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Church organized, 57.
Church service, 69, 179.
Church Street, 19, 261.
Cider-presses, 275.
Cigars, 284. Civil War, 301. Clark, William, 53.
Clay Brook, 5. Cleveland, David, 119.
Colburn, Irving, 314.
College graduates, 220.
Conimittee of Correspondence, 88.
Commodities, price of, 3 10. Confession of faith, 58.
Congregational Association of Ministers, 163.
Conner, Charles, 314. Continental Army, 98, 114. Continental currency, 108. Cook, Nathan, 119. County Street, 18, 259.
Covenant, 59. Crane, Abijah, 120.
Cross Street, 19. Crown Point, 83.
Dame School, 204. Dana, Samuel, 49. Daughters of the Revolution, 108. Davis, Rev. Emerson, 65. Day, Ralph, 25, 120. Day's Bridge, 7. Deacons, 60. Deacons First Parish Church, 174. Dean, Luke, 120. Debating society, 278. Dedham's grant of land for Indian settle- ment, 14.
Dedham Street, 18.
Dedication of meeting-house, 34, 147, 176. De Normandie, Rev. Eugene, 173.
Dewing, Elijah, 120.
Dingle Hole Narrows, 7.
District of Dover, 224.
Dorchester Heights, 98, 99, 100.
Dorr, Joseph, 53.
Dover Grange, 277.
Dover Historical Society, 278.
Dover mills, 281.
Dover Street, 19, 261.
Dover Street, Boston, 13.
Dover Temperance Union, 276.
Draft in Civil War, 308.
Draper, Charles, 137.
Draper, James, 23, 120.
Draper, Jesse, 137.
Draper, John, 120.
Draper, Joseph, Jr., 120.
Draper, Josiah, 120.
Draper, Moses, 120.
Draper, Nathaniel, 120.
Drawing in schools, 213.
Droughts, 231.
Dunn, L. Theodore, 314.
Duty on tea, 86.
Dwelling-houses, 2.
East School, 216.
Easter, 182.
Earthquakes, 231.
Eldridge, Rev. Obed, 173.
Ellis, Eleazer, 25, 138.
Ellis, Jesse, 121.
Ellis, John, 121.
Epitaphs, 201.
Evolution of the town, 222.
Fairbanks, Aaron, 121. Fairbanks, Benjamin, 138.
Farm Bridge, 7.
Farm products, 78.
Farm Street, 18, 259.
Farmers, 70.
Farrett, Thomas, 121.
Farrington, Aaron, 121.
Farrington, Ichabod, 121.
Farrington, Israel, Jr., 121.
Farrington, Samuel, 121.
Fauna, 335-
Fearing, George W., 314.
Fearing, Perez F., 304, 3 14.
Federalist, 161.
Feicht, William, 321.
Fenner, Erastus L., 321.
Ferns, 334. Firearms, III.
Fire extinguishers, 238. First district officers, 226. First Parish Library, 178. First sexton, 197.
Fisher, Daniel, Jr., 138.
Fisher, George, 134, 138. Fisher, John, 122.
Fisher, Joseph, 122.
Fisher, Samuel, 122.
Fisher, William, 122. Fisher's Bridge, 8.
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Flora, 324. Flowers, 72. Foot-stoves, 69, 147. Fortification, 11, 24. Foss, Joseph R., 321. Fourth Parish, 2, 20. Franklin, Benjamin, 83. Free schools, 203. French and Indian War, 83, 84. Frost, John F., 321. Fruit, 77. Fuller, Daniel, 122, 134, 138. Fuller, David, 105, 122. Fuller, Henry A., 314. Funeral customs, 200.
Galleries in meeting-house, 36. Gardner, Thomas, 122. Gay, Ebenezer, 122. Gay, Edwin F., 314. Gay, Ezra, 123. Gay, James, 123. Gay, Jesse, 138. Gay, Stephen, 123. General Court, 149. General Court, representative to, 252. Geography, 206. Geology, 323. Gilbert, Henry, 321. Gilman, Hibbard W., 315. Gilman, John T., 314. Gilman, Lewis E., 315. Girls, 79. Glen Street, 18. Good Templars, 276. Governor's Island, 105. Graduating exercises, 213. Grand Army, 202. Gravestones, 200. Great Spring, 6. Greenwood, Thomas, 31. Groce, William R., 315. Guide-posts, 227.
Hanks, Henry J., 315. Hanscom, C. Dwight, 315. Hart, William G., 315. Hartford Street, 18. Hartford turnpike, 236. Haven Christian Endeavor Society, 192. Haven, Elias, 92, 123. Haven Street, 19. Headley, Rev. P. C., 191. Healthfulness of Dover, 12. Hearse, 197. Herbs, 72. Herring, Lemuel, 123. Herring, Petitiah, 123. Herring, Petitiah, Jr., 124. Hewins, Joseph, 31. High-school course, 216. Highways, 8, 256, 257. Hogan, John, 315. Home Guards, 305. Home Missionary Society, 190. Horse-sheds, 36. Hotchkiss, Willard J., 321. Howard, Rev. H. L., 191. Husking-parties, 80.
Incorporation of district of Dover, 225. Indians, 9. Instructions to Samuel Dexter, Esq., 84. Inventions, 293.
Jennings, Henry C., 304, 315. Jones, Adam, 124. Jones, John, 2, 84, 86. Jones, John, Jr., 86, 93. Jones, Thomas, 45.
Kenrick, Oliver, 124. Kitchen, 75. Kingsbury, Samuel, 52. Knapp, Jesse, 124.
Ladies' Benevolent Society, 181.
Land, acres of, 13. Larrabee, Joseph, 133.
Larrabee, Thomas, 99, 124.
Latitude, I. Leach, Augustus A., 316.
Lennon, William, 316.
Leonard, Rev. Edwin, 192. Liberty-pole, 302.
Lincoln, Abraham, 101.
Locke, Rev. Calvin S., 172.
Locke, Samuel, 51. Longitude, I. Louisburg, 82.
Lynn, Daniel, 138.
McAllister, William, 316. McLaughlin, John, 316. Main Street, 18.
Malaria, 7. Mann, Daniel, 138.
Mann, Elbridge L., 316.
Mann, George H., 316. Mann, James, 124.
Mann, Lorenzo, 138.
Mann, Willard, 139. Manning, Joseph, 47, 48. Mansfield, William, 125. Manufacture of boots, 288.
Manufacture of paper, 284. Manufacture of whips, 282. Marden, Ellis, 317.
Marketmen, 290. Markham, George R., 304, 316.
Marriage notices, 169. Martin, William, 316.
Mason, Asa, 124.
Mason, John, 124.
Mason, Dr. Lowell, 155.
Mason, Moses, 124. Meeting-house, 29. Meeting-house burned, 40, 143.
Meeting-house site, 33. Mellen, Nathaniel, 125.
Memorial Day, 142. Mendon Association, 64.
Menotomy, 92. Metcalf, Nathaniel, 125.
Metropolitan Park System, 268. Militia, 82, 134, 269. Milk business, 291. Mill Brook, 5. Mill Street, 19, 258.
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Miller, Benjamin, 317. Miller Hill, 4. Millerites, 193. Mineralogy, 323. Minister called, 47.
Minute-men, 91, 302.
Mitchell, Robert, 321.
Monroe, Thomas, 317.
Morse, Daniel, 139.
Morse, Thomas, 125.
Mudy, Joseph, 139.
Muster-roll, Lexington alarm, 94.
Myer, Charles W., 317.
Nail factory, 281. Name of town, 2. Needham Farmers' and Mechanics' Asso- ciation, 278.
Neponset River, 6.
New England primer, 205.
New meeting-house, 144, 146.
New Mill Road, 259.
New York & New England Railroad, 2.
Newell, Ebenezer, 125, 139, 241.
Newell, Josiah, Jr., 139.
Newell, Reuben, 139.
Newell, Theodore, 125.
Newell's Bridge, 8, 266.
Newport, 106. Newspaper, 68.
Nimrod's Rock, 7. Noanet, 9.
Noanet Brook, 5.
Noanet's Hall, 251.
Noon house, 69.
Norfolk Agricultural Society, 157.
Norfolk Congregational Association, 65. Norfolk County, I.
Norfolk County Temperance Union, 276.
Norfolk Turnpike, 260.
Noyes, Nathaniel, 52.
Northwest Territory, 113. Norton, Rev. T. S., 189.
Oak Hill, 4. O'Donnell, Michael, 317. Officers in Civil War, 303. Old houses, 74. O' Ragan, Timothy, 317. Original bounds, 14. Otter, 12. Ox-teaming, 70.
Palmer, Rev. Stephen, 65. Parish wood-lot, 61. Parker, Joseph, 125. Parks, 266. Parsonage, 61. Patriotic women, 309. Paupers, 245. Pegan Hill, 3. Pegan Indians, 9. Pegan Street, 19. Perry, Amos, 109. Perry, Lowell, 139. Petition, 27. Pews in meeting-house, 42, 43. Pewter, 76. Physicians, 233.
Piano, 251. Pillar of Liberty, 85. Pinch, Rev. Pierce, 190. Pine Rock Hill, 4.
Pine Street, 18. Plan of meeting-house, 42, 43. Pleasant Street, 19. Ploughs, 288.
Pontoon Bridge, 8.
Population, 67.
Ports blockaded, 133.
Postmasters, 233.
Post-office, 232.
Potatoes, 13, 76.
Pound, 227. Powder-house, 228.
Powisset Indians, 9.
Powisset Street, 18, 261.
Printing business, 293.
Proctor, Rev. George, 171.
Proprietors' Library, 243.
Providence, R.I., 106.
Public balls, 242.
Public library, 158, 215.
Public school education, 156.
Public worship, permanent, 46.
Pulpit, 35.
Pyncham, William, 14.
Railroads, 160, 269.
Rattlesnakes, 12.
Road-scraper, 261.
Road surveyors, 262.
Record, Philo, 317.
Record, Seth, 317.
Recruiting committee, 306.
Red coat, 93.
Reed, John, 126.
Relics, 113.
Representatives to General Court, 227.
Reserve Pond, 6.
Rhode Island, 106.
Rice, Rev. A. M., 191.
Richards, Abijah, 126.
Richards, Asa, 126, 139.
Richards, Calvin, 139.
Richards, Calvin, Jr., 140.
Richards, David, 126.
Richards, Ebenezer, 126.
Richards, Jesse, 126.
Richards, Josiah, 126.
Richards, Lemuel, 127.
Richards, Luther, 140.
Richards, Moses, 127.
Richards, Richard, 127.
Richards, Samuel, 128.
Richards, Solomon, 128, 140.
Richards, Thadeus, 128.
Richards, William, 140. Rolling-mill, 281 . Roxbury, 106, 145.
Sanger, Ralph, 140, 150, 152, 162. Sanger schoolhouse, 213, 215. Saw-mill, 289. School districts, 208, 213. School libraries, 219. School, North, 219. School report, 211.
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School superintendent, 211. School year, 209. Schoolhouses, 240. Schoolmasters, 205. Schools, 110. Schools, consolidation of, 217. Scofield, Coleman, 321. Seating the meeting-house, 36, 38, 39. Seats in meeting-house, 35. Second Congregational Church, 244, 186. Second Congregational Church deacons, 192. Second Congregational Church parsonage, 189. Second Congregational Meeting-house, 187. Selectmen, 253. Settle, 75. Sewell, Rev. Charles C., 249. Shays's Rebellion, 132. Sherman, Nathaniel, 51. Shingle-mill, 284. Ship-timber, 13. Shoemakers, 76. Shruckrove, Daniel, 317.
Shrubs, 333. Shumway, Amos W., 141. Shumway, John, 140. Singers, 36. Singing, 180. Singing in schools, 213. Singing-schools, 79, 242. Silver money, 235.
Slitting-mill, 281.
Small-pox hospital, 237. Smith, Barach, 128. Smith, Ebenezer, 128.
Smith, Fred E., 318. Smith, Joseph, 129. Smith, Lewis, 140.
Smith, Lewis, Jr., 318.
Smith, Peter T., 51. Smith Street, 18, 259.
Smitherest, Lewellen, 322.
Social pleasures, 242. Soldiers killed in Civil War, 304. Sons of Liberty, 85, 86, 240. Sons of Temperance, 276. Soule, Alexander, 14. South School, 217, 218. Spinning-wheels, 76. Springdale Avenue, 18, 258. Springfield Parish, 2, 90. Stamp Act, 84, 85. Staples, Howard A., 318.
Statistics, 299. Stevens, Joh11, 304, 318. Stimson, Elias, 129. Stinson, Alfred A., 322. Stone, Eliab, 52. Stone steps, 36. Stores, 291. Stoves, 69, 147. Stowe, Rev. Calvin E., 243. Stowe, Walter, 141. Strang, John E., 318. Straw business, 282. Strawberry Hill, 4. Strawberry Hill Street, 19. Streets, 17.
Substitutes, 308. Suffolk County, 1, 20, 24. Suffolk resolutions, 89. Sumner, Ebenezer, 141. Sumner, Eugene, 318. Sunday-school library, 179. Sunday-schools, 177.
Superintendent of schools, 255. Superintendent of streets, 263. Sylva, 332.
Taft, Silas, 129. Tailoress, 76. Talbot, Levi A., 318.
Tannery, 285. Tavern, 238.
Tavern-keepers, 241.
Tax-list, 25. Taylor, Charles H., 319.
Taylor, William, 322. Tea, 88.
Tea-parties, 71. Temperance reform, 275.
Tennor, Erastus L., 319.
Thacher, Rev. P. S., 174.
Thayer, Ezra, 52.
Thomas, Benjamin W., 319.
Thomas, Samuel G., 316.
Thomas, William H., 319.
Ticonderoga, 100.
Tisdale, Ansel K., 319.
Tisdale, Billings, 141.
Tisdale, Henry, 129, 141.
Tisdale, James, 141.
Tithing-men, 169.
Titles, 40. Toll-gates, 237.
Tombs, 198. Toryism, 86, 89.
Towle, James M., 319.
Town clerks, 254.
Town Hall, 175, 247, 249.
Town, how bounded, I.
Town library, 244, 252. Town-meetings, 229, 230. Town seal, 16.
Town treasurers, 255.
Training-days, 240. Travel, 77. Trenton, battle of, 101. Trout Brook, 5. Tubwreck Brook, 5. Tyler, Rev. A. H., 191.
Union Congregational Society, 251. United States, 132. Upham, Jonathan, 141.
Valley Forge, 104. Vines, 333.
Wade, John H., 319. Wall, Patrick, 319. Walpole Street, 18, 258. War envelopes, 311. War of 1812, 133. Ware, Josepli, 31. Warming-pan, 75.
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Washington, George, 98, 103. Webster, Daniel, 91, 146. Weeds, 331. Welsh, James, 319. Welsh, Michael, 320.
West School, 216.
Williams Tavern, 239, 240.
Wheelwright, 286.
Whiting, Aaron, 97, 129, 133, 149.
Whiting, Daniel, 104, 111, 113, 241.
Whiting, Ellis, 130.
Wilson, Rev. J. G., 189.
Whiting, Ithamar, 320.
Wilson, Samuel, 131.
Whiting, Jabez, 130.
Whiting, Jonathan, 130.
Whiting, William, 320.
Whitney, Job, 53.
Wolves, 12.
Women teachers, 205.
Whitwell, William, 52.
Wood, Rev. John, 190.
Wight Street, 18, 261. Wight's Bridge, 8.
Wildcats, 12.
Wilkinson, Ebenezer, 134.
Will of Joseph Larrabee, 246.
Williams, John, 141, 241.
Wilhams, John F., 320.
Williams, Joseph, 31.
Williams, Dr. Samuel, 57.
Willow Street, 19, 258. Wilson, Ephraim, 131.
Wilson, Henry, 22.
Wilsondale Street, 18, 259.
Winchester, Jonathan, 52.
Wisset Indians, 9.
Whitney, Phineas, 53.
Wight, Seth, Jr., 131.
Woodenware, 76.
Woods, Albert A., 304, 320.
Young men's seats, 38. Young women's seats, 38.
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