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Sound, remarkable transmission of, 242.
Stone Arabia, battle of, 309.
Shays Rebellion, 389 et seq. ; its causes, 380; false notions of public grievances among them, 306; character of the rebel leaders, 36; action of the Berkshire conservatives, 307.
Strong, John, 137, 189, 190, 134, 241, 288, 25, 305, 323, 378, 414. Sedgwick, Theodore, 190, 409, 432.
Stanley, William C., 227.
Stanley, Caleb, 241, 384.
Smith, Gideon, 249.
Simonds, Col., 252, 409.
Story, Tristram, 260. Stevens, Joel, 315, 319, 418, 435.
Strong, Ozem, 316, 317.
Sufferings of the army at Crown Point in 1776, 231. Smith, Samuel, 316. Sackett, Erastns, 358.
Stamp et, the, 176. Smith, Jonathan, 432.
Smith, Rev. Lemuel, 455.
Stocks, punishment of the, 139.
Sessions, Court of General, 139; judges of, 139. Strong, Ezra, 378. Strong, Warham, 378. Safford, Col. Job, 387. Seabury, Bishop of Connecticut, 462.
Stillman, Rev. Dr., 462. Stoddard, Israel, 124, 139, 172, 173, 196, 198, 207, 246, 250, 251, 295, 504.
T.
Topographical pursnits, their connection with civilization, prosperity, and patriot- ism, 2.
Taconic Mountains, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 96; deriva- tion of names, 16.
Taghkanak. - See Taconic.
Taconic Brooks, 29.
Taconic Factory, 34.
Tillotson and Collins (Oceola) mills, 34.
Town-meetings, customs regarding, 135.
Tories, 183, 207, 245; animosity against, illus- trated, 230; 247, 243, 250; punished with confiscation and banishment, 249, 279; at Bennington Battle, 299, 301, 310, 338.
Ticonderoga, capture of, recommended by John Brown, 213; various plans for, 214 et seq. ; in 1777, 230; exposed position of, 282; evacuation of, 233; speech of Rev. Mr. Allen at, 284; flight from, 235; excite- ment at Pittsfield regarding, 287; aid prof- fered in the emergency, 238.
Tenor, old and new, in Provincial enrrency, 468; specimens of, 460; disused, 470.
Trumbull, J. Hammond, 19.
Thatcher, Oxenbridge, 66.
Tawasentha, 20; treaty of, 50.
Talcott, Josiah, 459.
Tryon, Gov., 19.
Tomson, Rev. Amos, 162.
Trumbull, Col., 283.
Taylor, Charles J., opinions concerning the name Housatonic, 18.
Taylor, Samnel, 86, 93.
Tyler, Nathaniel, 110.
Town hall, first, 446.
Tom Ball, mountain, 9.
Tront, 32.
Tortoise, the, 32.
Talcott, Major, 47.
Trees of Berkshire, 75.
Tekoa, Mount, 11. -
Tower Ilill, 30.
Traditions, aboriginal, 46.
Tyringham, 98, 100.
Tax-payers, heaviest, in 1791, 437.
Taxes, 329, 436.
Traets, political, 335.
Tender Act, the, 397; described, 401.
U.
Unkamet Brook, 13. Unkamet, 63.
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INDEX.
Unkamet Street, 91, 423. Unkamet's Road, 95. Unkamet's Crossing, 9, 109. Uncas, ambition of, 50.
V.
Van Schaack, Henry, 27, 409, 415; sketch of, 421, 437, 456, 459. - See Dissenters. Vermont, 5, 310.
Village Central, 35. Van Sickler's Cotton Factory, 34.
Wendell Square, 94, 426.
Wendell's Town, Poontoosuck so called, 92. Williams, Col. Israel, 99, 106, 107, 113, 123, 124, 197, 448, 504.
Williams, Thomas, 190. White, Ebenezer, 435. Worcester, 190, 193. Williams, Oswald, 435.
White Plains, account of battle at, by Rev. Mr. Allen, 252.
Whittlesey, E. B., woollen manufactory, 34. Wampaumcorse, 100, 101.
Wanaubaugas, 101.
Weller, Daniel, 437, 441.
Wiley, Major, 404.
Ward, Josiah and Isaac, 436.
Ward, Jacob, 358. Wethersfield, 86, 87, 89.
Wolves, 140.
Williams, Col. Ephraim, 108, 124; com- mander of Fort Massachusetts, 82, 83. Williams, Dea. William, of Dalton, 504.
Williams, John Chandler, 409, 414, 435, 437, 440, 441, 442; sketch of life, 448, 459, 460, 464, 501, 503.
Williams, Mrs. Lucretia, 448.
Williams, John, 138, 435.
Williams, Capt. Ephraim, of Connecticut, 83. Williams, Sarah, 110.
Williams, Ephraim, of Stockbridge, 123, 124. Williams, Rev. William, of Weston, 123.
Williams, Solomon, 123, 124.
Williams, William, Col., 78, 81, 91, 106, 107, 115, 122, 130, 134, 139, 153, 163, 174, 176, 183, 186, 196, 198, 209, 251, 279, 287, 360, 363; delegate to constitutional convention of 1779, 365, 369, 381; death of, and monu- ment, 439.
Williams, Widow Hannah, 437. Williamses, the, 16. Williams, William, jun., 118. Williams, Elijah, 131.
Walker, William, 360, 361, 405, 432.
Whiting, John, 281.
Whiting, William, 191, 348, 361, 387, 429.
Western Railroad, elevation of track at summit, 9; grades, 11; Capt. Marryatt on its conception, 11.
Wealth, sources of, in Berkshire, 15.
Wadhams, Caleb, 136, 460.
Wadhams, John, 163. Winterberge, 15, 16. Williamstown, 98, 102. Watson, Elkanah, 27. Western land-fever, 60.
Wawampequeenont, 110. Wanonpe, 110.
Wendell, Jacob, 16, 61; purchases Poontoo- suck, 66; deeds to Philip Livingston, 68; objects to partition of 1752, 90; partition made in 1759, 124; 126, 149.
Wendell, Oliver, 62; sketch of, 199; 409, 437.
Wendell, Catharine, 437.
Wendell, John Mico, 504.
Westenhook or Westenhok, 19, 20, 21, 58.
Washington, town of, 23.
Willard, Elias, 86, 93, 311.
Wampenum, 65.
Wampenum Brook and Pond, 30.
Water-power of Pittsfield, 32, 33.
Water-works of Pittsfield, 36.
Wahconah manufacturing village, 34; Wah- conah Reservoir, 14.
Wappingers, the, 50.
West Stockbridge, 60, 131.
Williams College, 29, 124.
Whigs of the Revolution, 169, 172, 175, 183, 187, 199, 246.
Warren, Dr. Joseph, 175.
Wright, Abijah, 460.
Wright, Dr., of New Marlborough, 253.
Wright, Joseph, 321.
Woodbridge, Joseph, 358.
Woodbridge, Timothy, 65, 100, 101, 105, 131, 139.
Worthington, Col. John, 102, 103, 106, 124. Woodbridge, Abigail, 65.
White, Jonathan, 65.
Wells, Samuel, 66.
Wright, Josiah, 86, 93, 95, 120, 121, 134, 139, 162, 179, 183, 189, 190, 194, 203, 204, 206, 209, 244, 287, 295, 356, 362, 382, 384, 456.
Weller, Daniel, 189.
Women, active patriotism of, 206.
Welch, Walter, 460.
Welch, Joseph, 206.
Warner, Col. Seth, 218.
Warner, Nathan, 315.
Wright, John, 316.
Wheeler, Daniel, 394.
Wright, William, 119.
Ward, Capt. Edward, 116.
Whitehall, 218.
Wood, Moses, 460.
Womanly spirit, anecdote of, 416. Weed, John, 460.
Zion, Mount, 30.
Z.
ALPHABETICAL LIST
OF
SOLDIERS NAMED IN THE RECORD OF PITTSFIELD REVOLU- TIONARY SERVICE (APPENDIX D).
A.
Bagg, David
Belding, Levi Bagg, Daniel
Brattle, William
Bates, Daniel
Barber, James
Babbit, John
Burt, Thomas
Baker, Solomon
Barber, Matthew
Bonney, Samuel
Bush, David
Briton, Jonathan Baker, James
Cotterel, Nicholas
Bond, Bartholomew Belding, Oliver
Colton, Joseph Coggswell, Luther
Candec, Timothy
Bond, William
Badcock, Daniel
Baker, Lyman
Blinn, Joel
Brunt [Burt ?], John
Branch, John
C.
Collins, William Chapin, Amaziah
Coggswell, Reuben
Currier, B.
Cady, William
Corbin, John
Cross, Samuel
Cotton, Joseph
Chalmers, Jabez
Childs, Timothy
Cady, John
Colson, Joseph [Colton ?]
Coggswell, Samuel Coggswell, Isaac Cadwell, Timothy
Colt, James D.
Davis, Thomas
Coggswell, Calvin
Churchill, John
Coggswell, Levi
Cummington, John
Case, Ezekiel Clark, David
Carlton, Peleg
Carlton, Reuben Cady, John Cahoon, James Coe, Calvin Cadwell, Dan Chamberlain, Joseph
Coggswell, Benjamin
Chesman, Calvin Cady, Warren Cady, Phinehas Cole, Phinehas Coggswell, Daniel
Austin, Benjamin Allen, Rufus Ames, Elijah Ashley, David Austin, Ebenezer Adams, Aaron Andrews, Colman
Austin, Shubael Allen, JJoseph Allen, Rev. Thomas Albro, Jabez
B.
Berry, Hugh
Butler, Jerry Bill, Jonathan Beckwith, David Belding, Charles Butler, George Blakesley, Jonathan
Brattle, James Burt, Oliver Bateman, Jonathan
Cutond, Cemyour [Seymour Cutting or Cotton ?] Chaucer, Jabez ?
Crane, Elijah
Chapman, Ebenezer
Cook, William Cobb, Eliphalet
D.
Dago, Peter Dickinson, Nathaniel Deming, Benjamin Dickinson, Joel Davis, Nathaniel
Drake, Aaron Deming, John
De Wolf, James
Babcock, Simeon Belknap, Francis Blanchard, Jeremiah Bigsbee, Aaron Barber, Simeon Barber, Jacob
Burt, Thomas Brown, John
Dibble, Truman Dunham, Calvin Delano, Aaron Delano, Amos Dickinson, Israel Deming, Noadiah Drake, William Davis, Samuel
Dimock, Shubael
Done, Joshua [Doane]
Dart, Nathan Dennis, John Dimock, Benjamin Dean, Joel
516
Cotterel, Nicholas Cook, Timothy Concert, George Clark, Bildad
Chapin, Joseph
Crofoot, Stephen
Colton, Reuben
Chapel, Joshua
Collins, William Chappel, Joshua Carter, Elisha
Crofoot, Elijah Cadwell, Timothy
Chamberlain, Benjamin
Bliss, Solomon Barber, William Barber, Daniel Bagg, Martin Branch, Abel Baker, Enoch Burt, Daniel Brown, Daniel
Booth, Ambrose
Backus, Lebbeus Bigelow, Joshua Branch, Asa Bond, William
Brewster, Oliver Bell, Henry Bond, Seth Bartlett, Moses Baxter, Richard Baker, Timothy Beard, William Barber, Phinchas Bagg, Phinehas
Baker, William
517
INDEX.
E.
Egleston, Azariah Elton, James Easton, Joseph Easton, Calvin Ellison, James Ensign, Jacob Eldridge, Joseph Easton, Col. James Ensign, Elijah Easton, James, jun. Elton, Joseph
F.
Francis, John Foot, Isaac, or Israel Francis, William Ford, John Foot, Philip Fairfield, John Fuller, Jonathan Francis, Robert Fairfield, Joseph Fairfield, Nathaniel Frost, Abraham Foot, Aaron Fowler, Stephen Ford, William
G.
Gilbert, Phinehas
Gardner, John Goodrich, Caleh Goodrich, Moses Goodree, Samuel Goodrich, Elizur, or Eleazur Goodrich, Gideon, jun. Gleason, Jacob Gates, Joshua Goodrich, Charles Gunn, Gideon Gunn, Reuben Goff, Jacob Guilford, Paul Goodrich, Josiah Goodrich, Jedidiah Goodrich, Zenas Gallop, Benjamin Gates, Thomas Gaston, David Gorcester, Nathaniel Goodrich, Nathaniel Gleason, Benoni Graves, Jonathan Goodrich, Gilbert Goff, David [Luff]
H.
Hostetter, William Henman, Enos Hobby, Jonathan Horsford, John Hudson, Thomas Hill, Asa Hinman, William Hubbard, James Harrison, Joseph Hutchinson, Ebenezer Hickocks, Aaron Hill, Fred Hiscock, Ichabod Hall, Ambrose [Hull] Hall, Prince Hathaway, Abner Hewett, Jonathan
Harrison, Joseph Hopkins, Nehemiah Hubbard, Paul Hubbard, Peter Hutchinson, Paul Hurlbert, Zaccheus
Hewett, Zadoc Hatch, William Hardy, Joseph Hyde, Charles Hall, Warren Harrison, Asahel
Hinman, Adoniram Hall, Joseph Hill, -
Hewley, Jonathan Hubbard, Jose Hubbard, Daniel
Hale, Nathaniel Haskins, Enoch Hazzard, Jeffrey Hinman, Abijah Hale, Ashbel
Hamblin, Ichabod
I.
Isaacs, Isaac Ingersoll, David Ingraham, Nathan
J.
Janes, William
Jones, Daniel Jones, Herman Johnson, David Jenks, Thomas
Jones, - Janes, Elijah Jacobs, Jonalı Judd, Benjamin Judd, Uriah Jacobs, Josiah
Jordon, John
K.
Keiler, Thomas King, John Killiard, William
Kellogg, Thomas Keiler, Ezra
Keiler, Ebenezer Keiler, Benjamin Keiler, Eleazer Kingsbury, Martin Keßler, Daniel
L.
Little, William Lamphier, Elijah Lamson, William Lothrop, Solomon Ludd, Joel
Lewis, John Little, Woodbridge Lee, Jonathan Lewis, James Lattimer, Jonathan Loomis, Jonathan Lusk, Selah Landers, Asahel Lang, William Lambden, Abram Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Philip
Loomis, Daniel Luddington, Lemuel
M.
Mitchell, Hugh Miller, Aaron Miller, Thomas
Miller, Timothy Merrill, Daniel
Moseley, Josiah Milbourn, Reuben Millard, Abiather Merrill, Hosea
Messenger, Peter
Martin, David
Marvin, Enoch
Miller, Oliver Morse, Isaac Morey, Jonathan Merry, Ebenezer Macomber, Seth Miller, William
Mace, Warren
Merry, John
Moore, Joseph Martin, Solomon
Miller, Levi
Messenger, Gideon
Merrill, Ezekiel Milliken, William
Miller, Jeremiah
McKnight, Thomas
Moore. John
Mcknight, William
Merrill, Ezekiel
Merry, Samuel McGee, Patrick
Moore, Anoblos
N.
Noble, James Narramore, Joshua
Noble, Aaron
Noble, Moses
Noble, John
Noble, Mark
Newel, Seth
. Notting, James Noble, Jonathan Northrup, Abram
Noble, Luke
North, John Noble, David
Narramore, Asa
0.
Osborn, Joel Osborne, Daniel Osborn, Richard Oalds, Daniel Oliver, Anthony
P.
Pynchon, Benjamin Parmele, Rufus Plumer, Francis Phelps, Lemuel Price, Joseph Phelps, John Poppoonuck, Ebenezer Phillips, Nathan Phelps, Stephen Phelps, Israel Phelps, Joseph Phelps, Elnathan
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518
INDEX.
Stiles, Asahel
Sullard, Peter
Sackett, Erastus
Strong, King Stanley, Caleb
Stearns, John Stearns, Timothy Stone, Ethan
S.
Spear, James
Speneer, Samuel
Stoddard, Jonathan
Strong, Warham
Stanley, Frederic
Smith Ezekiel
Strong, Ozem Stiles, Silas
Stanley, Wm. C.
Wheedon, Ebenezer
Wright, Jehiel
Wheaton, Samuel
Wright, John Wright, Jacob
Ward, Josiah
Warren, JJason
Willard, Matthew
Willard, Elias
Waterman, Adoniram
Wright, Ozias
Wait, John Williamson, Othniel
Wiley, David
Willard, Abiather
Willard, Samuel
Woodward, Asa
Wright, Jonathan
Warren, Jason
Woodruff, Amos
Rossiter, Richard Reed, Joseph
Reed, Isaae
Reed, James
Root, Elijah
Root, Zenas
S.
Sprague, Calvin Sharp, Joseph Stearns, Ezra
Saekett, Solomon
Smith, Henry
Sherman, Palmer
Smith, Amos
Taylor, Thomas
Weleh, Walter
Welch, Uriah
Ward, Jacob
White, John Weller, Daniel
Weston, Jonatban
Tupper, Simeon
Wells, David
Weleh, Nathaniel
Weleh, Roger
Tobie, Nathaniel
Tuhel, Joseph Taggard, Nathan Titus, Negro
V.
Vernam, Willard
w.
Wright, Titus
Welch, Amos
Walker, Walter
Wheelwright, John
Weller, William
West, Stephen
Woodward, Rufus
Williams, Ebenezer
Robbins, Jason
Robbins, Joshua
Root, Ezekiel
Rathbun, Valentine
Rathbun, Reuben Remington, John Rathbun, James
Root, Amos, jun.
Root, Roswald
Root, John
Scott, Thomas
Sears, David
Spofford, Andrew
Stiles, Josiah
Reed, Isaac
Silver, Asa
Simonds, Joshua
Snow, Levi
Rathbun, Daniel
Root, Amos
Straton, Samuel
Stiles, Moses
Somers, Ezekiel
Stoddard, Philon
T.
Tupping, Paul [Tupper]
Tubs, Dan
Traey, Nehemiah
Tupper, Denam
Taleott, Josiah
Warner, David
Wright, Josiah
Wright, Peter
Wood, John
Treet, John
Williams, Oswald
Taylor, James
Wright, Ebenezer
Thorpe, John
Tupper, John
Tupper, Uriel
Tupper, Thomas Tupper Darius
Wollison, Shubael
Wolcott, Hezekialı
Walker, Joel
Wadhams, Caleb
Wright, Edmund
Welch, Joseph
Wright, Matthew
Williams, William
Taylor, David
Tomblin, Moses
Stephens, Benjamin Stuart, Charles Stiles, Moses Spear, James Stoddard, Ebenezer Stevens, Joel Stoddard, Israel Stiles, Ephraim Stiles, Aaron
R.
Root, Oliver
Root, Eli
Smith, Samuel
Somers, Ezekiel
Stanley, Caleb
Strong, John
Stiles, Zebediah
Stiles, Asahel
Stoddard, Joseph
Scott, William
Root, Azariah
Rust, Daniel
Rowley, Lemuel
Robbins, Nathaniel
Rathbun, Jacob
Stearns, Jehiel
Raymont, William
Taylor, llenry
Tyler, Henry Taylor, Jonathan
Wright, Josiah, jnn.
Phelps, William Peck, Israel Peck, James Parker, Timothy Prindle, Samuel Parker, Linns Porter, Nathaniel Parks, Thomas Parks, Abijah
Phelps, Ebenezer Pearson [Pierson], Abel Parks, Nathan Porter, Joseph Phelps, Benjamin
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