officials, 197-98; popu- lation, 198; fraternal orders, 198; in- dustries, 198; church records, 198; His- torical Society, 198; churches, 199-209; first experiments with steamboats, 209; banks, 604-05; schools, 645-55; physi- cians, 693-94; military history, 765-67; agriculture, 867; lodges, 871-80.
Danversport, 209.
Davenport, Mr., came with John Endi- cott, 25.
Dermer, Capt. Thomas, early voyageur, 13. Dixey, William, early planter, 22, 34, 381, 383. Dodge, Rev. John Henry, of Wenham, 126.
Dodge, William, husbandman, of Salem Plantation, 34.
Dorchester Company, 15, 16. Dudley, Governor, 23.
Early Explorers, 10.
Early Mills-Amesbury, 170; Andover, 150; Boxford, 188-89; Town of Essex, 234; Georgetown, 250-51; Manchester, 137; Newburyport, 543; North An- dover, 309; Rowley, 93; Saugus, 55. Early Settlers-In Amesbury, 169, 170; Andover, 148; Beverly, 280; Town of Essex, 232-33; Georgetown, 243, 250; Gloucester, 567-68; Groveland, 284; Hamilton, 224-25; Haverhill, 451; Ips- wich, 66, 68-69; Lawrence, 492-93; Lynn, 381, 386; Lynnfield, 210; Mass.
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Bay Colony, 28-32; Manchester, 131-
32, 137; Marblehead, 99; Merrimac, 313-14; Methuen, 318-19; Middleton,
190-91; Nahant, 298, 300; Newbury, 86-87; Newburyport, 539; North An- dover, 148, 308; Peabody, 553-54; Rockport, 271; Rowley, 92; Salem, 20, 33-40, 325; Salisbury, 115; Saugus, 53, 54; Swampscott, 287-88; Topsfield, 161; Wenham, 121-22; West Newbury, 228-30.
Earthquake, first in Colony, 389, 395. East Saugus, 53.
Educational Interests (see Schools).
Eedes, William, early planter, 35.
Elizabethtown Banking Company, 904.
Endicott Company, the, 24.
Endicott, John, governor, 20, 23, 24, 25- 28, 194, 825, 828.
Enon (see also Wenham), 42, 121.
Essex County-Geography and geology, 1; early explorers, 10; organization, 40; boundaries, 43; office of treasurer created, 44; incorporation, 51; shire towns, 51; valuation of property, 52; polls, 52; civil list, 51-52; agricultural school, 52; training school at Law- rence, 498; military history, 763-823; agriculture, 867-70; lodges, 871-80; Congressmen, 901-02; population, 902; presidential vote, 903.
Essex County Agricultural School, 52.
Essex County Agricultural Society, 869- 70.
Essex County Natural History Society, 330.
Essex Historical Society, 330.
Essex Institute, 330.
Essex, Town of-Incorporation, 42; val- uation, 52; polls, 52; general history, 232-241; military and legislative rec- ord, 232; first settlers, 232-33; early in- dustries, 233-34; first mills, 234; pio- neer printing office, 235; first news- paper, 235; population, 236-37; first town meeting, 237; town officials, 237; public library, 237; assessed valuation, 237; post-offices, 238; first railway, 238; histories of churches, 237-41; of schools, 656; of medicine, 702; lodges, 871-80.
Ewstead, Richard, wheelwright at Salem Colony, 35.
Fairfield, Dr. Josiah, 126.
Fairfield, Hon. William, 126.
Farr, George, shipwright at Salem Plan- tation, 35.
Federal Departments (see Customs Houses, also Post-Offices).
First Happenings-First ruling elder of church at Salem, 35; first church in Mass. Bay Colony, 36; first incorpor- ated towns, 42; first General Court, 45; first Chief Justice, 45; first county officers, 46-48; first prison in colony, 48; pioneer jailkeeper, 49; first courts, 49; first ironworks in New England,
55, 393; first manufacture of choco- late, 56; first steamer on Merrimac River, 172; first wagon train to North- west, 195; first steamboat to enter Boston Harbor, 301; first kettle made in America, 393; first fire engine, 393, 395; first mint, 395; first foreign mis- sionary society formed in America, 471; first Universalist minister in Am- erica, 583; first railway charter, 626; first railway, 626; first bounty paid to soldiers, 763; first court cases, 831; first court house, 862.
First Mills (see Early Mills).
First Settlers (see Early Settlers).
Fisheries, of New England, 138-139.
Fishing Industry, Gloucester, 572.
Fiske, Rev. Moses, of Wenham, 126.
Fiske, Rev. Phineas, early tutor at Yale, 126.
Foot, Samuel, early settler at Merrimac, 313.
Foreign Trade, 332.
Fort Augustus Gardner, at Nahant, 305- 06.
Fort Lee, Salem, 341-42.
Founders (see Early Settlers).
Fraternal Orders, 318, 871-80.
French-Indian War, 764 (see also City and Town chapters).
Fuller, Dr. Samuel, pioneer physician at Plymouth, 26.
Gardner, Dr. Frank A., 10.
Gardner, Thomas, planter at Cape Ann, 15, 21.
Garrett, Hugh, of Charlestown Colony, 35.
Gedney, Bartholomew, first Judge of Probate, 833.
General Electric Co.'s plant, Lynn, 422- 23.
Georgetown, as New Rowley, 280.
Georgetown-Incorporated, 42; valua- tion, 52; polls, 52; set off as town, 67; general history, 241-70; settlement, 242-43; attack by Indians, 244-45; In- dian relics, 245; early roads, 245-46; first dwelling house, 246; other historic houses, 246-47; first post-office, 249; separated from Rowley, 249; Women's Club, 249; first settlers, 250; early mills, 250-51; pioneer industries, 251- 56; later industrial history, 254-62; professions, 262; early taverns, 263; street railways, 264-65; town records, 265; postmasters, 265; first town meet- ing, 265; town officers, 265-66; town valuation and population, 266; churches, 266-71; banking institutions, 620; school history, 677-81; physicians of, 704; military history, 797-801; lodges, 871-80.
Geography and geology of Essex county, 1; glacial tills, 6; glacial erratics, 9. Gloucester-Incorporated, 42, 568, 574; custom house, 331, 574-78; first set- tled, 567; general history, 567-94; pio-
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neers, 567; early residents, 568; popu- lation, 569; Rockport set off from, 569; city charter secured, 569, 574; mayors, 569; city officials, 569; Tyrian Lodge of Masons, 570; Universalist church, 570; ter-centennary, 570; shipping (1920), 570; library, 570; Chamber of Commerce, 571; some leading com- panies, 572; fishing industry, 572; val- uation of, 574; first schoolhouse, 574; town halls, 574; first railways, 574; post-offices, 578-80; lighthouse sta- tions, 580-81; centenarians, 581; ship- building, 581-82; origin of name "Schooner", 582; first stage route to Boston, 582; first railway, 582; quar- ries, 583; points of historic interest, 583; first schoolmaster and town clerk in, 583; congressmen, 584-85; church history, 585-93; Y. M. C. A., 593; Sal- vation Army, 593; school history, 681- 88; physicians, 708; newspapers, 751- 55; military history, 773-75; lodges, 871-80.
Goffe, Thomas, deputy governor, 35, 828. Gosnold, Capt. Bartholomew, named Cape Cod, 11.
Graves, Thomas, engineer at Salem Colony, 35.
Greeley, Lt. Adolphus Washington, Arc- tic explorer, native of Newburyport, 546.
Groveland-Incorporated, 42; valuation and polls, 52; set off as town of, 67, 279; general history, 283-86; first town meeting, 284; town officers, 284; in- dustries, 284; population, 285; churches, 285-86; town officers (1921), 286; valuation, 286; banks, 618; schools, 665; military history, 808-09; lodges, 871-80.
Hamilton, Town of-Incorporated, 42; valuation and polls, 52; voters, 67; general history, 224-27; schools, 664; physicians, 709; military history, 812- 13; lodges, 871-80.
Hammersmith, Village of, 56.
Hanscombe, Thomas, of Salem Colony, 35.
Harvard College, 100.
Haughton, Henry, first ruling elder, Sa- lem, 35.
Haverhill-Town incorporated, 42; prop- erty, 52; polls, 52; Bradford annexed, 281-82; Methuen formed, 319; general history, 451-90; Haverhill sixth planta- tion established, 451; earliest records, 451; agreement with Indians, 452; first winter severe, 452; church organized, first minister, 452; incorporation of (1645), 453; first meeting house, 453; first clerk of the writs and town re- corder, 453; first birth and death, 453; first marriage, 453; first selectmen, 453; pioneer brickmaker, 453; first black- smith, 453; first ferry, 453; first burial ground, 453; first school, 453; first
teacher, 453; King Philip's War, 454 ;- trouble with Indians, 454; attack and' massacre, 454-56; another attack (1708), 456-57; Elisha Davis's ruse, 457; township survey (1666), 458; new town Methuen set off from, 458; state border dispute, 458; second meet -. ing house built, 459; later churches, 459, 488-90; early shipbuilding, 459; participation in Revolutionary War,, 459-60; visit of President Washington to, 460-61; pioneer shoemakers of,, 461; later expansion of shoe industry, 461; first fire club organized, 461; first bridge built, 461; John Quincy Adams lived in, 462, 463; first temperance movement in, 462; some church his- tory, 462; Anti-Slavery movement, 463; first railway, 464; town hall built, .. 464; hall burnt, 464; Civil War period in, 464-67; city charter granted, 467; first mayor, 467; library, 468; the parks of, 468; Bradford annexed, 469; historical review of Bradford, 469-71; Bradford Academy, 471-72; Historical Society, 472; disastrous fires, 473; 250th anniversary of, 473; Old Home. Week, 474; 275th anniversary of, 474; congressmen from, 474; charter am- ended, 475; mayoral succession, 467 -- 77; waterworks history, 477-79; Span- ish War, 479; World War, 479-80 ;- population (1920), 480; municipal de- partments, 480; hospitals, 480; library, 480; shoe industry, 481-84; industrial statistics, 482; post-office records, 484; meteorology, 485; population, 485; assessed value, 485; trade bodies of, 485; library, 486; city charters, 486- 87; city officials (1921), 487; taxation, 487; Fire Department, 487-88; water- works, 488; churches, 488-90; banks of, 620-23; schools of, 666-67; physicians of, 705-18; newspapers of, 747-48; military history, 777-82; lodges, 871-80 .. Haward Richard, of Salem Plantation,. 35.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, author, Salem resident, 329.
Hewes, David, of Lynnfield, 218.
Higginson, Rev. Francis, pioneer min- ister, 31, 35, 36.
Higginson, John, of Salem Plantation, 35.
Historical Societies (see town and city classifications).
Hood Milk Company's farms in Beverly and Topsfield, 5.
Hoyte, Simon, of original Thirteen of Charlestown, 36.
Humphrey, John, of original Plymouth Company, 23, 290-95, 828.
Indian History (see also city chapters) -Awed by noise of guns, 26; illicit traffic with, 27; compounding with, 27; Chief Masconnomet, 65; Nanepashe- ment, 98; Chickataubat, 375; Monto --
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wampate, 879; some Indian records, 375-81; expedition against Pequot In- dians, 388; Lynn in the Indian Wars, 391; military history, 763, 764.
Industrial Farm, Essex County, Danvers, 51.
Ingalls, Edmund and Francis, 381-82.
Ingersol, Richard, early settler at Salem, 36.
Ipswich-Incorporated, 42; property val- uation, 52; polls, 52; general history, 64-86; Indian records, 64; topography, 65-66; first colony, 66; boundaries, 67; first settlers, 68-69 population, 69; se- lectmen, 70; roads, 70-71; first town house, 71; industries, 71-77; Historical Society, 77-78; first church, 78; library, 78-79; town reports for 1920, 79; Poor Farm history, 79-80; selectmen, 81; re- ligious history, 83-86; Custom House, 331; banks, 605-06; schools of, 667-68; physicians, 711-14; newspapers, 760- 61; military history, 785-91; first courts, 831; lodges, 871-80.
Iron Industry (see also town and city chapters), 56, 251, 304.
Ironworks, Company of Undertakers for, 56, 393.
Isinglass, first manufactured, 274.
Jails, colonial, 48-49.
Jamico (see Merrimac), 313.
Jenks, Joseph, pioneer ironmaster, 393.
Johnson, Isaac, one of founders of col- ony, 383, 828.
Josselyn, John, early colonial writer, 377. Journals (see Newspapers).
Judiciary and Bar (see Courts and Law- yers).
Kemble, Dr. Arthur, veteran surgeon, 126.
Killam, Hon. Daniel, of Wenham, 126.
Kimball, Rev. John, and Edward, of Wenham, 126.
King Philip's War, 102, 136, 149, 280, 763.
Knight, Walter, early planter, 21.
Lawrence, (see also Methuen)-Incor- porated, 42; property valuation and polls, 52; set off from Methuen, 318, 491; general history, 491-538; Indian records, 491; first settlers, 492; South Lawrence, 492; pioneer settlement, 492-93; first sale of land, 493; Amos D. Pillsbury's "state room", his first shoe shop, 493; incorporation, as town, 493; opposition of Methuen, 493; first town officers, 493; last town officers, 494; city charter secured (1853), 494; first city administration, 494; mayoral succession, 494-95; commission form of government adopted, 495; subse- quent municipal records, 495-96; town hall, 496-97; court-houses, 497-98; jail, 498; Essex County Training School, 498; State Armory, 498; Poor Farm and Municipal Hospital, 499;
other hospitals, 499; first post-office, 500; public library, 500; bridges, 500- 02, 504-05; Fire Department records, 502-03; water supply, 503-04; lighting, 504; population, 505; city development, 505-06; the Essex Company, 506-07; Merrimack Dam, 508; North Canal, 508; distinguished visitors, 508; Two Compass Posts, 509; Lafayette's visit, 509; Pemberton Mills, 509-11; collapse of Pemberton Mills, 510-11 tornado, 511-12; Board of Trade, 512-13; park system, 513-15; World War, 515, 534- 35; Textile strike of 1912, 515-17; Pa- cific Mills, 517-23; other mills, 525-26; shoe manufacturing plants of, 526-27; paper mills of, 527; cotton yarn plants of, 528-29; mercantile interests of, 530- 33; church history, 534-38; social ser- vice bodies, 538; banks of, 614-17 ;: schools of, 655-56; physicians of, 720- 26; newspapers of, 755-57; military- history, 821-23; lodges, 871-80.
Leech, Lawrence, of Salem Plantation, 36.
Little Isle, 33.
Lodge, Senator Hy. Cabot, 304-05.
Lodges (Fraternal) in Essex County, 871-80.
London's Plantation, 28.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, poet- life at Nahant, 303; at Lynn, 400.
Lynn-Incorporated, 42; property valua-
tion, 52; polls, 52; in town of Saugus, 53, 194, 302; general history of Lynn, 375-450; Indian records, 376; early white explorers, 380-81; first settlers, 381; Sagamore Hill, 382; first tanner in Mass. Bay Colony, 383; first map and book, 383; settlers of 1630, 384-85; first tavern, 384; a hard year, 1631, 385; attacked by Indians, 386; first church, 386; pioneer minister, 386; first white child, 386; first representa- tive, 386; first shoemaker, 386; settlers. of 1635, 386; town government in op- eration, 387; first wine license, 388; Pequot War, 388-389; first earthquake, 389; first burial, 389; ferry, 390; early roads and trails, 390; in the Revolu- tion, 391-92; in the War of 1812, 392- 93; pioneer ironmaking and mining, 393; other industries, 394; church of- fences, 394; witchcraft, 394; early tav- erns, 395; early churches, 395; first Masonic lodge, 396; Lynn a century ago, 396-98; Church and Municipality separated, 398; bathing beaches, 398; first post office, 398; first railway, 398; stage coach, 399; exodus to California goldfields, 399; city charter, 401; popu- lation, 401; financial statement, 401; mayoral succession, 402; adopts Com- mission form of government, 402; first gas light, 402; library, 402; distin- guished citizens, 404-05; Old Home Week, 405-07; parks and playgrounds, 407-09; post-offices, 409-11; pioneer
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professional men, 412; bridges, 412- 13; Chamber of Commerce, 413-14; early manufactures, 415; shoe man- ufacturing, 415-20; tanning, 421; Gen- eral Electric Company's plant at, 422; trade statistics (1919), 434; fires, 424- 25; the Great Fire, 425-26; water sup- ply, 426; Fire Department records, 427; fire chiefs, 427-28; church history, 427-450; banks of, 599-604; schools of, 632-54; physicians of, 695-701; news- papers of, 744-46; military history, 769-73; lodges, 871-80.
Lynn End (see also Lynnfield), 210, 392. Lynnfield- Incorporated, 42; property and polls, 52; in Saugus township, 53, 194; general history, 210-24; first set off as parish, 210; first church, 211; early settlers, 210; forest fires, 210-11; town valuation, 211; population, 211; snowfall in July, 211; Civil War, 211, 223; first church, 211; other churches, 211-12; town records, 212; assessments (1920), 212; treasurer's report, 212; officials (1921), 212; Indian records, 213; centennial celebration, 213-14; old families of, 217-19; educators of, 219-20; writers of, 219-20; eminent clergy of, 220-21; public utilities of, 221; library, 222; societies of, 222; his- toric taverns, 223; World War, 223- 24; the Lynn End grant, 392; set off as Lynn End, 393; physicians of Lynn- field, 710; military history, 773; lodges, 871-80.
Lynn Historical Society, 391. Lynn Village (see Readnig), 392.
Manchester-Incorporated, 42; property valuation, 52; polls, 52; general his- tory, 129-47; Indian records, 129; com- ing of planters, 131; first settlers, 131- 32; names of places, 132; first book of town records, 132; incorporation, 133; library, 133; public morals, 134; pio- neer conditions, 135-136; first revolt, 137; first store, 137, 142; first tavern, 137; early churches and schoolhouses, 137; early mills, 137; early settlers, 137; fishing industry, 138-39; other in- dustries, 139-41; burial grounds, 141- 42; post-offices, 142-43; church rec- ords, 143-47; banks, 619; physicians, 709; military history, 820-21; lodges, 871-80.
Manning School, at Ipswich, 690.
Map of Southern New England (1631), 383.
Marblehead Academy, 690.
Marblehead-Incorporated, 42; property, 52; polls, 52; general history, 98-114; Indian records, 98-99; settlement, 99; first shipbuilding, 100; incorporation, 100; first officers, 100; town officials, (1921), 100; vital statistics, 101; finan- cial statement, 101; first school, 102; slavery, 102; Revolutionary War, 103; visit of Washington, 103; church rec-
ords, 104; Columbian Society, 104; In- dustries, 104, 106; Press, 104-05, 761; banks, 105, 607-08; first railways, 105; first stage route, 105; fisheries, 105; first labor strike 105-06; Abbot Hall, 106; monuments, 107; the Great Fire, 107-10; U. S. Customs, 110; churches, 111-14; customs house, 331; physicians of, 710; military history, 795-97; lodges, 871-80.
Masconnomet, Chief, 121.
Mason Claims, 22.
Masonic Records (see also town and city chapters), 871-73.
Massachusetts Bay, Colony of, 10, 21; Company of, 28; governor and mem- bers of council, 28; colony reinforced, 31; "Mayflower", 32; first church, 36; courts of justice organized, 40; divid- ed into shires, 41; first prison, 48; charter, 130, 290; first tannery, 287; first tanner, 383; first book written and published, 383.
Massachusetts Bay in New England, Province of, 45, 828, 837.
"Mayflower", the, 32.
Mayoral Succession (see Public Of-
ficials).
Medical Fraternity (see Physicians of County).
Merrimac-Incorporated, 42, 314; valua- tion, 52; polls, 52; general history, 313- 318; colonial families, 313-14; first post-office, 314; first selectmen, 314; library, 314; municipal government, 314-15; churches, 315; industries, 315; carriage-making, 315-16; shoe manu- facturing, 315-16; population, 316; church history, 316-18; fraternal and civic organizations, 318; banks, 620; schools, 674-75; physicians of, 710. Merrimac Academy, 690.
Merrimac Plantation, original grantees, 115.
Merrimac River, first bridge across, 116. Merrimacport, 318.
Methuen (see also City of Lawrence)-
Incorporated, 42; valuation and polls, 52; general history, 318-24; first white man, 318; first settlers, 318-19; town set off from Haverhill, 319; first elec- tion, 319; town officers (1921), 319-20; population, 320; church history, 320- 23; school history, 669; medical his- tory, 714.
Middleton-Incorporated, 42; valuation and polls, 52; set off, 67; general his- tory, 190-94; pioneer settlers, 190-91; iron discovered, 191; first puddling mill, 191; execution of John Willard, 191; first church, 191; first school- master, 191; first town clerk, 192; first selectmen, 192; early town records, 192; slavery, 192-93; auctioning off the poor, 193; industries, 193; post office, 193; population, 193; library, 193-94; church records, 194; civic records, 194; schools of, 668; physicians of, 710.
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Military History (see also City and Town chapters)-Pequot Indian War, 763; first bounty to soldiers, 763; King Philip's War, 763; expedition against Narragansetts, 763; Spanish West In- dies, 763; French-Indian War, 764; Revolutionary War, 764; War of 1812, 764; Civil War, 764-65; Spanish War, 765; World War, 765; War Records- Danvers, 865-67; Salem, 767-69; Lynn, 769-73; Lynnfield, 773; Gloucester, 773-75; Newburyport, 776-77; Haver- hill, 777-82; Nahant, 782-83; Boxford, 783-85; Ipswich, 785-91; Amesbury, 791-95; Marblehead, 795-97; George- town, 797-801; Merrimac, 801; Swamp- scott, 801-02; Methuen, 802-03; Rock- port, 803-04; Rowley, 804-05; Tops- field, 805-06; Wenham, 806-08; Grove- land, 808-09; Andover, 809-12; Hamil- ton, 812-13; North Andover, 813-14; Saugus, 814-15; Beverly, 815-18; Pea- body, 818-20; Manchester, 820-21; Lawrence, 821-23; Salisbury, 823.
Miller, Sydrach, pioneer cooper and cleaver, 36.
Mills, Early, (see Early Mills).
Moody, Wm. H., Justice U. S. Supreme Court, 863.
Morton, and his people, at Merry Mount, Salem Plantation, 27.
Moulton, Robert, chief of pioneer ship- wrights, 36.
Moulton's Point, site of Charlestown Navy Yard, 36.
Municipal Records (see Public Officials).
Nahant-Incorporated, 42, 302; valua- tion, 52, 302; polls, 52; in township of Saugus, 53; general history, 298-307; first landing of the Pilgrims, 298; Thorwold's landing (1004), 299; John Smith, 299; other early explorers, 299; first settlement, 300; first hotel, 301; first steamboat route, 301-02; Nahant in 1852, 302-03; Longfellow's descrip- tion of Nahant, 303; fishing interests, 303; storms, 303; first post-office, 303; postmasters, 303-04; town hall dedi- cated, 304; library, 304; Senator Lodge's home, 304-05; church history, 306; school history, 673-74; physicians of, 705; military history, 782-83; lodges, 871-80.
Narragansett Bay, Thorwald's sojourn in (1004 A. D.), 298-99.
Naumkeag (Salem), 19, 20, 40.
Newbury-Incorporated, 42; valuation, 52; polls, 52; set off, 67; origin of name of, 86; first settlers in, 86-87; first church, 87; first selectmen, 87: first town officers, 87; industries of, 88-89; religious records, 89-91; city officials and financial statement, (1921) 91; population, 92; customs house, 331; schools, 671-72; lodges, 871-80.
Newburyport - Incorporated, 42, 539;
valuation, 52, 545; polls, 52; set off as, 67; general history 539-51; first church, 539; town house erected, 539; petition to set off from Newbury, 539; first moderator, 539; first selectmen, 539; fishing industry, 540; foreign trade, 540; early shipbuilders, 540-41; visit of President Monroe 541-42; first bank, 542; later banking history, 612- 14; toll bridges, 542-43; effect of War of 1812, 543; town revives in thirties, 543; mills established, 543; later mills, 544; coming of railway, 544; city hall built, 544; boundaries expanded, 544; city chartered, 544; mayoral succes- sion, 544-45; population, 545; city debt, 545; post-offices, 545-46; church- es, 546, 551; fraternal orders, 546; boat builders, 546; Greeley, Arctic ex- plorer, born in, 546-47; library, 547; physicians, 709-10; newspapers, 748- 49; military history, 776-77; lodges, 871-80.
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