| CHAPTER I.
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION |
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- Location,
Boundaries and Extent
- Surface and Soil
- Watercourses
- Geology
- Work of Dodge and Crosby
- Devonian Rocks
- The Shawmut Group
- The Glacial Epoch |
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| CHAPTER
II. - EARLY EXPLORATIONS |
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- Effect in Europe
of Columbus' Discovery of America
- The Cabots
- Gosnold's Expedition
- Pring and Browne
- Weymouth's Expedition
- London and Plymouth Companies
- Smith's Explorations
- Captt. Thomas Dermer
- French Explorations
- Conflict of French and English interests
- English Claims Sustained |
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| CHAPTER
III. - INDIAN HISTORY |
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- Distribution of
Indian Tribes at the Beginning of the Sixteenth
Century
- New England Tribes
- The Massachusett
- Narragansett
- Nipmuck
- The Pequot War
- The Wampanoag
- King Philip's War
- The Praying Indians
- Indian Deeds to the Land |
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| CHAPTER
IV. - THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS |
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- Religious
Conditions in England at the Beginning of the
Seventeenth Century
- The Pilgrims and Puritans
- Immigration to America
- Great Patent for New England
- The Mayflower
- The Compact
- The Weston Colony
- Robert Gorges
- The Dorchester Company
- The Massachusetts Company
- Transfer of the Charter
- Settlements in 1630 |
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| CHAPTER V.
- PIONEER LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
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- Conditions Now
and Then
- The First Houses
- Heat and Light
- Furniture and Utensils
- Food and Clothing
- Miscellaneous Features of Pioneer Life |
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| CHAPTER
VI. - ORGANIZATION OF NORFOLK COUNTY |
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- First Counties in
New England
- Old Norfolk County
- Division o fSuffolk
- The Second Petition
- A Third Effort
- The Fourth Petition
- The Fifth Petition
- The Sixth Petition
- A Long Delay
- Under the Constitution
- Success at Last
- Locating the County Seat |
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| CHAPTER
VII. - PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF NORFOLK COUNTY |
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- The First Court
House
- The Second Court House
- Fate of the Old Courthouse
- Court House at Quincy
- The County Jail
- The Registry Building
- Value of County Buildings |
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| CHAPTER
VIII. - THE NEW ENGLAND TOWNSHIP |
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- Two Kinds of
Townships in the United States
- The Difference
- The Anglosaxon Tunscipe
- Origin of the Township
- Patents Issued by the Plymouth Company
- First Town Meetings in New England
- Their Influence in the Revolution
- Jefferson on the Township Form of Government
- Townships of the South and West Compared with New England
- In State and National Affairs |
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| CHAPTER
IX. - THE TOWN OF AVON |
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- Location and
Boundaries
- Petition for Incorporation
- In the Legislature
- Extending the Boundaries
- Waterworks
- Town Hall
- Miscellaneous Facts About Avon |
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| CHAPTER X.
- THE TOWN OF BELLINGHAM |
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- General
Description of the Town
- First Settlement
- Dividing the Land
- Incorporation
- First Town Meeting
- A Boundary Dispute
- Trouble with the General Court
- A Coincidence
- New State Government
- Efforts to For a New Town
- Town Hall
- Waterworks
- Vital Statistics
- Odd Legislation
- The Bellingham of Today |
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| CHAPTER
XI. - THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE |
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- Location and
Boundaries
- Surface and Drainage
- First White Men
- Braintree Incorporated
- Petition of 1645
- Samuel Gorton
- New Braintree
- Waterworks
- Electric Light Works
- Fire Department
- Postoffices
- A few First Things
- Braintree in 1917
- Town Officers |
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| CHAPTER
XII. - THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE |
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- Location,
Boundaries and Extent
- Topography
- The Hooker Grant
- Allotments of Land
- First Move for Separation from Boston
- Incorporation of Brookline
- First Election
- Adjusting the Boundaries
- Town Hall
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Punch Bowl Tavern
- Brookline of the Present |
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| CHAPTER
XIII. - THE TOWN OF CANTON |
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- Location,
Boundaries and Description
- Early History
- Canton Incorporated
- The Petition and Its Signers
- First Town Meeting
- Town Hall
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Gas Works
- Postoffice
- The Doty Tavern
- Early Ordinances
- Canton in 1917 |
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| CHAPTER
XIV. - THE TOWN OF COHASSET |
107 |
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- General
Description
- First White Man and Settlement
- Dividing the Land
- The Hingham Rebellion
- District of Cohasset
- First Town Meeting
- Town Hall
- Cohasset Water Company
- Fire Department
- Electric Light
- Miscellaneous |
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| CHAPTER
XV. - THE TOWN OF DEDHAM |
117 |
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- General
Description
- Settlement and Grant
- The Covenant
- The Town Incorporated
- Naming the Town
- Original Territory
- A Few Pioneers
- First Town Officers
- Dedham in 1664
- Training Ground
- Early Mills
- Dedham Island
- Petumtuck
- Old-Time Taverns
- Fire Department
- Dedham Water Company
- Memorial Hall
- The Town Seal
- Post Office
- The Dedham of the Present |
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| CHAPTER
XVI. - THE TOWN OF DOVER |
134 |
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- Location and
Boundaries
- Topography
- Early Settlers
- Political History
- The Precinct
- Springfield Parish
- The District
- The Town
- First Officers
- Town Hall
- Town Seal
- Postoffices
- Fire Department
- Early Taverns
- The Town Name
- Sundry Incidents
- Dover in 1917 |
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| CHAPTER
XVII. - THE TOWN OF FOXBORO |
145 |
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- For of Name
- Location, Boundaries and Topography
- Early History
- First Settlers
- Incorporation of the Town
- First Town Meeting
- Adjusting the Boundaries
- Typical Pioneers
- Town Hall
- Memorial Hall
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Transportation
- Foxboro in 1917 |
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| CHAPTER
XVIII. - THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN |
153 |
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- Location and
General Description
- The Precinct
- Some Pointed Instructions
- The Town Incorporated
- Naming the Town
- First Town Meeting
- Franklin's Patriotism
- First Mills
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Postoffice
- Almshouse
- Financial
- The Franklin of the Present |
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| CHAPTER
XIX - THE TOWN OF HOLBROOK |
163 |
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- General
Description
- Political History
- Randolph Opposed to the Organization of a New Town
- The Organic Act
- Early Town Meetings
- Town Hall
- How the Town was Named
- The Town Seal
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Soldiers' Monument
- Holbrook Today
- Town Officers |
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| CHAPTER
XX. - THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD |
170 |
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- In the Beginning
- As a Part of Dedham
- New Town First Proposed
- Petition to General Court
- The Result
- Other Territory Set Aside
- The Name
- Agreement and Committee
- First House Lots
- Further Settlements
- Surrender of Jurisdiction
- Incorporation
- A descrepancy in Dates
- First Years of Existence
- Division of the Town
- Division of County
- Population
- Postoffice
- The Town Hall
- Prominent Early Citizens
- Public Library
- Public Utilities
- First Vital Statistics
- First Valuations
- Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| CHAPTER
XXI. - THE TOWN OF MEDWAY |
185 |
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- Original
Ownership
- First Grant of Land
- The First Actual Settler
- The Stone House
- First Lots Laid Out
- The New Grant
- Division of Lots
- Meeting House Strife
- Incorporation
- The Name
- The Original Founders
- Population
- First Town Meeting
- Highways
- Postoffices
- Municipal Improvement
- Cemeteries
- Items of Interest |
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| CHAPTER
XXII. - THE TOWN OF MILLIS |
197 |
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- Location
- Boundaries
- Surface and Drainage
- First Settlement
- Division of Medway
- The Town Name
- Town Hall
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- General Conditions in 1917
- Town Officers |
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| CHAPTER
XXIII. - THE TOWN OF MILTON |
203 |
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- Location and
Boundaries
- Topography
- White Occupation
- The Town Incorporated
- The Town Name
- Early Taverns
- Town Hall
- Postoffices
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Financial History
- A Few First Things
- Old Families
- Milton in 1917
- Town Officers |
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| CHAPTER
XXIV. - THE TOWN OF NEEDHAM |
213 |
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- Originally Part
of Dedham
- Location and Boundaries
- Surface
- Indian Occupation
- First Settlement
- Petition to be set off as a Town
- The Town Incorporated
- First Town Meeting
- Changing the Boundaries
- Town Hall
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Electric Light
- Postoffices
- A Historic Monument
- Town Seal
- Modern Needham |
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| CHAPTER
XXV. - THE TOWN OF NORFOLK |
220 |
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- Location,
Boundaries and Topography
- Early History
- North Parish of Wrentham
- Incorporation of the Town
- First Town Meeting
- Town Hall
- Postffices
- The Present Norfolk |
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| CHAPTER
XXVI - THE TOWN OF NORWOOD |
225 |
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- Location,
Boundaries and Surface
- First Settlement
- The South Precinct
- First Precinct Meeting
- Locating the Meeting House
- Changing the Boundary
- Town of Norwood Incorporated
- First Town Officers
- Town Seal
- Present Day Conditions
- Town Officers in 1917 |
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| CJA[TER
XXVII. - THE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE |
233 |
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- General
Description
- Early History
- Petition for Incorporation
- The Organic Act
- First Town Meeting
- Division of Property
- The Town Seal
- Miscellaneous
- Town Officers for 1917 |
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| CHAPTER
XXVIII. - THE CITY OF QUINCY |
239 |
| |
- General
Description
- Settlement
- Merrymount
- Governor Endicott
- Part of Braintree
- The Town Incorporated
- First Town Meeting
- An Early Custom
- Town Hall
- Quincy Granite
- Postoffices
- Citizens Gas Company
- Incorporated as a City
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Modern Quincy
- City Government |
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| CHAPTER
XXIX. - THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH |
250 |
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- General
Description
- Civic History
- Petition for Division of Braintree
- The Remonstrance
- Act of Incorporation
- The Town Name
- First Town Meetings
- Division of Randolph
- Town Hall
- Fire Department
- Waterworks
- Randolph Today
- Roster of Town Officers in 1917 |
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| CHAPTER
XXX. - THE TOWN OF SHARON |
257 |
| |
- Location and
Boundaries
- Topography
- Early History
- Petition for a Precinct
- The Answer
- French and Indian War
- District of Stoughtonham
- First District Officers
- The First Cannon
- Bunker Hill
- The Town of Sharon
- Postoffices
- Town Hall
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Modern Sharon
- Town Officers |
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| CHAPTER
XXXI. - THE TOWN OF STROUGHTON |
265 |
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- General
Description
- The New Grant
- Evolution of Stoughton
- William Stoughton
- The Revolutionary Period
- A State Government
- Stoughton's Resolutions on the Subject
- Saltpetre
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Town Officers
- The Present Stoughton |
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| CHAPTER
XXXII. - THE TOWN OF WALPOLE |
272 |
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- Location and
Boundaries
- Early History
- Incorporation of Walpole
- Organic Act
- The Town Name
- The Meeting House
- French and Indian War
- Town Hall
- The Fountain
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Walpole of the Present
- Town Officers |
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| CHAPTER
XXXIII. - THE TOWN OF WELLESLEY |
278 |
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- General
Description
- Historical
- Incorporation of the Town
- Naming the Town
- First Officers
- Town Hall
- Postoffices
- Town Seal
- Waterworks
- Electric Light
- Fire Department
- Sewer System
- Public Bath House
- Modern Wellesley
- Town Officers |
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| CHAPTER
XXXIV. - THE TOWN OF WESTWOOD |
285 |
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- General
Description
- Early History
- Third Parish of Dedham
- Westwood Incorporated
- Act of Incorporation
- First Town Meeting
- Town Hall
- Postoffices
- Fire Department
- Town Officers, 1917
- Westwood of Today |
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| CHAPTER
XXXV. - THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH |
289 |
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- Location and
Boundaries
- Surface and Drainage
- Settlement
- The Gorges Company
- The Hull Company
- Adjusting the Boundaries
- The Indian Title
- Early Landowners
- Indian Wars
- The South Precinct
- Attempt to Divide the Town
- Almshouses
- Postoffices
- Soldiers' Monument
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Electric Light
- Town Hall
- Fisheries
- Financial History
- Weymouth of the Present
- Town Officers |
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| CHAPTER
XXXVI. - THE TOWN OF WRENTHAM |
301 |
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- General
Description
- Historical
- The Plantation of Wollomonopoag
- Incorporation of Wrentham
- Organizing the Town
- Wrentham Vacated
- Permanent Settlement
- Some First Things
- The Town Divided
- Waterworks
- Fire Department
- Town Hall
- Soldiers' Monument
- Modern Wrentham
- Town Officers, 1917 |
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| CHAPTER
XXXVII. - THE REVOLUTION |
310 |
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- Norfolk County
Not in Existence at the Time of the War
- Early Conditions in the Colonies
- Loyalty of the Colonists
- The Stamp Act
- The Pillar of Liberty
- The Boston Tea Party
- The Boston Port Bill
- The Suffolk Resolves
- Work of the Towns
- Bellingham
- Braintree
- Brookline
- Cohasset
- Dedham
- Medfield
- Medway
- Milton
- Needham
- Stoughton
- Walpole
- Weymouth
- Wrentham |
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| CHAPTER
XXXVIII. - WAR OF 1812 - MEXICAN WAR |
327 |
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- War of 1812
- Right of Search
- Other Causes of the War
- Napoleon's Decrees
- British Orders in Council
- War Declared
- In Norfolk County
- War with Mexico
- Its Causes
- Army of Occupation
- Norfolk County in the War |
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| CHAPTER
XXXIX. - WAR OF THE REBELLION |
333 |
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- The Slavery
Question
- Conditions of 1819
- The Missouri Compromise
- Political Campaign of 1860
- Secession of the Southern States
- Star of the West
- Fall of Fort Sumter
- Lincoln's Proclamation Calling for Troops
- Answer of Massachusetts
- What the Towns did
- Recapitulation |
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| CHAPTER
XL. - FINANCIAL HISTORY |
344 |
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- County Finances
- Receipts and Expenditures
- Assets and Liabilities
- Banking Institutions
- The Land Bank
- Norfolk County Banks
- Sketches of Banks in the Order of their Establishment
- Cooperative Banks
- Norwood's Morris Plan Bank |
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| CHAPTER
XLI - MANUFACTURING |
352 |
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- First Needs of
the Pioneers
- Boots and Shoes
- Straw Goods
- Miscellaneous Manufactures
- Statistical Table for 1915 |
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| CHAPTER
XLII. - INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS |
362 |
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- Task of the
Pioneers
- Mother Brook
- Early Highways
- Turnpikes
- Stage Lines
- The Railroad Era
- The Granite Railway
- First Railroad Charters
- The Dedham Branch
- Old Colony Railroad
- Norfolk County Railroad
- The Dedham Branch
- Old Colony Railroad
- Norfolk County Railroad
- Other Railroads
- Electic Railway Lines
- Fore River Improvement |
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| CHAPTER
XLIII. - BENCH AND BAR |
370 |
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- Colonial Laws
- Body of Liberties
- Under The Constitution
- Norfolk Court of Common Pleas
- Circuit Court of Common Pleas
- Court of Sessions
- Court of Probate
- District Courts
- District Justices
- The Bar
- Sketches of Early Lawyers
- Bar Association |
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| CHAPTER
XLIV. - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION |
380 |
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- Medicine Among
the Ancients
- China
- Egypt
- The Hebrews
- India
- Greece
- Harvey and Sydenham
- Early Norfolk Physicians
- Brief Sketches of Prominent Doctors
- First Vaccination in America
- The Nineteenth Century
- Medical Societies
- Homeopathy
- Doctor Morton |
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| CHAPTER
XLV. - EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
389 |
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- Dedham School
Tablet
- Firts Free Public School in America
- First School House
- Early Teachers
- Ames School
- Other Early Schools
- Public School Statistics
- Adams Academy
- Brookline
- Classical School
- Dean Academy
- Woodward Institute
- Wellesley College
- Thayer Academy
- Weymouth and Braintree Academy
- Union Training School
- Agricultural School
- Miscellaneous |
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| CHAPTER
XLVI. - NORFOLK COUNTY PRESS |
398 |
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- The Columbian
Minerva
- Early Dedham Newspapers
- Quincy Patriot
- The Aurora
- Early Newspapers of Foxboro
- Randolph
- Stoughton
- Weymouth
- Brookline
- Franklin
- Needham
- Walpole
- Braintree
- Milton
- Newspapers in 1917
- List Arranged by Towns |
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| CHAPTER
XLVII. - LIBRARIES AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES |
404 |
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- Laws Relating to
Public Libraries
- A Free Public Library in Every Town in Norfolk County
- Brief History of Each
- Historical Societies and Their Object
- Dedham
- Canton
- Weymouth
- Medfield
- Holbrook
- Foxboro
- Walpole
- Medway
- Milton
- Quincy |
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| CHAPTER
XLVIII. - CHURCH HISTORY |
421 |
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- Churches
Originally Supported by Taxation
- Constitution of 1820
- Difficulty of Writing Church History
- Arrangement by Denominations
- The Baptists
- The Catholics
- Congregational Church
- Brief Sketches of the Various Societies |
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| CHAPTER
XLIX. - CHURCH HISTORY -
CONTINUED |
435 |
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- Episcopal Church
- Methodist Episcopal Church
- Organizations |
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| CHAPTER L.
- FRATERNAL SOCIETIES, ETC. |
447 |
| |
- Masonic
Fraternity
- Norfolk County Masonry
- The Higher Degrees
- Order of the Eastern Star
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Odd Fellowship in Norfolk County
- Encampments
- Daughters of Rebekah
- Knights of Pythias
- Norfolk County Knights
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Norfolk County Posts
- Women's Relief Corps
- Miscellaneous Societies
- Social and Literary Clubs. |
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| CHAPTER
LI. - ILLUSTRIOUS SONS |
459 |
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-
JOHN ADAMS
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
- JOHN HANCOCK
- PAUL REVERE
- FISHER AMES
- HORACE MANN
- WILLIAM T. ADAMS
- ELEAZAR SMITH
- WILLIAM M. THAYER
- ALBERT D. RICHARDSON
- HANNAH ADAMS
- MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
- A LITERARY GROUP |
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| CHAPTER
LII. - MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY |
467 |
| |
- Lot Towns
- Dorchester
- Roxbury
- West Roxbury
- Hyde Park
- Quaker Persecutions
- A Few Landmarks
- The Fairbanks House
- The Peake House
- Adams Houses
- The Avery Oak
- Indian Rock
- Dedham Powder House
- Other Landmarks
- Distinguished Visitors
- Lafayette
- Jackson
- Lincolon
- Benevolent Institutions |
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| CHAPTER
LIII. - STATISTICAL REVIEW |
476 |
| |
- Census Reports
since 1790
- Comparative Table of Population by Towns for 1910 and 1915
- Official Roster
- List of Principal County Officers from 1793 to 1917
- Clerks
- Sheriffs
- Treasurers
- Registers of Deeds
- County Commissioners |
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| CHAPTER
LIV. - CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY |
480 |
| |
- From October 12,
1492, to September 14, 1917 |
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|
BIOGRAPHIES
in PART II of this History |
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