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Boston Tea Party, 207, 21I. Also see Tea Tax.
Boston water supply, 7.
Boston & Albany Railroad, 499, 533, 534, 535, 536, 540.
Boston & Albany Division of New York Central, 19, 534.
Boston, Barre & Gardner Railroad, 511, 536, 537. Boston & Lowell Railroad, 497, 529, 533, 5.38.
Boston & Maine Railroad, 19, 537, 540.
Boston & Providence Railroad, 538.
Boston and Worcester Canal proposed, 524. Boston & Worcester Railroad, 511, 523, 529, 532, 533, 535, 538.
Boundaries of Worcester County, 3.
Bourne, John H., Rev., 471.
Boutwell, George S., 139.
Bowditch, Dr., 377.
Bowdoin, James, Gov., 263, 270, 272, 276, 378.
Bowman, James, 165.
Boxboro, Mass., 496, 529.
Boy life in country town, 354.
Boy Scouts, 545.
Boycott of British goods, 199, 202, 203.
Boyden, John, 454.
Boylston, Nicholas, 154.
Boylston, Zabdiel, Dr., 651.
Boylston, Mass., 160, 454, 648.
Boylston, altitude and area, II.
Boylston, incorporation and naming, 154.
Boylston, population, 18, 454, 648, 754.
Boynton, John, 421, 699, 700, 771.
Boys' Club, in Worcester, 195.
Brackett, Edward A., 555.
Braddock, Edward, Gen., 185.
Bradford, William, 759.
Bradish, John, 216.
Bradstreet, Ann, 674.
Bradstreet, Simon, Gov., 167.
Braintree, Mass., 34, 157.
Braintree Farms, Mass., 157.
Brattleboro, Vt., 493, 495, 496, 497, 537, 538, 540. Brauning, William, 284.
Brazer, Samuel, 583.
Breakneck Hill, 348.
Breck, Moses T., 512.
Breck, Robert, Rev., 463.
Brennan, W. T., Mrs., 738.
Brewer, Professor, 368.
Bridge, Samuel, 284.
Bridgeport, Conn., 501.
Bridgewater, Mass., 123, 691.
Briggs, George Nixon, 565.
Brigham, Alfred R., 739.
Brigham, Artemus, 292.
Brigham, David, 603.
Brigham, Elijah, 574. Brigham, Levi, 225.
Brigham, Robert B., 595.
Brigham Hill, 12.
Brigham's tavern, 400.
Brimfield, Mass., 160, 347.
Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre, 396.
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Bristol, R. I., 486. Bristol County, Mass., 168, 498. Brocklebank, Samuel, Capt., 102.
Brookfield, Mass., 65, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 80, 105, 117, 133, 135, 136, 155, 160, 161, 178, 179, 381, 454, 489, 493, 536, 564, 568, 572, 573, 574, 575, 591, 603, 648, 653, 654, 655. Brookfield, altitudes and area, II. Brookfield, incorporation and naming, 154.
Brookfield, population, 18, 64, 192, 454, 648, 754. Brookfield, settlement, 35, 37, 58.
Brookfield garrison house, 38.
Brookfield, North Parish of, 158. Brookfield, West Parish of, 161.
Brookline, Mass., 415, 670.
Brooks, Silas, 603.
Broom-making, 367. Brown, C. H., 624. Brown, Charles E., 638.
Brown, J. & N., 488.
Brown, John, 523, 524.
Brown, Moses, 524.
Brown Hill, II. Brownell, G. L., 617.
Bruce, Eli, 620.
Bruce, Elijah, 201.
Bryant, Albert, Rev., 469.
Bryant, Harrison, 506.
Buffalo, N. Y., 534, 658.
Buffum, William, 527.
Bugbee, Henry E., 638.
Bull Run, battle of, 450.
Bullard, Jonathan, 225, 292. Bullock, Alexander Hamilton, 429, 438, 575, 582, 771. Bullock, Lizzie L., Mrs., 739. Bunker Hill, Mass., 139, 155, 197, 230, 231, 278, 302, 529, 530, 539, 552. Bunker Hill Railway, 529, 537.
Burbank, Elijah, 594, 609. Burbank, Gardner, 351, 623. Burbank, Luther, 757, 772.
Burgoyne, John, Sir, 234, 235.
Burke, Edmund, 280.
Burke, R. S. J., Rev., 480.
Burleigh, Charles, 620. Burlingame family, 284, 285.
Burnett, Luther, 325.
Burnham, Franklin, 732. Burning in effigy, 434. Burns, Anthony (slave), 430, 432, 433, 435, 442, 444. Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 450. Burnside, Samuel M., 690. Burr, Aaron, 297. Burrage, Walter L., Dr., 651. Burritt, Elihu, 585, 776. Burroughs, Stephen, 147. Bush, Nellie B., Mrs., 477.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 445. Butler, George L., 730. Butler, John, 487.
Butman, Asa O., 434-37.
Butman, Benjamin, 336, 603.
Butman riot, 434-37.
Butter-making, 366. Buttrick, Major, 249.
Buzzell, John, 629. Bye, Martin, 626. Byington, Horatio, 565. Bynner, Edwin, 583.
Cadets, 332, 333.
Caldwell, James, 169, 170, 172.
Caldwell, John, 170, 17I.
Caldwell, Seth, 170, 171.
Caldwell, William, 572.
Calhoun, John Caldwell, 509.
Calvinists, 107, 108, IIO.
Cambridge, Mass., 71, 324, 494, 496, 528, 650. Cambridge University, 459, 575.
Cameron, Rubie L., 739.
Campbell, Alexander, Dr., 216, 225. Canada, III, 113, 115, 116, 129, 131, 132, 152, 155, 161, 175, 184, 185, 189, 278, 441, 442, 443, 444, 512, 573, 579, 613, 663, 664. Canals, 522-29. Also see Blackstone Canal.
Candle-making, 363.
Candlewood Hill, II.
Canfield, Charles T., Rev., 452.
Cape Breton (see Louisburg).
Capron, William, 527.
Card, Samuel, 328. Carl's Tour in Main Street, 145, 147, 298.
Carrington, Edward, 524.
Carter, Elias, 629.
Carter, John G., 694.
Carthagena, Tragedy of, 175-77.
Castin, Baron de, 129.
Cathcart, Lord, 177.
Catholic University, 480.
Catskill Mts., 552.
Cattle Show Ball, 338.
Cattle Shows, 380-84, 423-26.
Cemeteries, 195.
Censuses of county and towns, 16-19. See also, under each town, "population."
Ceylon, India, 663. Chace, Malcolm G., 643.
Chamberlain, Frederick H., 576.
Chamblee River, 116.
Chandler, Charles, 469
Chandler, Clark, 210, 21I. Chandler, Gardner, Sheriff, 194, 218, 219. Chandler, John, 142, 182, 184, 196, 563, 564, 573, 574. Chandler, Nathaniel, 572, 573.
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Chandler, Rufus, 196, 572, 573.
Chandler, Samuel, 469, 595.
Chandler Family, 396, 572, 688.
Chandler Hill, 13.
Channing, Edward, 295, 296, 304, 415.
Chapin, Benjamin, 691, 706.
Chapin, Henry, 139, 523, 575.
Chaplin, Ebenezer, Rev., 216.
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubun- agungamaugg, 155. Also see Chaubun- gungamaug.
Charles I, King, 345.
Charles II, King, 51, 107, 161.
Charles River, 6, 52, 528.
Charleston, S. C., 436, 447, 579.
Charlestown, Mass., 223, 227, 486, 494, 539, 552, 560, 650. Charlestown, N. H., 178, 494.
Charlton, Mass., 150, 159, 454, 493, 533, 548, 564, 566, 648.
Charlton, altitudes and area, II.
Charlton, incorporation and naming, 154.
Charlton, population, 18, 192, 454, 648, 754.
Charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 562.
Chase, Anthony, 582.
Chase, Charles A., 583.
Chase, John, 629.
Chaubungungamaug, Mass., 44, 65. Also see Chargoggagoggmanchauggagogg- chaubunagungamaugg.
Chaubungungamaug Lake, 7, 22, 44.
Chauncey Village, Mass., 160.
Cheese-making, 366.
Chelmsford, Mass., 73, 137.
Cheney, Thomas, 225, 462.
Cheshire Railroad, 540.
Chesterfield, N. H., 96.
Chestnut Hill, II.
Chicago, Illinois, 534, 625, 626.
Chicopee River, 6.
Child, George W., 739.
Child, John, 216, 225.
Child, Robert, 345.
Childe, Robert, 156.
China, 523.
Choate, Rufus, 139.
Cholera, Asiatic, 319, 320.
Church, Dr., 227.
Church architecture, 388.
Church lotteries, 322.
Church services held in taverns, 393, 394. Churches in Barre, 478, 479 Blackstone, 478 Bolton, 464
Boylston, 464
Brookfield, 460, 462 Clinton, 479 Dudley, 4 5 East Blackstone, 461 East Brookfield, 462
Fitchburg, 445, 465, 479
Gardner, 462, 465
Grafton, 478
Hopkinton, 479
Lancaster, 460, 461
Leicester, 462
Leominster, 464, 465 Lunenburg, 463
Mendon, 460, 461
Milford, 479
Millbury, 478, 479
Northboro, 478
Northbridge, 478
North Brookfield, 462, 478
Oxford, 462
Pine Meadows, 468
Princeton, 464
Quinsigamond (see Worcester )
Rutland, 462
Shrewsbury, 463
Southboro, 463
Southbridge, 478, 479
South Lancaster, 461
Sterling, 464
Sutton, 462
Templeton, 479
Uxbridge, 463, 479
Warren, 478
Webster, 465, 478, 479
Westboro, 463, 478
West Boylston, 479
West Brookfield, 462
Wilkinsville, 476
Winchendon, 479
Worcester, 194, 310, 424, 438, 459, 460, 462, 464-81 Worcester County, 456-81.
Churches and religious societies :
Advent Christian, 476
Armenian, 477
Arminians, 458
Baptist, 457, 462, 464, 468, 470-72
B'nai B'rith, Independent Order of, 477
Calvinists, 457
Catholic, English, 481
Catholic, French, 479, 480
Catholic, Greek, 477
Catholic, Roman, 457, 458, 461, 462, 464, 467-70
Christ Memorial, 462
Christadelphian, 477
Christian and Missionary Alliance, 477
Church of Christ (Disciples), 476
Church of Christ (Scientist), 477
Church of the Martyrs, 477
Congregational, 445, 456, 457, 460-64, 467-70, 527 Epworth League, 473
Evangelical, 461 Federation of Churches, 465
Friends (Quakers), 458, 461, 476
Hebrew Children's Friend Society, 477
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Inter-Church movement, 466 Jewish, 477 Lutheran, 476 Methodist Episcopal, 457, 461-64, 472, 473 Nazarene, 477 New Jerusalem, 461
New Thought, 477 Plymouth Brethren, 477 Presbyterian, 462, 464, 475, 476
Protestant, 456-77
Protestant Episcopal, 464, 474 Puritan, 456-58, 460, 464, 474 Seventh Day Adventist, 461, 476 Spiritual, 477 Spiritual Unity, 477 Syrian Antiochan, 477 Unitarian, 457, 458, 461, 464, 468, 469 Universalist, 461, 475 Young Men's Christian Association, 465.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 445.
Cities of Worcester County, 17. Also see Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, and Worcester.
Citizens' Stage Line, 493.
Civil War, 446-55, 500, 576, 585, 586, 587, 610, 613, 635, 658, 660, 663, 654, 694, 695, 699, 722, 725, 729, 763. Civil War, Dark Days before the, 429-45. Claflin, H. B. & Co., 418.
Claflin, Mary B., 368.
Clap, Daniel, 225. Clark, E., 329. Clark, George H., Rev., 474.
Clark, George L., 695.
Clark, John, 225.
Clark, Jonas Gilman, 701, 702, 703, 779.
Clark, Peter, 572. Clark, W. Irving, Mrs., 737. Clark University, 354, 480, 731. Clarke, John L., 583.
Clay, Henry, 339. Clay, Henry, Mrs., 339.
Climate of Worcester County, 13. Clinton, Mass., 140, 426, 452, 454, 540, 541, 566, 568, 586, 591, 600, 601, 604, 605, 633-35, 643, 644, 648. Clinton, altitude and area, II.
Clinton, incorporation and naming, 154. Clinton, population, 17, 18, 454, 648, 754. Cloth manufacture, 357, 365, 382. Cluffe, Richard, 391.
Cobb, Sylvanus, 360.
Cockayne's "Leechdom, wort-cunning and Starcraft," 365. Coe, W. & E. B., 419. Coes, Loring and A. G., 620. Cogswell, J. B., 583. Coke, Thomas, Rev., 472.
Wor. 55
Colburn, Jonas, 629. Colby, Harrison Gray Otis, 565. Coldbrook, a deserted village, 9. Cole, author, 610. College Lotteries, 322.
Colleges of Worcester, see schools.
Colonial Wars, 175-90.
Colton, Capt., 118. Comee family, 632.
Comerford, Frank D., 647. Commissioners of Highways, 564.
Committee of Secrecy, 233, 234.
Committee of Supplies, 227.
Committees of Correspondence, Inspec- tion and Safety, 168, 201, 204, 206, 207, 214, 216, 217, 218, 223, 226, 227, 228, 233, 239, 242.
Conant, Edward, 576. Conaty, Timothy Thomas J., Rev., 479.
Concord, Mass., 70, 73, 74, 80, 150, 177, 197, 202, 225, 228, 229, 252, 442, 493, 494, 495, 529, 538, 539, 580.
Concord, N. H., 124, 178, 495.
Concord Bridge, Mass., 139.
Concord River, 6.
Congdon, Samuel, 336.
Congress, Continental, 169. Congress, Provincial, 168, 225.
Conklin, Benjamin, Rev., 216.
Conlin, Peter, 589.
Connecticut, 3, 39, 42, 58, 60, 61, 84, 91, I2I, 344, 345, 388, 498, 552, 589, 662.
Connecticut River and Valley, 6, 93, 97, 135, 337, 346, 500, 517, 524, 528, 529, 534, 538, 540, 551, 552, 607, 642, 643, 644, 647, 648, 658.
Conservation movement, 543-56.
Constitution of 1780, 169.
Constitution, Federal, adoption of, 290- 295, 567. Contoocook River, 125.
Converse, Myron F., 427.
Cook, Stephen, 147.
Cook, Eunice, 519.
Cook, Thomas, 519-21.
Cooking, 364-66.
Coolidge, A. H., Rev., 229. Cooly Hill, 12. Coombe's "Constitution of Man," 327.
Cooper, Abner, 499.
Cooper, J. Edmond, 631. Coote, Richard (see Bellomont, Earl of).
Copperheads, 44I.
Corbett, Otis, 690.
Corbin family, 638. Corey, Giles, 30. Corn-husking, 359. Cornwallis, Charles, Lord, 238, 281, 450. Cotting, Samuel, 583. Cotton, Ward M., 629.
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Cotton Gin, invention of, 303-05.
County Congress of Town Committees, 219. Court of Assistants, 560, 561.
Court of Assize and General Gaol Deliv- ery, 140, 209, 563. Court, Central District, 566.
Court of Chancery, 562.
Court, Commissioners', 562.
Court of Common Pleas, 140, 141, 142, 170, 171, 194, 218, 219, 258, 263, 562, 563, 564, 565, 570, 572, 573, 574.
Court, County, 562.
Court of Deputies, 560.
Court, District, 566, 567.
Court, First East Worcester District, 566.
Court, First South Worcester District, 566.
Court, General, 560, 561, 562, 563, 569, 572.
Court of General Sessions of the Peace, 140, 14I, 142, 219, 258, 261, 262, 562, 563, 564, 565.
Court, Greater Quarter, 561.
Court, Inferior Quarter, 562.
Court of Insolvency, 565, 566.
Court of Judicature, Superior, 140, 170, 173, 218, 562, 563, 571, 572, 574.
Court of the Justices of Peace, 562.
Court, Juvenile, 567.
Court, Land, 566.
Court, Municipal, 566.
Court, Police, 566.
Court, Probate, 141, 563, 565, 566.
Court, Second East Worcester District, 566.
Court, Second South Worcester District, 566.
Court, Selectmen's, 562.
Court, Stranger's, 562.
Court, Superior, of Massachusetts, 209, 212, 239, 240, 565, 567.
Court, Supreme Judicial, 141, 333, 425, 563, 565, 566, 576.
Court, Third South Worcester District, 566.
Court, United States Supreme, 433.
Courthouse, 142, 195, 197, 220, 467, 572. Courts, establishment of, 140, 332, 557-77. Courtship, 361, 362.
Cowdin, Thomas, 394.
Cowdrey family, 624.
Coy Hill, 13.
Cradock, Matthew, 559, 560.
Crahan, S. Joseph, 590. Crane, Bolivar, 443.
Crane's History of Worcester County, 467, 571, 575, 620, 655. Crapo, William, 577. Crayon, Geoffrey, 516. Cristy, Austin P., 588, 737.
Critical Quarter Century, 1787-1812, 287- 323.
Crocker, Alvah, 537, 538, 539, 540, 622, 623, 757.
Crocker, Martha E., 44I.
Crocker, S. S., 442, 443, 444.
Crocker Family, 622, 623, 624.
Crocker Hill, 12.
Croly, Jennie ("Jennie June"), 678, 679.
Crompton, George, 613, 780.
Crompton, Randolph, Mrs., 737.
Crompton, William, 610, 620.
Cromwell, Oliver, 121, 161.
Cross, Edward S., Rev., 474.
Cross, Henry, Mrs., 737.
Crow Hill, 13.
Cuba, 414.
Cumberland, R. I., 154.
Cuming, English traveler, 503.
Cummings, Gilbert, Rev., 452.
Cummings, John J., Mrs., 737.
Cummins, David, 565.
Currency, 237.
Currier, Frederick A., 409, 482, 505, 513.
Currier, Leon B., 627.
Curtice, Philip, 81.
Curtis, Ephraim, 35, 66, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75. Curtis, Rebecca, 339.
Curtis, Samuel, 292.
Curtis and Marble, 613.
Curtiss, Caleb, 216, 292.
Cushing, Caleb, 434.
Cushing, Edmund, 564.
Cushing, Job, Rev., 463.
Cushing, Luther Stearns, 565.
Cutler, E., Rev., 469.
Cutler, Ebenezer, 228.
Cutler, Manasseh, 283, 286.
Dairymen's Associations, 428.
Dale, William J., Dr., 449.
Daley, Laurence J., 591.
Damon, Michael and family, 629.
Dan Mt., 13.
Dana, Francis, 154.
Dana, Richard H., 139.
Dana, Mass., 454, 648. Also see Swift River Reservoir.
Dana, altitudes and area, II.
Dana, incorporation and naming, 154.
Dana, population, 18, 454, 648, 754.
Dancing, 402.
Daniel Mt., 13.
Daniels, George F., 112.
Danker, Frederick H., Rev., 474.
Danvers, Mass., 283.
Dartmouth, Earl of, 167, 208, 239, 240, 280.
Dartmouth College, 322, 660, 700.
Daughters of the American Revolution, 405, 499, 680, 715.
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Davenport, Capt., 84. Davis, Abijah, 314. Davis, Daniel, 333. Davis, Eliakim, 329. Davis, Isaac, 143, 575, 695. Davis, John, 325, 332, 336, 417, 524, 575, 582, 691, 781.
Davis, Jonathan, 564.
Davis, Joseph, Rev., 292.
Davis, Simon, 73, 74. Davis, Solomon, 334.
Davis, William T., 571.
Dawes, Thomas, 234.
Day, Jonathan, 292. Daybook of village store, 41I.
Death, causes of, 317.
Deaths of Spanish War soldiers, 722-24.
Deaths of World War soldiers, 746-55.
De Berniere, Ensign, 24I.
Debtors jailed, 256, 257, 568.
Declaration of Independence, 194.
Dedham, Mass., 136, 414, 535.
Dedham Historical Society, 377.
Deerfield, Mass., 355.
Deerfield River, 362, 644. DeGaspe's "Old Canadians, or the Work of Du Pray's School," 368.
Dejonge, Louis, 622, 624, 643. Democratic party, 433. Denison, John Hopkins, 56. Denny, Samuel, 292.
Denny, Thomas, 216, 218, 225.
Dentistry, 419. Denton, Stephen E., 623. DeQuincey, Thomas, 501. Detroit, Mich., 620, 626.
Devens, Charles, 450, 576, 770.
Devol, settler at Marietta, Ohio, 286.
Dewey, Francis H., 471, 575.
Dewey, George, 445, 719.
Dexter, William H., 695.
Diamond Match Company, 548.
Diary of Christopher Columbus Baldwin, 324-43.
Dickens, Charles, 501, 678. Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron, 185. District of Columbia, 292. Division of county agitated, 136-40. Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 148, 651, 676, 682, 756, 782. Dix, Elijah, Dr., 197.
Dixie, Edward F., 474. Doane's Falls, 10, 551, 555. Dobson, Captain of canal boat, 527.
Doctors of Medicine, see Medical Annals. Doe, Charles H., 583, 584.
Doggett, Simeon, Rev., 461. Dolbier Hill, 13. Doolittle, Ephraim, 216, 224, 225, 226. Dorchester, Mass., 91, 152. Dorchester Heights, Mass., 277, 279, 280. Dorchester-Canada, Mass., 137, 152.
Dorr, Joseph, 171, 225, 461, 574. Dougal Mt., II.
Douglas, William, 154.
Douglas, Mass., 150, 454, 498, 508, 525, 566, 648, 653. Douglas, altitudes and area, II.
Douglas, incorporation and naming, 154.
Douglas, population, 18, 192, 454, 648, 754.
Downing, George, 12I.
Doyle, Bernard W., 630.
Dracut, Mass., 137.
Drake, Jonathan, 442.
Draper, James, 603.
Draper Company, 156.
Draper Corporation, 613.
Drew, Thomas, 433, 434.
Drury, Frank A., 733, 740.
Drury, Luke, 216.
Dry goods, early prices of, 411, 418. Dudley, Joseph, 108.
Dudley, Paul, 155.
Dudley, Samuel, 564.
Dudley, Thomas, 155, 164, 347, 560.
Dudley, William, 155.
Dudley, Mass., 150, 159, 160, 454, 493, 564, 566, 575, 639, 648. Dudley, altitudes and area, II.
Dudley, incorporation and naming, 155.
Dudley, population, 18, 192, 454, 648, 754.
Dukes County, Mass., 134.
Dummer, Fort, 182. Dunbar, Rufus D., 416.
Dunham, Josiah, 313.
Dunn, John A., 632.
Dunsmoor, John, Dr., 653.
Dunsmore, William, Dr., 216, 225, 654.
Dunstable, Mass., 137.
Dunster, Henry, 50.
Duquesne, Fort, 185.
Dustin, Hannah, Mrs., 30, 122-26, 674.
Dustin, Thomas, 123.
Dustin's Island, 125.
Dutch, J. C., 452. Dwight, Joseph, 179, 182, 572, 573. Dyer, Mary, 674.
Eager's Hotel, 424.
Eams, Thomas, 43. Earl, John Milton, 582.
Earl Family, 631. Earle, Alice Morse, Mrs., 369, 510, 518, 677, 785. Earle, John M., 603. Earle, Pliny, 638.
Earle, Ralph, Rear Admiral, 785.
East Brookfield, Mass., 648.
East Brookfield, altitudes and area, II.
East Brookfield, incorporation and nam- ing, 155. East Brookfield, population, 18, 648, 754.
East Chelmsford, Mass., 493. East Douglas, Mass., II.
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East India Company, 207, 210, 21I. East Indies, 523.
East Worcester, 34I.
Eaton, Joshua, 572, 573.
Eaton, Theoph, 560.
Eaton, William, 564.
Edgerly, S. F., Dr., 730.
Edinburgh, Scotland, 483, 484.
Edison, Thomas Alva, 640.
Edmand, Arvid S., 627.
Education and educational institutions, 684-703. Also see schools.
Edwards, Clarence L., Gen., 745.
Edwards, Jonathan, Rev., 463.
Edwards, Victor E., 815.
Elbow Brook, 43. Eldredge, H. Burr, 591, 592.
Electric power and light, 640-49.
Eliot, John, Rev., 21, 36, 44-54, 61, 108, 127, 459, 650, 653. Ellis, owner of "Gazette," 584, 588.
Ellison, Joseph, Rev., 471.
Elmer, Daniel, Rev., 463.
Emancipation Proclamation, 445.
Embargo Act of 1807, 306.
Emerson, Joseph, Rev., 461.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 508.
Emigrant Aid Society, 429, 438.
Emigration to the West, see Kansas, see Marietta, Ohio.
Emmet Guards, 447.
Emmons, Nathaniel, Rev., 332.
Endicott, John, 376, 396, 560.
Enfield, Hampshire County, see Swift River Reservoir.
England, 106, 109, 140, 163, 166, 175, 176, 177, 183, 184, 189, 191, 204, 235, 278, 288, 306, 378, 396, 470, 512, 530, 539, 558, 580, 612, 619, 637, 661, 685, 704, 767.
Engler, Edmund A., 700.
Enterprise Stage Line, 498.
Erection of Worcester County, 106.
Ericsson, Albert, Rev., 473.
Erie Canal, 525, 528, 529, 534.
Erving, Mass., 497. Ervingsville, Mass., 497.
Esselbrom, Matts, Rev., 471. Essex County, Mass., 134, 192, 269. Estabrooks, Jones, 333. Everett, Edward, 534.
Evergreen, badge of rebellion, 262.
Exchange Hotel, 424.
Exley, Ida, 730. Express riders, 482.
Extension Service, Worcester County, 427, 428, 545. Eyries, Messieurs, 382.
Fagerstrom, A. C., 471. Fahey, John H., 589. Fairbank, Jabez, II5.
Fairbanks, Ephraim, 225.
Fairbanks, Jacob, 376. Fairfield, Conn., 501.
Fairs, agricultural, 423-26.
Fall River, Mass., 492.
Faneuil Hall, 429, 533.
Fanning, David Hale, 614.
County, 428,
Farm Bureau, Worcester 545. Farm life 100 years ago, 354-68.
Farmers' clubs, 428.
Farms, abandoned, 18, 423, 543.
Farms and farming, 422-28.
Farnsworth, Albert, 569.
Farragut, David Glasgow, 445.
Farrar, Hannah, 300. Farrar, Jacob, 80.
Farrar, John, 299, 300.
Farrar, Samuel, 494.
Farrell, Michael J., 631.
Farwell, A. T., 625.
Father Rasle's War, 127-32, 175.
"Father of the Turnpike," 491.
Fay Mt., 13, 548.
Fearing, settler at Marietta, Ohio, 286.
Federation of the Bird Clubs of New Engand, Inc., 546.
Felt, Joseph Barlow, 486.
Female High School, 335.
Fenwick, Benedict Joseph, Rt .- Rev., 696, 697. Ferry, Rev., 463.
Fessenden, Stephen, 572, 573.
Field, Eugene, 368.
Field, Kate, 673.
Fillmore, Millard, 431.
Fire-making and fireplaces, 363, 364.
Fire protection, 548, 552.
Firman, Giles, 650, 653.
Fish and fishing, 360, 543, 546, 555, 556. Fisher, Earl S., 632.
Fisher, R. T., 549. Fiske, E. R., 587.
Fiske, John, 73, 608.
Fiske, Oliver, 554, 603.
Fitch, John, 155.
Fitch Hill, 13.
Fitchburg, Mass., 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 144, 150, 155, 197, 205, 344, 352, 393, 394, 400, 409, 412, 413, 430, 438, 442, 443, 444, 445, 452, 453, 454, 494, 495, 496, 497, 512, 517, 525, 528, 529, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 548, 566, 576, 586, 589, 590, 599, 600, 601, 604, 605, 620, 621-26, 633, 643, 648, 677, 680, 681.
Fitchburg, altitudes and area, II.
Fitchburg, incorporation and naming, 155. Fitchburg, population, 17, 18, 192, 454, 648, 754. Fitchburg Fusiliers, 447, 452, 453. Fitchburg Historical Society, 441, 482.
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INDEX
Fitchburg Poultry Association, 428. Fitchburg Railroad, 497, 512, 528, 537, 538, 540. Fitchburg & Worcester Railroad, 536, 537. Fitton, James, Rev., 478, 479, 697, 788.
Fitzpatrick, John B., Rt .- Rev., 697.
Fitzrandolph, Isaac, 487.
Fitzrandolph, Jacob, 487.
Fitzrandolph, Rubin, 487.
Fitzwilliam, N. H., 497, 51I.
Flagg, Enoch, 691.
Flagg, Samuel, 268, 452, 595.
Fletcher, Joel, 292.
"Flip," recipe for, 399.
Flowers, old-fashioned, 369-79, 510.
"Flying machines" (stage coaches), 483.
Folsom, George, 339. Fontaine, Gideon, Rev., 481.
Forbes, Charles Edward, 565.
Forbes, Daniel, 292.
Forbes, Eli, Rev., 462.
Forbes, William T., Judge, 165, 569, 576.
Forbush, Edward Howe, 16, 789.
Forestry, 543, 544, 546-52, 553.
Forests of Worcester County, 10, 15, 20. Fort Hill, 12, 109. Fort Nassau, Pa., 378.
Fort River, 12I.
Foster, Abby Kelly, 429, 440, 441, 757.
Foster, Dwight, 568, 572, 574, 790.
Foster, Jedediah, 216, 225, 226, 227. Foster, Stephen S., 429, 430, 433, 434, 436, 437, 440, 44I.
"Founding of the Northwest" Centennial, 284. Four-H Clubs, 428. Fox, Oliver, 412. Framingham Junction, 536.
France, 106, 107, III, 129, 176, 288, 306, 308, 380, 386, 613, 618, 619, 726, 727. Franconia Mts., 538.
Frankland, Harry, Sir., 165.
Franklin, Benjamin, 181, 183, 415, 580. Franklin County, Mass., 3, 134, 529, 548, 665.
Franklin's Book Store, 419. Fraternal Orders, 704-18. Of Athol, 716 Blackstone, 716 Fitchburg, 714, 715
Leominster, 715 Millbury, 716 Princeton, 715
Uxbridge, 715 Webster, 717 Westboro, 715 Winchendon, 717 Worcester, 706-13.
Fraternal Orders and Societies : American Legion, 715 Artisans Canadiens Français, 717
Aurora Society, 713 Buffaloes, 713
Chevaliers de Lafayette, 715
Companions, 716
Companions of America, 713, 715
Companions of the Forest of America. 717 D. O. H., 716
Daughters of American Revolution, 405, 499, 680, 715 Daughters of Italy, 718
Daughters of Liberty, 713
Daughters of Rebekah, 714, 715, 716, 717
Daughters of Veterans, 715
Eagles, 713, 714, 715, 716, 718
Eastern Star, 708, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718 Elks, 711, 714, 715
Farmer's Club, 715
Figlia d'Italia, 715
Foresters of America, 712, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718
Foresters, Catholic, 712, 714
Foresters, Franco-American, 715, 717, 718 Francesco Saladini, 715
Fraternal Helpers, 713
Golden Cross, 712, 715
Golden Eagle, 715
Golden Star, 713, 716
Grand Army of the Republic, 715
Grange, 712, 715
Heptasophs, 713 Hibernians, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718
Hurugari, 714
Italian-American Naturalization Club, 715 Knights of Columbus, 711, 715, 717, 718
Knights of the Golden Eagle, 712
Knights of Malta, 712, 714
Knights of Pythias, 710, 71I, 714, 715, 716, 718
Knights and Ladies of Honor, 712
Loggia Figli d'Italia, 715
Loggia Regioni d'Italia, 715
Loyal Legion, 713
Maccabees, 713
Masons, 310, 312, 313, 328, 704-08, 714, 715, 716, 717 Moose, 713, 714, 715, 718
Mystic Brothers, 713
New England Order of Protection, 713, 717 Notre Dame, 714
Odd Fellows, 708, 709, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718 Odd Ladies, 713, 715 Orioles, 713 Owls, 714 Panum Maja, 715
870
WORCESTER COUNTY
Patrons of Husbandry, 712, 715, 716, 717 Pocahontas, 714, 716, 717
Pomona Grange, 713
Principessa Yolanda, 715
Pythian Sisters, 71I
Red Men, 710, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718 Royal Arcanum, 713, 715, 717
Sacre Coeur de Jesus, 714
St. Jean Baptiste d'Amerique, 714, 715, 716, 717
Santa Maria del Campo d'Alvito, 715
Scottish Clans, 715
Social Circle, Junior, 712
Sons of Italy, 715
Sons of St. George, 712, 715
Sons of Veterans, 715
Spanish War Veterans, 715
Turn-Verein Vorwaertz, 717
United American Mechanics, 712
United American Mechanics, Junior, 712 United American Workmen, 715
United Workmen, 712, 714, 715, 716, 717 Vasa, 714 Woodmen of America, 712.
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