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"Christian Citizen," newspaper, II.
Cilley, Jonathan, 777.
Circus condemned, 284.
Circuses, 481, 519.
Citizens Bank, 209.
City chartered, 118.
City Government, first, 227. Guards, 236. Hall, see Town Hall. Hospital, 725, 800.
Clapp, Daniel, 168.
Clark, John F., 488. Joseph, 354. Joseph G., 117. Clarke, Julius L., 189, 370.
Clay, Henry, 747.
Clay Club, 442.
Clemens, S. L., (Mark Twain) 756. Clifford, Nathan, 385. Warner, 75.
Cochrane, Gen., 86.
Cogswell, J. B. D., 189, 305.
Colfax, Schuyler, 843.
Coffin, Abel, 476.
Cold Snaps, 49, 53.
Cold Water Army, 398, 440, 441.
Collins, Wilkie, 71. Combe, George, 841. Combs, Leslie, 372. S. E., IIO.
Commonwealth Club, organized Jan. 26, 1880; incorporated Nov. 29, 1881.
Conant, Edwin, 431, 442. Confederation approved, 21. Congdon, Samuel, 488.
Conklin, Henry W., 255. Continentals, Worcester, 214. Convention, Anti-Texas, 264. Anti-War, 557. Disunion, 24.
Converse, Benjamin, 163.
Cook, Stephen, 31I.
Coolidge, John, 422, 488.
Cooper, Adj .- Gen., 634.
Corbett, Otis, 425.
Corcoran, Gen., 589.
Corduroy, first piece, 245.
Cornwallis's surrender, 753.
Cotting, Samuel, 469.
Counterfeit Money, punishment for passing, 262.
County incorporated, 194; erected, 483. Iooth anniversary, 676.
Court Houses, 154, 556, 657, 665, 666.
Courts, first Inferior, 553. Superior, 644.
Courts closed, 605, 608.
Cresson, Elliott, 61.
Crompton, George, 498.
Curtis, Geo. William, 62. John, 69, 202, 354, 384. Mary, 317. Samuel, 707. Sarah, 202. William, 354.
Cushing, Caleb, 329, 708. Frank H., 187.
Cushion for pulpit, 274.
Cushman, Charlotte, 282.
Cutler, Rev. E., 305. Cutter, John, 342.
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Daily Journal, 591. Newspaper, first, 370.
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Daily Spy, see Spy. Transcript, 370. Dale Hospital, 722. Damrosch, Dr. Leopold, 148. Davie, William R., 270. Davis, Edward L., 206, 498. Isaac, 85, 110, 193, 206, 224, 234, 242, 273, 307, 356, 457, 517. J. C. B., 372. Jeff., 244. John, 96, 233, 257, 357, 419, 430, 488, 747. Samuel, 242. Day, George, 488. Jonathan, 448.
D'Angri, Madame, 17. Death, first recorded, 828. De Bernicre, Ensign, 109, 202. Declaration of Independence, 496, 503. Decoration Day, 315. Deeds, Indian, 84, 495. De Meyer, Leopold, 146. Denny, Austin, 421, 488. Capt., 399. Depot, Foster street, 681. Deserter shot, 801.
Devens, Charles, 86, 236, 494, 498, 509, 549, 576. Dexter, Franklin, 434. Dickens, Charles, 70, 170. Dickinson, Anna E., 267, 332. Daniel S., 829. Disunion Convention, 24. Dix, Dr. Elijah, 39, 163. Doe, C. H., 501. Dog Show, 300. Doubleday, Gen., 9. Douglas, Stephen A., 335, 375, 506. Douglass, Frederick, 169. Dowley, Levi A., 68. Doyle, Patrick, 555. Draft, 492.
Drew, Thomas, 310, 513. Dualin Explosion, see Explosions. Du Chaillu, P. B., 842. Dunbar, Rufus D., 68. Duncan, Daniel, 1 26. Samuel, 126. Simeon, 104. Dwight, Edmund, 721. Rev. Timothy, 664. Dyer, Joseph, 126.
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Earle, Edward, 206, 291, 783. John Milton, 77, 370, 488, 501, 540, 769. Thomas, 24. Timothy K., 291. Earthquakes, 283, 714. Eaton, Joshua, 649. Nathaniel, 425. Thomas B., 488. Gen. William, 23.
Effigies, 244, 329.
Election, first city, 206.
Election Bet, 820. Elephant "Columbus," 510. Eliot, John, 630. Ellsworth, Oliver, 270.
Emancipation in West Indies cele- brated, 542.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 281.
Emmet Guards, 236, 491. Enemies, list of, 354. Engine House blown up, 4.
Engine, Steam Fire, 845.
Engineers, Chief, 110. Envelope Contribution, 651. Episcopal Church, 205. First Service, 826.
Erba, Marietta, 20. Escape of prisoners, 22, 34. Estabrook, James, 285, 621. Eulogies, 239, 318, 849.
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Evarts, William M., 576.
Evening Gazette, Worcester, 189, 798. Journal, 588. Everett brothers, 712. Edward, 36, 275, 433, 470, 679, 712, 777.
Excise on liquor, protest against, 50. Executions, 7, 308, 362, 392, 562, 706, 709, 710, 716, 723, 733, 759, 780, 810. Exchange, Central, 133. Front street, 80. Explosions. Dualin explosion, B. & A. R. R., near Junction, June 23, 1870. One man killed and about thirty persons injured. Many buildings shattered.
Other explosions : 4, III, 258, 518, 830.
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Fairs, Mechanics, 659. New England, 600.
Farragut, Admiral, 391.
Fall of a building, 802. Farrel, Michael, 801,
Fast, for a minister, 115. National, 539.
Father Mathew's Total Abstinence Society, 749.
Fechter, Chas. Albert, 38.
Fenian Head Center, 500.
Fenwick, Bishop, 558.
Fifteenth Regiment, 514, 549, 551. Fifty-first Regiment, 785. Fifty-seventh Regiment, 229. Fire Alarm Telegraph, 361. Department established, I IO. Engine, Steam, 845. Societies : Mutual, 488; Worces- ter, 39, 488. Firemen's Muster, 620.
Relief Association, 325.
Fires, 10, 41, 51, 58, 90, 95, 97, 108, 133, 205, 272, 298, 306, 313, 350, 485, 512, 568, 572, 579, 734, 797, 840.
Fisher, Maturin L., 769.
Fiske, Dr. Oliver, 39, 405.
Fitch, Dana H., 358.
Fitzpatrick, Edward, 706.
Five Cents Savings Bank, 390.
Flagg, Benjamin, 196, 231, 344, 502, 685. Elijah, 428.
Elisha, 58, 95, 488. Enoch, 95, 488. Nathaniel, 90. Samuel, 51, 342.
Flagg Hall, 58.
Flagg's Block burned, 58.
Flags presented, 442, 549.
Folsom, George, 432.
Forrest, Edwin, 742.
Foster, A. H., 75. Dwight, 142.
Stephen S., 102, 310, 616, 648, 792. Fowle, Curtis, 160.
Fox, William B., 488.
Francis, John F., 624. Sidney O., 45.
Free Institute, 760.
Free Public Library, 177, 452, 603, 838 Free Soil Meeting, 367.
Party organized, 381. Resolution, 367.
Freedom Club, 533.
Fremont, John C., 359. Fremont Club, 486. Meetings, 477, 552.
French Catholic Church, 482. French invasion, 646. Friends' Meeting House, 3. Front Street Exchange, 80.
GENERAL INDEX. 149
Frost, Samuel, 733. - both executed Samuel J., 308. 5 for murder.
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Gabriel, 289. Gagzaniga, Madame, 146. Gales, 1'56, 647, 764. Gannett, Deborah, 516.
Gardner, Rev. Andrew, 732.
Garfield, President, 656, 849.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 24, 542, 792. Gas Explosions, 4, 830.
Gas Light Company, 368. Gates, Mrs. Gen., 818.
Jonathan, 163. Katharine, 167. Nathaniel, 425. William, 472.
Gazette, Worcester Evening, 189, 798.
Geer, Charles H .. 470.
Gettysburg Battle, painting, 768.
Giddings, Joshua R., 381, 738.
Gill, Moses, 388.
Gillmore, P. S., 20. Gipsies warned to depart, 247. Gockel, August, 164.
Goddard, Stephen, 488.
Going, Rev. Jonathan, 424.
Goldschmidt, Otto, 819.
Goodridge, Sewall, 128. Goodrich, Rev. C. A., 488, 688. Jesse W., 112. Samuel G., (Peter Parley) 545. Goodwin, Isaac, 467, 578. James, 69, 159, 322. Mary, 538. Gookin, Daniel, 279, 630. Gorham, Hiram, 68.
Gottschalk, L. M., 327.
Gough, John B., 8, 185, 526, 735.
Gould, R. M., 110, 255.
Goulding, Daniel, 124, 163. Henry, 68, 572. Ignatius, 163.
Goulding, Palmer, 82, 163, 354. William, 163.
Grand Army Post chartered, 218. Grant, President, 360. Graves, William J., 777. "Greek Slave" exhibited, 595. Green, Jabez, 716. Dr. John, Sr., 39. Dr. John, Jr., 378, 704. John R., 358. Johnson, 562. William N., 798.
Greene, J. Evarts, 501.
Greenleaf, Daniel, 15.
Grievances enumerated, 336.
Grimke sisters, 658.
Grout, John William, 761.
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Hale, Rev. E. E., 249, 303. John P., 447, 696. Nathan, 470. Hall, Rev. Edward H., was installed colleague pastor with Rev. Dr. Hill, Feb. 10, 1869; resigned Jan. 11, 1882. Rev. Newman, 789.
Hallett, Benjamin F., 85, 329. Hamilton, Alexander, 347. Charles A., 430. Sewall, 95, 396, 420, 488.
Hamlin, Hannibal, 98.
Hammond, Elisha, 721.
Hampton, Jonathan 535.
Hancock, John, 240, 771. Hancock Arms Tavern, 840.
Handel and Haydn Society, 652.
Harmonic Society, 428, 530. Harrington, Jubal, 129, 258, 769. Samuel, 488. Silas, 163. Harris, Thaddeus M., 721. W. H., 513.
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Harrison celebration, 357. Harrisonism, 253. Hart, James, 354. Harte, Bret, 805.
Hathaway, Samuel, 269. Haven, Samuel F., 607. Hayes, Dr. I. I., 81. President, 576. Healy, Jedediah, 72, 407.
Heard, Nathan, 110, 285, 428, 488, 621. Heath, Orson N., 150. Hemenway, Edward H., 324. Jacob, 69.
Henderson, Hugh, 780.
Hendricks, H. W., 758.
Heron, Matilda, 176.
Hersey, Thankful, 834.
Herz, Henri, 592. Hessian prisoners, 745.
Heywood, Abel, 157. Dr. B. F., 811. Daniel,.196, 216, 488. Levi, 414.
Higgins, Rev. David, 588.
Higginson, T. W., 24, 310.
High School dedicated, 848.
Hildreth, S. E., 206.
Hill, Rev. Alonzo, 63, 178, 478. Mary, 80. Hillard, George S., 739.
Historical Society, Worcester County, 96. Hitchcock, Peletiah, 407. Hoadley, Rev. L. I., 702.
Hoar, George F., 549, 656, 849. Samuel, 381, 437. Hobbs, George, 449, 517. Holden, 125. Holden Rifles, 236.
Holland, Dr. J. G., 740.
Holy Cross College, 365, 512. Holmes, Erastus N., 110.
Holmes, Isaac E., 140. Holt, Joseph, 583. Home Guards, 255. Home for Aged Females, 268. Hooper, William R., 189. Hope Cemetery, 303. "Horse Fair," painting, 487. Horse racing forbidden, 649. Horse Railroad, 590. Horticultural Society, 640, 693. Hospital, City, 725, 800. State Lunatic, 237.
Houghton, H. O., 373.
Houston, Gen. Sam, 152.
Hovey, William, 488.
Howard, Benjamin, 488. Gen. O. O., 727. Howe, Aaron, 488. Estes, 413. Lord, 541. Dr. S. G., 312. Thomas, 428. Hubbard, John W., 415, 638.
Hudson, Charles, 442, 751. L. R., IIO.
Huggins, William, 362. Hull, Rev. A. B., 302. George, 357. Huntington, Rev. William R., 796.
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Illuminations, 195, 204, 212, 687, 850. Incorporation of town, 348; of city, 118. Independence, celebrated, 26, 475, 575. See under July 4. Declaration, see Declaration. Sustained, 304.
Independent Gazetteer, 15. Indian Deeds, 84, 495. Indians pursued, 502. Indignation Meetings, 141, 305, 310. Ingersoll, Robert G., 139. · Inman, F. H., 291.
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J Jackson Guards, 448. Jail, Stone, 601. James brothers, 117, 653. · Eleazer, 721.
Rev. Horace, 66, 142, 305, 735. Janauschek, Fanny, 208.
Jankins, William H., 731.
Jaques, George, 501, 580.
Jay, John, 248. Jefferson, Joseph, 166. Jeffrey, a negro, 709. .Jenison, Betsy, 499. Samuel, 143. William, 636. Jenkins, Edward, 803. Jephterson, Caleb, 260. Jillson, Clark, 206, 247, 296, 460, 839. Joannes, Count, 122. Johnson, Edward, 279. Joshua, 354. Micah, 354.
President, 369. Richard M., 694. William, 126. Joice Heth, 684. Jones, John Paul, 582. Phinehas, 167, 399. William, 202. Joseffy, Rafael, 27. Julien, Paul, 164. Justices of the Peace chosen, 42.
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Kansas, Emigrants to, 505. League, 490. Meeting, 79. -Nebraska Meeting, 142. Kean, Edmund, 836. Kearney, Dennis, 633. Kelley, Dr. F. H., 206. Kelly, Abby, 616. Kemble, Fanny, 33.
Kettell, John P., 68, 299.
Key, Postmaster-General, 576. Kidnapping, case of, 45, 624. Killough, Rachel, 828. Kilpatrick, Gen., 787.
King's Arms Tavern, 26, 515.
Kinnicutt, Thomas, 44, 429, 442.
Kirkland, J. T., 721.
Kossuth, 243. Knight, John H., 141. Jonathan, 90. Knowlton, J. S. C., 2, 206, 305, 343.
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Lafayette, 352, 598. Lamb, Edward, 446.
Land, first grant, 263. Langtry, Mrs., 321.
Laurel Street Church, 113, 51I. Lawrence, Myron W., 437. Timothy Bigelow, 234.
Learned, Comfort, 47.
Lee, Gen. Charles, 388. . Henry, 57. Lee's surrender, 210, 212.
Leggate, William, 68.
Lexington Battle, 231. Library, see Free Public Library. opened Sunday, 814. Minister's, 720.
Light Infantry, Boston, 356. Leicester, 430. Worcester, 228, 331, 412, 416, 417, 532, 622. Lightning, damage by, 301, 376, 387, 427, 556. Lilley, Lewis, 488.
Lincoln, Dr. Abraham, 39.
Daniel Waldo, Sr., 412. Daniel Waldo, Jr., 206, 255, 590, 779. Edward W., 769. Enoch, 416, 798.
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Lincoln, Gen., 43.
George, 517. John W., 153, 416, 671. Levi, Sr., 220, 721.
Levi, Jr., 128, 140, 162, 206, 234, 314, 324, 372, 468, 470, 478, 494, 517, 529, 536, 598, 619, 721, 747, 751, 798. Levi, 3d, 555.
President, 222, 239, 318, 626. William, 145, 438, 466, 677, 798. Lincoln, Camp, 508. House, 324.
Lind, Jenny, 819.
Lindsay, William, 723.
Lippincott, Sara J., (Grace Green- wood) 92.
Listemann, Bernhard, 146.
Locke, D. R., (Nasby) 729.
Logan, Olive, 782.
Log Cabin Meeting, 529.
Loring, Judge, 329.
Loudon, Lord, 28.
Lovell, Albert A., 571, 580. A. B., 110, 455. Ebenezer, 807.
Lowell, John, 721.
Lunatic Asylum, see Hospital.
Luzerne, Chevalier, 609.
Lyceum formed, 746.
Lyman, Jonathan H., 721.
Lynde, Jonathan, 87.
Lynde Brook, dam carried off, 188. New dam accepted, 330. Water introduced, 766.
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Maccarty, Rev. Thaddeus, 231, 339, 484. Mad dog, 116. Mahan, Sally, 37. Mann, David, 24. Manning, William, 488.
Mansfield, John, 362.
Manual Labor School, 328. Market, Free Public, 586. · Market street, (now Exchange st.) I33. Martin, Dr. O., 310.
Marvin, Rev. A. P., 457.
Marshall, Elijah H., 477.
Martinez, Isadora, 148. Masonic Lodges, 342. Mass Meeting, 372.
Massachusetts Herald, 610. Spy, 197, 259, 501. Yeoman, 597, 798.
Mastodon exhibited, 16.
Mathew, Dr., 444, 445. Father, 713.
May, Rev. Samuel, 648.
Maynard, Horace, 613.
Mayors, list of, 206.
McCafferty, M. J., 8, 491, 509.
McClellan, Gen., 55.
McFarland, William, 52.
McSwish, Sandy, 289.
Meagher, Thomas F., 78.
Mechanic St. Burial Ground, 669.
Mechanics Association, 68.
Bank, 238.
Savings Bank, 280. Fairs, 659.
Hall, 162, 599. Riflemen, 634.
Medical School, 1 30. Society, 654.
Meeting House first used, 812. Plan of, faces page 135.
Memorial Day, 315.
Menagerie, first, 524.
Merrick, Francis T., 488. Pliny, 85, 420, 798.
Merrifield, Alpheus, 46, 488.
Merrifield Fire, 350.
Methodist Churches, 97, 113, 241, 511, 561, 772.
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Methodist Society, first, 74. Miles, Rev. J. B., 783. Miller, Henry W., 68, 110, 242. Jacob, 163. Rev. Rodney A., 206, 334. Mills, Elijah H., 721. Richard, 488.
Millstone Hill, 581.
Miner, Rev. A. A., 623.
Ministerial Land, 163, 251, Ministers, convention of, 804.
"Minute Men," Hersey's, 449, 451. Misbehavior in meeting house, 159. Mission Chapel, 67. Mitchel, Prof., 18.
Mitchell, Maggie, 763.
Money voted, 237, 250.
Montez, Lola, 680.
Monuments dedicated, 234, 457, 498, Moody, D. L., 292.
Moore, David, 354. Nathaniel, 196, 786. Samuel, 69, 354. Rev. Zephaniah Swift, 464.
Moreau, Gen., 554. Morelli, Signor, 17. Morris, Oliver B., 513. Morse, Mason H., 380. S. F. B., 225. Morton, Gov., 85. Mossman, Joshua, 262.
Mott, Lucretia, 584.
Mount Vernon Fund, 275.
Mower, Ebenezer, 89. Ephraim, 342, 834. Nahum, 15. Nathaniel, 734. Samuel, 47. Mozart Society, 602. Murders, 117, 141. Murray, John, 571. William Vans, 270.
Music Hall, 138. Musical Associations, 294, 672.
Muster, Firemen's, 620. N
Nashua Hall, 659. Nast, Thomas, 822. National Ægis, 469, 798. Nazro, John, 39.
New England Home Journal, 835. New Hampshire Regiment, 307.
Newspapers, 2, 11, 15, 112, 129, 189, 192, 197, 370, 489, 520, 522, 570, 588, 591, 597, 610, 798, 835. Newton, Benjamin F., 171. Rejoice, 95, 417.
Nilsson, 755.
Non-Resistance Convention, 792.
Normal School, State, 623.
"North Bend," newspaper, 489. North Worcester, 125. Norwich and Worcester railroad opened March 11, 1840. Nowell, Increase, 263. Nullification in Massachusetts, 147.
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Odd Fellows' Lodges, 254. Old Men's Home, 180. Old South Church, 69, 137, 645. Oliver, Chief-Justice, 168, 230.
Oratorio, 652. Organ in Mechanics Hall, 726. Orphans' Home, 153. Orr, J. S., (Gabriel) 289. Otis, Harrison Gray, 679, 721.
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Paine, Fred. W., 145, 488. Gardner A., 488. John, 39. Nathaniel, 39, 342, 721. Samuel Clarke, 630. Timothy, 163, 504, 571. Dr. William, 232.
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Palladium, Worcester, 2. Pangborn, Z. K., 189, 820. Pannasunet, 84. Pappenheim, Madame, 661. Parepa, 5. Parker, Dexter F., 289, 305, 588. Theodore, 513.
Parodi, Teresa, 650.
Parry, Rev. William M., 799.
Partridge', Elbridge G., 68. Patch, Nathan, 163, 354. W. W., 69.
Patti, Adelina, 164. Carlotta, 73. Payson, Thomas, 39.
Peabody, Rev. David, 497.
Peace, of 1815, 88. Celebrations, 765, 783. Convention, 94.
Peck, William D., 721.
Peoples Savings Bank, 276.
Perris, Sam., escape of, 201.
Perry, Emory, 428, 433, 530.
Pews allotted, 293.
Phillips, Adelaide, 162. Ivers, 255, 358. Wendell, 24, 440, 542, 648.
Phonograph, 374.
Pickett, Josiah, 498, 769.
Piedmont Church, 543, 635.
Pierce, Franklin, 329, 573. John, 163. Pierpont, Rev. John, 513. Pillory, 260.
Pillsbury, Parker, 542, 648.
Pine Meadow Burial Ground, 269.
Piper's Theatre, 80.
Plymouth Church, 474. "Poetical Exchange," 150. Polk, President, 385. Pomeroy, S. C., 79. Poore, Ben : Perley, 129. Porter, Benjamin, 488.
Porter, Eleazer, 394. Samuel A., 110. Postmasters, list of, 769. Post Office, established, 769. at Pearl St., 56. Pound, 57. Pratt, Calvin E., 820.
Charles B., 206, 373, 449. Daniel, (G. A. T.) 114. Joseph, 68, 291.
Prentice, George D., 13.
Press, Worcester Daily, 192.
Prince, Lucian, 451. Prisoners of war, 535, 594. released, 266.
Probate Court, 493.
Proctor, Prof., 808.
Proprietors' Meeting, last, 611.
Protests, 126.
Providence and Worcester railroad, 724. Providence Light Infantry, 430. Putnam, James, 51, 69, 120. ·
Putnam Phalanx, 691.
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Quincy, Josiah, 721. Quinsigamond Bank, 173.
R Railroad, Accidents, 19, 764, 791, 793. Celebration, 470. Tracks removed, 778.
Rantoul, Robert, 436. Rarey, John S., 182. Rattlesnakes, bounty for, 181.
Real Estate prices, 163, 278.
Rebel prisoners, 127.
Reed, Joseph, 388. Regatta, first, 525. Regiments, departure of, 229, 551,
559, 575, 596, 737, 785. Remenyi, Edouard, 198.
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Republican, Worcester County, 129. Republican Party organized, 513. Reservoir destroyed, 183. Revere, Paul, 594. Rice, Aaron, 69. Adonijah, 752. Edward B., 68, 272. George M., 621. Gershom, 832. Grace, 784. Jezeniah, 126. Jonas, 196, 641. Jonathan, 355.
Lemuel and Luke, 286. William W., 206, 310, 323, 452, 656. Richardson, Geo. W., 162, 206, 289. Rev. Merrill, 478, 494, 509. Thomas, 126. Richmond, fall of, 195. Rights, Declaration of, 288.
Riots : two scandalous riots occurred in Worcester in July, 1807; one on the roth, the otherª on the 17th of that month. Other Riots : 289, 340, 731.
Robbery, 87. Robbins, Elizabeth (Prentice), 384.
Robinson, Dr. Charles, 743.
Roe, Alfred S., 809. Rogers, Henry, 423, 488. Randolph, 498. Major, 773.
Ross, Ezra, 392.
Rubinstein, Anton, 213.
Rumsellers' triumph, 265.
Rural Cemetery, 619.
Russell, Benjamin, 286, 721. Prof. E. H., 623.
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St. John, Rev. T. E., 478. St. John's Church, 309.
St. Paul's Church, 456. Salem St. Church, 349, 823. Salisbury, Samuel, 271. Stephen, Ist., 39, 271. Stephen, 2d., 39, 242, 373.
Sampson, Deborah, 516.
Sargent, J. D., 430. Savings Banks, 226, 276, 280, 390.
Saxe, John G., 827.
School Dames, 217. Schoolmaster, first, 196. Schurz, Carl, 235.
"Scorpion," the, 522. Scott, Rev. Orange, assault on, 555. Secession in Massachusetts, 147. Second Church, see Unitarian
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Settlement, permanent, 715.
Sever, William, 39.
Seward, William H., 363. Shade Trees protected, 123, 203.
Shaw, Henry W., (Josh Billings) 191. William S., 721.
Shays, Daniel, 806.
Shays's Rebellion, 43, 355, 605, 776, 806, 816.
Shearer, Dickinson, 45, 624.
Shedd, Susannah, 160. . Sheridan, Gen., 690.
Sherman, Gen., 617.
Shillaber, B. P., (Mrs. Partington ) 99.
Shippen, Rev. R. R., 837.
Short, T. W., 820.
Siamese Twins, 476.
Sickles, Gen., 86.
Singing, innovation in, 550.
Sivori, Camillo, 592.
Slack, Charles W., 373.
Slater, Peter, 412, 457.
Slavery condemned, 287. Small-pox epidemic, 296. Smalley, Rev. E., 142, 303, 639. Smith, Elisha, 69.
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Smith, Rev. Geo. P., 161. Gerritt, 658. Jane, 816. Sisters, 102.
Snowstorm, 165.
Soldiers' Monument, 498.
Sothern, E. A., 319.
Spooner, Bathsheba and Joshua, 392.
Sprague, Homer B., 142, 449. Peleg, 418. Spy, centennial, 501.
Worcester Daily, 370, 520. Weekly, see Massachusetts Spy.
Stages, 371, 711, 717. Stanton, Henry B., 552. John, 39, 342, 399.
State Guard, 358, 498.
State Normal School, 623.
State Lunatic Hospital, see Hospital. New Hospital opened Oct. 27,'77. Steam Fire Engine, 845.
Stearns, Bezaleel, 485. Daniel, 346. Thomas, 26.
Stebbins, F. B., 425.
Stephens, James, 500.
Steuben, Baron, 29.
Stevens, Charles E., 189. Jacob, 354.
Stewart, Commodore, 385.
Stigelli, 73.
Stiles, Jeremiah, 393.
Stockwell, Cyrus, 488. Stoddard, E. B., 206. J. C., 477. Stone, Lucy, 648. Lydia, 157. Story, Isaac, 409.
Stowell, Abel, 163. Benjamin, 544. Cornelius, 10, 354. L. W., 430, 488. Peter, 10, 499.
Stowers, John, 342. Stratton, Joel D., 735. Rev. R. B., 6. Strong, Caleb, 147. Solomon, 264. Studlefunk parades, 455, 458, 459, 462. Studley, Zenas, 488.
Sturtevant, L. W., 110.
Suck, Henry, 20. Sullivan, John, 582.
Sumner, Charles, 151, 305, 381, 748. Rev. Joseph, 406. Sumter, Fort, 221.
Sunday evening concert, 530.
Surplus Revenue of U. S., 252.
Swedish Methodist Church, 772. Sweetser, Rev. Seth, 172, 239, 303, 833. Swett, Joseph, 488. Swiss Bell Ringers, 736.
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Taft, Putnam W., 68, 255, 513.
Taylor, Bayard, 30. James, 196. R. C., 313.
Taylor and Fillmore Meeting, 372.
Taylor's Building burned, 313.
Tea, resolution against, 135. Telegraph Despatches seized, 295. Temperance celebrations, 437, 440, 441, 443, 444. Temperature, low, 49, 53.
Temple, Joseph, 126.
Thackeray, William M., 824.
Thalberg, Sigismund, 17.
Thayer, Adin, 501. Eli, 142.
Thaxter, A. Wallace, 80. Levi, 331. Theatres, 58, 80, 138. Thief Detecting Society, 770.
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Thirteenth Regiment, 528. Thirty-fourth Regiment, 559. Thirty-sixth Regiment, 596. Thomas, Benjamin F., 234, 432, 435, 460, 498, 501.
Isaiah, 39, 72, 197, 259, 342, 373, 376, 428, 467, 496, 578, 678, 721, 769. Isaiah, Jr., 721. Theodore, 223.
Thomas Street, 678. Thompson, George, 794.
Thoreau, Henry D., 744. Thurber, Charles, 446.
Tilghman, Gen., 127. Tolman, Albert, 68, 367, 457.
Tom Thumb, 625.
Tombs, the, 324.
Tories, 34, 290, 354, 773. Tornado, 341. Tory Protest, 364, 577.
Torrey, Joseph, 342, 404.
Tourtelott, S. D., 24.
Town, William M., 488. Town, Hall, 257, 534. Incorporation, 348. Meeting, first, 662.
Township viewed, 279.
Train, George Francis, 662.
Transcript, Daily, 370, 798. Daily Morning, 189. Treadwell, William, 21I. Trees, see Shade Trees. Trinity M. E. Church, 241. Tucker, Polly Stearns, 346. Thomas, 735. Turnpike, 158. Twenty-fifth Regiment, 737. Twenty-first Regiment, 508, 575. Tyler, Rev. Albert, 731. President, 366.
U
Union Church, 65, 471. Union Railway Station, 560. Unitarian, Church, first, 1, 175, 568, 579. Unity, Church of the, 64, 246, 249. Universalist Society, 326, 692.
V
Van Buren, Martin, 345.
Venus, transit of, 809. Verry, George F., 206.
Veto by the Mayor, first, 839.
Vinton, Rev. John A., 516. Vose, Richard Hampton, 426, 429.
W
Wagoner, J. J., 163.
Waite, Rebekah, 384.
Waldo, Daniel, 39, 480, 488, 619. Waldo Church, 488.
Wales, Prince of, 703.
Walker, Amasa, 783. Rev. E. A., 395.
Wall, Caleb A., 189. James H., 324. Wallace, William A., 367.
Wallcutt, Thomas, 721. War Meetings, 8, 224, 494, 509, 526, 533. Ward, Alvin, 24. Artemas, 466, 488, 825.
Daniel, 297.
Genevieve, 100. George H., 478, 528.
Hannah, 216. Obediah, 216.
Warren, Charles H., 422. Frederick, 758. Gen., 259. Samuel, 146. Washburn, Emory, 430, 468. Henry S., 162.
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Washburn, Ichabod, 68, 162, 847. John D., 225. Washington, Gen., 103, 388, 718. Lady, 818.
Washington, capture of, 587. Treaty of, 783. Washington Benevolent Society, 416. Water, first Act, 124. Supply, 786. Works, 766, 779. "Waterfall," the, 112.
Wayland, Francis, 448.
Webster, Daniel, 712, 751. Redford, 721.
Webster Park, 337.
Weikle, H. T., 340.
Weld, Ezra Waldo, 39.
Wells, Col., 526. William, 721.
Welsh, C. W., 373.
Wentworth, Jonathan, 488.
West Point Cadets, 536.
Western railroad, 607.
Wetherbee, Simon, 31I.
Wheeler, Joseph, 163. Richard, 649. Theophilus, 39. William A., 68, 93, 242. William D., 488.
Whig Party, sagacity of, 748.
Whipping administered, 262.
Whipple, Moses, 427.
White, Edwin A., 417.
John, 342. L. G., 455.
William Charles, 256, 411, 798.
Whitefield, Rev. George, 699.
Whitney, Elizabeth, 184. Whittemore, John, 428.
Whittier, J. G., 564.
Wilder, Alexander H., 825. David, 488. Joel, 110, 175.
Wilder, Marshall P., 373. S. V. S., 155. Wilhelmj, August, 277. Wilhorst, Madame, 17. Willard, Calvin, 642.
Joseph, 670. Nahum, 354. Williams, Hartley, 565. Timothy, 721. W. A., 255. Wilson, Henry, 367, 381, 498, 513, 790. James, 769.
Windship, Dr., 675.
Winthrop, Adam, 274.
Wiswell, Ebenezer, 37.
Wolves, bounty for, 119.
Woman's Rights Convention, 719.
Wong Chin Foo, 668.
Wood, Rev. Roland A., 320.
Woodbridge, Rev. J. E., 781.
Woodhull, Victoria C., 121.
Woodward, David M., 455.
Woodworth, James S., 68.
Wool, Gen., 132.
Woonsocket Guards, 634.
Worcester, Leonard, 39.
Worcester, name given, 628. Academy, 328, 701, 722.
Bank, 136.
House, 324.
Magazine, 677.
Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 83.
and Nashua railroad, 831.
Rifles, 425, 428.
and Shrewsbury railroad, 531. Society of Antiquity, 48.
Many titles which properly have Worcester or Worcester County prefixed to them, as Worcester Light Infantry, Worcester Palladium, Wor- cester County Horticultural Society, etc., are indexed as Light Infantry,
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Palladium, Horticultural Society, etc. Worth, Major, 536. Worthington, James, 488. Y Yellow Day, 614. Yerrington, J. M. W., 24. York House, 133. Young, John, 386.
Young, Robert, 759. Young Men's, Christian Association, 351. Rhetorical Society, 627. Z Zerrahn, Carl, 162. Zochler, Herr, 20. Zuni Indians, 187.
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