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between Great and Orr's Islands, 550. Bull Rock, 550. The First, 548. The Free, 550-1.
The Gurnet, 548.
near Village Burying-Ground in Topsham, 551. on Federal Street, 551. over the Cathance, 548. Shad Island, 550.
Brimstone Hill, 77.
Brook in Brunswick Village, An old, 32. Brook Trout, 94.
Brunswick Academy, 475-6. and Topsham Rifle Co., 692-3. a Township, 104. Bank, The, 575.
Cotton Manufacturing Co., 564. Divided into recruiting Districts, 687. Factory Company, 565-6. Falls, 1, 5, 14, 25, 77, 81, 88. Inhabitants of, 33. in War of the Rebellion, 696-700. Journal, 307-8. Light Infantry, 692. Militia Companies, 692-3. nained, 104.
represented in Provincial Con- gress, 122.
Savings Institution, The, 576.
Selectinen of, 33. See Appendix. Telegraph, 309-10. under the Commonwealth, 104-43. under the State of Maine, 143. Village Corporation, 274. Brunswicker, The, 303. Building Sites overflowed, 96. Bull-Head, 94. Bull Rock, 84, 550.
Bunganunganock (or Bunganock), 4, 5, 37, 83, 106-7, 155. Burglaries in Topsham, 286. Burial alive, 680.
Burial Expenses of Elisha Eaton, 437.
Burial delayed by a Storm, 62-3.
Bunial-Places, 339-351.
Indian, 351.
Burial-Place in Brunswick, oldest, 339. in Topsham, oldest, 347. others. See Graveyards.
Burials, 209. Burkett's Commentary on New Testa- ment, 670.
Burning, Deaths by, 317.
Burnt Place, The, 5.
Burying-Ground in Harpswell fenced, 166. Butchers, 579, 611-12.
By-Laws of Towns, 146, 200, 202.
C.
Cabinet-Makers, 579-80, 612.
Cabot Manufacturing Company, 566. Calcite, 98.
Calves, 220.
Calls to settle in the Ministry in Bruns- wick, 354-5, 358, 362-5, 370-2, 374, 381, 385, 387, 389, 390, 396; in Topsham, 407-9, 416, 420-9, 431-3; in Harpswell, 436-7, 444-8, 453.
Canada, 62-4, 68, 70.
Canada Lynx, 90.
Canals, 132-3, 188, 555.
Canal between Merrymeeting Bay and N. Meadows, 555.
Canal from the Androscoggin to Maquoit, 555.
Canceau, Attempt to seize the, 681-3. Candlestick, A Wooden, 671.
Canibas, The, 1.
Canton Point, 4, 53.
Cannon of Topsham Artillery, 691.
Cape Cod, 205. Cape Elizabeth, 52.
Cape Small Point, 7.
Captain Adams Place, The, 82.
Captives, 65, 67-8, 70, 679, 694.
Caravans, 223-5.
Caribou, 90. Carpenters and Joiners, 580-1, 612, 620. Carpets, 216.
Carpet Making, 568-9.
Carriage-Makers, 580, 612.
Carrying-Places, 6, 11, 45, 188.
Cars, etc., burnt, 262, 264.
Carts, 216. Casco, 17, 52.
Casco Bay, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 45, 75, 77,83, 95, 101, 104.
Catalogue of Bowdoin College, 306. Cathance Mill, 35. Cathance Point, 35, 81, 183-4, 187.
940
GENERAL INDEX.
Cathance Pond, 6, 76.
Cathance River, 5, 6, 21, 25, 28, 35-6, 43-4, 60, 76-7. 81-2, 97-8, 201. Catholic Society, The Roman, 405.
Cavalry Company, 693.
Cedar, 99. Cedar Ledges, 86. Cedar Street, 540.
Celebrations, 227-233.
Celebration of the Battles of Concord and Lexington, 233.
Formation of Baptist Church, Topsham, 426.
Fourth of July, 228-30.
Inauguration of Jackson, 229.
laving of the Atlantic Cable, 232.
Memorial Day, 233.
Temperance Societies, 229-30. Washington's Birthday, 232.
Census of Brunswick, 599; of Harps- well, 623-4; of Topsham, 617.
Center Point, 82. Centre Street, 540.
Chair-Makers, 580.
Chaises, 215.
Charitable Associations, 239-42.
Chaudiere River, 62.
Cherry, 99.
Chickadee, 92.
Chlorite, 98.
Cholera, 314.
Cholera Infantum, 314.
Chub, 94.
Christian Church in Brunswick and Freeport, 388-9.
Christening Basin, 670.
Church Choirs, 214.
Church, Confession in, 368.
Church Covenant, 368, 372, 389, 392, 410, 433-34.
Church Concils, 359-60, 366, 370, 372, 386, 390, 416, 418, 425, 429, 431, 436. Church Creed, 372.
Church, Difficulties in the, 368-70, 384.
Church Government, Paper concerning, 367; Form of 367, 369, 407.
Church Library, 372.
Church Members of First Parish Bruns- wick, 366, 375-7 ; of Baptist Re- ligions Society in Bath, Harps- well, and Brunswick, 378-9.
of First Baptist, of Brunswick, 380. of Second 386.
of Maine Street Baptist, of Brans- wick, 387.
of Baptist Religions Society, Tops- ham, 420-1.
of Baptist Church Society, Tops- ham, 423.
of First Baptist Church and Soci- oty, Harpswell, 446.
of Second Baptist Church and Society, Harpswell, 447.
Church Members of Catholic Society, Brunswick, 405.
of Congregational Society, Tops- sham, 411, 415.
of First Free-Will Baptist Society, Brunswick, 388.
of Free Baptist Society, Brunswick, 390
of Methodist Society, Brunswick, 400.
of Methodist Society, Harpswell, 454.
of Unitarian Society, Topsham.434. of First Free-Will Baptist Society, Harpswell, 449.
of Second Free-Will Baptist Socie- tv, Harpswell, 449.
Church, Votes of the, 367-8, 370, 382. Cisterns, 274.
City Charter, 153, 236.
Clams, 93.
Clapboard Manufactory, 560.
Clarke's Island, 87.
Clay Land Falls, 4.
Cleaveland's Cabinet, Bowdoin College, 517.
Cleaveland's Meteorological Record, 99- 101.
Cleaveland Street, 539. Climatic, etc., 99-103.
Clock, Watch, and Jewelry Establish- ments, 569-70.
Coasting, 215. Cobb's Quarry, 97-8. .
Cobbasecontee Pond, 36. Cochran's Adventure, 56.
Cod, 94.
Coins, Collection of, 670.
College burnt, 258, 260. College Street, 540.
Colonel Thompson ordered to Brunswick, etc., 684. Columbite, 97-8.
Commercial History of Brunswick, 552, 602; of Harpswell, 618-24; of Tops- ham, 603-17.
Commissioners, 13, 17, 52, 56, 112, 113, 118.
Commissioners' Court, 283.
Commission of Adam Hunter, 65-6.
Commission of Robert Patten, 685. Committee of Correspondence, Safety, etc., 123-7, 129, 168-71, 173, 184-7, 676, 684, 689.
Committee on Land Claims, 22, 36.
Commons Hall, 102, 516. Commons, Deed of Town, 522-4.
Commons, Reports of Committee on Town, 525-7.
Commons, Survey of Town, 525
Commons, The Town, 30, 1150, 1, 115, 126-7, 131-2, 134, 138,1 149,3-421, 521-7.
941
GENERAL INDEX.
Communication to Town from Rev. Mr. Dunlap, 361-2.
Communion Service presented to Bap- tist Church Society, Topsham, 425. Complaint of Sam'l Boone, with Return and Judgment, 278-9.
Complaint of Town against Isaac Snow, 279-80. Complaint for breaking open Jail, 282. Compressed-Air Company, 274, 567. Compressed-Air Power, 567. Concerts, 224.
Concord, 127. Condy's Harbor, 47, 87, 687-9. Condy's Point, 6, 86.
Conference-Room of First Parish, Bruns- wick, 642.
Congregational Church, Topsham, 410- 19; Harpswell, 436. Congress, Proceedings of, 122, 123. Constables, 18.
Constitution of Maine, 143; Vote on the, 170, 185, 200.
Constitution of the U. S., Acceptance of, 132, 171. Consumption, Pulinonary, 314.
Controversy between Pejepscot and Ken- nebec Companies, 23-6.
Convictions for Manslaughter, etc., 283, 285, 286, 287. Cooking, Former Mode of, 221. Cook's Corner, 84. Coot, The, 92. Copper Pyrites, 98.
Cordwainers, 581. Cotton, Price of, 219. Council of Plymouth, 7, 10, 12, 24. Counterfeit Money, 127, 171-2.
Counties, Division of, etc., 119, 132, 143- 4, 149, 154, 171-6, 187, 189, 200-1, 203.
County Court established, 282. Course of Rivers, 76. Courts, 189, 199, 200- Courts and Trials, 277-87. Court at Topsham, The first, 283.
Court Honse, 190, 199, 228, 656-7; at Topsham built, 283 ; sold, 286; burnt, 269.
Court, A Military, 283. Conrt, Municipal, Brunswick, 286. Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, 283. Court Records, 278-9. Court, Regulations of the earliest, 277. Cow Island, 81, 93, 184. Crabs, 93. Crimes and Criminals, 277-87. Crops, 98-9, 220-1. Crow Island, 87. Crows, 91, 164, 172, 190. Crustaceans, 93. Cuckoo, 91.
Cultivation of Soil, 98-9. Cumberland County set off, 282. Cunner, 94. Cuprite, 98.
Cushing Street, 540, 545. Cusk, 94.
D.
Daguerrean Artists, 581.
Damariscotta, 58.
Damariscove Island, 85. Damns, 553-4, 603.
Dam, The Upper, 553; The Long, 553; The Gulf, 553-4; The Middle, 554: The Factory, 554.
Dancing Schools, 222.
Dangerous Places to bathe, 317.
Danville, 26, 144.
Day-Book of James Booker, Extract from the, 622-3.
Day-Book of Jotham Stone, Extracts from the, 593-4.
Deacons, a List of, 375.
Dedication of Meeting-Houses, 372-3, 396, 432, 453-4, 642-5.
Deeds, 34, 37, 39, 42, 44-5, 48, 76, 81, 126-7, 131, 522-4.
Deep Cut, 77.
Deer, 90.
Delegates, 121, 123, 132, 134, 143, 171, 173, 187, 189, 196, 199.
Dentists, 581
Depositions, 46, 147, 553, 651.
Depot burnt, 262, 263, 265. Derrick Manufactory, 609.
Devil's Rock, 78.
Diary, Extract from Mr. Baxter's, 353. Dimensions of Log-Houses, 44. Diseases, 311, 314-16.
Dismissals and Resignations from the Ministry, 360, 364-5, 372, 381, 384-5, 389, 412, 417, 423, 431.
Distances, 75-6.
Division of the Town, 146.
Dog, as a Mail Carrier, A, 69. Dogs in Meeting, 213-14, 220.
Dollar of Capt. Dunlap, The first Silver, 670.
Dollars, First Mention of, 120.
Dolphins, Capture of, 93-4. Dorchester, England, 8. Dorchester, Mass., 20, 39, 48. Double dating of Records, 115.
Dove, The, 91.
Dover, 19. Drain, The, 603.
Dresden, 18. Dress, 205, 218. Drinks, Spiritnons, 221-2.
Drowning, Deaths by, 316-17. Dry-Goods Dealers, 587-8. Dneks, 92.
Ducking-Stools, 281.
942
GENERAL INDEX.
Duck Water Place, The, 5. Dunlap Street, 540. Dunning Street, 540. Durham, 26, 42, 75, 134, 144. Durham Road, 82. Dysentery, Epidemic, 314.
E.
Eagle Factory, The, 321. Eagle Island, 86.
Eagle, The Golden, 90.
Eagle, The White-headed, 92.
Early Conditions and Circumstances, 205-6.
Early Preaching in Brunswick, 352-4; in Harpswell, 436 ; in Topsham, 406. Early Provision for Public Worship, 352- 4. Earthquakes, 103.
Easterly Line of Massachusetts, 10.
East Brunswick Church, 384.
Eastern Baptist, The, 308.
Eastern Bay, 11.
Eastern County, 51. Eaton Brook, 82.
Eaton Claim, 16.
Ecclesiastical History of Brunswick,352- 405; of Harpswell, 436-455 ; of Tops- ham, 406-435.
Educational History of Brunswick, 456- 81; of Harpswell, 493-7 ; of Tops- liam, 482-92.
Education of early Settlers, 456.
Egg Island, 155.
Eider Duck, The, 90.
Elders, Ruling, 370.
Elegy, Au, 228.
Eleutheria, 19.
Elliot Street, 540.
Elm, 99.
Elm Island, 86.
Elin Street, 540.
Embargo, The, 97.
Emerald, The, 97.
Engine Hall, 301.
Enlistment, Encouragement of, 53, 130, 189, 689-90, 696-9, 700-2, 702-5.
Enlistment at Harpswell, 686. Entertainments, 223-5.
Epidite, 98. Episcopal Church, 402-5. Episcopal Services in Brunswick, 402-3; in Topsham, 435. Episcopalians in Harpswell, 436. Epitaphs, 340-51.
Epitaph on President Appleton, 344 ; on Prof. Cleaveland, 345 ; on Ex- Gov. Dunlap, 345-6 ; on Rev. Robert Dunlap, 340; on Deacon Andrew Dunning, 350; on Andrew Dn- ning, 340 ; on Benj. Dunning, 351 ; on Rev. Elisha Eaton, 349 ; on Rev.
Sam 1 Eaton, 350; on Mrs. Eaton, 350; on Dr. Hoyt, 347 ; on Rev. Chas. Johnson, 348-9; on Elder Geo. Lamb, 341 ; on Win. MeNess, 350; on Sam'l Moody, 340; on Lt. James Purinton, 348; on Rev. Oliver Quinby, 349; on Col. Reed, 347-8; on Prof. Wm. Smyth, 345; on Prof. T. C. Upham, 345.
Escritoire, The, 307.
Eulogy on Washington, 228.
Everett Street, 540.
Excursions, 245. Exhibitions, Public, 223-5.
Expeditions, 52.
Expedition, Church's, 51.
Expedition, Harmon's, 54-5.
Express Companies, 338.
F.
Factory, The Brunswick Cotton, 564; Maine Cotton and Woollen, 564-5; Eagle, 565; Brunswick, 565-6; Wa- rumbo, 566; Cabot, 566-7; Bruns- wick Woollen, 567; Warp Yarn, 567 ; Match, 571.
Factories, 564-7, 608.
Factory Dam, The, 78.
Fairs, 238-9.
Falls, Height of, 78.
Falmouth, 57-8, 60, 67, 101, 118-19, 121, 132, 155, 167, 187.
Falstaff Inn, 229.
Families of Soldiers, Provisions for, 685. Family Pioneer and Juvenile Key, The, 308. Farming, 220, 552. Farmington, 209.
Farms, 98. Fasting, Day of, 369.
Fauna, 88-94.
Federal Street, 89, 145, 540.
Feldspar, 95, 97.
Feldspar Mill, 609.
Ferries, 188, note, 546-8; Brown's, 546; Peterson's, 546; Mustard's, 546; Randall's, 546-7; Samuel Wilson's, 547; Brig. Thompson's, 547.
Ferry over Long Reach, 547; from In- dian Point to Georgetown, 547-8 second over New Meadows, 548 ; teni- porary, between Topsham and Bruns- wick, 548. Ferry Point, 80-1, 188, 209.
Festivals, Masonic, 240.
Fevers, Scarlet, Typhoid, and Yellow, 314.
Fifth Indian War, 57-65.
Finch, The Pine, 91.
Fines of Court, 278, 280, 282-3, 285.
Finis Lavationis, 735.
Fir, The, 99.
Fire-Arms, Sale of, 170.
943
GENERAL INDEX.
Fire Companies in Brunswick, 271-4; in Topsham, 275-6.
Fire-Engines, 145, 146, 152, 231, 271-6. Fireplaces, 219.
Fires, 31, 54, 143, 242, 257-76.
Fires and Fire Companies, 257-76.
Fires, Aid for Sufferers from, 258-9.
Fires, a Boy wanted to set, 259.
Fires in Brunswick, 257-67 ; in Harps- well, 270-6 ; in Topsham, 267-70. Fire-Works, 230-1. First-born Child on Sebascodigan, 18.
First Indian War, 49-51.
First Fire-Engine in Brunswick, 271; in Topsham, 274. First National Bank, The, 576.
Fish Act, 132.
Fisheries, 8, 13-14, 19, 22, 30, 38, 46-7, 82, 94, 115, 187-8, 211, 552, 618. Fisher's Quarry, 97-8.
Fishes, 94.
Fish-Hawks, 92. Fish-House Hill, 54, 82. Fishing-Rock Island, 79, 211.
Fish-Ways. 94, 603-4.
Flagon of Toppan Family, The Silver,670. Flag Island, 85.
Flagg's Brick-Yard, 80. Flip, 221. Flora, 99. Floral Procession, 231. Flonnder, 94.
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Flour-Mill, Purinton's, 608 ; Scribner's, 558. Flying Point, 62, 66-7. Fogs, 101. Food, 221. Footprints in the Rock, 79.
Foot-Store, A, 673. Force Pump, 272, 274. Foreside, The, 76, 98. Forest Church, The, 385.
Forester, The, 309.
Forts and Garrisons in Brunswick, 625- 35; in Topsham, 651-2; in Harps- well, 662.
Fort Andross, 51-2, 54, 625; at Casco, undermined, 52 ; at Pejepscot, 15. Fort George, 32, 35, 38-9, 54, 56-7, 62, 65, 66, 68, 70, 107, 110, 117, 206, 209, 625-33 ; Rnins of, 633; Cost of, 627- 9; dismantled, 68, 625, 629 ; leased, 68, 633 ; Petition against dismant- ling of, 629-32. Fort Right, The, 556, 559.
Fort, an Indian, 52, 651 ; at Harpswell, 694.
Fort Richmond, 57-8. Fort Saint George, 7. Foundries, 570. Fourth Indian War, 53-6. . Foxes, 90. Franklin Family School, 239, 487,659-61.
Franklin Street, 540.
Freeport, 19, 67, 75, 77, 83, 134, 144. Freeport Road, 90.
Free-Will Baptist Societies in Brunswick, 388-91; in Harpswell, 449-50; in Topsham, 426-9.
French and Indian War, 65-70.
Freshet Rock, 79.
Freshet, The Great, 320-1.
Freshets, 187-8, 319-22.
Frever's Island (or Friar's), 81.
Friends in Harpswell, 436.
Friends, Society of, 388.
Frogs, 93. Frost, 101.
Frost-Fish, 94.
Fulton's Point, 18, 54, 81.
Funerals, 208-9.
Funerals, Method of conducting, 339.
Furniture Store, 588.
Furs, Trade in, 552.
G.
Galenite, 97. Gales, 102. Gardiner, 96. Garnets, 97.
Garrison at Magnoit, 633; The Dun- ning, 634; The Giveen, 634; The Gurnet Point, 635 ; The Hinkley, 634; Ham's, 634; McFarland's, 634-5 ; Minot's, 634; Skolfield's, 635 ; Spear's, 635; James Wilson's, 652; at Foreside, 652; The Gore, 652; on Bailey's Island, 662; on Orr's Island, 662; on Harpswell Neck, 662.
Garrisons, 37, 43, 68-9, 209, 633-5.
Gas Manufacture, 570-7.
Geese, 47, 92.
General and Social, 205-56.
General Court of Massachusetts, 10, 17, 21-2, 25, 27, 29, 35, 36, 50, 61, 63, 104, 106, 109, 112, 114-21, 124-5, 128-32, 134, 156, 160, 162, 184-90. Geological Features, 95-6.
Georgetown, 39, 112.
Gift of God, The, 7. Gilman Avenue, 540.
Glaciers, 95.
Gneiss, 95. Goat Island, 78, 102.
Gohnite, 98.
Golden Pipe, 80.
Goose Island, 85, 87.
Goose Rock, 78, 545.
Gore, The, 19.
Goslings, The, 85, 87. Granite, 95. Grant of the Province of Laconia, 26.
Grant to Purchase and Way, 9.
Granny-Hole Bridge, Mill, and Stream, 79-80.
944
GENERAL INDEX.
Graveyard at Growstown, 341; Harps- well, 349 ; Maqnoit, 341 ; New Mead- ows, 341, 346 ; in Topsham Village, 348; of First Parish, Brunswick,340 ; of First Parish, Topsham, 347 ; Pine Grove, 341-2. Great Fire, The, 259, 561.
Great Island, Harpswell, 5, 11, 44, 75, 84- 7,93.
Great Island, Topsham, 80.
Great Jebeag Island, 11, 44.
Great Plague, The, 314.
Greene, 26, 88.
Green Street, 540.
Grosbeaks, 91.
Grouse, 90-1.
Grove Street, 540.
Growstown, 83.
Guard left on Bailey's Island in 1812, 694-5.
Guide-Boards, 534.
Gulf Dam, 79. Gulls, 92.
Gun of James Cochran, 671 ; of Thomas Spear, 674.
Gun-Houses, 635, 652.
Gun-House struck by Lightning, 102.
Gunpowder, Appropriation for, 134, '685.
Gunsmiths, 581, 620.
Gurnet, The, 87.
Gurnet Bridge, The, 56, 87. Gyles's Point, 81.
H.
Hackmatack, 99. Hacks, 338. Haddock, 94. Hail, 101-2. Hake, 94.
Halifax, 68.
Hallowell, 134, 189.
Ilalls, Public, 204, 292-8, 301.
Ham's Hill, 16, 84.
Hanover, 85.
Harding's Station, 63. Hares, 90.
Harness-Makers, 583, 612, 620. Harpswell Academy, 496-97 ; a District, 162; a Precinct, 160; and Bruns- wick Church, 378, 384, 446-7 ; Ban- ner, 310; Church, 378, 384, 446-7 ; first District Meeting of, 162; first Officers of, 162; first Town Meeting of,169 ; Harbor, 84, 87 ; incorporated, 155; in War of Rebellion, 702-5; Island 5, 98, 245; Island Meeting- House, 89 ; Militia Companies, 693 ; Name of, 162 ; Neck, 5, 17, 18, 41, 44, 75, 84, 85, 87, 98; Representation of, 174, 176 ; under Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 155-73; under State of Maine, 173-9 ; Street, 540. Harraseekit Bay, 101 ; Landing, 77.
Hartford, 8, 12.
Harvard College Claim, 17, 45. Harwood's Brook, 82.
Haskell's Island, 75, 85-6. Hat and Cap Makers, 581-2, 612.
Hat-Box of William Woodside, 671. Hawks, 91.
Hay Scales, The first, 142, 584, 613.
Hay sent to Brunswick, 28.
Health, Board (or Committee) of, 175, 315.
Hearse purchased, etc., 142, 151, 154, 175, 200, 204.
Height of Falls, 78.
Hematite, 98.
Hemlock, 99.
Heron, The Great Blue, 92.
Herring, 94.
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High-Bank Brook, 5.
High Head, 87.
High Street, 540.
Highways, 196.
High Wind, 322.
Hodgkins's Hall, 294, 297.
Hoe-Land, 4.
Hoeg Island, 18.
Hogs, 221.
Home, A Frontier, 645-6.
Horse Blocks, 219-20.
Horse-Chestnut, 99.
Horse Island, 87.
Hospitalities, 315-16.
Hostilities. See Settlers, Attacks upon.
Hotels, 290-302 See also Taverns. Houses, Old, 219-20, 645-50, 658-60, 667-9.
House, The Alexander, 649 ; Cleaveland, 650; Coffin, 659; Douglass (Wm.), 659; Dunlap, 647-8; Dunning, 649; Dunning (Andrew), 667-8 ; Eastman (James), 668; Estabrook, 648-9; Forsaith, 650; Foster, 659; Frost (Major), 659-60 ; Gilman, 649 ; Goss, 650; Jackson, 649; Hinkley, 647 ; Howland (Stock- bridge), 660; Joyce, 650 ; McKeen, 648; Mclellan, 650; Melcher, 648- 9; Merrill, 659; Old Red, 658; Orr (Joseph), 668-9; Page, 650; Palmer, 649-50 ; Patten (Rachel), 660; Pierce, 649; Porter, 660; Pu- rinton (Collins), 660; Purinton (Na- thaniel), 668 ; Randall (Panl), 668; Rogers, 659 ; Simett.(Michael), 669 ; Thompson (Charles), 660; Thomp- son (Robert), 646-7; Veazie, 668 ; Walker, 660; Weymouth, 649 ; Wilson (James), 659 ; (Swanzey), 659. Wilson
Houses, burnt in Brunswick, 257-67 ; in Harpswell, 271 ; in Topsham, 267-70. House of Correction, 283. Humphrey's Hall, 297; Ship-Yard, 81 ; Steam-Mill, 81.
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945
GENERAL INDEX.
Hunnewell's Cove, 155. Hunters, 209. Hunter's Island, 81. Hydraulian Fire Company, 272. Hydraulian Fire-Engine, 272.
I.
Ice a Sculptor, 96. Illuminations, 232.
Incorporation of First Baptist Church and Society, Topsham, 411, 419- 23.
Incorporation of Towns. See Act of. Indenture between Purchase and Gov. Winthrop, 9.
Indian Attacks, 207, 208 ; Deeds, 12-16; Hunting, 52 ; Language, 3; Marks, 15; Names, 3-5, 84; Point, 547; Point Landing, 6; Race of Lt. Woodside with, 206-7; Relics, 673, 674-5 ;. Trails, 205; Village, 1, 6; Wars, 2, 37, 43, 49-70, 207.
Indians, The, 1-6, 19, 24, 30, 43, 47, 49- 70, 81, 114, 206-7, 209.
Inhabitants, First Meeting of, 104; Pub- lic Meetings of, 104-5, 108-12.
Inns, 190, 229, 230, 290-302. Also see Taverns. Insane Persons, 201. Insanity, 316.
Insects, 92.
Installations to the Ministry, 372, 426, 1 431.
Instructions to Representatives, 116, 126. Insurance Company, The Brunswick Mutual Marine, 577; Harpswell Mutual Fire, 621-2.
Inventory of taxable Property in 1762, 600-7. Ipswich, 43. Irish, 205. Irish, " Wild," 205.
Irony Islands, 87. Iron Pyrites, 97. Island, The, 80.
Islands, 42, 44, 46-8, 75, 78, 80-1, 84-7, 121, 132, 145, 183-4, 186-7. Island Street, 541.
J.
Jaques's Harbor, 87 ; Island, 86. Jay Point, 53. Jay, The Blue, 91 ; The Canada, 91. Jenny's Island, 86. Joiners, 612.
Journal of Capt. Gatchell's March up the Kennebec, 58-60.
Juniper, 99. Jurisdiction of Territory, 23, 26 Juvenile Key, The, 308. Juvenile Watchman, The, 309.
60
K.
Kennebec Company, 7, 17, 24, 25, 36, 44 ;
Fire-Engine, 273-4; Indians, 52; Journal, 309 ; River, 1, 10, 13-14, 18, 24-5, 27, 50-1, 76, 82, 155.
Kingfisher, 92.
King Philip's War, 18, 49-51.
King William's War, 51-2.
King Chapel, 77, 513, 518.
Kingston, 44.
Kittery, 11, 18, 57, 84. Kiver, 94.
L.
Laconia, Province of, 26.
Lake of New Somersett, 76.
Lamps and Candles, 221.
Land Claims, 17, 45, 48; Owners, 865; Sales, 11-12, 19, 21, 23-4, 35, 37, 42, 44, 47.
Landing in Brunswick, The, 80.
Larches, 99.
Lawsuits, 45, 201, 379.
Lawyers in the three Towns, 287-9.
Lay Exhorters, 370.
Leases, 38, 42, 45, 46.
Lectures, 225-7, 245.
Lecture on - An Interior World, 225; A General Description of Inverte- brates, 227 ; American History, 226 ; Astronomy, 226; Common-Sense, 227; Education, 226; Electricity, 226; Explosions of Steam-Boilers, 226; Grahamism, 225; Hygiene, 226; Iceland, etc., 227 ; Macchiavelli, 226; Methods of reckoning Time, 227; Nationality, 226 ; Natural His- tory, 227 ; Natural History and Fine Arts, 227; Origin, etc., of the In- dians, 226 ; Physiology, 226; Popu- lar Education, 226 ; Primary Schools, 226; Rags and Paper, 227; Read- ing, 226; Steam-Enginery, 226; Storms and Meteorology, 226 ; The Acadians, 227; Past, Present, and Future of Maine, 227; Relation of Natural History and Religion, 227 ; The Saracens, 226 ; True Enterprise, 226; Vegetable Life, 226; Walking, 227.
Lectures, Antislavery, 233; Temperance, 250.
Leda Truncata, 96.
Leeds, 26.
Lemont Hall, 298.
Length of Rivers, 76. Lepidolite, 97.
Letters from Aaron Hinkley, 119-20;
Isaac Hinkley, 60-61 ; John Minot, 119; Moses Getchell, 45-6; Mrs. Wilson to Thorn, 286; Proprietors, 33, 35-6; of Brig. Thompson in 1775, 678-9; of Instruction to Larrabee,
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GENERAL INDEX.
31; to Committee of Correspond-
ence, Boston, 131; to Town of
Brunswick from Mr. Dunlap, 361-2. Lewiston, 4, 25, 26, 75, 144.
Lewiston Bridge, The, 95.
Libraries, 244.
Library of Dr. Woods burnt, 266. Lime Quarry, 571.
" Lining out " the Hymns, 213.
Lincoln Fire Club, Topsham, 275.
Lincoln Street, 242, 541.
Ling, 94.
Liquor Licenses, 149, 174-5, 177, 202, 254; Traffic, Statement of, 250,597-8.
Liquors, 221-2; Amount sold and Price of, in 1812, 250, 597-8.
Lisbon, 25, 26, 75, 78, 144.
List of early Settlers and Land-Owners, 865.
Litchfield, 76, 144.
Literary Banner, The, 310.
Little Birch Island, 86-7.
Little Irony Island, 87.
Little River, 8, 186.
Little Sebascodigan. See Orr's Island. Lizards, 93.
Loan to Kennebec R. R. Co., 152 ; Protest against the, 152.
Lobsters, 93, 175-6.
Localities, 78-88.
Locomotive, The first, 326.
Long Cove, 87; Dam, 79; Ledge, 86 ; Reach, 87. Lookout Island, 87; Point, 86, 87. Loons, 92.
Lots, Apportionment of, 28-30, 32, 34- 5; Prices of, 31-2, 39.
Louisburg, Expedition to, 57-8, 64.
Loup Cerviers, 88, 90.
Lovewell's War, 6, 53-6.
Lover's Lane, 543.
Lower Carrying-Place, The, 6.
Lumber Business, Statistics of the, 560-2. Lygonia, Province of, 26. Lynn, 12.
M.
Machines, Planing, 561. Machine Shops, 571.
Mackerel, 94.
Mackerel Cove, 87.
McKeen Street, 541.
McLellan's Hall, 298.
Magistrates, 278, 280, 282, 289.
Magnetite, 97.
Mail-Carriers, 302 ; Route, 70, 303; Stages, 303 ; first daily, 303.
Mails, 302-3.
Main Street, 544-5.
Maine, Baptist Herald, 307 ; Intelligen- cer, 306-7 ; Hall, Bowdoin College, 517-18 ; Historical Societies' Rooms,
517-18; Province of, 7, 11-12, 17, 26, 50, 52, 53; State of, 1, 143; Street, 32, 51, 89, 154, 242, 541. See also 12-Rod Road.
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Maine Bank, The, 575; Cotton and Woollen Factory Company, 564-5. Mair Brook, 62, 83, 209; Point, 1-18, 20, 21, 28, 37, 50, 52, 83-8, 102, 107, 109, 155. Malachite, 98.
Mall, The, 32, 538-9.
Mammalia, 88-90.
Management of the Tongue and Moral Observer, The, 306.
Manners and Customs, 206-22.
Manufactories of various Kinds,561, 568- 74. Maple, 99. Maps, 40, 72.
Maquoit, 1, 5, 6, 13-14, 18, 20, 31-2, 39, 51-2, 54, 56-7, 62, 66, 68-9, 83, 88, 98, 101, 104, 107, 117, 133, 155, 188, 205.
Marble Works and Workers, 582, 609-10.
Marine Mammals, 93.
Mark Islands, 86.
Marsh, The, 134.
Martins, 91.
Mary and John, The, 7.
Masons, 582, 620.
Mason Rock, 80, 81, 188.
Mason Street, 541 ; Religious Society, 396-7; Ladies' Association of the Society, 397.
Masonic Hall 239, 240, 297; Journal, 309 ; Lodge, 239-41.
Massachusetts-Colony, 26; Common- wealth of, 38, 51 ; Militia, 52; Hall, Bowdoin College, 517.
Massacre of Thomas Means, 67; of oth- ers, 69.
Masts, The Royal, 574.
Match Factory, 571, 610.
May Trainings, Burlesque, 224-5, 696.
Measles, 314.
Mechanic Fire-Engine, The, 271.
Mechanic Volunteers, 695.
Medfield, 81.
Medical College, 102, 518,
Medical School of Maine,518-20 ; Forma- tion of the, 518 ; Graduates of the, 519 ; Professors, etc., of the, 518-20. Meeting, Going to, 212, 214-15.
Meeting-House at New Meadows, 380; burnt in Brunswick, 260, 640; Cath- olic, 405 ; of Centre Cong. Society, Harpswell, 451, 453; Subscription Paper for Latter, 665-7; heated, 371 ; Lot, Ownership of, 372; of Baptist Societies, Topsham, 420, 423-4, 656 ; of Federal Street Societies, Bruns- wick, 385 ; of Free-Will Baptist Soci- eties, Brunswick, 388, 391, 642-3 ; of
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