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Committee to " centre town," 227. Conant, Almeria Bonney, 266. Dean, 266. Concord, 519. Concord Gore, 332. Concord, Vt., 499. Concrete Sidewalks and Roads, 511. Congregational Society formed, 239. Connecticut River, course of, 5. course of, in Littleton, 2. Constable, 225.
Contract of Electric Light and Water Company, with Village District, 523. Contributions to build meeting-house, 235.
Convention, for canal from Connecticut Lake to Memphremagog Lake, 275. Constitutional (1850), 396. Councillor, 295. Senatorial, 295 ; (1841), 388 ; (1842), 390. Cook, Quintus, 388. Cookshire, P. Q., 519. Cooley, Nelson S., 467. Cooper, J. M., 594, 595.
Coös, Upper, dispute between Stonington and Lancaster, 157. Coosuck Indians, 149. Corey, George W., 464, 466. Corning, B. H., 517, 523, 593.
Corser, Norman D., 445, 448. County, proposed new, 332. "Courier," 594. Courts, Justice, 311. Cow Brook, 2. Cowing, C. W., 519. Cows, Samuel E., 393.
Craigin, Congressinan, 410. Cross, Col. Edward, 445, 453. Col. Ephraim, 388. Frederick A., 341.
Crouch, Calvin P., 461, 518. Cummings, Benjamin B., 393. James M., 466, 467. William H., 596.
Curl, George M., 471. Currier, Charles, 547. H. E., 518. Sargent, 190, 196, 198. Curtis, Ephraim, 216, 265, 289. R. H., 321, 322. Cushman, Ebenezer, 257, 318. Cushman Family settled in Littleton, 202. Cutram, Lewis, 473.
D.
Dalton, 499. separated from Apthorp, 188. Dalton, Tristram, 158, 161, 187. Dame, Dana P., 519. Dana, Charles A., 182. Daniel, 181, 182.
Dancing, views of pioneers on, 211.
Dartmouth Cavalry, 469.
Dartmouth College, vote of Haverhill on, 167. Davis, Bliss N., 276, 277. Rev. E. F., 518. John Smith, 466. William, 408, 440.
Day, Allen, 377, 395, 396, 411. Comfort, 228, 305, 524, 525. Ransom S., 463. "Day Book," 408. Dearborn, Ned, 64.
Death Rate of Littleton (1884, 1892), 135, 136. Debate between J. G. Sinclair and Walter Harriman, 504, 505. Debt of Town in 1864, 482. Dedication of Town Building, 517, 518. Deeds of Chiswick, 155. Deliome, John, 459.
"Dells," The, 512. Democratic Club, 412. Democratic-Republican Party, 293, 404. Depot, first, 355. Depot Store, 337. Dewey Guards, 428. Dimick, John E., 356. Dinsmore, Samuel, 293. Directors of Railroad Corporation, 499. District, Fire, 510.
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District School, 226; No. 8, 487; No. 15 | Election, 1788, 221; 1790, 222; 1792, 487; No. 17, 487. Village, 510. Division, of lots, 163. of town defeated, 224. Dodge, Isaac F., 462, 519. Levi B., 517. Lyman W., 454. Rinaldo, 466, 467. Dodge, Simeon, 228, 237.
Douglas, Samuel, 218.
Dow, Abigail (Mrs. Joseph E.), 253. Amos, 518.
Dexter D., 592. Capt. James, 284, 428.
Joseph Emerson, 202, 228, 252 ff. Luther T., 319. Moses Arnold, 228, 253.
Draft of 1863, 475.
Drew, Irving W., 560, 562.
Dudley, Charles L., 467. Hollis O., 547. Joshua W., 466. Dunbar, Jacob K., 572.
Duncan, Hiram, 388. Horace, 390.
Dunn, Ellery D., 526.
Dunstable, 145. Duval, Richard, 459.
Dwight, Dr., 195.
Dwyer, Bryan, 459.
E.
Eames, Jeremiah, 174. Lois, 176.
Earthquake, ancient, 30.
Eastman, Charles B., drafted, 472. Charles F., 517, 521, 571.
Cyrus, 280, 285, 304, 337, 391, 404, 482, 500, 517, 521, 526.
Ebenezer, 304, 337, 342, 347, 348, 396, 404.
Francis A., 332, 404, 405, 406.
Franklin J., 324, 337, 362, 388, 412, 488, 498, 500, 502. Mrs. F. J., 519.
George W., 328; drafted, 472. Ira A., 503.
Joel, 410. John C., 357. Jonathan, 196, 525. Eastman, E. & C., 322. Eastman & Mattocks, 321.
Eaton, Charles, 498, 517. James W., 461. Edmunds, Senator, 423.
Edson, Samuel A., 482, 506.
Timothy A., 264, 272, 277, 297, 306, 318. Edwards, W. J., 519. William C., 520. Eighteenth Century, closing years of, 194-214.
222; 1796, 222; 1800, 222; 1802, 221; 1804, 222; 1805, 226; 1806, 226; 1808, 222, 227; 1810, 223; 1811, 240; 1812, 240, 241; 1813, 241; 1814, 241, 242 ; 1815, 242; 1816, 249; 1817, 249; 1818, 249; 1819, 249; 1820, 292, 295; 1821, 292 ; 1822, 292, 296; 1823,293 ; 1824, 293, 296; 1826, 296; 1828, 293, 294; 1829, 295; 1832, 304; 1833, 305; 1835, 307, 309; 1836, 308; 1838,308; 1840,387; 1841,388; 1842, 390 ; 1844, 391; 1845, 391, 393; 1846, 393; 1847, 395; 1848, 395, 1849, 396; 1851, 397; 1852, 399; 1853, 400; 1854, 401; 1856, 409; 411; 1867, 411; 1858, 411, 1859, 411; 1860, 411, 501; 1862, 501; 1864, 502; 1865, 503; 1866, 503; 1867, 503 ; 1868, 503; 1869, 506 ; 1872, 525 ; 1878, 552; 1880, 553; 1882, 553 ; 1884, 553; 1886, 554 ; 1888, 554 ; 1890, 555 ; 1892, 571; 1894, 572 ; 1896, 572; 1898, 572; 1900, 572; 1902, 572. Election Returns, collected, 498. Electric Light and Water 523. Company,
Ellicott, Benjamin F., 463. Ely, Caroline W., 289.
George W., 88, 89, 288, 289, 300, 391. Guy, 237, 249, 270, 297, 299, 387, 539. Ely & Farr, 537.
Ely, Farr & Company, 268.
Ely, Redington & Company, 537.
Emerson, A. W., 518, 596, 597.
Emery, Henry W., 543.
Enfield, 146. Englewood, N. J., 519.
English, Fred H., 554, 572. John W., 507.
Erving, George C., 391, 392.
Eustis, Mount, 2. Everett, Charles E., 547. Charles F., 319. Persis, 285. Ewing, George C., 320.
F.
Factory, woollen, 285.
Fairbank, Rev. Drury, 239, 256, 277, 289.
Fairbanks Company, 499. Fairbanks, Horace, 499.
Fanchier, John, 154.
Farmers and Mechanics' Mercantile Co., 335. Farr, Alpha B., 433.
Charles A., 525, 551, 552, 592. Charles J., 445, 451, 452. Ebenezer, 218, 536. Elijah, 537. Evarts W., 428, 429, 431, 437, 438, 459, 500, 536, 543-552, 592.
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Farr, George, 428, 454, 459, 460, 462, 503, | 540, 541, 542. John, 267, 413, 420, 428, 502, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540 ; on slavery controversy, 378, 379. John, Jr., 542, 543. John W., 537, 572. Joseph, 257, 537. Nelson C., 490.
Noah, 169, 170, 257, 258, 472, 525, 537, 572. Stella B., 32.
Theron A., 428, 433, 445, 448, 449, 518, 519. Titus, 537. Farr Brook, 3. Farr Hill, 2, 218.
Federalist Party, 220.
Fellowship Club, 506.
Ferguson, George W., 470.
Finance Committee, 482.
Fire District, 510.
Fire Wards control Hydrants, 521. Fires, 284.
Fish, 58, 59. Fish, Albus R., 446, 451, 452. Fisher, Edward P., 352. Fitch, Elijah, 335. Solomon, 228, 264.
Fitzgerald, Ai, 320, 472, 535, 536. Albert Little, 144. Francis, 461. Michael, 250. Flanders, George L., 571.
Foundry and Machine Shop, 318, 319. Fourth of July Celebration, 276, 299. Franconia, 148, 172, 207. Freeman, Jonathan, 222. Freesoil Party, 395.
French, George B., 580. Jolın R., 363, 393. Frozen Year, 257. Fulford, Milo E., 454, 458, 459. Fuller, Albert M., 472. Peter, 262, 264. Thomas, 264. Fulling Mill, 216, 318. Furber, George F., 518, 593, 594.
G.
Gallaher, Rev. Mr., 327. Gardner, Rev. Andrew, 147. Gardner Mountain Range, 5. Garrison, William Lloyd, 362, 366, 392. Gaskell, Augustine C., 518. Gates, Curtis C., 555. Geology, 5-31.
Blueberry Mountain, 6; synclinal struct- ure of, 17, 597. brachiopods, discovery of, 7. clay, 26. coarse conglomerate, 19. copper, 23. VOL. I .- 47
Dalmanites lunatus, 599. diabase, 21, 22. diorite, 22. drift, modified, 29.
fossils, discovery of, on Farr Hill, 19; near Parker Brook, 19; on Fitch Hill, 19, 597. List of, 604.
granitic gneiss, 10.
Halysites (chiain coral), 7.
Helderberg, 607.
Hornblende, 22; analysis of, 23.
ice age, 26. igneous bands, 15.
limestone, 18, 519. Niagara species, 7. novaculite, 25, 598. porphyritic granite, 9.
protogene, 11. rocks, kinds, 7; table of, 31.
sandstone, 17, 600.
Silurian and Devonian Strata, 6.
slates or argillites, 20.
striæ, course of (see Table), 27.
Swift Water series, 17.
trap dikes, 21. trilobite found in Littleton, 600-605 ; description of, 602. George, Hector, 237.
Gibb, Joseph L., 326, 501, 502. Stephen C., 315, 326, 388.
Gilbert, John W., 466, 467.
Gile, Aaron, 318, 331. Mrs. Aaron, 280. Frye W., 335, 338.
George W., 279, 332, 433, 517, 519.
John, 234, 237, 260, 305, 318, 326, 330, 331, 342, 343.
Rev. John, 331.
Nelson, 342, 361. Major Samuel G., 354. Timothy, 492, 493. William B., 331.
Gilman, Austin, 461. Loren S., 460. Gilmore, Joseph A., 503, 549. Gleason, James, Jr., 226. Glover, Vt., 537.
Gold and Copper Mine, 497.
Goodall, Alpha, 506.
Rev. David, 202, 227, 228, 234, 237, 238, 242, 243, 248, 289, 311. David, Jr., 202, 240, 241 ; letter of, 261- 264. Elizabeth, 524. Ira, 202, 345, 346, 347, 360. Solomon, 202, 237, 335. Goodnougli, John C., 526, 528. Goodwin, Frank R., 459. Samuel, 218.
Samuel G., 434, 445, 453, 454, 455, 456. Goold, Luella, 429.
Marquis L., 267, 311, 335, 396, 403, 537. Phineas R., 518, 596, 598. Goold & Balch, 335. Goss, Horace, 399, 400.
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Gould, Edwin H., 572. Gove, William H., 409. Grafton, charter of, 146. Grand Army Post, 460. Granite Club, 412. Granite Hall, 490. Granite House, 326. Grantees of Chiswick, 152, 153. Graves, Anson R., 519.
Gray, J. W., 518.
Green, Henry F., 518, 523, 553, 572, 575, 579 Timothy A., 390.
Greene, Chauncey H., 354, 466, 478, 518.
Greenfield, Mass., 519. Greenleaf, Seth, 351, 352. William H., 354, 357. Griggs, Alvan, 458, 459.
Groton, Conn., 146, 150.
H.
Hadley, Georgianna A., 429. James L., 344. Hadlock, George W., 466.
Hale, E. J. M., 316. James, 318. John P., 394. Joseph W., 316, 317. Nathan S., 324. Rufus B., 317.
Halifax, Vt., 243.
Hall, George W., 470.
Hamilton, Archibald, 149.
Hammond, Samuel F., 202, 263.
Hanscom, S. P., 410.
Hardy, N. K., licentiate, 238. Harriman, Dr. James S., 470. Jolın A., 355.
Walter, 409, 504, 505, 547, 549. William, 466. Harrington, Thomas W., 464, 466. Harris, Benjamin, 158, 161. Charles E., 440. Cyrus, 464, 465. Harrison's Landing, Va., 545.
Hartshorn, Charles, 499. Mrs. Charles, 487. Harvey, Jonathan 293.
Haskins, Willianı A., 522.
Hastings, Clark, 524. Hatch, David G., 461. George O. W., 462. Joseplı, 289. O. C., 514, 515, 517, 571.
Hatters, 286. Hazeltine, Charles S., 463. Enoch, 284, 364, 463. Hazen, John, 147. Haverhill, 147, 172.
Heald, Lewis B., 479.
Healey, Joseph, 307. Heath, B. F., 518. Lyman, 280, 281.
Heaths, 37. Hebron, Conn., 147. Henry, James E., 517, 554. " Herald of Freedom," 362. Herrin, John, 315. Hibbard, Aaron, 433. David B., 558. George B., 433, 434. Harry, 389 (note), 409, 501. Lyman, 275. Silas, 484. William, 228, 433.
Hicks, Stephen L., 445, 448, 454, 455. William, 472.
Higgins, J. C., 596. William J., 401.
Highway Precinct, created, 509. united with fire district, 510.
Highway Tax, 509. Highways, 203, 204, 235, 260, 272, 273, 286, 509. Hildretlı, Levi, 258.
Hill, Guy W., 454. Isaac, 293, 388. Hillside Park, vote to purchase, 512. cost, 513. improved, 513. exclusion of public at times, 513.
Hinds, Elisha, 254, 265, 269, 273, 300, 302, 416. Ephraim, 269, 278, 517.
Hines, John D., 428.
Hitchcock, Prof. C. H., 5, 597. 196. Luke, 189, 198.
Hodgman, Burns P., 591. Charles, 472.
Francis, 400, 502, 503. Samuel W., 598.
Hog Constable, 196.
Hoit, Daniel, 393.
Holmes, Ariel, 319.
Holton, Olcutt, 273.
Hopkinson, Caleb, 179, 182, 196, 231. David, 171, 179, 181, 182.
David, Jr., 182.
family history, 179.
John, 171, 179. Jonatlıan, 170, 171, 179. Jonathan, Jr., 171, 179.
Hopkinson Brook, 2. Hops, 334.
Hoskins, Barney, 226. David, 525. Elkanah, 202, 218. Luther B., 517. Hosmer, Jefferson, 318. Silas, 275. House, first framed, in village, 207.
Howard, Rev. Charles M., 518. Howard & Austin, 520. Hoyes, Clementine, 415.
Hoyt, George W., 353. Hubbard, Amos, 228, 335. Hughes, Hiram, 257.
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Hughes, Solomon, 257. Hunt, Frank, 467. Huntoon, Richard J., 428, 432, 518. Hurd, John, 156, 157. Hurlbert, William D., 394, 396. Hutchins, A. E., 547. Marshall, 443, 444. Melvin F., 443. Hutchinson, John W., 393. Hydrants, price of, 521.
I.
Incorporation of Littleton, 188. Indian Pipe, 37. Indian Trails, 146. Indians, 137-143.
Indians, St. Francis, attitude toward set- tlers, 169. Industries after Civil War, 487. Insurance, 592, 593. Inventory of 1820, 259.
J.
Jackson, Pres. Andrew, 154, 291. Andrew, 464, 466. James, 226. James R., 504, 514, 515. Jennie, 429. William, 517. William, Jr., 472.
Jackson & Elkins, 520. Jaffrey, Rev. John, 518. Jamaica Plain, Mass., 534. Jefferson, 172.
Jenness, William, 255, 256.
Johnson, Edward H., 466. Simeon B., 269, 270, 301, 311, 387, 388, 390, 391, 392, 394, 395. Thomas, 457. William, 2d, 459.
Jones, Emma I., 526. Frank, 526. Rev. George G., 471, 472. John C., owner of land, 215. Reuben, 149. Jordan, C. B., 519. Sidney, 456. "Journal," 594.
K.
Kearney, Neb., 519. Kellogg, Benjamin, 262, 279. Charles, 391. Kelsea, Ora O., 411, 436. Kendrick, Stephen, 360.
Kenney, E. O., 280, 319, 324, 388, 428, 431, 497, 503, 504, 530, 592. Lorenzo C., 472. William, 572.
Kent, A., 289. Henry O., 437, 463, 518. Jolın C., 289. Richard P., 288; marriage, 289.
Kersborough, 149.
Kerwin, Peter, 459.
Kilburn, Benjamin W., 318, 319, 431, 461, 462, 517, 519, 554, 555, 572.
Edward, 318, 319, 460, 461, 472, 541. Jehial, 217. Josiah, 318, 319, 401, 411, 412. Kilburn Crags, 2.
Kingman, Silas, 351. Kingsbury, Isaac H., 441, 464, 465. Newell H., 428, 432. Kinne, Nathan, 404, 411.
Vine, 400. Walter, 472. Kittredge, Timothy, 215, 290.
Knapp, Charles C., 502. Knight, Luther, 257. Know-Nothing Party, organized, 401. united with Whigs, 404. Kortowoski, Joseplı, 457.
L.
Laconia, 519. Ladd, Hiram K., 431. John J., 469. Ladd and Bunker Lot, vote to buy, 516.
Lambert, Avery E., 600.
Lancaster, charter, 146. charter renewed, 157. fairs at, 285. population, 172, 207. railroad extended to, 500. Landaff, charter, 146. population, 172, 207. Lands, metliod of transfer, 186.
Langdon, James F., 353. John, 447.
Lathrop, Dennison, 225, 226.
Latitude of Littleton, 1.
Lawrence, Mass., 529. Lawyers of North Country (1840), 312. Learned, Samuel, 178, 190, 192, 198, 213. Samuel, Jr., 190, 252.
Leavens, Penuel, 202, 216.
Leavitt, Wadleigh, 226.
Lebanon, charter, 146.
Legislation concerning enlistment in Civil War, 481. Lewis, Alden, 457 .. Alvin A., 454. Asa, 226, 227, 234, 237, 256, 436, 457. Charles F., 472. Curtis L., 472. Rev. John W., 363.
Jonas, 197, 198, 289. Mary T. (Mrs. Asa), 257. Naboth, 263. Libby, Henry C., 517. Liberty Party in Littleton, 392, 395.
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Lickey, John, 446. Life, pioneer, in Littleton, 219 et seq. Limo, Joahquin, 459. Lindsey, David, 202. John, 326. Wallace, 325. Linehan, Col. John C., 441, 442.
Lines between Littleton and otlier towns, 164.
Lisbon (then Concord), 146, 148, 172, 207. discovery of gold mine in, 497.
Little, George, 264, 266, 272, 278, 300, 387. Mrs. George, 281. Rev. George M., 471.
Josiah, 164. Michael, 163. Milo M., 472.
Moses, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 164, 187, 188, 215, 227, 250.
Moses, Jr., 163, 164, 165, 250.
Moses P., genealogy, 308. Samuel H., 442.
Littleton, names borne by, 150. Village founded, 207. "Little Tammany " founded, 506. Livermore, Samuel, 199.
Lloyd, Byfield, 146.
Lloyd Hills, 149.
Lochling, John, 440.
Locke, Arthur C., 547.
Longitude of Littleton, 1.
Lord, John, 226.
Lots for Propagation of the Gospel, 163. Lovejoy, Charles W., 464, 465. Henry H., 463. Jonathan, 394, 395. Warren W., 464, 465, 518.
Lowe, Natt., 547.
Lucas, Benjamin, 472.
Lucia, Warren J., 596. Lumber Manufacture, 250.
Lundy, Dennis, 457.
Lyceum, Village, 310, 416.
Lyman, 146, 148, 172, 207, 520. gold-mine in, 497.
Lyme, 146. Lynch, Edward B., 572. Lynch & Richardson, 520. Lyon, John E., 361.
M.
Mail, method of carrying, 219, 272. routes, 325.
Main Street paved, 509 ; in 1859, 322.
Majority, Democratic, in 1866, 1868, 502. Majority Report of Committee, to con- sider erection of town building, 514, 515. Manchester, 526. Mann, Edward F., 357. Elijalı, 217. Howard, 596. Jesse, 354.
Mann, Lewis, 289. Solomon, 207, 215, 217. Mann's Hill, 6. Manuel & Brown, 320. Manufactures, 1810, 1820, 250. Map of Connecticut Valley, 145. of Westgate, 216. Marsh, John Franklin, 535. Sylvester, 534, 535. Marshal Sanders Post, members present at dedication of Town Building, 518. Marston, Gilman, 437.
Martineau, Harriet, account of Littleton, 287. William, 519.
Mason, Lowell, 281. Masonry, crusade against, 293.
Mass Meeting of Fifth Councillor District, 1856, 410.
Matclı Factory, 320.
McCullock, John H., 472.
McDonnell, B. F., 520.
McGill, Samuel, 454.
McGregor, George W., 517, 518, 554.
McGuyer, James, 454.
McIntire, Alexander, 400, 401. John B., 464, 466. Richard, 472.
McIntire Brook, 3.
Medical Climatology, 135.
Meeting, annual, 1864, 483. adjourned, 1864, 483. of Fifth Councillor District, 1856, 410. religious, 206. special, 1864, 483.
to fill quota, 1864, 483. Town, see Town Meeting. Meeting-house, appropriations, 233, 234. committee to build, 235; to sell pews in, 234. lot, 234, 235, 236.
pews in, 237.
plan, 234. vote to build, 233.
Meeting-House Hill lowered, 510.
Meriden Academy, 420. Merrill, Elbridge G., 472. Henry, 499, 518, 572. Isaac, 338. James M., 519. James W., 263, 320, 467.
John, 315, 321. Rev. John B., 267, 518. Robert L., 461. Warren C., 354. Webster B., 264, 286.
Messer, George B., 454. Meteorological Records, 118. Metcalf, Henry H., 519, 594. Militia Companies, 279. State, 397. Mill, carding, burns, 257 ; rebuilt, 257. first, 196, 197, 250. first village, grist, 207; saw, 207. fulling, 216.
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Mill, linseed oil, 318. second, erected, 196. Millen, Alexander, 525. Charles W., 519. John, 226. Miller, Ida Farr, 519. John A., 519. Roswell, 457. Willard, Jr., 472. Milliken, Charles E., 413, 428. Mills, saw, in 1840, 313, 314. Miner, George H., 442. Isaac, 198, 226. Thomas, 195, 196. Mines, gold and copper, 497. Minister, first, 206. hiring of, 226, 527.
Ministry, tax, 232.
Minot, George, 360. Misery, Mount, 2.
Mitchell, John M., 517, 519, 521, 522, 559, 590. William H., 517, 559, 585-587. Moffett, Alden, 412, 501, 503. Charles, 472. David B., 460. Frank T., 462, 518, 553. William, 525.
Mooney, Olin J., 572.
Moore, Dr. Adams, 163, 300, 387, 388. William Adams, 434, 445, 449-451.
Morey, Israel, 148, 155, 160, 161. Morgan, A. J., 519. Dennis H., 457. Hiram, 388.
Morrill, David L., 293.
Morris, George F., 32.
Morrison, Rev. J. B., 519. Morse, Austin, 463. Harry M., 587, 588. Joseph W., 226, 276. Robert, 344, 345. Samuel T., 411. Smith, 454. Morse Hill, 6. Moulton, Elmer C., 461. John F., 428, 433, 445, 448, 518 Mount Washington Railway built, 533- 534. Mozrall, Frank, 472. Muchmore, Benjamin F., 519. Murphy, John, 324.
N.
Nast, Samuel, 190. Navy, royal, masts for, 251. Nazro, Mr., 329, 330. Neal, Edwin, 458. Nelson, Robert H., 355. Nevin, James, 146. Newbern, N. C., 542. Newbury, Mass., 147, 266. Newbury, Vt., 147, 526.
Newburyport, Mass., 147, 155. Newhall, Josiah, 202, 217. " New Hampshire Gazette," Proprietary Meetings advertised in, 164. " New Hampshire Patriot," 293. New London, 153. Newspapers of 1854, 404. New York City, 519. Nolan, Thomas, 454. Northumberland, 146, 172. added to Stonington, 157.
Norton, Charles S., 467.
Noyes, Walter S., 596, 598.
Nurse, Charles, appointed Weather Ob- server, 118; meteorological records of, 118 ; weather data of, 132.
Ezra S., 446, 451, 452, 457.
George W., 460.
John, 194, 198. Jonas, 194, 198, 213, 229. Samuel P., 320, 473. Nutting, Anthony, 460.
0.
Oakes, Emily M., 239. Observations of Weather by Charles Nurse, 119.
Oil Stone, 25. Olcutt Mills, 241, 242, 250. " Old Red Store," 265. Oliver, Henry K., 281. Orange, charter of, 146.
Orchards, 334. Order of the Star-Spangled Banner, 401. Orford, 146, 155, 198. Organization as Town, 186-193.
Osgood, Rev. George C., 471.
P.
Paddleford, George K., 323. Philip H., 401, 404, 411, 460, 501. Page, Dr. B. F., 518. David, 156, 157. John, 147, 156. Myron, 467. Samuel B., 517, 518, 543.
Palmer, Barney, 263. Brooks L., 351. B. F., 437. Francis H., 428, 432. Freeman, 264. Horace, 461. John W., 461. Joseph, 272. Truman, 257. Wilbur F., 454. Palmer Family settles in Littleton, 202. Palmer Hill, 6. Palmer Mountain, 2. Papineau, Francis, 459.
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Paradis, Rev. Fr. Cyrilla J., 518. Park, Lower, 511, 512. Parker, Caleb, 390. Charles I., 445. Ezra, 391, 464, 465. Frank I., 218, 572. Ira, 517, 554. Jonathan, 218. Silas, 553.
Solomon, 190. Trueworthy L., 501.
Parker Brook, 3.
Parker Mountain, 2.
Parks, 512, 513. Ephraim, 217. Isabel, 519.
Parrott, John F., 241, 447.
Parties, political, 220.
Partridge, Nathaniel, 524.
Partridge Lake, 524, 525.
Party, Whig, 293.
" Patriot," New Hampshire absorbs " White Mountain Banner," 406.
Patten, W. R., 547. Patterson, Daniel, 360. Mary, 228.
Payson, Moses P, 252.
Peabody, David Goodall, 435. Hannalı Goodall, 524. Richard W., 341, 364, 391, 519.
Peacham, Vt., 519. Peavey, James S., 595.
"People's Journal," bought by William Davis, 408. established, 406. first issue, 407. founded, 408.
People's Party, proposed, 411.
Petition for Renewal of Charter for Cliis- wick, 156.
Pettingill, John, Sr., 402.
Pevey, Samuel, 529.
Pharmacy, first, 323.
Piano, first in Littleton, 281.
Pickett, Edmund, 263.
Pierce, Benjamin, 294. Franklin, 501. John, 345, 517, 519. John, Jr., 519. Samuel, 179. Piermont, charter, 146.
Pike, Luther, 179. Mrs., recollections of James Rankin, 206. Nathan, 272, 275.
Pillsbury, Parker, 364; account of the first nieeting of Anti-Slavery Society by, 364-367; views of Allen and Brown episode, 379-383.
P. A., 521. Pine Hill, 2, 513. Pingree, Ebenezer, 194, 198, 199, 289. George E., 434, 438, 547. Job, 305. Pioneer Life in Littleton, 208.
Pioneers, 173-185. life of, 209.
Phelps, Alexander, 147, 158.
Philadelphia, 519.
Phillips, Lorenzo, 462.
Place, Alonzo D., 445, 447, 474. George W., 428, 463, 467, 474.
Jesse W., 461, 474.
Jonathan, 460, 474.
Lewis O., 463, 473. William L., 472, 474, 475.
Place Family, 473.
Platforms, political, 297.
Pleasant Valley, Md., 546.
Plumer, William, 241.
Plymouth, charter, 146, 519, 520.
Poland, Judge, 423.
Political Parties, first, in Littleton, 219, 220.
Pollard, Milo S., 519.
Ponds, 2. Poor, Ruel W., 519.
Population, of Littleton, 1790, 200 ; 1800, 207, 229 ; increase in, 508.
of Towns of Northern New Hampshire, 1775, 172; 1800, 207.
Portland, Maine, 273, 519.
Portland, White Mountain, and Ogdens- burg Railroad, 499.
" Post," Boston, 494.
Postal Routes (1802), 270.
Postman, first, 219.
Postmaster, 1840, 387, 494.
Post-office, history of, 269. first established, 218.
Post-offices in Northern New Hampshire, 268.
Post Roads, established, 268.
Potash, manufacture of, 251.
Potato Whiskey, 251.
Pound, built (1790), 199.
Powers, Keziah, 184. Whitcomb, 190.
Pray, Rufus M., 428, 432.
Preaching, article in warrant, 226. Precinct Highway, 510.
Precipitation Tables, 124, 125, 126.
Prescott, John E., 461.
Presidential Election (1860), 501.
Proprietary Meeting of Haverhill, 163. of Littleton, 163, 164.
of Southampton, 1793, 163; 1796, 164. Proprietary meetings, 163-165. regulations for holding, 164. Proprietors, non-resident, lose control, 194.
Providence, R. I., 519.
Pulsifer, E. H., 596.
Pushee, Charles S., 448.
Q.
Quimby, Albert H., 320, 445, 447, 472. Alden, 466, 467. Daniel, 320. John C., 411, 412, 517. Quota exceeded in Civil War, 477.
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Index.
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Railroad, Boston, Concord, and Montreal, 340. Concord, 339. P. W. M. & C. extended, 499, 500. Passumpsic, 340. Railroad Conductors, 358. Railroad Train, first, 349, 350.
Railroads, 339-361. building of, 339. Railway, Mount Washington, built, 534. Rainfall in Littleton (1891, 1894), 126. Rallies, political, 408. Rally, Democratic, 409. Republican, 409.
Rand, Charles W., 360, 361, 413, 419, 428, 483, 500, 501, 504, 531, 532, 533, 537. Mrs. C. W., 487. Edward D., 324, 413, 420-426, 532.
Hamlin, 420.
Katharine E. (Mrs. M. M. Stevens), 425. Robert, 420.
Rand, origin of name, 420.
Rankin, Andrew, 197, 228, 519.
David, 197, 228, 250, 276, 277, 280, 296, 307, 401. Gen. David, 305, 324. Henry, 197.
James, 189, 196, 197, 206, 229, 230, 231, 244. Mrs. James, 219. James, Jr., 197. John, 197. Miriam, 197.
Rankin Brook, 2. Ranlet, Levi F., 396, 400. Ratable Polls, 227, 229. Ray, Ossian, 499. Reaume, Frank, 467.
Recruit, eldest and youngest, in Civil War, 473, 476.
Recruits in Civil War, character of, 477. Redington, George B., 267, 289, 360, 561, 482, 507. Henry C., 289. Mary Sprague (Mrs. G. W. Ely), 289. Redington Bros., 535. Regiment, Eleventh N. H., 459. Fifth N. H., 445, 452. Fifteenth N. H., 463. First N. H., 432, 439. Fourth N. H., 443, 444. Fourteenth N. H., 462, 463.
Ninth N. H., 458, 459. Second N. H., 437. Seventh N. H., 457. Sixth N. H., 473, 454, 456. Third N. H., 439, 443.
Religious Meetings, 206. Remich, Daniel C., 514, 515, 518, 523, 565, 573, 575. Remick, James W., 581. Zadock B., 461, 467. Reptiles, 61.
Representation in 1890, 555. ratio of, 552.
Republican Party formed, 404, 411.
Reservation of Land in Charters, 146.
Resolutions, political, 298.
Revival Meetings, 327, 328.
Rich, Eunice, 177. Richards, Levi, 428.
Richardson, David, 257. Frank M., 523.
Hugh J., 467. Hugh R., 434, 464, 466.
Israel C., 517, 555.
Myron H., 523. William A., 553, 554.
Riley, Michael, 459.
Rivers, Frederick, 472.
Rivers of Littleton, 2.
Rix, Jonathan M., 462.
Narcissa, 280. Nathaniel, 298, 307.
Nathaniel, Jr., 240, 276, 277, 280, 297. Persis, 280.
Road, first built, 191.
Roads (see Highways), 225. appropriation for, 204. (1800-1810), 225. first tax for, 164.
Robins, Douglas, 202, 289, 501. James W., 472. Joseph, 355. Joseph E., 226, 237, 518.
Robins & Co., 499.
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