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Morse, Frances Cary, 677.
Morse, Samuel F. B., 586.
Morse, Rev., 464.
Morton, Dr., 321, 651, 756.
Moseley, Samuel, Capt., 62, 82.
Mount Hope, 56, 57, 62, 66, 80.
Mountains, see under name of each mountain.
Mud Pond, 529.
Mugget Hill, 5, II.
Mumford, James Gregory, 652.
Murdock, David C., 620.
Murphy, Michael J., Rev., 462.
Murray, John, 194, 200, 214, 215, 218, 225, 475.
Music, 100 years ago, 359. Mystic River, 223.
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WORCESTER COUNTY
Nantes, Edict of, 107. Nantucket County, Mass., 134.
Naquag, 159.
Narragansett Bay, 6.
Narragansett Country, 94, 95, 376.
Narragansett No. 2, 134, 161.
Narragansett No. 6, 134, 160.
Nashaway, 156. Nashaway Company, 34. Nashoba Fruit Producers, 428.
Nashobah, 44.
Nashua, N. H., 497, 536.
Nashua River, 6, 7, 22, 33.
Nashua & Rochester Railroad, 537.
Natick, Mass., 431, 509.
National Guard, Massachusetts, 446.
Natural History Societies, 545.
Naval Academy, U. S., 452.
Nebraska, 432, 433, 437, 438, 439.
Neck Hill, 12.
Neff, Mary, Mrs., 123, 124, 125, 126.
Negroes, 393. Also see Slavery.
Nelson, Nathaniel, 216.
Nelson, Thomas, 576.
Neponset River, 80, 529, 530.
New Bedford, Mass., 335.
New Braintree, Mass., 150, 214, 269, 455, 5II, 649.
New Braintree, altitudes and area, 12.
New Braintree, incorporation and nam- ing, 157.
New Braintree, population, 18, 192, 455, 649, 754. Newcomb, Henry Knox, 325, 326, 337, 500. Newcomb, Judge, 337.
New England Box Co., 550.
New England fair, 426.
New England, populaton, 57, 58.
New England Railroad, 535.
New Hampshire, 3, 4, 5, 57, 86, 94, 95, 96, 97, 117, 124, 127, 134, 181, 201, 387, 459, 517, 537.
New Hampshire, population, 57.
New Haven, Conn., 382, 498, 509, 584, 589.
New Ipswich, N. H., 497.
New Jersey, 167.
New London, Conn., 347.
New Medfield, Mass., 134, 160.
New Orleans, La., 445. New Oxford, Mass., 108, III, 158.
Newport, R. I., 105, 108, 483, 486, 492, 527, 554.
New Salem, Mass., 137, 495, 548. Also see Swift River Reservoir.
New Sherburn, Mass., 154.
Newspapers of Worcester County, 232, 394, 395, 401, 578-92. Newspapers, names of : American Herald and Worcester Re- corder, 582 Amerikos Lieturis (Worcester), 590
Banner (Leicester), 591
Boston Herald, 582 Boston Traveler, 589
Cataract (Worcester), 585
Catholic Messenger (Worcester), 590
Christian Citizen (Worcester), 586
Chronicle (Athol), 591 Chronicle (Blackstone), 586 Chronotype (Westboro), 592 Courant (Clinton), 586, 591
Courant, The (Lancaster), 586
Courier, Winchendon, 592 Daily Morning Transcript (Worces- ter), 583 Daily Telegraph (Worcester), 585 Daily Transcript (Worcester), 581 Enterprise (Leominster), 586, 591 Eteenpain (Worcester), 590
Evening Gazette, The (Worcester), 587, 588 Evening Item (Clinton), 591
Evening News (Southbridge), 591
Evening Times (Webster), 591
Farmers' Gazette (Barre), 591
Fitchburg Gazette, 590
Fitchburg Sentinel, 590
Fitchburg Times, The, 590
Fitchburg Weekly Sentinel, 586, 590, 591 Fitchburg Worcester County Courier, 590 Gazette (Barre), 586, 591
Gazette (Worcester), 582
Haswell's Massachusetts Spy and American Oracle of Freedom, 581 Independent Gazetteer (Worcester), 582 Journal (Millbury), 591
Labor-News (Worcester), 590
Leader (Spencer), 591
"erte (Fitchburg), 590 '(Trion Publique (Worcester), 590 Massachusetts Spy, The, 579
Massachusetts Spy, American Oracle of Liberty, The, 580
Massachusetts Spy and American Oracle of Liberty, The, 581
Massachusetts Spy and Oracle of American Liberty, The, 232, 580 Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Gazette, 581 Messenger, The (Westboro), 586 National Aegis (Worcester), 582, 583 National Aegis, The (Worcester), 582, 583 News (Gardner), 591 News (Webster), 586 Pennsylvania Gazette, The, 580 Post, The (Worcester), 584, 588, 589 Press (Southbridge), 586
Raivaaja (Fitchburg), 590
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Reformer and Moralist (Southbridge), 591 Register (Southbridge), 591 Saturday Morning News (South- bridge), 586 Southbridge Press, 591 Springfield Republican, 584 State Sentinel (Worcester), 585 Sunday Telegram (Worcester), 587, 588 Svea (Worcester), 590
Thomas' Massachusetts Spy and Amer- ican Oracle of Liberty, 580 Thomas' Massachusetts Spy, or The Worcester Gazette, 232, 581 Times (Uxbridge), 591 Transcript (Athol), 591
Transcript (Westboro), 586
Union (Brookfield), 591
Village Courier (Southbridge), 591 Webster Weekly Times, 591 Westboro Sheaf, 586
White Flag (Athol), 586
Worcester Daily Journal, 585
Worcester Daily Press, 587
Worcester Evening Gazette, 583
Worcester Evening Journal, 585 Worcester Magazine, 581 Worcester Palladium, 585
Worcester Sunday Telegram, 584
Worcester Telegram, 587, 588
Worcester Telegram and The Evening Gazette, 579 Worcester Times, 587 Worcester Waterfall, 585 Worcester County Courier, 590 Worcester County Gazette, 585 Worcester County Republican, 585.
Newton, Caleb, 325. Newton, Calvin, 695.
Newton, Rejoice, 325. Newton, Seth, 292, 294. Newton, Mass., 500.
Newton Falls, 509.
Newton Hill, 5. New Worcester, Mass., 327, 541.
New York, 121, 167, 224, 271, 283, 291, 328, 415, 418, 448, 449, 483, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 493, 498, 500, 501, 505, 509, 523, 528, 534, 535, 586, 640, 658, 796.
New York and Boston Steam Packet Line, 498.
New York Central Railroad, 19, 534. New York and New England Railroad, 537. New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road, 19, 535, 536, 537, 542. Niagara, Fort, 185. Nichewaug, 22, 158. Nichols, Israel, 225.
Nichols, James, 292. Nichols, William, 628.
Nicholson, Francis, Col., 126.
Nicholson, Haldie, 627. Nipmuck, 7, 20, 33, 44, 50, 52, 63, 64, 66, 70, 81, 85, 106, 107, 112, 114, 348, 390, 408, 459, 554.
Nipmuck Country becomes Worcester County, 133.
Nipmuck River, see Blackstone River. Nixon, John, 230.
Noddle Island, 166.
Noell, Mr., 560. Norfolk, Va., 437. Norfolk County, Mass., 3. 134. Norfolk Railroad, 535, 536. Norridgewock, 128, 129, 130.
Northampton, Mass., 93, 115, 171, 493, 494, 498, 540. North Ashburnham, Mass., 443.
Northboro, Mass., 150, 165, 455, 489, 493, 495, 548, 566, 575, 601, 602, 643, 649. Northboro, altitudes and area, 12.
Northboro, incorporation and naming, I57. Northboro, population, 18, 455, 649, 754. Northbridge, Mass., 150, 452, 455, 499, 523, 566, 599, 601, 636, 649, 654. Northbridge, altitudes and area, 12.
Northbridge, incorporation and naming, I57. Northbridge, population, 18, 455, 649, 754. Northbridge Center, Mass., 12.
North Brookfield, Mass., 455, 493, 548, 600, 601, 604, 649, 655. North Brookfield, altitudes and area, 12. North Brookfield, incorporation and nam- ing, 158. North Brookfield, population, 19, 455, 649, 754.
North Carolina, 451.
North Chelmsford, Mass., 497.
North Dana, Mass., see Swift River Reservoir. Northfield, Mass., 93, 182, 662.
North Orange, Mass., 497.
North Purchase, II7.
North River, 113.
North Uxbridge, Mass., 527.
Northville, Mass., 610.
North Worcester, Mass., 121.
Norton, Charles H., 613. Norwich, Conn., 493, 535.
Norwich & Worcester Railroad, 535, 537.
Nourse, Henry S., 114, 188.
Nourse, Rebecca, 143.
Nova Scotia, 129, 186.
Nutt, Charles, 582.
Nutt's History of Worcester County, 475, 571, 575, 585. Nutting Hill, II.
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WORCESTER COUNTY
Oakham, Mass., 137, 150, 200, 455, 548, 649.
Oakham, altitudes and area, 12.
Oakham, incorporation and naming, 158.
Oakham, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754. Oak Hill, 351, 548.
O'Brien, Robert Lincoln, 582.
O'Connell, Michael J., Rev., 481.
O'Connell, Philip J., 576.
Ohio, 324, 691. Also see Marietta.
Ohio River, 277-86.
Old Colony Railroad, 537.
Oldham, John, 42, 344.
Olds, Rev., 302. Oliver, Daniel, 572.
Oliver, Peter, Chief Justice, 209, 210, 239, 572.
Olney, Catherine, 737.
O'Neill, D. H., Rev., 480.
Optical goods, 417.
Orange, Mass., 137, 495, 529.
Ordinance of 1787, 283.
Oregon, 5II.
O'Reilly, Bishop, Rt .- Rev., 479.
Otis, James, 563.
Otis family, 396. Otter River, 548.
Oxford, Mass., 106, 107, 109, III, II2, 122, 132, 133, 135, 152, 154, 155, 160, 205, 310, 426, 449, 452, 455, 493, 535, 548, 564, 566, 575, 649, 655. Oxford, altitudes and area, 12.
Oxford, incorporation and naming, 158.
Oxford, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754. "Oxford Army," 309.
Paddock, Bishop, 474. Page, Joel, 412.
Page garrison, 393.
Paige, Lucius R., Rev., 475.
Paine, "Billie," Dr., 197.
Paine, Frederick W., 603, 691.
Paine, Nathaniel, 326, 327, 572, 575, 594.
Paine, Thomas, 286.
Paine, Timothy, 197, 214, 215, 219, 572, 575. Paine, William, 594.
Paine family, 326, 346, 688.
Pakachoag, 44, 46, 65, 81.
Pakachoag Hill, 13, 22, 35, 44, 697, 789. Palmer, Mass., 160, 490, 493, 535, 536, 648. Panama, 176. Panghorn, Z. K., 583.
Papanti, of Italy and Mass., 336.
Paris, France, 380, 670.
Paris, treaty of, 175.
Park, John, Dr., 335, 696.
Parker, Andrew, 216.
Parker, D. F., 434.
Parker, Francis W., 693. Parker, Jonathan, 225.
Parker, Timothy, 225, 292.
Parker, Capt., 77.
Parker, Judge, 327.
Parker Hill, 13.
Parkman, Ebenezer, Rev., 165, 519, 520. Parmenter, Major, 249.
Parsons, David, Rev., 462.
Parsons, settler at Marietta, Ohio, 286.
Patch, Nathan, 594.
Paton, Alexander S., 630, 631.
Patrick, Matthew, 292.
Patriot-Royalist Feud, 202.
Pawtucket, R. I., 143, 524, 644.
Paxton, Charles, 158.
Paxton, Mass., 150, 455, 511, 547, 566, 649. Paxton, altitudes and area, 12.
Paxton, incorporation and naming, 158.
Paxton, population, 19, 455, 649, 754.
Payquage, 152.
Pearl Hill, II, 352.
Pease, Levi, 489, 490, 491.
Peck, J. O., Rev., 473.
Peckham, Samuel, 292.
Peddlers, 387, 420, 421.
Pelton, George S., Rev., 468.
Pemigewasset River, 13I.
Pennacook, 124.
Pennsylvania, 166, 284, 378, 518, 534, 691.
Penobscot River, 127.
People's Convention, Massachusetts, 429.
Pepper, Robert, 89.
Peppercorn Hill, 13.
Pepperell, William, Sir, 179, 180, 18I.
Pepperell, Mass., 137.
Pequod War, 60.
Perault family, 624.
Percy, Earl, 281.
Periodicals, see newspapers.
Perkins, James, 142.
Perkins, Jonathan Coggswell, 565.
Perkins, Thomas H., 142.
Perkins Institute for the Blind, 142.
Perky, Henry D., 696.
Perrault, J. Ed., Rev., 480.
Perry, Emory, 325, 333.
Perry, J. Lester, Mrs., 739.
Perry, James D., 499, 500.
Perry, Josiah, 637.
Pershing, John Joseph, Gen., 727.
Peterboro, N. H., 497.
Petersham, Mass., 137, 140, 150, 154, 202, 206, 270, 271, 414, 452, 455, 543, 545, 548, 549, 550, 551, 564, 572, 573, 649. Also see Swift River Reservoir.
Petersham, altitudes and area, 12.
Petersham, incorporation and naming, 158. Petersham, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754. Philadelphia, Pa., 291, 350, 415, 431, 483, 487.
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881
Philip, King (see King Philip). Phillips, Ellsworth W., Rev., 469. Phillips, George W., Rev., 468. Phillips, M. D. & Co., 417. Phillips, R. B., 619.
Phillipston, Mass., 140, 455, 495, 497, 649. Phillipston, altitudes and area, 12.
Phillipston, incorporation and naming, 158.
Phillipston, population, 19, 455, 649, 754. Phipps, Robert, 696.
Physicians, see Medical Annals. Pianos, 416.
Pickering, J. W., 627, 631, 632.
Piedmont, battle of, 451.
Pierce, Charles W., 591. Pierce, Frank, 434.
Pierce, John, 296, 415, 559.
Pilgrims, 40, 58, 59, 674. Also see Puritans.
Pillsbury, Dr., 444. Pine Hill, 11, 12.
Pine Meadow, 34I.
Piscataqua, N. H., 99.
Pisgah Mt., II.
Pitcairn, John, Major, 253.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 620.
Pleasant Mt., 13.
Plimpton, William, 635.
Plymouth, Mass., 112, 355, 559, 650. Plymouth, population, 57. Plymouth County, Mass., 134.
Plymouth Rock, 58. Also see Pilgrims. Pocasset, 62. Polar cap, 4.
Pomfret, Conn., 493.
Population of colonies in 1755, 183.
Population of county and towns, 16-19, 183. Also, under each town, see "pop- ulation." Porter, James, Rev., 472. Porter, Samuel, 284.
Porter family, 631. Portsmouth, N. H., 99, 486, 489, 490. Postoffices and postmasters, 197.
Potomac River, 483.
Potter Hill, 12. Poultrymen's associations, 428.
Poverty Hill, II. Powder Alarm of 1774, 223. Power, John J., Rev., 480. Power, Nicholas, 451.
Power, see electric power and light.
Powers, Nero, 325. Pratt, Harrison W., 448. Pratt, William, 328, 333. Pratt Hill, 13. Pratts Junction, 643.
Praying (Indian) Towns, 44-54, 65, 108, 459, 460, 653.
Wor. 56
Prentice, John, Rev., 461. Prentice, Capt., 120, 161.
Prentice Brothers, 613.
Prescott, John, 38, 156, 177, 216.
Prescott, Samuel, 116.
Prescott, Mass., also see Swift River Reservoir.
Press, see newspapers.
Preston, A. L., 632.
Prevost, George, Sir, 315.
Prices of commodities, 237, 238, 411, 414- 416, 418. Primeau, J. B., Rev., 479.
Prince, Thomas, Rev., 158.
Princeton, Mass., 140, 150, 171, 205, 455, 546, 548, 551, 553, 602, 649.
Princeton, altitudes and area, 12.
Princeton, incorporation and naming, 158. Princeton, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754. Printer, James, 45, 65, 104.
Printing-press, early, 50.
Prison, State, 149.
Pritchard, Sergt., 74.
Prospect Hill, 11, 12, 548.
Providence, R. I., 108, 197, 320, 334, 382, 483, 489, 493, 498, 499, 522-29, 535, 536, 607, 643, 644, 675.
Providence & Worcester Railroad, 499, 535, 537.
Puffer, Matthias, 64.
Punishments, early, 145-47.
Purgatory Chasm, 10, 551, 553.
Puritans, 29, 32, 33, 38, 40, 46, 53, 608, 674, 689. Also see Pilgrims.
Putnam, Daniel, 292.
Putnam, E., 329.
Putnam, Edward, 225.
Putnam, Elijah, 632, 633.
Putnam, Fernando C., Rev., 474.
Putnam, Israel, 185, 281, 286.
Putnam, J. and S. W., 624.
Putnam, James, 194, 211, 218, 225, 572, 573, 688.
Putnam, Judge, 210.
Putnam, L. B., 329.
Putnam, Rufus, 184, 272-86, 757.
Putnam family, 284.
Putnam Hill, 13.
Pynchon, John, Major, 69.
Quaboag, 23, 35, 39, 43, 65, 75.
Quaboag Pond, 43.
Quaboag River, 22, 43. Quakers, see Friends, Society of.
Quanshipauge, 157.
Quantisset, 44, 66.
Quebec, Capture of, 185, 569. Queen Anne's War, 106, 129. Quennapin, 86, 105.
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WORCESTER COUNTY
Quinapoxet River, 8. Quincy, Josiah, 201, 333, 488.
Quincy family, 396. Quincy, Mass., 530, 693. Quinebaug River, 6, 43, 64, 381, 535. Quinsigamond, 66, 120, 121, 123, 161, 513, 653, 685. Quinsigamond Lake, 5, 7, 22, 35, 36, 196, 351, 525, 531, 537.
Raccoon Hill, II. Racketeering, 521. Radio, 586.
Ragged Hill, 13, 548.
Railroads, 19, 341, 482, 497, 499, 501, 51I, 517, 529-42. Also see: Air Line; Al- bany & West Stockbridge; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé; Baltimore & Ohio; Barre & Worcester; Blackstone & Southbridge; Boston & Albany ; Boston, Barre & Gardner; Boston & Lowell; Boston & Maine; Boston & Providence ; Boston & Worcester ; Bunker Hill Railway ; Cheshire ; Fitch- burg Railroad; Fitchburg & Worces- ter ; Hoosac Tunnel & Western; Hop- kinton Railroad; Massachusetts Cen- tral; Midland; Milford & Woonsocket ; New England; New York Central ; New York and New England; New York, New Haven and Hartford; Nor- folk Railroad; Norwich & Worcester ; Old Colony; Providence & Worcester ; Southbridge & Palmer; Southbridge, Sturbridge & Brookfield; Southern New England; Street Railways; Ver- mont Central; Vermont & Massachu- setts ; Walpole Railroad; Western Rail-
road; Worcester Railway; Worcester
& Nashua ; Worcester, Nashua & Rochester ; Worcester & Shrewsbury.
Ralston, J. H., Rev., 476.
Ramshorn Pond, 325, 525.
Rankin, William R., 591.
Rasle, Sebastian, Rev., 127-32.
Rattlesnake Hill, II.
Rawson, Edward, 216, 225.
Rawson, Grindel, Rev., 117.
Rawson Hill, 12.
Raymond, Maine, 509.
Rayner, John, Rev., 461, 654.
Reagan, D. J., 630.
Recipes for liquors, 399, 400.
Red Cross Society, American, 448, 449, 453, 651, 678, 682, 736-41, 756, 760, 763. Redemption Rock, 86, 102.
Reed, Ezra W., 590. Reed, F. E., 613.
Reed, James, 634.
Reed, Joseph, 225.
Reed, Thomas, 97. Reforestation, 10.
Regulating Act, 212.
"Regulators," 261.
Religion, see churches.
Religion of Indians, 44-54.
Remy, L. A., 590.
Republican party, 429, 430, 431, 432.
Reservations, wild life (see sanctuaries). Reservoirs, see Swift River Reservoir, see Wachusett Reservoir. Restorationists, 156.
"Return and Relation" (of Ephraim
Curtis), 66-68.
Revell, John, 560.
Revere, Paul, 242.
Revolution, approach of, 191-202.
Revolution, events just preceding, 203- 221, 579. Revolution, opening guns of, 222.
Revolutionary War, 167, 335, 558, 563, 568, 569, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 608, 609, 612, 656, 657, 668, 688, 728.
Rhode Island, 57, 58, 60, 85, 459, 523, 524, 526, 568, 637.
Rhode Island, population, 57.
Rice, Benjamin, 308, 309.
Rice, Caleb, Rev., 308.
Rice, Edmund, 119.
Rice, George T., 336.
Rice, J. Marcus, 452.
Rice, Jonas, 122, 573, 574, 686.
Rice, Jonathan, 270.
Rice, N., 310, 31I.
Rice, Silas, 119.
Rice, Stephen, 216, 225.
Rice, Timothy, II9.
Rice, W. R. R., 576.
Rice, W. W., 433.
Rice, Col., 312.
Rice, Mr., 328.
Rice, Barton and Fales, 613.
Rice City, 498.
Rich, Peter, 325.
Richardson, George F., 588.
Richardson, Henry, 499.
Richardson, James, 73.
Richmond, N. H., 493.
Richmond, Va., 415, 451, 483.
Rindge, N. H., 497.
Risley, John E., Rev., 472.
Rissiter, Edward, 560.
Roach, Howard H., 471.
Roads, see highways, trails.
Robbins, Joseph, 334.
Roberts, Louisa Trumbull Cogswell Mrs., 143. Robinson, Andrew, 353.
Robinson, Catherine, 326.
Robinson, Charles, 438. Robinson, Jeremiah, 564.
Robinson, Mary, 326.
Robson, Frank H., 696. Rochester, N. H., 536.
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INDEX
Rocky Hill, 12, 548. Rogers, Henry A., Rev., 471. Rogers, Richard, 686. Rogers, Rev., 464. Rollstone Hill, 11, 344. Roper, Ephraim, 113, 115.
Rosse family, 627.
Roubier, Rev. Father, 462.
Round Top, II.
Rowe's Wharf, 208. Rowlandson, Joseph, Rev., 85, 115, 392, 460. Rowlandson, Mary, Mrs., 86-105, 392, 677.
Rowlandson family, 38.
Rowley, 102.
Roxbury, 48, 81, 89, 269, 459, 651.
Royal, Isaac, Col., 159.
Royal African Company, 163, 166.
Royalston, Mass., 137, 140, 150, 455, 529, 551, 555, 575, 649.
Royalston, altitudes and area, 12.
Royalston, incorporation and naming, I59. Royalston, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754.
Rugg, Arthur Prentice, 141, 576. Ruggles, Timothy, 184, 194, 198, 214, 218, 219, 220, 225, 226, 564, 572, 574, 656. Rumford, Count, 415.
Rutland, Mass., 106, 127, 131, 132, 133, 135, 143, 152, 158, 163, 169, 174, 234, 277, 455, 540, 564, 572, 573, 575, 6II, 649, 652, 655.
Rutland, altitudes and area, 12.
Rutland, incorporation and naming, 159.
Rutland, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754. Rutland, Vt., 496, 506. Rutland East Wing, Mass., 158.
Rutland West Wing, Mass., 158.
Sabbath observance, 393. Saco River, 13I. Saddler, John, 278. Sadler, Abiel, 225. Sagatabscot Hill, 122. St. Clair, Arthur, 286.
St. Croix, 401. St. James, Arthur, Rev., 472. St. John, Rev. Dr., 475. St. John, 130.
Salem, Mass., 143, 197, 225, 355, 415, 509, 517, 651, 662. Salisbury, Stephen, 196, 594, 603, 699, 700. Salisbury, Mr., 340. Salisbury mansion, 381. Saltonstall, Richard, 391, 560. Saltonstall family, 396. Saltus, Freeman M., 590. Sanctuaries, wild life, 9, 10, 546, 548. Sandella, Antonio, Rev., 472.
Sanderson, Joseph W., Rev., 476
Sanderson, Simeon, 603.
Sanford, Edmund Clark, 702, 703. Sanger, George Partridge, 565.
Sanitariums, 14.
Sanitary Commission, 449
"Santa Claus," 503.
"Santa Cruz," 397. Santiago, Cuba, 445, 721, 723.
Saratoga, N. Y., 235.
Sargent, Digory, 122
Sargent, L. M., 471.
Sargent, Nathan, 230.
Sausaman, John, 54, 57, 61.
Savage, F. A., 627.
Savage, Thomas, Capt., 91.
Savannah, Ga., 490. Sawmill, first in Canada, 116.
Sawyer, Aaron, 216.
Sawyer, Elias, 116.
Sawyer, Ephraim, 216.
Sawyer, Thomas, 113, 115, 116.
Schools kept in taverns, 393, 394.
Schools of Worcester (city and county) : Academy, 693 African, 691 Americanization, 693
Apprentices, 691
Ascension, 696
Assumption College, 696
Bancroft, 695
Boys' Trade, 693
Clark Institute and College, 701-03
Classical, 693
Continuation, 693 Domestic Science, 696
English for Boys, 691
English High, 692, 693
Evening High, 693
Evening Practical Arts, 693
Female High, 691, 696
Free Institute of Industrial Science, 700 Girls' English High, 692 Girls' Trade, 693
High, of Commerce, 692, 693
Highland Military Academy, 695
Holy Cross, College of the, 696-99
Holy Name of Jesus, 696
Infant, 691 Ladies' Collegiate Institute, 695, 696
Latin, for Boys, 692
Manual Labor High, 693 Medical College, 695 Misses Stearns', 696
North High, 693 Notre Dame, 696
Oread Collegiate Institute, 675, 695, 696
Polytechnic Institute, 699-701 Primary, 691 Regis College for Women, 696 Robert Phipps Classical, 696
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WORCESTER COUNTY
St. Anne's, 696 St. Anthony's, 696
St. John's, 696
St. Joseph's, 696
St. Mary's, 696 St. Paul's, 696 Second Female, (91 South High, 693
State Normal, 545, 693 Town's Grammar, 688. Schwab, Charles M., 612.
Schwartz, G. F., 550.
Scotch, 164, 166.
Scott, Winfield, 448.
Scott's Pond, 526, 527.
Settlement of Worcester County, 32-43.
Sever, William, 572.
Shadrach (Slave), 430, 432, 433, 442, 443. Shakespeare, William, 393.
Sharpe, Anna Cummings, Mrs., 499, 500. Sharpe, Sam, 560.
Sharpe, Thomas, 560.
Shaw, Joseph Alden, 695.
Shaw, Lemuel, 333.
Shays' Rebellion, 254-76, 290, 557, 567- 570, 572, 689, 764.
Sheep at first cattle show, 383.
Shepley, Stephen, 623.
Sherburne, John H., Brig .- Gen., 733.
Sheriff of Worcester County, 219.
Sherman, A., 292.
Shingle-making, 356.
Shirley, William, Gov., 179, 180.
Shirley, Mass., 137, 140, 494, 495, 529. Shoes with pointed toes, 329.
Shrewsbury, Mass., 106, 133, 154, 208, 263, 264, 299, 388, 424, 455, 493, 495,
537, 564, 566, 572, 574, 603, 649, 653, 655.
Shrewsbury, altitudes and area, 12.
Shrewsbury, incorporation and naming, 159.
Shrewsbury, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754.
Shutesbury, Mass., 137.
Sibley, Frank Palmer, 744.
Sibley, Jonas L., 328, 329. 331, 332.
Sibley, Peter, 148.
Sibley, Sidney, 591.
Siely, Capt., 84.
Sikes, Elizabeth, 328.
Sikes, Reuben, 490.
Sikes' tavern, 424.
Silliman, Prof., 382.
Silver Hill, 12. Simonds family, 620, 625, 626.
Sims, Thomas (slave), 433, 435, 442. Sims, W. S., Rear-Admiral, 727.
Singers of First and Second Parishes, 400. Singletary, Amos, 216, 292, 293. Singletary Pond, 332.
Slater, Samuel and son, 524, 612, 637.
Slavery, Indian, 29, 53.
Slavery, Negro, 163-74, 283, 303, 677, 680, 681, 759. Also see Civil War.
Slavery, of Scotch, 164, 166.
Smallpox, 317. Also see Medical Annals.
Smith, Abraham, 292.
Smith, Austin A., 627.
Smith, David S. C. H., Dr., 332, 655.
Smith, Frank B., 576.
Smith, Frank H., 633.
Smith, Joel, 244, 442.
Smith, John, 216.
Smith, Jonathan, 568. Smith, McPherson, 629.
Smith, Stephen, 524.
Smith, Sumner, 527.
Smith, Timothy, 417.
Smoking, Mary Rowlandson's opinion of, 93, 103. Snell, Thomas, Rev., 462.
Snow, Benjamin, 442, 443, 445, 623.
Snow, Edmond, 638.
Snyder, J. A., 619.
Snyder, John E., 613.
Soap-making 100 years ago, 366.
Soapstone Hill, 12.
Soldiers' Relief Committee, 453.
Somers, Conn., 489.
Sorlin, D. S., Rev., 473.
South Ashburnham, Mass., 540.
Southboro, Mass., 106, 133, 201, 388, 426, 455, 532, 563, 566, 572, 573, 643, 649, 655.
Southboro, altitudes and area, 13.
Southboro, incorporation and naming, 159. Southboro, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754.
Southbridge, Mass., 136, 452, 455, 493, 535, 536, 541, 566, 586, 591, 599, 601, 604, 635-36, 649. Southbridge, altitudes and area, 13.
Southbridge, incorporation and naming, 159. Southbridge, population, 17, 19, 455, 649, 754.
Southbridge & Palmer Railroad, 536. Southbridge, Sturbridge & Brookfield Railroad Company, 536. South Carolina, 107, 166.
South Gardner, Mass., 497.
Southgate, Charles M., Rev., 468.
South Lancaster, Mass., II3.
South Orange, Mass., 497.
South Vernon, Vt., 93.
Southern New England Railroad begun, 536. Spain, 175, 176. Also see War with Spain. Sparhawk, Nathan, 216. Sparrow, Samuel, 348. Spelling-bees, 360.
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Spencer, Mass., 150, 180, 426, 452, 455, 490, 493, 541, 547, 548, 549, 591, 600, 601, 603, 604, 610, 611, 649. Spencer, altitudes and area, 13. Spencer, incorporation and naming, 159.
Spencer, population, 19, 192, 455, 649, 754. Spencer Second District, Mass., 159.
Spoons, disappearance of, 397. Sprague, A. B. R., Lieut .- Col., 450. Sprague, John, 171, 292, 294, 564, 572, 573, 574. Springfield, Mass., 98, 118, 380, 381, 493, 494, 496, 533, 534. Springfield Fire Insurance Co., 417. Spurr, John, 564.
Squatter Sovereignty, 438.
Stafford Springs, Conn., 500.
Stagecoaches, 390, 406, 482-516.
Stage drivers, 502-06.
Stamford, Conn., 491.
Stamp Act of 1765, 198, 200, 203.
Starrett, Leroy S., 638.
Staver, Benjamin, 486, 487.
Stearns, Abijah, 225.
Stearns, Charles, 495. Stearns, David, 292.
Stearns, Samuel, 267.
Stearns, William, 171, 572, 581.
Stearns, Misses, 675, 696.
Stedman, William, 575, 603.
Steele, Thomas, Judge, 219, 573, 574. Steerage Rock, 43.
Sterling, Mass., 116, 117, 140, 141, 160, 426, 455, 496, 497, 540, 541, 549, 566, 649.
Sterling, altitudes and area, 13.
Sterling, incorporation and naming, 159. Sterling, population, 19, 455, 649, 754.
Sterling Farmers' Club, 426.
Sterling Junction, 536.
Stevens, Charles E., 583.
Stevens, Isaac, 132.
Stevens, Joseph, 132.
Stevens, Phineas, 132.
Stewardson, Langdon C., Rev., 474.
Stiles, Dr., 223. Still River, 113, 115.
Stimson, Julia C., 736. Stockwell Ponds, 556. Stoddard, Harry G., 588, 739.
Stone, B. J., 165. Stone, Benjamin Franklin, 284, 285. Stone, Daniel, 43. Stone, John, 43. Stone, Joseph, 292. Stone, Nathan, Rev., 463.
Stone, Orra L., 606. Stone Hill, II. Stone House Hill, 222.
Stores, early, 407-21.
Story, George F. E., 428. Stoughton, William, 108.
Stow, Mass., 137, 156, 495, 537.
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