| Publisher's Preface |
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| Introduction |
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CHAPTER I. - The Bench & Bar
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| CHAPTER II. - The Norfolk
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| CHAPTER III. - DEDHAM. |
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- The Settlement
- The Town Covenant
- Names of the Signers
- Organization of Town Government
- Character of Settlers
- Formation of the Church
- The Rev. John Allin
- Divisino of Lands
- Burial Ground
- Training Ground
- Description of the Village in 1664 |
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| CHAPTER IV. - DEDHAM -
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- Mother Brook, or East Brook
- Dedham Island
- Long Ditch
- Indian Village at Natick
- Pacomtuck, or Deerfield
- Boggastow, or Medfield
- Wolloonomopoag, or Wrentham
- Decrease of leading Men among the First Settlers |
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| CHAPTER V. - DEDHAM
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- Indian Deeds
- Philip's War
- Rev. William Adams
- New Meeting House
- Timothy Dwight
- William Avery
- Daniel Fisher, the second
- His Part in Resisting Sir Edmund Andros |
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| CHAPTER VI. - DEDHAM -
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- Province Charter
- Changes and Contentions
- Incorporation of Needham
- Rev. Joseph Belcher
- The Second Parish and Church
- Rev. Thomas Balch
- The Third Parish and Church
- Rev. Josiah Dwight
- Rev. Andrew Tyler
- Incorporation of Walpole
- Services of Church of England begun.
- Rev. William Clark
- Samuel Colburn
- Devise of Estate to Episcopal Church
- Rev. Samuel Dexter
- The Fourth Parish and Church
- Rev. Benjamin Caryl
- Services of Dedham Men in French Wars
- New Meeting House
- Dr. Nathaniel Arms
- The Pillar of Liberty
- Events Prior to the American Revolution
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| Chapter VII. - Dedham
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- Dedham Village in 1775
- Leading Men
- Lexington Alarm
- Minute-Men and Militia Companies March
- Siege of Boston
- Town Votes upon Questino of Independence
- Bounties for Soldiers
- Parisbee Raise Money by Taxation
- Articles of Confederation Approved
- Delegates to State Convention for forming Constitution
- Expenses of Revolutionary War
- Pecuniary Distress
- Amendmenets to State Constitution Proposed
- Col. Daniel Whiting |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - |
DEDHAM
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- Second Parish
- Rev. Jabez Chickering
- Third Parish
- Rev. Thomas Thacher
- Fourth Prish Incorporated as a District under the name of Dover
- Shay's Rebellion.
- Incorporation of Norfolk County
- Episcopal Church
- Rev. William Montague
- Old Church Removed and Rebuilt
- Fisher Ames; Sketch of His Life
- Edward Dowse
- Rev. Jason Haven
- Church Covenant of 1793
- Division in the Third Parish
- New Meeting House
- About Sixty Members Withdraw to the Baptist Society in Medfield
- Second Parish and Church
- Rev. William Coggswell |
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| CHAPTER IX. - DEDHAM -
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- Dedham in the Beginning of the
Present Century
- Manufacturing Corporations
- Mill Privileges on Mother Brook
- War of 1812
- Legacy for Schools in Will of Samuel Dexter
- The First Church
- Resignation of Rev. Joshua Bates
- Parish elect Rev. Alvan Lamson
- Majority of Church Refuse to Concur
- Ecclesiastical Council
- Protest by a Majority of the Church
- Ordination of Mr. Lamson
- Suit at Law to Recover Church Property
- Decision of Supreme Court
- New Meeting-House Society Formed
- Rev. Ebenezer Burgess
- Improvements in Old Meeting-House
- Third Parish
- Rev. John White
- Second Parish, Rev. Harrison G. Park,
Rev. Calvin Durfee and his Successors
- Description of Dedham Village in 1818
- Dedham Bank
- New Jail and Court-House
- Town House
- Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company
- Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Company
- Dedham Institution for Savings
- Gen. Lafayette's Visit
- Gen. Jackson's Visit |
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| CHAPTER X. - DEDHAM - (Continued)
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- Universalist Society, South
Dedham
- Episcopal Church
- Rev. Isaac Boyle
- Rev. Samuel B. Babcock
- New Church
- Dedham Branch Railroad
- Manufacturers
- Population in 1835
- Newspapers
- Centennial Celebration, 1836
- Dr. Lamson's Historical Discourses, 1838
- Dr. Burgess' Discourse in "Dedham Pulpit"
- Rev. John White's Historical Discourse, 1836
- Rev. Mr. Durfee's Historical Discourse, 1836
- Destructive Fires
- Improvements in Schools and School-Houses
- Norfolk County Railroad
- First Baptist Church, West Dedham
- Baptist Church, East Dedham
- Baptist Church, South Dedham
- Methodist Episcopal Church, East Dedham
- First Parish
- Resignation of Dr. Lamson, and of Dr. Burgess
- Third Parish
- Successors of Rev. John White
- Successors of Dr. Lamson in First Parish
- Improvements in Meeting-House
- Successors to Rev. Dr. Burgess
- Burning of St. Paul's Church
- New Stone Church
- Chapel
- Roman Catholic Church
- St. Mary's School and Asylum
- Annexations to West Roxbury and Walpole
- Dedham Gas Light Company
- Dedham Historical Society |
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| CHAPTER XI. - DEDHAM -
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- The Civil War, 1861-65
- Companies of Dedham Men
- Their Services in the War
- Commodore G. J. Van Brunt
- Expenses of the War for Bounties and Aid to Soldiers' Families
- Memorial Hall
- Names of those who Fell Inscribed on the Tablets |
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| CHAPTER XII. - DEDHAM
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- Readville annexed to Hyde Park
- Dedham Public Library
- Incorporation of Norwood
- Death of Rev. Dr. Babcock
- Steam Fire-Engine
- Dedham Water Company
- Temporary Asylum for Discharged Female Prisoners
- OAKDALE
- Church of the Good Shepherd
- ISLINGTON
- Congregational Church
- New Colburn School-House
- Brookdale Cemetery
- Town Seal
- Conclusion |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - BRAINTREE |
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| CHAPTER XIV. - BRAINTREE
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| CHAPTER XV. - BELLINGHAM |
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| CHAPTER XVI. - FRANKLIN. |
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- Early History as
a Precinct
- First Cession of Dedham
- Purchase of Wrentham
- The New Precinct
- Church Organized
- First Minister
- Meeting House
- Church Music
- Discords
- Precinct Ministers
- Revs. Haven, Barnum, Emmons
- Civil History
- Move for a Town
- Town History
- Incorporation
- Why named Franklin
- Town Library
- Topography
- Maps
- Indian Traditions
- Revolutionary War
- Sentiments in Town-Meeting
- Soldiers' Second Meeting-House
- Its Site, Cost, Bell
- Moved and Modernized
- Interior Glimpse of Home Life
- Military Affairs
- Trainings and Musters
- The Poor
- Burial Grounds
- Post Office
- Temperance
- Early Industries |
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| CHAPTER XVII. -
FRANKLIN - (Continued) - |
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- Later Town
History
- Ecclesiastical
- Ministers of the First Church
- Other Churches and Meeting Houses
- South Franklin Congregational
- Grace Universalist
- Baptist
- Catholic
- Methodist
- Town Library
- Public Schools
- High School
- Franklin Academy
- Denn Academy
- College Graduates
- Statistics of Material Growth
- Town Industries
- Straw Goods
- Feltings, etc.
- Newspapers
- Railroads
- Banks
- Fire Protection
- The Rebellion
- List of Soldiers
- Precinct and Town Officers
- Centennial Celebration |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. - RANDOLPH |
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| CHAPTER XIX - COHASSET |
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- Pioneer History
- Reference to Hingham
- Heirs of the Sachem Chickatabut
- Deed from the Indians, July 4, 1665
- The Pioneers: Beal, Cushing, James, Lincoln, Tower, Sutton, Bates,
Kent, Nichols, Orcutt, Pratt, Stoddard
- The First Settlement
- Its Location
- Derivation of name of Town
- Incorporation of Parish
- Little Hingham
- The Church
- Petition for Incorporation of Town
- Opposed by Hingham
- Town Incorporated April 26, 1770
- Early Votes concerning Schools
- Votes concerning the Revolution
- Cohasset's Representative at the Boston Tea-Party
- Maj. James Stoddard
- War of 1812
- Shipwrecks, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XX. - COHASSET
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Banks - Civil History -
Military |
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| CHAPTER XXI. - COHASSET -
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- Ecclesiastical
and Educational
- Pioneer History
- First Reference to Cohasset in Hingham Records
- Various Votes concerning the Town
- Divisions of the Meadow Lands with the Proprietors at Conihasset
- The First Meeting-House
- Subsequent History
- Methodist Society in North Cohasset
- Second Congregational Church
- The Beechwood Church
- St. Anthony's Church
- Educational Interests. |
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| CHAPTER XXII. - DOVER |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. - QUINCY |
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- The Massachusetts Fields |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. - QUINCY -
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MERRYMONT |
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| CHAPTER XXV. - QUINCY
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MOUNT WOLLASTON |
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| CHAPTER XXVI. - QUINCY
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OLD BRAINTREE |
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| CHAPTER XXVII - QUINCY -
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- The North Precinct Church |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII. - QUINCY
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- Life in the Colonial Town |
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| CHAPTER XXIX - QUINCY -
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- The North Precinct Annals |
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| CHAPTER XXX.
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QUINCY - (Continued) |
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Modern Quincy |
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| CHAPTER XXXI. - STOUGHTON
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- STOUGHTON
- Named in Honor of Governor William Stoughton
- Territorial allotted to Dorchester in 1637
- Known as the "New Grant"
- Dorchester South Precinct
- A Part set off to Wrentham in 1724
- Incorporation of Stoughton
- Part set off to Wrentham in 1724
- Incorporation of Stoughton
- Original Territory
- Second Precinct set off in 1740.
- Incorporation of Third Precinct in 1743
- The First Town-Meeting
- Incorporation of Stoughtonham
-The Revolution
- Votes of the Town in 1723, 1724, 1725, 1726
- Committee of Correspondence
- Revolutionary Bounties, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XXXII. -
STOUGHTON - (Continued). - |
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- Eclesiastical History
- Universalist Church
- Congregational Church
- Methodist Episcopal Church
- Roman Catholic Church
- Methodist Episcopal Church, North Stroughton
- Baptist Church, East Stoughton |
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| CHAPTER XXXIII. -
STOUGHTON - (Continued). |
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- The Press
- The Stoughton Sentinel
- Masonic
- Rising Star Lodge, F. & A. M.
- Mount Zion Roal Arch Chapter
- Stoughton Lodge, No. 72, I. O. F.
- The Boot and Shoe Interest
- Civil History
- Representatives and Town Clerks from 1731 to 1884
- Military Record
- Number of Men Furnished
- Amount of Money Expended for War Purposes. |
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| CHAPTER XXXIV - HOLBROOK |
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| CHAPTER XXXV - MEDFIELD |
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| CHAPTER XXXVII -
WELLESLEY |
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| CHAPTER XXXVIII -
WELLESLEY - (Continued) -
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-Wellesley College |
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| CHAPTER XXXIX - NORWOOD |
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| CHAPTER XL. - NEEDHAM. |
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- Indian Occupationing
- Selectmen Elected
- Burying Ground
- The First Minister
- First Meeting House
- Westerly Precinct Set Off
- The First Church Bell
- Early Educational Interests
- Social Library |
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| CHAPTER XLI - NEEDHAM
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- War of the Revolution
- The Battle of Lexington
- Needham's Prompt Response
- Her Citizens perform Efficient Services
- They harass the British Retreat from Lexington and Concord.
- Ephraim Bullard alarms the Minute Men
- List of Names composing Needham Companies
- Capt. Aaron Smith's Company of Militia
- Capt. Caleb Kingsbury's Company of Minute-Men
- Capt. Robert Smith's Company
- Sketches of the Killed
- Incidents
- Votes of the Town during the Revolutionary Period |
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| CHAPTER XLII - NEEDHAM
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- Ecclesiastical History.
- Congregational Church
- Unitarian Church
- Baptist Church
- Methodist Episcopal Church, Highlandville.
- Second Adventists. |
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| CHAPTER XLIII - NEEDHAM
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- The Press
- Civil History
- Military Record
- The Needham Chronicle
- Changes in Boundary Line
- Population
- Documentary
- Representatives
- Select-men
- Town Clerks
- Treasurers
- Military Record |
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| CHAPTER XLIV. - MEDWAY |
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| CHAPTER XLV. - WEYMOUTH. |
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- Geography
- Geology
- General History
- Weston's Colony
- Gorges' Settlement
- Hull's Company
- Ecclesiastical Troubles
- Pequod War
- Emigration
- Town Government |
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| CHAPTER XLVI. - WEYMOUTH
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- King Philip's War
- Company of Horse
- Town Affairs
- Sir Edmund Andros
- Military Company
- Canadian Expedition
- Local Matters
- Town Boundaries
- New Precinct
- Dr. White
- Town Regulations
- Parsonage Property
- Pigwacket Indians
- Town Commons
- Throat Distemper
- French and Indian Wars
- French Neutrals
- Dr. Tufts
- Highways
- South Precinct. |
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| CHAPTER XLVII. - WEYMOUTH
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- Revolutionary War
- Arbitrary Measures of the Crown
- Agents Chosen to Meet in Boston
- Committees of Correspondence
- No more Tea
- Energetic Action
- Record of Votes on the Resolutions of Congress
- Refusal to Pay Taxes to the Royal Treasurer
- Town Committee of Correspondence
- Minute Men
- Preparations for War
- Raising Troops
- Declaration of Independence
- Bounties
- State Convention
- State Constitution
- Procuring Men and Provisions
- Soldiers to Hull |
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| CHAPTER XLVIII. -
WEYMOUTH - (Continued) -
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- Recovering from
the Effects of the War
- Work-House
- Local Matters
- Ssmallpox
- Norfolk County
- Attempt to divide the Town
- Business Enterprises
- Post-Office
- War with England
- Alarm at Cohasset
- Town Lines
- Manufacturing Companies Discouraged
- Surplus Revenue
- Anti-Slavery Resolutions
- Town Records
- Town Hall
- War of the Rebellion
- Opening Scenes
- Twelfth Regiment
- Raising Troops
- Military Records
- Bounties
- Thirty-fifth Regiment
- Town Bonds and Seal
- Forty-second Regiment
- Contributions
- Difficulties
- Fourth Heavy Artillery
- Final Attempt to divide the Town
- Soldiers' Monument
- Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary
- Water Question
- Fire Department
- Growth of the Town |
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| CHAPTER XLIX. - WEYMOUTH
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584 |
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- Ecclesiastical History
- Congregational Churches
- The First Church |
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| CHAPTER L. - WEYMOUTH -
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589 |
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- Congregational
Churches (Continued): Second Church, Union Church of
Weymouth and Braintree, Union Church of South Weymouth,
Church at East Weymouth, Pilgrim Church
- Methodist Episcopal; Church at East Weymouth, Church at Lovell's Corner
- Universalist; First Church
- Roman Catholic: Parish of St Francis Xavier, Parish of the Immaculate
Conception, Parish of the Sacred Heart, Parish of St.
Jerome
- Protestant Episcopal: Trinity Parish |
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| CHAPTER LI. - WEYMOUTH -
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- Educational
Institutions
- Public Schools
- Weymouth and Braintree Academy
- Newspapers
- Weymouth Historical Society
- Social Libraries
- Mutual Library Associations
- Tufts' Library |
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| CHAPTER LII. - WEYMOUTH -
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- Military
Organizations: Early Companies, Company for the Castle,
Weymouth Light-Horse, Weymouth Artillery, Weymouth Light
Infantry, Franklin Guards
- Grand Army of the Republic; Lincoln Post, No. 40, Reynolds Post, No. 58
- Societies and Associations; Masonic Orphans' Hope Lodge, Delta Lodge,
South Shore Commandery, Pentalpa Royal Arch Chapter
- Odd-Fellows; Crescent Lodge, Wildey Lodge, Wompatuck Encampment
- Knights of Pythias: Delphi Lodge
- Knights of Honor: Pilgrim Lodge
- Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society
- Other Organizations |
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| CHAPTER LIII. - WEYMOUTH
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- Business
Enterprises
- Mills: The Waltham- Richards- Bates' Mills, Tide Mill, Tirrell's Mill,
Reed's Mill, Loud's Mill, Vinson's Mill, Dyer's Mill
- Turnpikes: Weymouth and Braintree, New Bedford, Hingham and Quincy
Bridge
- Railroads: Old Colony, South Shore
- Expresses
- Telegraph
- Telephone
- Financial Corporations
- Banks: Weymouth National, National of South Weymouth
- Savings Banks: Weymouth, South Weymouth, East Weymouth
- Weymouth and Braintree Fire Insurance Company
- Manufactures: Boots and Shoes
- Weymouth Iron Company
- Fish Company
- Weymouth Commercial Company
- Ice Companies
- Bradley Fertilizer Company
- Ship Building
- Bay State Hammock Company
- Howe & French
- Fire-Works
- Mitten-Factory
- Miscellaneous |
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| CHAPTER LIV. - WEYMOUTH -
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| CHAPTER LV - WRENTHAM |
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| CHAPTER LVI. - FOXBOROUGH |
673 |
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- Incorporation of Town
- Early History
- The First Settler
- Jacob Sheperd
- List of Early Settlers
- Early Votes
- The Pioneer Schools
- The First Town Clerk
- Church History
- Early Votes
- Manufactures, etc. |
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| CHAPTER LVII. -
FOXBOROUGH - (Continued) -
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- Military Record.
- The Heroes of Three Wars
- War of the Revolution
- 1812
- War of the Rebellion
- List of Soldiers, 1861-65
- Patriots of 1776
- Solders of 1812
- Roll of Honor, 1861-65
- Veterans of the War
- Militia, 1796 |
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| CHAPTER LVIII. -
FOXBOROUGH - (Continued) - |
697 |
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- Ecclesiastical
History
- Congregational Church
- Baptist Church
- Universalist Church
- Roman Catholic Chapels
- Civil History
- Delegates to Constitutional Convention
- State Senators
- Commission of Insolvency
- Representatives
- Justices of the Peace
- Selectmen
- Town Clerks
- Town House
- Memorial Hall
- The Howe Monument
- Change in Boundaries
- Masonic
- Historical Items
- The Press
- The Centennial Celebration
- Population
- Statistical |
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| CHAPTER LIX. - WALPOLE |
708 |
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| CHAPTER LX - WALPOLE -
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712 |
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- Ecclesastical
History
- First Congregational Society
- Orthodox Congregational Church
- Congregational Church, East Walpole
- Methodist Episcopal Church
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South Walpole |
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| CHAPTER LXI. - WALPOLE -
(Continued) - |
718 |
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- The Press
- The Walpole Standard
- The Walpole Enterprise
- The Norfolk County Tribune
- The Walpole Star
- Manufacturing Interests
- Civil History
- The Town Hall
- Military History
- Number of Men Furnished
- Amount of Money Expended
- Roll of Honor
- Memorial Tablets |
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| CHAPTER LXII. - MILTON |
730 |
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| CHAPTER LXIII - MILTON
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745 |
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- War of the Revolution |
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| CHAPTER LXIV. - MILTON
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749 |
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- Ecclesiastical
History
- The First Congregational Society
- The First Evangelical Society
- The Second Evangelical Society
- Lower Mills Baptist Church |
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| CHAPTER LXV. - MILTON
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757 |
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| CHAPTER LXVI.
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770 |
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- Civil and Military
- Representatives
- Town Clerks
- Town Treasurers
- War of the Rebellion -
- List of Soldiers |
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| CHAPTER LXVI - MILTON -
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770 |
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- Civil and Military
- Representatives
- Town Clerks
- Town Treasurers
- War of the Rebellion
- List of Soldiers, etc. |
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| CHAPTER LXVII - MILTON
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772 |
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| CHAPTER LXVIII. MILTON
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774 |
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- Town Hall
- The Blue Hill National Bank
- The Milton News
- Post-Office |
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| CHAPTER LXIX. - BROOKLINE |
783 |
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| CHAPTER LXX. - HYDE PARK |
895 |
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| CHAPTER LXXI. - CANTON |
919 |
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| CHAPTER LXXII. - CANTON -
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931 |
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| CHAPTER LXXIII. -
CANTON - (Continued) - |
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| CHAPTER LXXIV. - NORFOLK. |
973 |
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- North Parish of
Wrentham
- Early Settlements
- Residents in 1795
- North Society
- First Meeting House
- Incorporation of Town
- Act of Incorporation
- First Town Meeting
- Officers Elected List of Selectmen
- Town Clerks
- Representatives
- Town House
- Present Valuation
- Industrial Pursuits
- Churches
- Schools |
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