Worcester county; a narrative history, Volume II, Part 51

Author: Nelson, John, 1866-1933
Publication date: 1934
Publisher: New York, American historical Society
Number of Pages: 534


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Free Soil Party, 429, 430, 431, 432.


Freight traffic on highways, 517, 528.


Freight traffic by railroad, see railroads.


Freight traffic by water, 522.


French Hill, 13.


French River, 6, 109, 381, 535.


French and Indian War, 183-90, 194, 214, 277, 279.


Friends, Society of (Quakers), 440, 458, 461, 476, 527, 68I.


Frink, Thomas, Rev., 462.


Frontenac, Earl of, 128.


Frost, Amariah, 30I.


Fruit Producers' Associations, 428.


Frye, John, 292.


Fryeburg, Maine, 13I.


Fugitive Slave Law, 432, 433, 437, 44I, 442, 444.


Fuller, Homer T., 700.


Fuller, John, 292.


Fuller, Rev., 464, 553.


Fuller, Samuel and wife, 650.


Fuller, Timothy, 292.


Fuller, W. A., 627, 635.


Fulton, Robert, 297, 34I.


Funeral, a phantom, 405.


Furbush, Edward Howe, 545.


Gage, Homer, Mrs., 736, 737.


Gage, Thomas, Gen. and Gov., 193, 195, 208, 209, 212, 213, 217, 218, 219, 220, 227, 239, 241, 242, 245, 246, 251. Gale, Abraham, 262, 264. Gale, Henry, 272.


Gale, Leonard Dunnel. 621.


Gallop, Capt., 84. Gallows on Worcester Common, 271. Game, see animals, wild.


Games, old-fashioned, 359, 392, 393.


Gardeners' Associations, 428.


Gardens, old-fashioned, 369-79.


Gardner, Andrew, Rev., 461, 467.


Gardner, Thomas, Col., 155.


Gardner, Capt., 84.


Gardner, Rev., 115.


Gardner, Mass., 136, 137, 140, 426, 454, 497, 536, 537, 547, 548, 591, 601, 604, 605, 648.


Gardner, altitudes and area, II.


Gardner, incorporation and naming, 155.


Gardner, population, 17, 18, 454, 648, 754.


Garfield, John, 586, 590, 591.


Garrettson, Freeborn, Rev., 472.


Garrison, William Lloyd, 440.


Gaskill, Francis Almon, 576.


Gaskill, George A., 739.


Gates, Hezekiah, 216.


Gates Hill, 12.


Gay, a stage driver, 504.


Geese-picking, 366.


General Commission for the Peace, 564.


Genet, "Citizen," 297.


Geography of Worcester County, 3.


Geology of Worcester County, 4, 554.


George III, King, 206, 225, 236, 290.


George Hill, 11, 12, 33, 88, 113.


George, Lake, 184.


Germany, 235, 725-55.


Gerry (town), Mass., 137, 158, 495. Also see Phillipston.


Gettysburg, Battle of, 445.


Ghosts, 405.


Gibson, M. W., Rev., 479.


Giddings, Lydia A., 468.


Gifford, A. W., 620.


Gilbert, John, 98.


Gilbert's Fort, 117.


Giles, Miss, 326.


Gill, Michael, 574.


Gill, Moses, 171, 216, 225, 226, 227, 228, 234, 574.


Gilman Family, 286.


Girl Scouts, 545.


Gist, Nathan H., 591.


Glasgow, Scotland, 483.


Gloucester, 353.


Godbeer, George H., 590, 591.


Goddard, Benjamin, 610, 61I.


Goddard, Delano, 582.


Goddard, Harry W., 611, 612.


Goddard, Josiah, 292, 294.


Goddard, Stephen, 603.


Goffe, Thomas, 560.


Going, Rev., 326.


Goldsmith, Oliver, 395.


Goodale, Warren H., 631.


Goodale, settler at Marietta. Ohio. 286.


871


INDEX


Goodhue, John M., 695. Goodnow, L. H., 625. Goodridge, David, 225. Good's Hill, 13. Goodwin, Isaac, 603.


Goodwin, John A., 759.


Gookin, Daniel, 24, 25, 27, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 52, 53, 80, 81, 120, 161, 460, 790.


Gordon, Rev., 227.


Gorges, Ferdinand, 559.


Goss, Philip, 113.


Goss, Rev. Dr., 464.


Goudamel, composer, IIO.


Gough, John B., 795.


Goulding, Frank Palmer, 46.


Goulding, Ignatius, 469.


Goulding, John, 225.


Gove, Mr., a Tory, 250.


Grafton, Mass., 81, 150, 196, 201, 420, 452, 454, 523, 531, 532, 566, 605, 638, 639, 648.


Grafton, altitudes and area, II.


Grafton, incorporation and naming, 155. Grafton, population, 18, 192, 454, 648, 754. Grand Army of the Republic, 453.


Grand Trunk System, 536.


Grange, the, 428, 545.


Granite quarries, 344.


Grant, George, 591, 624.


Grasshoppers, a bushel of, 412.


Graton, Rev., 480. Graustein, Archibald R., 647.


Graves, Samuel, 315.


Great Barrington, Mass., 659. Great Britain, 483, 487, 604, 609, 704, 726, 765.


Great Central Plateau, 4.


Great Lakes, 534.


Great Swamp Fight, 29, 64, 85.


Greeley, Horace, 586.


Green, Andrew Haswell, 796.


Green, Elizabeth, 326.


Green, John, 119.


Green, Josiah, 620.


Green, William Nelson, 575. Green, captain of canal boat, 527. Green Hill, 13.


Green Mountains, 506, 552.


Greene, J. Evarts, 582.


Greene, Nathanael, Gen., 304.


Greene, settler at Marietta, Ohio, 286. Greenfield, 493, 495, 496, 497, 498, 511, 529.


Greenleaf, William, 262. Greenwich, 137, 154, 214. Also see Swift River Reservoir.


Greylock, Mt., 552. Grimes, "Old," 143. Grinnell, Frank W., 558, 563, 577.


Groceries, early prices of, 4II. Groton, 77, 137, 156, 494, 496, 497, 529.


Grout, Jonathan, 216, 292. Growl Hill, II. Guinea Corner, 165.


Hadley, Lexina J., 736. Hadley, Mass., 97. Hale, Edward Everett, Rev., 429, 438, 470, 797. Hale, Moses, 225, 292.


Hall, Francis, 396.


Hall, Granville Stanley, 354-68, 701, 703.


Hall, Merriam, 627.


Hall, Walter Perley, Chief Justice, 141, 576. Hallett, Ben, 434.


Hamilton, Alexander, 290, 295, 296, 297, 309, 310, 313, 570.


Hamilton, Micah, 269.


Hamilton, Capt., 313.


Hamilton, Mass., 550.


Hampden County, Mass., 3, 134, 665.


Hampshire County, Mass., 3, 133, 134,


135, 137, 182, 258, 263, 269, 272, 565, 572, 665. Hampton, N. H., 196.


Hancock, John, 226, 227, 232, 294.


Hancock, Thomas, 580.


Hancock Arms Tavern, 144, 196, 265.


Hancock's Wharf, 208.


Hapgood, Asa, 216.


Harding, Chester, 329.


Harding, William B., 151, 161.


Hardwick, Mass., 137, 150, 154, 214, 424, 454, 493, 511, 540, 572, 648. Also see Swift River Reservoir.


Hardwick, altitudes and area, II.


Hardwick, incorporation and naming, 155.


Hardwick, population, 18, 192, 454, 648, 754. Hardy family, 624.


Harriman, Henry I., 643, 647.


Harrington, Isaac, 292.


Harrington, Oliver, 327. Harrington, Timothy, Rev., 461.


Harris, M. H., Rev., 475.


Harrison, Benjamin, 287.


Harrison, Jubal, 585.


Hart's Commonwealth History of Massa- chusetts, 577, 651. Hartford, Conn., 195, 283, 296, 478, 484, 489, 490, 491, 493, 494, 498, 500, 502, 508, 509, 517, 662.


Hartwell, Edward, 573.


Hartwell, H. F., 591.


Hartwell, Harry Cowdray, 576.


Harvard, Mass., 137, 140, 150, 351, 454, 495, 496, 540, 548, 566, 574, 649.


Harvard, altitudes and area, 12. Harvard, incorporation and naming, 156.


Harvard, population, 18, 192, 454, 649, 754.


872


WORCESTER COUNTY


Harvard College, 113, 154, 156, 190, 322,


324, 333, 460, 488, 573, 582, 647, 656, 657, 660, 661, 663, 664, 674, 688, 689. Harvard University, 10, 457, 543, 544, 545, 549, 550, 551, 703. Harwood, David, 292.


Harwood, Emory E., 638.


Harwood, Rasselas, 319.


Haslett, S. B., Rev., 476.


Hassanamesit, or Hassanamisco, 44, 47, 65, 81, 123.


Hastings, Seth, 575, 603.


Hastings, William S., 603.


Haswell, Anthony, 581.


Hatch, Windsor, 611.


Hatchet Hill, 13.


Hathaway, James, 292.


Hats, home manufacture of, 328, 382, 414.


Haverhill, 122, 123, 125, 497.


Hawes, Russell L., Dr., 613, 620, 797.


Hawes Hill, II.


Hawse, Joseph, Dr., 225.


Hawthorne, Hildegarde, 509.


Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 509, 510.


Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 576.


Haynes, George H., 348.


Hayward, Phineas, 216, 225.


Hayward, William E., 498, 499, 500.


Hazeltine, Simeon, 264.


Health conditions, 316-18.


Healy, Capt., 31I.


Heard, Nathan, 333.


Hearsy, Daniel, 595.


Heating methods, 415.


Heaton, James P., 625.


Heffernan, William J., 591.


Heino, David, 590.


Hemenway, Ethel, 738.


Henchman, Daniel, Capt., 36, 80, 81, 120, 121, 16I.


Henchman, Nathaniel, 12I.


Henshaw, Harriet E., Mrs., 677.


Henshaw, Joseph, 216, 218, 225.


Henshaw, William, 216, 594.


Herbert, Jean, 188.


Herbs, medicinal, 364.


Herrmann, Carl S., 648. Hessians, 235.


Heywood, Benjamin, 564, 574, 594, 595.


Heywood, Daniel, 144.


Heywood family, 626, 633.


Higgins, A. C., Mrs., 737.


Higgins, Milton P., 693, 737.


Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 429, 430, 433, 434, 436, 437, 440, 798. High Knob, II. Highwaymen, 483, 519.


Highways, 19, 38, 42, 43, 44, 136, 195, 196, 359, 366, 388, 390, 483, 485, 490, 498, 510, 511, 517, 552, 564. Hildreth, Charles E., 616. Hill, Alonzo, Rev., 470.


Hill, Benjamin Thomas, 571, 574. Hill, J. C., 591. Hill, Rev., 326.


Hills, Smith and sons, 629. Hinman, Frank, 589.


Hinsdale, N. H., 97, 99, 495, 597.


Hoadley, Loammi Ives, Rev., 467, 691.


Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 565.


Hoar, George Frisbie, 86, 278, 281, 286, 429, 430, 436, 576, 800.


Hoar, John, 86, 87, 102, 103, 104, 105.


Hoar, Samuel, 327.


Hogs at first cattle show, 383.


Holbrook, Sylvanus, 524.


Holbrook Hill, 12.


Holden, Abner, 225.


Holden, Benjamin, 225.


Holden, S., 292.


Holden, Mass., 121, 150, 160, 196, 222, 399, 454, 540, 548, 566, 649.


Holden, altitudes and area, 12.


Holden, incorporation and naming, 156.


Holden, population, 18, 192, 454, 649, 754.


Holden Rifles (Militia), 447, 449.


Hollis, Ira N., 700.


Holman, Charles F., 591.


Holman, Francis, 487.


Holman, Jonathan, 184, 216.


Holman, Capt., 202.


Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 112, 505.


Holy Cross College, 478.


Holyoke, Mt., 552. Home life 100 years ago, 354-68.


"Honest Thief," 519-21.


Honest Town, 159.


Hooker, Thomas (Rev.), 42.


Hookset, N. H., 635.


Hooper, William R., 583.


Hoosac Mountain, 529.


Hoosac Tunnel, 540.


Hoosac Tunnel & Western Railroad, 511.


Hoosic, Mass., 182.


Hoover, Herbert C., 728.


Hopedale, Mass., 536, 613, 638, 649, 654.


Hopedale, altitudes and area, 12.


Hopedale, incorporation and naming, 156.


Hopedale, population, 18, 649, 754.


Hopkins, Frank L., Rev., 472.


Hopkins, William S. B., 576.


Hopkinson, Thomas, 565.


Hopkinton, 160, 165, 336.


Hopkinton Railroad, 536.


Hopkinton Springs, 325.


Hornibrook, Isabel, 677.


Horses, Freight traffic on highways, see stagecoaches. Horses at first cattle show, 383.


Horticultural exhibitions, 426, 427.


Horticultural Hall, 427, 479.


Hosmer, Asa, 334.


Hospitals, 652, 656, 658, 659, 662, 664, 667-71.


873


INDEX


Hotels, 406. Also see taverns. House of Correction, 145.


Hovey, William, 417, 527. How, Sylvanus, 201. Howard, William H., 612, 613. Howard Brook, 655.


Howarth, Alfred T., 474. Howe, Charles H., 631, 632. Howe, Elias, 620, 756. Howe, Joel, 265.


Howe, John, 239, 240, 242, 243.


Howe, Julia Ward, 681.


Howe, Samuel, 565. Howe, William, 281, 620. Howe, Capt., 115, 122.


Howe, Judge, 435.


Howe family, 632.


Howland, David B., 584. Hoyt, Daniel W., Rev., 47I.


Hoyt, Frank C., 591. Hubbard, Thomas, 156.


Hubbard, W. E., 591. Hubbard, William (Rev.), 30, 57, 61, 82, 84.


Hubbard's Hill, 43.


Hubbardston, Mass., 137, 140, 143, 150, 352, 353, 454, 547, 548, 570, 649. Hubbardston, altitudes and area, 12.


Hubbardston, incorporation and naming, 156.


Hubbardston, population, 18, 454, 649, 754. Hudson, Daniel, 115. Hudson River and Valley, 380, 483, 528, 534, 552.


Hughes, Robert, Rev., 476.


Huguenots, 107, 109, IIO, III, 112, 462. Hull, Aretius B., 691. Humfrey, John, 560.


Hunger Mt., II. Hunnewell, Col., 31I. Hunt, Jeremiah, Rev. Dr., 348.


Hunt, Samuel, 393, 394. Hunt, of Brattleboro, Vt., 325. Hunting, 360, 361. Hunting Hill, 12. Huntington, W. R., Rev., 474. Hurd, D. Hamilton, 571, 576.


Hurd's History of Fitchburg, 453.


Hutchinson, Anne, 650, 674. Hutchinson, Edward, 69, 71, 72, 74, 75.


Hutchinson, Holmes, 525. Hutchinson, Thomas, Gov., 132, 135, 152, 207, 210, 225. Hutchinson, author, 478. Hutchinson family, 396. Hyland, John, 631.


Ice Age, 4. Immigrants as farmers, 423. Improvement League, Worcester County, 427.


Incorporation of Worcester County, 133, 332. Indians, 20-31, 38-41, 44-54, 393, 461, 500. Also see King Philip's War. Also see slavery, Indian. Industries, home, 354, 608, 609. Industries, manufacturing, 606-39.


Industries of Athol, 638


Dudley, 639 Fitchburg, 621-26


Gardner, 632-33


Leominster, 627-32 Northbridge, 636-37 Southbridge, 635-36


Webster, 637-38 Worcester, 609-21.


Infantry, 333. Inman Hill, 12.


Innkeeper, law for, 391.


Inns, early, 390-406.


Insect pests, 544, 545.


Ipswich, Mass., 117, 161, 486, 674.


Ipswich-Canada, Mass., 137, 16I.


Irving, Washington, 224.


Italy, 619, 726.


Ives, Moses B., 524.


Ives & Peck, 352.


Jackson, Andrew, 33I.


Jackson, John D., 584.


Jacob Hill, 12.


Jacobus, Rosabelle, 737. Jaffrey, N. H., 497.


Jail, county, 144, 196, 233, 257, 315.


Jakcztys, Joseph, Rev., 480.


James, E., 328.


James, Horace, 452.


James, John, Rev., 462.


James, King, 559. James, Miss, 328.


Jansen family, III.


Jansen's "A Stranger in America," 507.


Jarvis, "Black Ben," 502. Jarvis, Dr., 368.


Jay, John, 297. Jealous, A. F., 637.


Jefferson, Thomas, 171, 282, 290, 297, 318, 415, 572, 575, 582. Jefferson, Mass., 540.


Jenison, Nathaniel, 170, 171, 172. Jenkins, William H. (slave), 435, 437. Jenks, N., 292.


Jenks, Pardon E., 143. Jenner, Dr., 317, 318.


Jennings, Benjamin, 119. Jennings, John, Rev., 470. Jennings, Joseph, 119. Jennison, Samuel, 216, 225, 603, 690, 691.


Jennison, William, Judge, 142, 563, 564, 573. Jennison, bank cashier, 598. Jepherson, Caleb, 147.


874


WORCESTER COUNTY


Jesuits, III, 127, 128, 129. Jewell Hill, II.


Jewett, historian, 57I.


Knight, Madame, 674.


Johnson, Isaac, 560.


Knight, W. K., 589.


Johnson, Iver and sons, 625, 633. Johnson, John H., 589.


Knowles, Burt L., 477.


Knowles, Francis B., Rev., 468.


Knowles, L. J. and F. B., 613, 620.


Knowlton, J. S. C., 585.


Knowlton hat business, 414.


Koch, Robert, 651.


Krapp, Russell, 591.


Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society, 453. "Lady Carrington" Canal Boat, 525. LaFayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de, 302, 569. Lamb, John, 155.


Lambstown, Mass., 155. Lamson, D. F., Rev., 47I.


Lancaster, Mass., 80, 85, 86, 87, 105, 106, 113, 115, 116, 117, 123, 130, 133, 134, 135, 140, 149, 153, 154, 156, 171, 177, 179, 205, 454, 495, 496, 537, 540, 545, 548, 557, 563, 564, 566, 572, 573, 574, 575, 586, 602, 603, 649, 653, 677, 685, 694. Lancaster, altitudes and area, 12. Lancaster, incorporation and naming, 156. Lancaster, population, 18, 64, 192, 454, 649, 754. Lancaster, settlement, 33, 34, 37, 58.


Kalm, Peter, 189.


Kansas, 429, 432, 433, 437, 438, 439.


Kansas-Nebraska Act, 433, 437, 439.


Kathan, Charles, 201.


Kearsarge Mt., 538.


Keene, N. H., 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 538, 540.


Keith Hill, II, 81.


Kelley, Abby, 681.


Kellogg, John E., 591.


Kendall, John, 629.


Kendall, Jonas, 628.


Kendall, Joseph G., 339, 34I.


Kennebec River, 127, 128.


Kent, George W., Rev., 470.


Kentucky, 444. Kettle, Goodwife, 102.


Keyes, Thomas, 620.


Kidnappers, 434, 435.


Kimball, George, 225.


Kimball, John W., 450.


King, Dexter, Rev., 472.


King, Henry, 216, 225.


King, Rufus, 292, 568.


King, Tarrus, 595.


Lawyer's green bag, 420.


Lead Mine Mt., 13.


Leahy, W. D., 591.


Learned, Ebenezer, 184, 216, 225.


Learned family, 396. Lebere, Monsieur, 188.


Lechmere, Thomas, 347.


Lee, Henry, 564.


Lee, Richard Henry, 445, 452, 454.


Lee, Seth, 328.


Legate, Thomas, 225.


Legere, J. Philip, 631. Leicester, Mass., 106, 133, 152, 158, 159, 207, 381, 452, 454, 493, 5II, 541, 566,


Kinsley, Edith L., Mrs., 739.


Kinsley, M., Major, 292, 293.


Kipling, Rudyard, 584.


Johnson, Jotham, 494, 629.


Johnson, Oliver, 585.


Johnson, Theodore, 576.


Johnson, William, Gen., 184, 185.


Johnson, Capt., 84. Johnson Family, III.


Johnson and Bassett, 613.


Jones, Ezra, 328.


Jones, Isaac, 244. Jones, Major, 31I. Joslin, Peter, 114.


Joslyn, Benjamin, 292.


Josselyn, John, 374, 375.


Journalism, see newspapers.


Judicature Commission, 567.


Justice Hill, 13.


Justices of the Peace, 14I.


Lancaster Second Parish, 159.


Land Registration Act, 566.


Landers, Stephen Preston, 475.


Landlords, tricky, 397.


Lane, J. C., 628.


Lane, Josiah, 495.


Lane, William H., 631.


Langdon, Henry, 576.


Law for innkeepers, 391.


Law library, 576.


Lawrence, Daniel, 118.


Lawrence, John, 118.


Lawrence, Samuel, 610.


Lawrence, Thomas, 118.


Lawrence, Colonel, 449.


Lawton, Christopher Jacob, 572, 573.


Lawyers and Courts, 557-77.


King, Thomas, 33.


King, a miner, 346.


King George's War, 175, 178-82, 189.


King Philip's War, 30, 36, 38, 43, 44, 52, 53, 54, 55-105, 120, 121, 127, 134, 157, 161, 40, 654. King William's War, 106, III, 117, 161.


Kingman, Edward B., 627, 632.


Kingsbury, Jeremiah, 31I. Kingsfield, Mass., 160. Kingston Swamp, 83.


Kinnicutt, Thomas, 325, 333.


875


INDEX


572, 573, 575, 591, 603, 604, 638, 639, 649, 653, 677.


Leicester, altitude and area, 12.


Leicester, incorporation and naming, 157.


Leicester, population, 18, 192, 454, 649, 754.


Leicester Academy, 324, 340.


Leominster, Mass., 137, 140, 150, 178, 400, 430, 441, 442, 443, 452, 454, 494, 495, 496, 497, 506, 517, 529, 537, 539, 541, 542, 548, 586, 591, 601, 603, 604, 605, 627-32, 649.


Leominster, altitudes and area, 12.


Leominster, incorporation and naming, I57.


Leominster, population, 17, 18, 192, 454, 649, 754.


Leonard, Samuel, 30, 122, 123, 125, 126. "Leveller, The," 520. Levenz, Goodman, 122.


Lewis (Meriwether) and Clark (George Rogers) Expedition, 297.


Lexington, Mass., 139, 150, 197, 202, 229, 448, 450, 494, 495, 496, 580, 691.


Liberty Loans, 729, 740, 74I.


Libraries, public, 545. Licenses, Tavern, 392.


Lighting, see electric power and light. Lincoln, Abraham, 136, 171, 439, 445, 447, 448, 451, 564, 760, 762, 772.


Lincoln, Anne, 336.


Lincoln, Benjamin, 269, 270.


Lincoln, Edward Winslow, 582.


Lincoln, John, 524.


Lincoln, John W., 315, 326, 564, 603.


Lincoln, Levi, 171, 172, 325, 327, 333-37,


339, 342, 424, 425, 432, 528, 572, 574, 575, 582, 690.


Lincoln, Lucy, 337.


Lincoln, Penelope, 336.


Lincoln, William, 188, 199, 223, 229, 240, 255, 266, 268, 289, 290, 315, 318, 326, 330, 339, 340, 350, 351, 531, 532, 570. Lincoln, Mass., 529. "Lincoln County" proposed, 136, 140. Lincoln Square, in Worcester, 195. Linehan, John L., Mrs., 737.


Liquor, intoxicating, 30, 31, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 232, 238, 326, 334, 339, 342, 343, 391- 393, 398-402, 411-14, 416, 680.


Little Wachusett Hill, or Mountain, 12, 546. Little Mugget Hill, 548. Littleton, 137, 494, 495, 529. Livermore, John, 43. Livermore, S. T., Rev., 472. Lockport, N. Y., 626.


Lodges, see Fraternal Orders. Loenaite, J., 590. Lombard, H. E., Rev., 469. London, England, III, 161, 395, 483, 484, 492.


Long Island, N. Y., 658, 722. Long Pond, 525.


Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 187, 505.


Lord, Robert Howard, Rev., 457, 478.


Loring, Pontius Pilate, 434.


Los Angeles, California, 480.


Lothrop, Capt., 79.


Lotteries, 321-23.


Loudoun, John Campbell, Fourth Earl of, 185. Louis, King, 108.


Louisburg, Cape Breton, 175, 179, 180, 181, 185.


Louisiana Purchase, 297.


Lovell, J., 419.


Lovell, Joseph, 327.


Lovewell, John, Capt., 127-32.


Lovewell's Pond, 13I.


Lovewell's War, 106, 117, 127-32, 175.


Lowe Family, 623, 624, 629.


Lowell, Francis Cabot, 612.


Lowell, James Russell, 440.


Lowell, Mass., 493, 496, 497, 524, 538.


Loyalists, 573, 661, 688.


Lumbering 100 years ago, 355.


Lundy's Lane, 143.


Lunenburg, Mass., 106, 133, 137, 140, 155, 178, 400, 4II, 426, 454, 494, 495, 496, 497, 529, 541, 548, 564, 573, 649, 655. Lunenburg, altitudes and area, 12.


Lunenburg, incorporation and naming, 157. Lunenburg, population, 18, 192, 454, 649, 754.


Lusitania, sinking of, 730. Lyman, George H., 449. Lynde, Major, 31I. Lyndhurst, Lord, 577.


Lyon, Mary, 675.


McAdoo, William G., 728, 735.


McClellan, George Brinton, 450. McGillicuddy, Daniel, Rev., 480.


McHenry, Fort, 449.


McIntyre, Ezra, 292.


McKenustry, John, Rev., 462.


Mclaughlin, Thomas H., Rev., 480.


McLeod, Mordecai, 80.


McNitt, V. V., 591.


Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 684, 685. Maccarty, Thaddeus, Dr., 659, 687.


Machaugagungamaug, 155. Also see Chaubungungamaug.


Mackay, Henry, Rev., 474.


Madison, James, 167, 291, 314. Maffei, Gioacchino, Rev., 480.


Magog Pond, 45.


Maher, John W., Mrs., 738.


Mail Transportation, 483, 487, 488, 490, 491, 493, 494, 496, 498, 499, 515. Maine, 57, 117, 121, 127, 129, 537, 573.


876


WORCESTER COUNTY


Maine, population, 57. Makepeace, Gershom, 225. Malden Hill, 13. Maltby, Rev., 329, 331. Man, Ensign, 201.


Manchaug, 44, 108.


Manchaug Pond, 525.


Manchester, England, 484.


Manchester, Mass., 112.


Mandamus Counsellors, 572.


Mandell, Paul, 216, 225.


Manexit, 44. Mann, Horace, 166, 691, 694. Manoosnoc Hill, 12.


Manufacturing, see industries.


Marble, Charles F., Mrs., 737.


March, Mrs., 328.


Marcy, William, Mrs., 738.


Marcy, Mr., 349.


Marietta (Ohio) settlement, 277-86, 757. Marks Mt., 13.


Marlboro, Mass., 35, 36, 44, 75, 79, 85, 115, 116, 117, 119, 134, 153, 159, 160, 493, 541, 643, 662.


Marlboro, N. H., 497.


Marlowe, Christopher, 393.


Marrs, Rev., 434.


Marsh, Arthur W., Mrs., 738.


Marsh, Peter, 595.


Marsh & Liscom, 416.


Marshal, Capt., 84.


Marshall, Chedorlaomer, 512.


Marshall, Frank H., 739.


Marshall, George A., 631.


Marshall, John, 329.


Martin, Oramel, Dr., 433, 434, 452.


Martyn, Charles, 219.


Maryland, 126.


Mason, Atherton P., 660.


Mason, John, 216, 225.


Mason family, 118.


Massachusetts, population, 57.


Massachusetts Bar Association, 558.


Massachusetts Bay Colony, 559, 562, 650.


Massachusetts Central Railroad, 540.


Massachusetts Coal Co., 35I.


Massachusetts Department of Agricul- ture, 544, 545.


Massachusetts Department of Conserva- tion, 546, 547. Massachusetts Forestry Association, 543, 548. Massachusetts, Fort, 182.


Massachusetts Historical Society, 164, 172.


Massachusetts State College, 545.


Massasoit, 56, 58, 59. Mather, Cotton, Rev., 35, 48, 79, 126, 128, 461, 650, 651. Matthews, Nathan, 550.


Mattress, unsinkable, 385. Maverick, Samuel, 165.


May, John B., 545.


Maynard, Harvey, 329.


Maynard, Lyman, Rev., 329.


Maynard, Stephen, 165, 216, 225, 292.


Mears, David O., Rev., 468.


Mecorney, Horace, 452.


Medfield, Mass., 90, 91, 94, 134, 160


Medford, Mass., 486. Medical Annals, 650-71.


Medical Annals of towns : Ashburnham, 658, 660, 668


Athol, 653, 660, 668 Auburn, 653, 658, 668 Barre, 652, 663, 664, 668


Blackstone, 658, 668


Bolton, 668


Boylston, 656, 668 Brookfield, 654, 655, 662, 663, 668


Charlton, 651 Dana, 658 Douglas, 653, 658 Fitchburg, 657, 659-61, 665-68


Gardner, 659, 660, 668, 671


Grafton, 671


Hardwick, 665


Holden, 658 Hubbardston, 658


Lancaster, 653, 659, 660, 662 Leicester, 653, 657, 658, 661, 665 Leominster, 657, 658, 665, 668


Lunenburg, 657


Mendon, 654, 665, 666


Milford, 664, 666


Millbury, 653, 670


New Braintree, 664


Northbridge, 668


North Brookfield, 655, 664


Oxford, 655


Petersham, 658, 666


Princeton, 656, 658, 661, 663


Royalston, 658, 665 Rutland, 652, 655, 666, 670 Shrewsbury, 653, 656, 661, 664


Southboro, 656, 664


Sterling, 660, 662


Sturbridge, 658


Sutton, 654, 655 Templeton, 660


Upton, 656


Uxbridge, 656, 661


Westboro, 653, 655, 665, 668, 670, 671 West Boylston, 656 Winchendon, 656, 665 Worcester, 651-53, 659-70.


Medicines, home, 364. Meigs, settler at Marietta, Ohio, 286.


Melish, John, 487.


Mellen, Edward, 565, 575. Mellen, James H., 587.


Mellen, Rev., 464.


Meltzner, M., Rabbi, 477.


Memorial Auditorium, in Worcester, 195.


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INDEX


Menageries, 385. Mendenhall, T. C., 700.


Mendon, Mass., 81, 106, 117, 133, 135, 136, 153, 157, 160, 454, 498, 499, 500, 508, 548, 566, 572, 574, 575, 603, 649, 653, 654.


Mendon, altitudes and area, 12. Mendon, incorporation and naming, 157.


Mendon, population, 18, 64, 192, 454, 649, 754. Mendon, settlement, 34, 37, 58.


Menotomy, 494.


Mercereau, John, Major, 236. Merchants, early, 407-21.


Merrick, Pliny, 333, 564, 565, 575, 582, 603. Merrigold, Fred, 589.


Merrill, Arthur, 556.


Merrill, V. S., 627.


Merrill Pond System, 556. Merrimac River, 125, 131, 524.


Metals, search for, 344-53.


Metcalf, Betsy, 382.


Metcalf, Caleb B., 695.


Metcalf, W. J., 632.


Metropolitan District Water Supply Com- mission, 7, 8, 543.


Mexico, Gulf of, 176, 534.


Middlesex Canal, 524.


Middlesex County, Mass., 3, 120, 121, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140, 178, 192, 269, 546, 572.


Midland Railroad, 535.


Milbert, Jacques Gerard, 380, 386, 424.


Milford, Mass., 156, 454, 499, 500, 536, 566, 586, 591, 601, 604, 605, 638, 639, 649, 654.


Milford, altitudes and area, 12.


Milford, incorporation and naming, 157. Milford, population, 17, 18, 454, 649, 754. Milford & Woonsocket Branch Railroad, 536. Militia, Massachusetts Volunteer, 446 and following.


Militia, of Worcester County, 216, 217, 446-55. Mill Brook, 121, 193, 195. Mill River, 157.


Millbury, 452, 454, 493, 523, 525, 528, 531, 535, 541, 566, 591, 621, 638, 639, 649, 680.


Millbury, altitudes and area, 12.


Millbury, incorporation and naming, 157. Millbury, population, 18, 454, 649, 754.


Millbury & Southbridge Railroad, 535.


Miller, James, Gen., 143. Miller, Judson J., Rev., 471.


Miller, Rodney A., Rev., 332.


Miller, Dr., dentist, 419. Millers Falls, 528. Miller's River, 6, 92, 99.


Mills, Abigail (Moore), Mrs., 332.


Mills, Charles, 284. Mills, Edmund, Rev., 332.


Mills and Hicks' British and American Register, 489.


Millstone Hill, 144, 344.


Millville, Mass., 523, 649.


Millville, altitude and area, 12.


Millville, incorporation and naming, 157.


Millville, population, 18, 649, 754, 755.


Milton, Mass., 102.


Mine Hill, 13, 353.


Mines and Minerals, 344-53, 553.


Minns, Susan, 546.


Minute Men, 150, 191, 195, 217, 224, 229, 230, 239.


Mississippi, 445.


Mississippi Valley, 175.


Missouri Compromise, 432, 437.


Missouri River, 534.


Mobile, Alabama, 508.


Moen, Philip S., 610.


Monadnock Mt., 4, 538, 552.


Monckton, Robert, Gov., 188.


Moneta, John, Rev., 480.


Monmouth, Battle of, 569.


Monroe, John Perley, 582.


Montague, Mass., 495, 497.


Montgomery, Richard, 569.


Montreal, Canada, 116, 128, 512, 538, 626.


Moore, John, Ensign, 113.


Moore, Willard, 216, 230.


Moore, Zephaniah Swift, Rev. Dr., 332.


Moose Hill, 13.


Moraines, glacial, 4.


Morel, author, 368.


Morey, John, 416.


Morgan, Charles H., 61I.


Moriarty, Eugene M., 587, 589. Morke, John, 348, 349.


Morrell, George, 627.


Morris, George Perry, 458.


Morris, Henry, 565.


Morrison, Samuel Eliot, 45, 47, 51, 52.


Morse, Augustus, 450.




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