History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

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of, decided upon, i. ICG; royalis'ts all.iwed to leave, i. 166;
ravaged by British before evacuation, i. 166 ; defensive works
about, i. 167.
" Boston Gazette " removed to Watertown, ii. 447.
boundaries, singular, of Concord and Carlisle, i. 361; of Watertown
with adjacent towns, ii. 4.35.
Boutwell, Hon. George S., resident of Groton, i. 468.
Howdoin, James, succeeds as governor, i. 169.
Bowes, Rev. Nicbola-. m-i i^tn- in Bedford, i. 243.
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i Bowman, Thaddeu^.
i . ! lioxborough, history ,. I,
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I Mtigton, ii. 20.
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Bradstreet, Simon, iIkiU'Ili .if, i,_'i;; chosen governor, i. 89;
sent agent to England, i. 79; president Council of Safety,
i. 93.
Brastow, Hon. George 0-, notice of, ii. 337.
Brattle, Thomas, writer against witchcraft trials, i. 95.
Brazil, Emperor of, visits Lowell, ii. 98.
Breed's Hill, situation of, stated, i. 141 ; fortification begun on,
i. 140.
Brereton, .Sir Will
I'atcnt. i. 3!l.
Bricks earlv made in Maid
Medford. ii^ 172.
Bridge, dismniitlr.l at Cam
built, i. .r.l; Irai-'^'--. I
rejoicing, ii. J-JO; lingiitou, iM>t hunt, ii. ^>:i; i odi; s, at
Newton Upper Kalis, ii. 239; new and splendiil, near same,
ii. 252; fttvstic, Reading refuses to mend, ii. 274; and feiTy,
.set up at Sudburv, ii. 360; iron, built at Tvngsbnrough, ii.
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Boon, Mr., early settler at Stnv
Boots and slices, account of m iifacliire of, i. 187; business <
Butler, General B<
179 ; notice of,
iiin F., with Massachusetts regiments, i.
1; service.s of, ii. 04.
making at Hudson, i. 50o ; Holliston, i. 481; pegged, fir; Battrick, Major, tir
1 British at Concord, i. 123.
made at IlopUiiiton, i. 494.
Boott, Kirk, doings of, at Unveil, ii. fl'2; death of, ii. 74.
Cakebread, Thomas, builds mill in Wayland, ii. 461.
Boston, name of, first given to Sliawmut, i. 4G; Charlestown Callender, Captain, deserts at Bunker Hill, i. 121.
settlers mostly brought to, i. 4ii; Massacre, occurrence of, Cambridge, settlement begun at, i. 50; first called Newtown, i.
i. 105; siege of, entered upon by people, i. 110; evacuation 50; towns since formed out of, i. 53; history of the town
of, i. 305; English agreement made at, i. 30: incorporation
of, explained, i. 354; people of, aroused by battle of Bunker
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ements of, 19: ssignee of Gorges'
manufacture of, al
in Wayland, ii. 464; Mv
Hill, i. 345.
" Cambridge Farms," Lexington called, ii. 13.
"Cambridge Platform," adoption of, i. 76.
Canal, Middlesex, Proprietors of, incorporated, i. 189 ; projects
for, to cross Hoosac Mountain, i. 189 ; early constructed in
Cambridge, i. 307; North, opened at Lowell, ii. 80; bursting
of, at Lowell, ii. 54; Middlesex, projected, ii. 54; location ot;
in Somerville, ii. 314.
Canals, Locks and, Proprietors of, incorporated, i. 190; company
formed at Lowell, ii. 53; about the Merrimack, chartered,
i. 376.
Cannon, seized by British at Cambridge, i. 109; placed in redoubt
at Breed's Hill, i. 145; withdrawn from same, i. 147; and
stores brought from New York by Knox, i. 347; deposited in
Watertown, ii. 447; and powder seized in Cambridge, i. 341;
given forinonumental statue, i. 402; position of Perc3-'s, at
Lexington, ii. 11; given to Newton by John Pigeon, ii. 227;
concealed at Maiden, ii. 127; captured" at Noddle's Island, ii.
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