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"The Seat of War in New Eng- land, by an American Vol- unteer, with the marches of
the several Corps sent by the Colonies Towards Boston." London, 1775. (Map 57.3, No. 22.)
Bird's Eye View of Walpole, with five views of buildings. O. H. Bailey & Co. Boston, 1882. (No. 60 in Map 97.1.)
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Index
(This does not include the Appendix. No attempt is made to indi- cate different persons of the same name)
A
Acadians, deportation of, 110; in Walpole, 110 et seq .; walk back to old homes, 118, 119
Adams, Charles Francis, 187 John (Quincy), 160
Rev. Dr., 186
Samuel (Boston), 128, 283 Sarah, 88
Tony, 249 Will, Rev., 51 Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 109
Albany, N. Y., 121
Alden Emery Co., 250
Aldis, Mary, 73 Nathaniel, 73 Aldrich, George, 297
Alexander, see Wamsutta Allen, Abel, 65, 156 Catherine, 176 Elizabeth Fales, 66
Elizabeth Hastings, 66 Henry, 179
Jeremiah, 189, 264, 271, 272 John, 65, 66
John, Rev., 26
Lewis, 65
Mary Sherman, 65
O. W., 264, 265
Philip R., 268
Robert, 65, 66, 242
Ruth Fisher, 66
Samuel, 270 Samuel, Jr., 272
Sarah Ives, 65
American Card Clothing Co., 262
American Revolution, 62, 107,
Baptists in Walpole, 180 Barbour, Elizabeth Clark, 82
123; causes, 124, et seq .; Walpole prepares for, 130; Bardens, Elizabeth, 66 peace celebration, 157, 158 James, 65, 66, 67, 99
Ames, Nathaniel, 144, 147, 148, 162, 222 Ames' Tavern, Dedham, 215, 219 Ammidon, Alpheus, 221
Amory, Elizabeth, 226
Ancient and Honorable Ar- tillery Co., 22 Andersonville Prison, Ga., 196 Andover Theological Seminary, 179 Andrew, John A., Gov., 186, 190, 191
Anti-Slavery campaign in Wal- pole, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189
Antony, Joseph, 121
Appleton, Jesse, Rev., 175
Arlington, Mass., 141
Arnold, Benedict, 153 Attleboro, 67, 184, 204, 212, 215, 216, 219, 235, 238, 263, 284
Austrian Succession, War of, sce Shirley's War Avery, Mary, 74
Avery, William, 20
B
Bacon, William, Captain, 120. 121, 122, 249, 250; Captain, 167; Mr., 222 Bacon Hall, 181
Badger & Porter's Stage Reg- ister, 230
Baker, Micah, 285
Baldwin, Loammi, Colonel, 144 Ball, Thomas, 120
Baltimore, Md., 200
Banks, Nathaniel P., 190
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Bardens (Continued) Josiah, 153 Mehitable Clapp, 66 Mehitable, 66 Sara Hill, 67 Thomas, 67 Barder, Philip, 123
Baxter, Joseph Jr., Rev., 98
Bay Colony, see Massachusetts
Beecher, Lyman, Rev., 179
Beef for Army, appropriation for, 156 Belcher, Gov., 76
Belcher, Joseph, Rcv., 95, 96, 97, 98,101
Bell, John, 196
Bellamy, Captain (pirate), 204
Bellingham, Richard, 37
Bellingham, Mass., 7
Bent, G. R., Rev., 180
Bernard, Francis, Gov., 125, 126, 127; in Walpole, 126
Big Bethel, Battle of, 191
Bigelow, Asahel, Rev., 177, 179
Billings Tavern, 201, 202, 242
Bird, Charles Sumner, 181, 251, 267,303 Charles Sumner, Jr., 268 Daniel P., 237 note
Francis William, 185-192, 233, 236, 237, 265-267, 269, 303
George, 265, 266, 268
John (Dorchester), 69
Josiah W., 265, 266
Mary R., 303
Nathaniel, 192 Silence, 69
Bird Club of Boston, 186, 187
Bird Machine Co., 250, 251, 252
Bird Privilege, 276
Bird & Son, Inc., 232, 233, 251, 265 et seq. Bird's Hall, 181, 233
Bird's Pond, 14
Birney, James G., 185
Black Horse, Sign of the, 206 note Blackburn, George, 254 John, 253, 254 John Henry, 254, 255
Blackburn Privilege, 241, 242, 252 et seq., 262, 276
Blackman, Adam, 121 Blackstone, Mass., 235, 236, 237, 238
Blake, Aaron, 135, 253
Blessed Sacrament Church, see Churches, Catholic
Boies, James of Milton, 132 Bolcomb's Tavern, Wrentham, 216
Bolton, Mass., 174 Bondeli, Sigmund, Dr., 115 Bonney, Lovett, Captain, 167
Bonney, Mrs., 290 note
Boston, 13, 34, 39, 40, 67, 70, 161, 164, 165, 174, 191, 192, 197, 201, 202, 203, 204, 208,
211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 221,
230, 231, 233, 236, 238, 239; Acadians in, 110; pre-
Revolutionary, 124 et seq., 138, 139; seige of, 141 et seq., 146; evacuation, 147; Baptist Church in, 180; early postal service, 199 et seq.
Boston Daily Advertiser (cited), 189 note
Boston Gazette, 126
Boston Globe (cited), 231 note, 232 note, 233 note, 303 note
Boston Journal (cited), 256 note Boston Neck, 37
Boston News Letter (cited), 204 Boston Port Bill, 129, 130, 131, 138
Boston Public Library, 132 note Boston Tea Party, 129
Boston & Providence Coach Co., 249 Boston & Walpole Mfg. Co., 248 Boundaries, 48, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59
Bounties to Revolutionary troops, 152; Civil War, 193, 194 Bowdoin College, 174, 175 Bowker, W. L., 245 Boyd, James (Bolton), 174
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Boyden, Ebenezer, 121, 122
Ethanan, 120, 123 Ezekiel, 156 Hannah, 67, 68, 86, 88
James, 227, 253, 254
John, 64, 65, 67, 87, 111, 134, 139, 140, 146, 147, 156, 241 Jonathan, 67-69, 120, 122, 184 Joseph, 156
Mary, 69
M. B., 192
Phineas, 229
Prudence Leach, 68
Rachael Fisher, 68 Thomas, 67, 68
Bradbury, Sylvester, 108, 109
Captain,
Bradstreet, Simon, 37
Braintree, 74, 132
Brass Ball Tavern, 206, 206 note, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 223 Brattle, Thomas, 39
Brattleboro, Vt., 195
Breck, Edward, 74 Isabelle, 74
Breckinridge, John C., 196 Brewery, 283
Bridges, King's Bridge, at Mor- rill's, Norwood (1652), 200, 203; near old sawmill (1661), 26; over Spring Brook (1717), 50
Bridgewater, Mass., 122
Brintnall, Margaret, SI
Bristol, R. I., 50, 203, 204, 207
Bristol Ferry (R. I.), 203
Brock, Anne, 71 Henry, Rev., 71
Brookline, 75
Brooks, U. S. Senator, 183
Brown, Benjamin, 184
John of Ossawatomie, 187; voted for in Walpole, 190 Brown University, 265 Brunswick, Me., 108, 109
Brush Meadow, 242
Bubbling Brook, 59, 240
Buckley, Nicholas, 120 Pierce E., 64 note
Bull Run, Battle of, 192; second battle, 196
Bullard, Isaac, 47 Mary, 72, 82 Seth, 128, 135, 140, 143, 144, 150, 161 Solomon, 284 William, 72 Bullets, 130
Bunker Hill, 123, 145
Burial Grounds, 116, 117; rural, 246
C Cambridge, 13, 88, 141, 160, 207
Camp Devens, 304a-304e
Campbell, George, 244 Thomas, 244
Canada, 120, 123, 148, 251
Cannon, 243
Canton, 203, 233, 235
Cape Breton Island, 108
Cape Cod, 204
Card tooth machine, 246
Caribbean Sea, 106
Carnegie, Andrew, 803
Carroll (Carrel, Carryl)
Jonathan, 137 Joseph, 99, 163
Cary, William H., 250
Castle Island, Boston Harbor, 125
Catholic Church, see Churches
Cedar Swamp, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 50,240 Chamberlain, Moses, 65, 68, 99 Deborah Onion, 68 Mary Clapp, 68
Champlin, Thomas, Captain, 88
Chandler, Colonel, 57
Charles II, King of England, 28 Charles Josias (son of Josias Wompatuck), 11-16
Charles River, 2, 12 Charlestown, Mass., 147, 192, 194 Charlestown Artillery, 191
Chauncey, Charles, Rev., 69 Chelsea, 102, 117, 141
Cheney, Ephraim, of Medfield,
146
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Cheney (Continued) Mehetable, 81 Samuel, Dr., 128, 131, 134, 141, 210
Cheney's Tavern (see also Cheney, Samuel), 141, 145, 210
Chicatabut, 2-5, 11, 12
Church, Caleb, 29, 30, 38; on murder of Z. Smith, 36, 37 Church and State, Union of, in Massachusetts, 173, 177; disestablished, 178
Churches (see also Meeting- house), Catholic, 181; Con- gregational, First, 68, 185, 209, 212, 282, formed 99, orthodox secession, 168 et seq., first organ, 279; Con- gregational (East Walpole), 181; Episcopal, 181, 182; Methodist (Centre), 180, 181; Methodist (South Wal- pole), 180; Orthodox Con- gregational, 178, 189, 281, secession of, 176 et seq., meetinghouse built, 179,
183
City Point, Va., 196
Civil War, 258, 191 seq.
Clap-Clapp, Charles, 158 Daniel, 258
Ebenezer, 122, 130, 133, 134, 136, 143, 144, 255
Edmund W., 235
Eleazer, 65, 68-70
Eliphalet, 255
Eliphalet, Jr., 242
Hannah, 70, 85
Horace, 250
James, 113, 156
Joshua, 50, 55, 64, 68, 69, 92, 93, 95, 99, 111, 121, 124- 127, 133, 135, 149, 160, 241, 300
Josiah, 116
Mary, 68, 70, 85
Mary Boyden, 69 Mary Fisher, 69 Maynard, 301
Metcalf, 165
Oliver, 149, 150, 151, 155
Ollis, 254, 255 Silence, 69 Simeon, 270, 271 Stephen, 65, 69, 70 Thaddeus, 255
Thomas, 25, 28, 29, 47, 56, 59, 64, 68-70, 93, 101-104, 299
Warren, 165, 255
Clapboardtrees parish, 53, 54 Clapp's Inn, 229, 230 Clark-Clarke, Alton N., 271 Azubel, 86 Beri, 193
Epheraim, 289
Esther, 88
Henry S., 193, 248, 249
Nathan, 271
Truman, 193, 284 W. H., 249
Clark (Henry S.), Privilege, 241, 248, 249
Cleveland, Edward, 123 George, 120, 122 John, 261 Clise's Tavern, Dedham, 141
Codman, Rev. Dr., 179
Colburn-Coleburn, Nathaniel, 22 Sarah (cited), 83
Columbian Centinel (cited), 217 Commissioners of Customs, 124, 125 Committee of Correspondence, 134, 143, 159
Committee of Inspection, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 159
Committee of Safety, 136, 159
Common, 27, 102, 288
Concord, Mass., 134
Coney, Jabez, Jr., 266
Confederation, Articles of, ap- proved by town, 159
Congregational Churches (see also Churches in Walpole), 28, 173, 174, 177; dises- tablished, 178
Connecticut troops, 144, 145, ' 146, 149
Connecticut Valley, 42 Constables, 135; first, 92, 93 Constitutional Convention, 160
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Continental Congress, 132, 133, 134, 149, 159; aided by
Walpole, 132 Cooke, Nicholas, Gov., 149
Cornmill Pond, 242
Cornwallis, Lord, 157
Crafts, Thomas, Col., 151
Cram, Jerome B., 193, 256
Crane, Edward, 237
Crossman, Robert, 19
Crowley, Thomas H., 304b
Crown Point, 120, 122
Cundal, Edward G., 255
Curity Products, 260
Currency in Revolution, 152
Curwen. Samuel, Judge, 207
Cushing, -, 267
James, 161 Thomas, 132
D
Daggett, Abner, 212 Ebenezer, Dr., 113, 210, 213, 284, 286
Daggett's Tavern, 212
Dams, 241, 242, 256, 272, 274, 275, 276, 277
Daniels, 184
Dantramont ( D'Autremont ), 112, 116, 119
Benoni, 117, 118 James, 111, 114, 117
Joseph, 111, 114, 115, 117, 118
Margaret, 111, 114, 117, 118 Natalie, 118
Paul, 117, 118
Davis, Caleb, 161
Day, Joseph, 130, 134, 135
Dean, Sayles & Co., 266
Declaration of Independence, Walpole's vote, 148,149 Dedham, Mass., 14, 19, 22, 27- 30, 36, 37, 40, 42-45, 47- 53, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 71. 72, 74, 75, 77, 80-83, 120-123, 196, 144-146, 155, 178, 196 note, 198, 201, 233-236, 241, 265; granted lands, 4, 7; founded, 7, 80; buys land of Indians, 1, 10-16; growth, 20, 48; taverns, 215, 216, 219, 230;
jail, 185; great gun, 38; military company, 38; Indian alarm at, 45; new church, 52; eases tax on Sawmill residents, 51, 52, 54; Genl. Washington in, 147; French camp at, 157; made shire town, 162; Free- soil Convention, 188; turn- pike opposition, 222
Dedham, England, 80 Dedham Hamlet (Walpole
Centre), 205
Dedham Historical Register, 86
Dedham Minerva, 216, 244
Dedham Patriot (cited), 233 note
Dedham Plain, 41, 79
Deeds from Indians, 12 note
Democratic Party, 188, 190
Desantes, Pietro, 304 b
Dexter, Jeremiah, 115, 261, 297 John, 123 Samuel, 261
Diamond Mfg. Co., 270
Diamond Pond, 242, 270
Diamond Privilege, 270, 271
Diary, Revolutionary, 156 note
Doctors, see Physicians
Dorchester, 3, 12, 13, 26, 35, 49, 55, 59, 74, 80, 89, 98, 99, 121, 198; buys lands now in Walpole, 16
Dorchester Heights, 147, 165 note
Dorr, Ebenezer (Roxbury), 132 Douglass, Stephen A., 196 Dover, 7
Downes, Shubael, Captain, 210, 211
Downes' Tavern, 210, 216
Draft in Civil War, 194
Draper Co., Hopedale, 263
Drinking, 282 et seq.
Druce's Tavern, Wrentham, 219
Dudley, Joseph, Gov., 13, 202
Dummer, William, Lt. Gov., 63
Dupee (Dupuis), Charles, 211 James, 155 James D., 303 Henry W., 273 Dupee, Weeks & Soren, 273
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Dupee's Tavern, Walpole, 211, 212 Dupee's Tavern, Wrentham, 146 Duntremon, see Dantramont Dutch, 199
E
Eames, Thomas, 89 East Walpole, 46, 181, 190, 198, 198 note, 202, 223, 232, 234, 235, 236, 238, 258, 265, 268, 269, 290,303 Easton, Mass., 98, 244
Easy Plain, see Walpole Plain
Eaton, Elizabeth, 82 Jonathan, 82
Ed Hawes' Brook, see Hawes' Brook
Edmonds, John H., State Archiv- ist, 188 Eldridge, Benjamin, 65, 70 Joseph, 70 Robert, 70 Thomas, 70
Elections, State and National, 161; State (1859), 190; Presidential of 1860, 190, 191 Electric Railways, see Street Railways
Eliot, John, 4, 32
Ellbridge Smith Privilege, 247
Elldridge, see Eldridge
Ellis, Albert, 247 note
Daniel, 255, 263
Eliphalet, 140
Enoch, 128, 131, 133, 134, 140
George, 263
George P., 166
Lucy Morey, 164 Moses, 111 Richard, Sergt., 8, 11 Ellis Brook, see Hawes' Brook Ellis Mill, 258
Ellis' Tavern, Dedham, 215, 216, 219
Embargo, 1807-1811, 247 England, 61, 62, 120, 131, 247; trouble with Puritans, 8; war with Spain, 106, 107; War of Austrian Succession, 107; treatment of colonies
before Revolution, 124 et seq.
Enlistments, Revolutionary, 151, 152, 153; Civil War, 193, 194; World War, 304a Epiphany Church, see Churches, Episcopal
Essex Institute, Salem, 156 note Evangeline, 110 Evans Mills, N. C., 196
Everett, Hannah, 67 John, 34, 55 Everett's Tavern (Norwood), 216
Exchange Tavern, Boston, see Royal Exchange Coffee House
F
Factorics, see Industries
Fairfax, Va., 196
Fales, Abigail, 65, 71, 101, 102 Anne Brock, 71 Charles, 260
Deborah, 72
Deborah Fisher, 71
Ebenezer, 50, 56, 62, 64, 71, 92, 93, 99, 101-103, 150, 156, 158, 205, 242, 253, 298, 299
Eliphalet, 123
Elizabeth, 64
James, 14, 25, 28, 29, 37, 42; signature, 47, 66, 71
Jeremiah, 156
Joseph, 156
L. F., 251, 260
Lowell E., 191
Mary, 85
Peter, 65, 99
Peter, Sr., 56, 71, 93; estate of, 101, 205
Samuel, 163, 255
Sarah, 72 Squire M., 244
Fales' 'Tavern, 205
Fall River, Mass., 191
Faneuil Hall. 124. 125. 191
Farnum, Welcome, 237
Farrington, Barnard, 64. 72
Charles W., Captain, 167
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Farrington (Continued) John, 72 Major, 148 Mary Bullard, 72 Mary, 72 Seth, 123 Faxon, Joanna, 71, 73 Fay, Eugene F. and Mrs., 275 note, 277 note Felch, Stephen, 123, 137 Fence Viewer, 92
Fifth Regiment, M. V. M., Co. C. 191 Finlay, Hugh, 214 Fish pond at Centre, 208 Fisher, Anne Luson, 73 Anthony, 19, 71-74
Deborah. 71
Daniel, Captain, 44
Eleazer, 74
Elizabeth Daniels, 74
Hannah, 81, 83
Hannah Adams, 73
Isaac, 185 Isabelle, 74 Joanna Faxon, 71, 74
John, 73 Joshua, 64, 72, 73, 95
Joshua, Lieut., 9, 22-24, 29, 73, 74 Judith, 73 Lydia, 73
Martin L., 196
Mary, 69, 73, 74
Mary Aldis, 73
Mary Avery, 74
Mary Fiske, 72 Nathaniel P., 177, 178
Ruth, 66
Samuel, 21 Sarah, 76 Vigilance, 241 William, 64, 72-74, 136 Fiske, Anne, 72 Mary, 72 William, 72
Fitch, Jabez, Jr., 145
Flints, 130 -
Floods, 274 et seq. Forge Pond. 242
Forges, sec Industries Fort William Henry, 121, 122
Fortress Monroe, 191 Forty-Fourth Regiment, M. V. M., 194 Foster, Hannah, 78 Huldah Holland, 75
John, 42 John W., Dr. (Foxboro), 286 Samuel, 42
Timothy, 35, 36 William, 65, 74
Foxboro, 191, 226, 227, 234, 286
Framingham, 102, 121, 238
France, 109, 118, 157, 162
Frank Morse Privilege, see Morse
Franklin, Mass., 7, 184, 260, 261
Fredericksburg, Battle of, 196
Free Soil Party, 185, 187, 188
Freeman, Henry, 65 Mary Sherman, 65
Freemen, 28
French, William H., 247
French and Indian Wars, 46, 199, 119 et seq., 147, 243 French, at Walpole as soldiers, 154 French Neutrals, see Acadians French troops in Walpole, 156, 157 Frizell, John, 245 John W., 196 Fuller, James, 226 Samuel, 212. 255 Stephen, Jr., 217, 221, 224- 226 Stephen, Mrs., 226
Fuller's Tavern, Dedham, 224 Fuller's Tavern, South Walpole, see Half Way House Funerals, old-time customs, 283 Fur trade, cause of Indian wars, 109
G Gage, Thomas, Gen., 133, 134 Gallows at Boston, 37 Gardner, Henry (Stow), 135 Gay, -, 261 Jacob, 301 Timothy, 224, 227, 247 Gay House, 289 Gay's Tavern, Dedham, 215, 219, 224
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George, Albert E., Rev., 182
George's Fort, see Brunswick, Me. Gettysburg, Pa., 195 Gill, Ira, 189, 262, 263 Gilmore, James S., 196 W. K., 273 Glover, Henry R., 256 Smith, 256
Godbold, Henry L., 196
Goddard, H. L. and Mrs., 210
Going, Priscilla, 84
Good Shepherd, Church of the, Dedham, 181
Gorham, Shubel, Colonel, 70
Gouesse, Francis, Rev., 181
Gould, John A., 165, 230, 235, 237, 238 note, 290 Gould family, 202
Gould estate, 273
Governor's Horse Guards, 126
Gray, Harrison, 135
Robert S., 258 Smith, 257, 270
Gray, S. Co., 257
Greene, George F. Sergt., 304b
Greenwich, Mass., 42
Gregory, William, 208
Gridley, Richard, Capt., 120 Grifis, William, 120 Grosse, Anne, 86
Groton, 67
Guild, Aaron, 147 Abigail Robinson, 76 Anne, 75
Elizabeth Crooke, 75
Frederick, Mrs., 210
Horace, 192, 193
James, 270
Joanna, 79
John, 64, 75, 76 Mary Woodcock, 75 Mehitabel, 76
Nathaniel, 65, 75, 131-135, 270 Samuel, 75, 135, 156, 185, 193 Sarah, 89 Guild's teams on turnpike, 227
H
Hadden, see Hidden Haines, Benjamin, Rev., 180 Hale, Nathan, in Walpole
Half Way House, South Walpole, 217, 224, 225, 226, 231 Hall, Abigail, 88
Basil, Captain, 231 Benjamin, 76, 77
Edward, 76
John, 64, 76, 77, 92, 261, 300
Mary Newell, 76
Ruth Petty, 77
Sarah, 77
Sarah Fisher, 76
Hamant, Militiah, 83 Timothy, 83
Hamilton, Andrew, 200 Carrie L .. 220
Hammat, Elizabeth, 81
Hancock, John, 161
Hannah Jack (negress), 185, 209 Harper's Ferry, 190
Harris, Nicholas, 134
Harris' Tavern, 212
Hart, Albert Bushnell (cited), 178 William, 259
Hartford, Conn., 213, 224 Hartshorn, Calvin, 192
Charles, 192
Daniel, 165
Ebenezer, 165, 240, 261, 270
Elizabeth, 78
Hannah Foster, 78
J. G., 193
James, 153 note, 176 note, 232 note, 290
Joseph, 42, 48, 50, 56, 64, 77, 78, 93, 135, 143
Lowell E., 196
Martha, 79
Rachel Morse, 78
Sarah, 77, 78
Samuel, 166, 270
Sidney S., 191, 193
Susanna, 77 Thomas, 64, 77, 78
Harvard College, 69, 95, 99, 170, 174, 179, 210, 967; Unitarianism at, 175
Hastings, Elizabeth, 66
Hatch, Israel, 215, 216, 217, 218, 221, 222, 224 Solomon, 221
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Hatch's Tavern, Boston, see Roy- al Exchange Coffee House Hatch's Tavern (Wrentham, now Norfolk), 216, 217, 218, 221, 222 Hawes-Haws, Benjamin, 150 Joseph, 192, 235 Samuel, 141 Sarah Elizabeth, 192 Hawes' Brook (present name, Ellis Brook), 18, 48, 56, 59, 287
Hawes' Tavern, Attleboro, 216
Headon, see Hidden
Herne, Patrick, 196
Hidden, Jonathan, 212, 221
Hidden's Tavern, 141, 145, 146, 212, 216, 221, 223 note Highland Lake, 243
Hill, Josiah, 270
Hingham, 69
Hogan, Patrick J., 304b
Hog reeve, 92
Holbrook, Susannah, 82
Holland, Huldah, 75
Mary White, 75 Nathaniel, 75
Hollingsworth, Lyman, 269 Z. T., 267, 269
Axles, 264, 273
Batting, 255, 256, 259
Bleachery, 257
Blooming mill, 121, 121 note, 242
Bonnet wire, 250
Brake lining, 257
Card clothing, 262
Carding, 250
Carpets, 258
Carpet lining, 256, 259
Cheesecloth, 260
Chemicals, 256, 273
Cotton, 247, 254, 262, 266, 270
Cotton percolator, 259
Cotton wadding, 265
Cotton waste, 271, 272
Dye works, 257, 273
Emery, 250
Fulling mills, 50, 240, 241, 248, 258
India, 109 Indian relics, 16
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Indian Reservation in Walpole, 13-16, 42, 46; map, 15- Indian slaves, 44
Indian Wars (see also King Philip's War), 162; causes of, 109
Indians, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 123; kept within bounds during wars with France, 46; sell Wrentham lands, 9; in Walpole, 1-6, 11, 18, 42, 46; land ownership limited by Puritans, 6; Neponsets, or Ponkapoags, 3, 14, 16, 30; liberty to hunt in Dedham, 14; Wompanoags, 9, 17, 33, 39; murder of Smith by, 30 et seq., 41; Natick, 30; treatment by whites, 31 et seq., 109;
Pequots, 32; Narragan- setts, 32, 41, 42, 43; Mo- hawks, 32; Nipmets, 41
Industries, see also Mines, Iron, Lumber, Timber
Absorbent gauze and cotton, 259
Auto trunks, 262
Hollingsworth & Vose Co., 265, 269 Holliston, Mass., 98 Holmes, Experience, 85 John P., 272
Holmes' Tavern, Attleboro, 219
Holmes' Tavern, Wrentham, 216
Hoop Skirt Factory, 180
Hooper, John, 120, 192, 261
Hopedale, Mass., 263
Hospital, Smallpox, 285
Howe, Lord, 147 Julia Ward, 233 Hall J., 248
Hubbard, William, Rev., 43
Hull, Mass., 147
Hunt, Charles F., 304c
Hutchinson, Thomas, Gov., 127
Hyde Park, Mass., 267, 269
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Forges, see Foundries
Foundries, 241-244, 254, 255, 261,264
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Industries (Continued) Grist mills, 227, 240, 247, 253, 254, 266 Hats, 262 Hay and grain, 273 Hoes, 261, 263, 264 Hoop skirts, 180 Hospital supplies, 259 Iron works, see Foundries
Lamp wicks, 255, 256, 270
Lint bandages, 259
Machinery, 254, 255, 260, 271 Machine shops, 259, 260, 261, 272
Mattresses, 256
Nails and tacks, 248, 263
Paper, 244, 265-267 Paper machinery, 251
Rubber, 256
Sawmills, 240-244, 250, 252- 254, 261, 271, 272
Sewing machines, 260
Shingle mill, 250
Shoddy, 247, 250, 265
Shoes, 249 Snuff, 255, 263
Steel springs, 264
Stoves, 255
Straw bonnets, 270
Suit cases, 262
Tanyard, 255
Textile (see also Cotton and Wool), 248, 249, 255, 263, 264, 270
Thread, 250, 258, 270
ยท Tires, 256
Twine, 265, 270, 272
Wool burring, 271
Wool scouring, 272, 273 Woolen mill, 242 Yarn, 249, 264, 270
I. O. O. F. Hall, 181
Ipswich, England, 67
Ipswich, Mass., 74, 77, 120, 121 Ireland, 154
Iron, 240, 243
Isles of Shoals, 71
Ives, Sarah, 65
J Jack (slave), 185, 209 Jackson, Ephraim, 122
Esther, 79 Hannah, 88 Joanna Guild, 79 Samuel, 79. 196 James, Priscilla, 84 James River, Va., 196 Jenks, Joseph, 79 William, 65, 78, 79 Jerauld, James, Dr., 284 James, Jr., Dr., 284, 285 John Tulley's Almanack, 201 Jones, Francis, 38 John, 155 Jordan, Captain, 108 Josiah or Josias Wompatuck (see also Charles Josias), 5, 11, 12-16 Judges, paid by the Crown, 127, 129
K
Kansas, 183, 190
Kendall, George D., 308 H. P., 259 Samuel, 121, 122
Kennedy, Thomas W., 267
Kimball, Jonathan, 136
King Philip's War, 30, 34, 48, 77, 84, 89, 199; preparations for, 37; begins, 38
King William's War, 199
King's Bridge, see Bridges
Kingsbury, Benjamin, 115, 143, 149 Daniel, 270, 290
Eleazer, 79
Esther Jackson, 79
George H., 288 note
Jacob, 156
James, 47
Joseph, 79 Nathan, 155
Nathaniel, 203
Samuel, 65, 79, 92. 93, 99, 287
Seth, 113, 127, 134, 135, 143, 156, 206 Kingsbury's Tavern, see Roe Buck Tavern Kingston, R. I., 42
Knight, Sarah, 201
Know Nothingism, 190
Kollock, Royal, 155
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Ladies' Literary Moral Society, 302 Lafayette, General, 231, 232 Lake Champlain, 119 Lake George, 121 Lamson, Sarah, 77 William, 77 Land purchases from Indians, 1-16
Landers, Peter, 111, 112
Lawrence, Harlow, 258
Lawrence, Mass., 273
Lawrence Factory, 259
Lea, Robert, 80
Leach, General, 244
Leatherbridge, Samuel, 155
Ledite, Benjamin, 122 Lewis, Barachiah, 46
Bradford, 270-272
David W., 195
E. Frank, 272, 273, 275
George W., 232 note, 233 note Isaac Newton, 46 note, 147, 242, 303 James Bradford, 271 John, 135 W. I., 259
Willard, 258, 259, 272, 290; house, 288
Lewis, Bradford, homestead, 101, 205, 304c . Lewis Manufacturing Co., 206, 240, 241, 258, 239, 260, 304a
Lewis Privilege, 257, 258, 259 Lexington, battleat, 123, 138, 139 Liberty Loan, 304
"Liberty Party," 185
Libraries, public and private, 302, 303
Lincoln, Abraham, Walpole's vote for, 190; calls for troops, 191 Linden Spring & Axle Co., 264 Locomotives at Walpole, 236, 237 Lombard, Captain, 70 London, Eng., 120
Longfellow, Henry W., 110
Louisburg, Capture of, 70, 88, 108, 109 Lumber, see also Timber, 23, 24, 244
Lusher, Eleazer, 22, 23, 24, 36 Luson, Anne, 73
Lynde, Benjamin, 202, 207 Lynn, 82 Lyon, Isaiah, 121; killed 122 Peter, 77, 241, 253, 254, 298, 299 Sarah, 253
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Mahoney Building, 180
Mails, see Postal Service and Routes Maine, 108, 164; Acadians in, 119 Man-Mann, Horace, 178 John, 249 Peletiah, 206
Sabin, 140
Seth, Dr., 286 Theodore, 133-135, 169, 241, 248 Timothy, 150, 151, 241, 248 Man's Tavern, Wrentham, 145, 206, 216
Manning, Charles, 256
Manning, Glover & Co., 256
Mansfield, Mass., 238
Manter, William C., 196
Maps, 4 note: Indian reserva- tion at East Walpole, 14 and 14 note, 15; Walpole, 15; (1794), 240, 254, 258; (1832), 249 note, 263, 270, 272 note; (1852), 245 note, 262 note Marlboro, Mass., 170 Marsh, Ann Thurogood, 79 John, 64, 79 Martha Hartshorn, 79 Sarah, 79 Marshall, William, 120, 192, 213 Massachusetts, 41, 45, 55; char- ter troubles, 8, 19, 28, 61; Acadians in, 111, 113; pre- Revolutionary, 124 et seq. Massachusetts Chemical Co.,
256, 277
Massachusetts
Constitution,
Walpole's part in making,
159, 160, 161;
accepts
amendment, 166
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THE STORY OF WALPOLE
Massachusetts Provincial Con-
gress, 132, 135, 142; ap- proved by Walpole, 133, 134; Walpole represented in, 159 Massachusetts troops, 146
Massapoag Pond, Sharon, 243, 244
Massasoit, 7 Mather, Increase, 90 Richard, Rev., 89
Matoonus, 34, 41
McDonald, Alexander, 191
McKew, John E., 196
Measurement, Standards of, 282 Medfield, 7, 13, 20, 51, 52, 56,
66, 67, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 87, 88, 140, 143, 146, 161, 201, 245, 275, 284, 285; burned by Indians, 43; mill burned, 45; Acadians in, 119; meeting house raised, 211 Medway, 74, 81, 253
Meeting House, 57, 58, 60, 168, 211, 287; location, 59, 93, 102, 103, 104; centre of all activity, 91; dissention over, 92 et seq .; building of first, 91 et seq .; descrip- tion, 104; gallery, 105; razed, 170, 212; second built, 171; pranks in, 172, 173; stove installed, 280
Mendon, attacked by Indians, 41
Metacomet, see Philip
Metcalf, Sarah, 86
Methodist Churches, see
Churches
Methodist Hall, 180
Mile Stone, 207
Military supplies (sce also pow- der, bullets, etc.), 133
Militia companies in Walpole (see also Minute Men), 121, 139, 143, 147, 150, 162, 163, 165, 166, 167, 230
Militia muster at Walpole, 162
Mill Brook, 243, 272, 275
Mills, see Industries, also Saw- mill, Old Milton, 132
Milton Lower Mills, 131 Mines, 19, 240, 243
Ministers, 51, 53, 54, 59, 60; in Walpole, 95 et seq., 168 et seq.
Minute Men, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 141, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150
Miontonomah, Sachem of Nar- ragansetts, murder of, 32, 41
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