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Jewell, Willard's children, 324. Jewett. Col. A. B., biography of, 688. portrait of, 186. Jewett, Elam, 534.
Jewett, Lieut. Erastus W., biography of, 683. portrait of, 682.
Judges of probate, 121.
Judicial power of Franklin county, how invested, 117. history, 214.
K1 ELTON, Hon. Otis Nelson, 249. biography of, 686. portrait of, 560. Kendall, Alanson A., 444.
Kendall, Lucius C., 444.
Kendall, The B. J. Company, 441.
Kimball, Hamilton & Co., 443.
Kinsley, John, 543.
T ADD, Jed P., 254. Lafayette Chapter, No. 4, 305-446. Lafayette Commandery, No. 3, 307.
Lafayette Council, No. 7, 307.
Lake View, 349.
Lamb, James, 545.
Lamoille Lodge, No. 6, 298.
Lamoille Lodge, No. 25, F. and A. M., 476. Lamoille Mark Lodge, No. 15, 306.
Lamoille River, 22.
Land titles, early, 61.
controversy over, 63. granted by the French, 58. grants of, early, 60. granted by Gov. Wentworth, 62.
Lawrence, John, 444.
Le Protecteur Canadienne, 271.
Lewis, John, 535. Lexington, battle of, 90.
Lincoln Lodge, No. 78, 302-446.
Little, Peter, 352. Locklin, William B., 251.
Loco-Foco, the, 270. Loop, Phillyer, 221, Lovewell, Robert's children, 324. Lyon, Asa, 220.
M ANLEY, Allen H., 444. Map of the Champlain made by M. Angier, 58. Marsh family, the, 324.
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Marvin, Ebenezer, first chief judge, 219. Marvin, Ebenezer's report of the investi- gating committee, 133.
Marvin, Dr. Ebenezer, 494. Mason, Alvin H., biography of, 703. portrait of, 400. Masonic history, 295. Massacre at Fort William Henry, 53. at Westminster, 73.
McAllister & Green, 443. McFeeters, Emmet, 250.
McGettrick, Felix W., 243.
Medical profession, the. 255. society, the first organized in Ver- mont, 260.
Meeting of delegates of the colonies at Albany, 50.
Meigs family, the, 325.
Messenger and Advertiser, the, 269.
Miles, Charles A., Lodge, No. 31, 679.
Military force organized, 66. maneuvers in 1760, 57.
measures required to enforce the laws, 138.
militia engagements in 1756 and 1757, 52.
Miller, Mrs. Hugh, 448.
Mimms, John H., 250.
Missisquoi Bank, the, 627.
Missisquoi Flouring-Mill, the, 443.
Missisquoi Lodge, No. 9, 299.
Missisquoi Lodge, No. 38, 681.
Missisquoi Railroad Company, 289.
Missisquoi River, 21.
Missisquoi Woolen-Mills, the, 443.
Montcalm, General, 52.
Montefiore, Joseph H., 245.
Montgomery town, history of, 551. chartered, 112. settlement, 553.
highways, 556.
village, 557.
topography of, 20.
family sketches of, 770.
Montgomery Center, 557.
manufactures, 558.
clerks, 561. treasurers, 561.
constables, 561. selectmen, 562.
representatives, 563.
first freemen's meeting, 555.
topographical, 552. Montreal, campaign against, 94.
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HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE COUNTIES.
N TATIONAL Car Company, 381. Naval engagement before Platts- burgh, 151.
Naval maneuvers in 1775, 97.
New Connecticut, 77.
Negotiations with Canada, 86.
New Hampshire Grants, condition of af- fairs on the, 64.
New Hampton Institute, the, 475.
Newspaper, the first, 267.
New York authority ceases, 88. jurisdiction over Vermont territory, 59-65. Ninth Regiment, 183. roster, 184. Noble, Guy Chaplin, 239. biography of, 714. portrait of, 372.
Non-intercourse act enforced, 143.
North American Indians, 24,
North American, the, 270.
North Hero town, history of, 661. settlement, 662. first officers, 664.
highways, 665. industrial interests, 667.
churches, 668.
clerks, 669. representatives, 669. family sketches of, 807.
Norton, John G., biography of, 669. portrait of, 700.
DD Fellowship in Franklin county, 679 Officers of the Vermont Central Railroad, 288. Order of Railway Conductors, the, 388.
Organization of counties, 107.
Oriental Lodge, No. 88, 303. Orton, Gideon, 480.
P AIGE, Stephen Wilson, M.D., biog- raphy of, 692. portrait of, 692. Patriot war, the, 156. People's Trust Company, 368.
Personal characteristics of Allen, Warner, and the Green Mountain Boys, 94.
Petitions for ratification of French grants, 59.
Physicians, list of, admitted to the Frank- lin County Society, 262. of the several towns, 265. Pipes, Indian, 37.
Pixley Post, No. 102, 447.
Plattsburgh, battle of, 148.
Pomeroy, Dr. Enoch, 491,
Port Washington, 351.
Possessions of the French, 44.
Post, Nathan Nicholas, 247.
Potter, Freeborn, 322.
Powell, Bradford, 460.
Powell, Capt. John, 461.
Powell, Edward Henry, 241.
Powers, David's children, 323.
Present bar of Franklin county, the, 233.
Presidents of Franklin County Medical Society, succession of, 264.
Press of Franklin and Grand Isle counties, 266.
Printing office the poor boy's college, the, 268.
Probate courts established, 217.
Proclamation of Cadwallader Colden, 63.
Progress of medical science, 256-259.
Puritans, landing of, at Plymouth, 39.
R AID, the Fenian, 212. Raid, the St. Albans, 206.
Railroads, 273.
Rand, Jasper, 234. Rebellion, war of the, 160-206.
Reciprocity treaty established between Vermont and Canada, 129.
Register of the Franklin County Bar,' 229. of the Grand Isle County Bar, 253. Relics of Indians discovered, 25.
Repertory, the, 268.
Repository, the, 268.
Résumé of the War of 1812, 153.
Revolutionary war, the, 74. the period of, 90.
Reward offered for the arrest of Ethan Allen and associates, 71.
Richardson, Gen. I. B., Post, No. 92, 477.
Richford Gazette, the, 273-465.
Richford Journal, the, 273-465.
Richford Lodge, No. 18, 681.
Richford town, history of, 447. first settlement, 448. provisions of the charter, 449.
town meetings, 449. grand list for 1799, 450.
representatives, 452. business interests, 452.
village, 455, East Richford, 456. South Richford, 456.
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Richford town schools, 456. churches, 457. Second Baptist church, 457. Third Baptist church, 458. first Methodist class, 458. Advent church, 458. Protestant Episcopal church, 458. family sketches of, 773. Roman Catholic church, 459. societies and orders, 459. business interests, 464. physicians, 464. dentists, 464. druggists, 465. newspapers, 465. Robinson, Samuel, sent to England, 65. Rocky Point, 349. Rogers, Major's expedition, 55. attack of, 56. Rogers, Rev. William, 462.
Rood, Vernon D., 549.
Rounds family, the, 464.
Royce, Charles S., 463.
Royce, Homer E., 228.
Royce, John S., 463.
Royce, Maj. Stephen, 223, 533.
Royce, Stephen E., 250.
Rublee family, the, 534.
Rugg, Benjamin F .. biography of, 712. portrait of, 712. Rumors of war, 135. Russell, Thomas, 479. Rustedt, Harry E., 245. Rutland county, act establishing, 18.
Y ABIN, Alvah, 584.
S Sanderson, Ebenezer, 494. Savage, Gibson's, children, 324. Sawyer, Joseph's, children, 324. Schedule of physicians' prices established, 264.
Schuyler, Colonel, attack of, upon French outposts, 45. Scott, Lemuel, 543. Searls, Oscar Smalley, M.D., biography of, 722. portrait of, 606.
Second Regiment, 163. roster, 165. Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, 204. Second Vermont Battery, 204. Seigniories granted, 58-59. Settlements, early, 61. the first, 89.
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Seventeenth Regiment, 197. roster, 198. Seventh Regiment, 178. roster, 180. Seventy-six Lodge, No. 14, 300. Sheldon Agricultural Library Association, 625.
Sheldon family, the, 617. Sheldon town, history of, 611. chartered, 112. early town meetings, 617. Sheldons, the, 617. clerks, 620. Grace Episcopal church, 621.
. Congregational church, 621. M. E. church, 622. family sketches of, 779.
Poor-House Association, 627.
mineral springs, 623. hotels, 624.
raids, 624. railroads, 625.
library, 625. Henveel Lodge, No. 30, 626.
highways, 626.
bank, 627. schools, 627. town poor, 627.
Sheldons, the, 617. Sheriffs, 121. Sisco, William, 492.
Six Nations, the, 26.
Sixth Regiment, 173. roster, 174. Skeels, Orin Green, biography of, 721. portrait of, 600.
Smith, Capt. John, explorations by, 39.
Smith, Edward Curtis, 249.
Smith, Fuller C., 251.
Smith, Hon. John Gregory, 234. biography of, 726. portrait of, 288.
Smith, Hon. John, biography of, 723. portrait of, 276. Smith, Hon. Worthington C., biography of, 715. portrait of, 380.
Smuggling operations, 128. Soule, Charles, 236. South Hero town, history of, 670. granted, 671. first settlements, 672. first town officers, 674. early ferries, 675.
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HISTORY OF FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE COUNTIES.
South Hero town, bridges, 676. Keeler's Bay, 676. churches, 677. agricultural matters, 678.
Sowles, Edward Adams, 237.
Sowles, Lewis, 221.
Spafford, Capt. Broadstreet, 479.
St. Albans Advertiser, the, 269, 272.
St. Albans Adviser, the, 268.
St. Albans Bay, 350. early settlers, 354. M. E. church, 353.
St. Albans Cold Storage Company, 382.
St. Albans Daily Messenger, the, 269.
St, Albans Foundry Company, 380. St. Albans Gas Light Company, 382.
St. Albans Herald, the, 272.
St. Albans Home Journal, the, 272.
St. Albans Hospital, 369. St. Albans House, 384.
St. Albans Library Association, 389.
St. Albans Lodge, No. 31, 679.
St. Albans Point Creamery, 353.
St. Albans raid, the, 206.
St. Albans Steamboat Company, 352.
St. Albans town, history of, 310. chartered, 112-312. early settlement, 315.
town meetings, 317-318.
early settlers. 318. grand list, 319. first school district, 330.
early military organizations, 331. during the War of 1812, 333. Canadian rebellion, the, 338.
town's poor, the, 340. in the Rebellion, 341.
raid, the, 343. in the Fenian raid, 345. centennial, the, 347. villages, hamlets, and localities, 348. family sketches of, 779. clerks, 354. representatives, 354.
St. Albans Transcript, the, 271. St. Albans Trust Company, 368. St. Albans village, history of, 355. incorporation of, 357. postmasters of, 360. educational institutions of, 360. banking institutions of, 364. Warner Home, the, 369. hospital, the, 369. Taylor Park, 370.
St. Albans village water supply, 372. churches and church societies, 373. Congregational church, 373. M. E. church, 374. St. Luke's P. E. church, 375. Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, 376. present business interests, 385. societies and orders, 386. libraries, 388.
Church of the Holy Guardian An- gels, 377. First Baptist church, 378.
First Universalist church, 378.
manufactures, 379. hotels, 383.
St. Albans Village Medical Association, 266.
St. Francis Indians, the, 27.
Stanhope family, the, 459.
Stannard, Gen. George J., 16].
Stark, Col. John, and his brave men, 100.
Start, Hon. Henry Russell, 242. biography of, 716. portrait of, 242.
State officers, the first, 79.
Steele, Daniel W., 253.
Stevenson, James, 492. Stewart, William D., 246.
Stiles, Hon. William Howard, 233. biography of, 711. portrait of, 558.
Story, Thomas, 480.
Stratton's Hotel, 384.
Streams and water privileges. 22.
Sturtevant, Ralph Orson, 241.
Sub-divisions of Franklin and Grand Isle counties, 23. Superior Court established, 216. Supreme Court established, 217. judges of, 222.
Swanton Courier, the, 272.
Swanton Herald, 270.
Swanton Journal, the, 270.
Swanton town, history of, 391. chartered, 112. topographical, 392. settlements, 394. first permanent settler, 395.
first town meeting, 398. smuggling operations, 400. family sketches of, 784. manufactures, 403. marble industry, the, 407.
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Swanton town, tanning interests, 411. ship building, 414. hotels, 415. Synchronist, the, 271.
TAYLOR Park of St. Albans, 370. Telegram, the, 269. Tenth Regiment, 186. roster, 188. Thayer, Wheelock S., biography of, 717. portrait of, 716.
Theological Repository, the, 667.
Third Medical Society in Vermont, 260.
Third Regiment, 166. roster, 167. Third Vermont Battery, 204. Thirteenth Regiment, 194. roster, 195. Thurston, Dea. Peter, 543.
Ticonderoga, capture of, 75-91.
Towle, Reuben, 492.
Towns erected and organized, 110. in Franklin county granted, 64. Trade opened between Canada and bor- dering states, 130.
Treaty of amity, commerce, and naviga- tion concluded, 136. of Ghent, 153. of peace between France and Eng- land, 46. stipulations violated, 130.
Troops and equipments ordered, 142. Truax, Elias, 495.
Tullar, Ornan's children, 323.
Tullar, Reuben's children, 323. Tupper, Frederick S., 249.
Turner, Bates, 225. Twelfth Regiment, 193. roster, 194.
TTNASSIGNED regiments, 206. Union between Vermont towns perfected, 84. Union with New Hampshire towns, 80. United States navy, 204. troops stationed on the border, 139. Unity Lodge, No. 3, K. of P., 387.
T ENTURE, the, 437. Vermont a separate jurisdiction, 75. Vermont admitted into the Union, 89. declared to be part of New York, 65. named, 77.
Vermont and Canada Railroad Company incorporated, 274.
Vermont Central Library Association, 390.
Vermont Central Railroad Company, 275. Vermont Construction Company, 380, 699. Vermont Farmers' Advocate, the, 273.
Vermont Medical Society, the, 261.
Vermont National Bank of St. Albans, 367.
Vermont Record, the, 272.
Vermont Republican, the, 270,
Vermont Sentry, the, 272.
Vermont Temperance Advocate, the, 271.
Vermont Transcipt, the, 269-271.
Vermont Tribune, the, 270.
Veteran Reserve Corps, 205.
W ALKER, Lewis, 323. War between England and France, 48.
War of the Revolution, 90-105. of 1812-15, 143.
Warner Home, the, 369. Washington county established, 84. Water courses in Franklin county, 21. privileges, 22. Watson, Charles Douglas, 252. Watson, John, 325.
Waugh, Theodore Rogers, M.D., biogra- phy of, 727. portrait of, 728.
Webster, John, 495.
Welden National Bank of St. Albans, 368.
Welden, the (hotel), 383.
Wentworth, Benning, commissioned gov- ernor, 61. Westminster convention, the, 76. Wetmore, Seth, 324.
White, John, 583.
Wilkins, Asa, 480. Willard Manufacturing Company, 381.
Williamstown, attack on, 49. Willoughby, Zerah, 220, 545. Wilson, William Campbell, 227. portrait of 226. Wilson, William De Forest, 237. Windsor convention, proceedings of, in 1777, 99. Witters, Chester W., 239. Wood, Norman F., 548.
YORK county organized, 115. Younger, George, 352.
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