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Deerfield, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
Dead spindle invented by Paul Moody, 131. Deaths, 200 in eight months after arrival, 16. Dedham, land granted to, 20, 24 n. 2; 79. Deer park, 96. Deerfield attacked in 1665, 61. Deerfield massacre in 1703, 56 n. 3. Devil's Den, Stony Brook, 105-6. Devonshire, colonists from, 13. Diamond dust, cost of, 13Deerfield massacre in 1703, 56 n. 3. Devil's Den, Stony Brook, 105-6. Devonshire, colonists from, 13. Diamond dust, cost of, 137. Disaffection throughout English realm, 9. Dispersion of the settlers, 15. Division in the church at Watertown, 24. Dix, Jonas, school-master, 95, 97, 100, 101, 103. Domestic goods, only one shop where sold in Boston, 131. Dorchester settled by the western men, 15; why so named, 14 n. 2; 22, 36, 40. Dorchestees to relieve Groton, 61. William the Conqueror, 67. Williams, Rev., Elisha, preaches for Second Religious Society (1812), 109. Williams, Rev., John, of Deerfield, 56 n. 3. Williams, Dr., Leonard, 91, 96, 100. Williams, Roger, prevents an alliance between the Pequots and Narragansetts, 42. Williams, Rev. Warham orda
Accomack (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
Alden, plants a willow near cotton factory, 130 n. 1. Bradford, Governor of Plymouth, visits Salem, 11; gives right hand of fellowship to church, 12; visits Winthrohn, 13; has the western fever at Dorchester, 36. Lyford, John, welcomed at Plymouth, 37; his complaining letters intercepted, 37; plays the penitent, 37. Lyman Watertown on raising of public moneys, 30; visits the Connecticut, 35, 36; at Plymouth, 36, 37; perverseness of, 37; banished from Plymouth, 37, 38; returns to NantaPlymouth, 37, 38; returns to Nantasket, 38; brought to penitence, 38; admitted freeman at Watertown, 38; granted farm of 500 acres in Waltham, 38; killed by the Pequot Indians, 40: his death avenged, s, 134, 141. Plough (the), arrives, 31. Plough or Ligonia patent, 31. Plymouth, 2: Pilgrims at, 9; 11, 35, 36, 42, 57. Pocket-book found, 99. Point Allof Fiske house, 139. Wilson, Mr., pastor at Boston, 23, 32. Windsor, 22; Plymouth people build house at, 35; sends 30 men against the Pequots, 42. Wine and s
Canute (Oklahoma, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ver, 25; chosen often as Representative, 25; complains to the Court against John Endicott for mutilating the ensign, 25; delegate to the First General Court, 30. Bunker Hill, Company that went to, 101. Burying-ground, the old, 45. Burying-ground below Beaver Brook, 55. Cady, Nicolas, old deed from, 79. Calf, the lost, 18. Calhoun, John C., visits cotton factory, 132. Cambridge, 2, 9, 20, 38, 49, 60, 100, 108; at first called New Towne, 17. Cant not fashionable, 29. Canute, the Dane, 66. Cape Cod, landing of Pilgrims on, 9; John Oldham wrecked on, 38. Cargoes of food bought for general stock, 19. Carlyle, Thomas, on fundamental idea of Puritanism, 23; Seventeenth-century Puritans, 29. Catholic Church, 121; resident pastors of, 121. Cattle, importation and rapid increase of, 31: driven to Connecticut, 39; lost there by winter's severity, 39; sudden fall in price of, 57. Census, curiosities of the, 139. Charles River (the), 2, 14-16; named b
Suffolk, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
est men, 30. Cotton cloth, all processes for making, in one building, 131. Cotton Duck first made by Seth Bemis, 126. Cotton goods, first pieces made at Waltham, 131; woven by Seth Bemis before 1810, 125. Cotton-mill, first in the town, 92. Cotton warp, demand for machine made, 125. Council for New England grant lands to the new Dorchester Company, 9. Council of seven persons with two of the planters to act with Endicott, 10. Counties of Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk formed 58. Court at South-Hampton aboard the Arbella, 12; of Assistants, 18-22, 25, 28-29. Covenant, signing of constitutes the organization of a church, 22. Cowes, Winthrop's fleet riding at the, 12. Cradock, Matthew, first Governor of the new Dorchester Company, 10; owner of Oldham Farm, 38. Crayons, colored and white, 141. Cross, the red, a superstitious thing, 25. Cuff, Felix, and other negroes hide in the Devil's Den, 105; pay for his services in the war, 105 n. 2
Windsor (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
e Conqueror, 67. Williams, Rev., Elisha, preaches for Second Religious Society (1812), 109. Williams, Rev., John, of Deerfield, 56 n. 3. Williams, Dr., Leonard, 91, 96, 100. Williams, Roger, prevents an alliance between the Pequots and Narragansetts, 42. Williams, Rev. Warham ordained, 56; salary, 73; wants town to buy him a negro boy, 98; death of, 74. Willow near cotton factory, 130 n. 1. Willows in front of Fiske house, 139. Wilson, Mr., pastor at Boston, 23, 32. Windsor, 22; Plymouth people build house at, 35; sends 30 men against the Pequots, 42. Wine and sugar in plenty, 57. Winnesemet, 23. Winslow, Edward, visits Boston with John Bradford, 35. Winter of 1630 very sharp in New England, 18. Winthrop, Adam, 26. Winthrop, John, chosen governor of Mass. Bay Company, 12; letter to his wife, 12; searches up the Bay for a place at which to settle, 14; prudence of, 19; grants permission to build Watertown wear, 21; provides a house for Rev. Mr.
North River (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
s from, 15. Ammunition for each soldier prescribed, 18. Angier, Rev., Samuel, pastor in new meeting-house, 54; death of, 55; records kept by, 56. Anti-war sermon by Mr. Ripley, 109. Appleton, Nahan, encourages cotton manufacture, 130; first agent for selling goods, 131. Appleton, Tracey & Co. purchase watch factory, 136. Arbella (the), the admiral of Winthrop's fleet, 12 n. 3; arrives at Salem, 13. Architecture, Puritan, 75. Arms and ammunition, where kept, 73-4. Assabet River, land at, 20. Assessment for support of ministers, 23. Assistants chosen, 12, 34. Bailey, Rev., John, succeeds Mr. Sherman, 49. Bailey, Rev., Thomas, 49. Ball, John, killed at Lancaster, 61. Ballots, first elections held by, 34. Banks, Hon. N. P., residence of, 88. Bars: boiled, 14; exchanged for bisket-cake, 14. Basse and other fish, 100,000 taken at Watertown wear, 21. Bastable, 10 n. 1. Bearers at funerals, 72. Beaver Brook named by Gov. Winthrop, 26;
Block Island (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
emis tavern, one of oldest houses in town, 90. Benjamin, Daniel, 64, 70, 71. Biglow, Lt., Thomas, 70, 71. Bigelow: Abijah, Jacob, 89; Joshua, 97. Bill of fare for ordination, 111 n. 3. Bird Tavern (the), 84; militia trainings at 86. Bisket-cake exchanged for a bass, 3, 14, 63. Black lead, a whole rock of, 35. Bleachery established, 132; new buildings at, 134; finishes fifteen tons of goods daily, 134. Blessing of the Bay, the first vessel built in the colony, 34. Block Island, 40, 41, 42. Boarding-houses at factory in good hands, 131. Boies, John: his cottage and paper-mill at Eden Vale, 92; location of, 130 n. 1; purchased by Boston Manufacturing Co., 92, 93, 130. Booths, people lying in, 22. Boston, settlement of, 2, 15; 23, 33, 60, 69. Boston Bay or Harbor at first called Massachusetts Bay, 11 n. 3. Boston Manufacturing Co. incorporated, 130; purchases property of Cotton & Wool Factory Co., 132. Boston Rock Hill, 28. Boston Watch Co. a
Charlestown, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
, Isaac, 89. Ministers, houses ordered to be built for, 22; £ 60 levied for the support of two, 23. Minute-men of the Revolution, 100. Miracle, casting out two devils, 109. Mishaum the original Indian name of Charles River, 13 n. 4. Mishawum, 10, 11 n. 4, 38. Mistick, a good place upon for a settlement, 15; first vessel built at, 34. Mixer, Joseph, chosen deacon, 56; Isaac, Sarah, 87. Modern improvers, 27. Mohegans aid English in the Pequot War, 43. Monoco, John, his re in Hall, 135. Rumford Institute organized, 134; incorporated, 135; name of celebrated lecturers before, 135. Sagadahock, 31. Salem, 2; why so named, 10; first church in Massachusetts organized at, 12; 14, 15, 18; company sent from to Mishawum, 38. Saltonstall: Gilbert; Richard, lord mayor of London; Samuel, 16 n. 1. Saltonstall, Sir, Richard, leader of plantation at Watertown, 16; autograph, 16 n. 1; location of his homestall, 19, 44: first member of the church in Watertown, 22
Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
5, 44. Mount Enoch, 81. Mount Feake named by Gov. Winthrop, 26; named from Robert Feake, the Governor's son-in-law, 26; marked upon plan made in 1640, 28; name still retained, 28; included in Oldham Farm, 38; water-works near, 141. Mt. Feake cemetery, 28. Muddy River, 34. Mule-spinning introduced, 133. Munnings, George, loses an eye. 42. Naemkecke, 10 n. 1. Nahant 11 n. 3. Nantasket, 13, 31, 37, 38. Nantasket Point, colonists put ashore on, 13. Nantucket, 46. Narragansett Bay, 43. Narragansett fort, capture of, 61. Narragansetts, fear of an uprising of, 41; aid the English in Pequot War, 43. Nashaway, plantation at, 47; 62. Nasing, the birth-place of John Eliot, 66. Natick, Indian church at, 60, 69, 79. Naumkeag, 10, 11 n. 2. Negro infant baptized, 99. Negroes, 59. Neihumkek, 11. Neipnett, 20. New-Church Chapels, old and new, 122. New-Church Institute of Education, 123. New-Church School, 27, 122-3; favorable condition of
South Hampton (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
rocesses for making, in one building, 131. Cotton Duck first made by Seth Bemis, 126. Cotton goods, first pieces made at Waltham, 131; woven by Seth Bemis before 1810, 125. Cotton-mill, first in the town, 92. Cotton warp, demand for machine made, 125. Council for New England grant lands to the new Dorchester Company, 9. Council of seven persons with two of the planters to act with Endicott, 10. Counties of Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk formed 58. Court at South-Hampton aboard the Arbella, 12; of Assistants, 18-22, 25, 28-29. Covenant, signing of constitutes the organization of a church, 22. Cowes, Winthrop's fleet riding at the, 12. Cradock, Matthew, first Governor of the new Dorchester Company, 10; owner of Oldham Farm, 38. Crayons, colored and white, 141. Cross, the red, a superstitious thing, 25. Cuff, Felix, and other negroes hide in the Devil's Den, 105; pay for his services in the war, 105 n. 2. Currency, Continental, 77, 105
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