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74, 75; of Rev. Mr. Cooke, to the Rev. Isaiah Dunster, 39, 40
Lexington, Alarm April 19, 1776, 56; and West Cambridge Railroad, 143-45, 147, 148
Library, 108, 122, 127, 141, 142, 143, 166, 163, 165
Likeness of the Rev. Mr. Cooke, 89
Locke School House, 165
Longevity in former times, 123, 148
Lumber yard, 130
Lynn End men in action at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, 62, 71, 73
Market gardening and fruit farms, 146
Medford men killed at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, 67, 72
Meeting house, 22-24, 29, 32, 34, 36, 41, 48, 62, 66, 67, 73-76, 79, 94, 101, 108-117, 120, 122, 126-128, 130,131, 138,139, 150
Menotomy, Bridge, 1642, 6; Church, see Cambridge Second Church; Field, 8, 9, 10, 16; heavy firing of troops at, in Battle of 19 April, 1776, 56, 65, 66, 72, 78, 80, 81; incorporation as a district of Cambridge and Charlestown, 3, 37-39; injuries inflicted by British troops April 19, 1775, 56, 66-69, 74, 79, 82,128; men reported missing after battle of April 19, 77; minutemen
orse Railroad, 166
Hospitals in Menotomy in 1775, 78, 83
House of Jason Russell at Menotomy April 19, 1775, 67-69, 71, 72, 75
Ice business and John Hill, 146; and railroads, 146, 147; first ice carried into Boston market, 242; houses at Spy Pond, 146
Illumination in honor of the capture of Richmond, 169
Indians, 6, 7, 30, 35, 50, 63, 128
Ingalls's (Capt.) company of Infantry, 1861, 166, 167
Inhabitants, not proprietors, grants to them, 1689, 19
Innholders, 35, 36, 42, 69,ry School Districts, 164
Prudential Committee reduced from five to three, 32; School Committee, 140
Public meeting, in 1861, on account of the war impending, 166, 156; Feb. 22, 1862, 167
Randolph's attempt to get possession of land near Spy Pond, 9
Reading and Writing School, 22
Reminiscences of military affairs, &c., by J. B. Russell, 122, 128-130, 133, 134, 136
Resignation of Rev. Dr. Fiske, 117, 118; of Rev. Mr. Hedge, 117, 118
Resolution not to invite the Rev. George Whi
, 93, 99, 121, 147
Belfry, church, 22, 48, 85, 101, 110, 116
Bell, parish, 34, 48, 101, 108, 114, 116, 122, 131, 136, 138, 142
Beverly men in action, April 19, 1775, 68, 71, 73
Births, abstracts of 101, 102
Black Horse Tavern, at Menotomy, 59
Book of Psalms and Hymns, 127
British Military occupation of Boston, 43, 46, 46, 47, 60, 82, 99; officer's account of the Battle of April 19, 1776, 54-56; British private soldiers' letters, 55; wagon train captured, 61, 62, 63
Bull's Creek, 11
Burying cloth, 34, 103
Burying Place, 12, 22, 32, 41, 45-47, 69, 70, 77, 100, 101, 109, 110, 113, 116, 139-141, 143, 151, 166, 177
Calls for men for the war, 1861-1866, 167, 158, 169
Cambridge, Commons, reservations and grants from, 19, 22, 41; First Church and Parish, 1, 3, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29, 104, 107, 119, 126, 164; Northwest Inhabitants, messes, 92, 93; Northwest Inhabitants, petitions, 1, 2, 37, 38, 39, 113; Northwest Precinct Book, 21, 29, 43, 92, 93, 94,106, 107, 112,
Shooting of a woman in Menotomy in 1770, 42
Sidewalks, 141
Singing, 49, 109, 111, 113, 114, 242; school, 114, 116
Sketch of Major Ingalls, 157, 158; of Rev. S. A. Smith, 169: of Thomas Adams, 149, 160
Smith's West Cambridge on the 19th of April, 1775, 66, 77, 78, 160
Snake hunt, 31
Soldiers in war of 1676, 18,19; enlisted in 1775, 67; war of 1861-65, 339-51
Sons of Temperance, 157
Squa Sachem's Reservation west of Mystic Ponds, 7
State Records, 1, 2, 4, 38
St. John's Church, 179
St. Malachy's Church, 179
Stone house on training field, 145
Stores in West Cambridge, 130
Stoves in meeting-house, 116, 117
Stranger found dead in woods, 33
Streets first lighted with gas by town, 155
Streets, survey of, 145
Suicides, 32, 124
Surrender of Cornwallis, 98, 100; of Fort William Henry, 35
Tax, list for Menotomy, A. D. 1781, 95-97; payers of, in Menotomy, in 1688, 19
Thatcher's (Capt.) Cambridge militia company, April 19, 1775, 66, 67
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General Index.
Abstract of births, &c, 1739-1783, 101, 102
Act for establishing Fire Department, 155
Action of the town during last war with Great Britain, 136
Adams's (Capt.) company in French War, 36, 37, 184
Admissions to, and dismissions from the Church, 101, 123, 125, 242
Agricultural characteristics of the inhabitants, 148
Amount contributed by the town during the war, 1861-65, 159
Anecdote of Rev. Mr. Cooke's canonicals lost, 82, 83
Answer of Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, to call for settlement, 1788, 106; his ordination, 107,123, 124
Antipedo-baptists, 48
Area of Second Parish in Cambridge, 110
Arlington, Advocate, newspaper, 164; Heights, 130, 163-165; celebration of change of name, remarks by Hon.
Charles Sumner, 161, 162; Land Company, 163, 164; name of West Cambridge changed to, 4,160; Public Library, 142, 163, 165; Schools, 163, 165; Water Works, 162, 163
Autobiography of Rev. Samuel Cooke, 29, 31, 89-92
Baptists, 49, 86, 104-106, 12
89-92
Cooke's mills at Menotomy (established before 1638) and estate, 6-9, 11-13, 16, 16, 147
Cooke's mill lane, 11
Cotting Academy, 168, 209
Cotting High School, 209
Courtship, an old time description of, 160, 161
Cutter School House, 168, 160
Cutter, William, School Fund, 142, 219
Dam above old mill pond, 1703, 16
Damage to property by the British troops, April 19, 1775, 65, 73-7, 79
Damon, Rev. David, installation of, 117, 119; death of, and obituary, 226
Danvers men in action at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, 63, 66-71, 72, 73
Deacons chosen, 28, 37, 108, 118, 119, 124
Death, of a dwarf 39; of Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, 240; of Daniel Townsend, of Lynnfield, at Menotomy, 19 April, 1775, 71, 72; of General Washington, 108; of Hon. Charles Sumner, 164; of Jason Russell, April 19, 1775, 68-70, 74, 75; of Rev. Samuel Cooke, 101
Deaths of three members of the Winship family, 37
Decoration Day, Celebration of; 1879, 165, 166
Dedication of new meeting
ne and army, 100
Card manufactory, 109, 111, 127, 130, 139
Celebrations of change of name to Arlington, 161, 162
Centenarians, 36, 37, 123, 149, 184, 186
Centennial Celebration of the 19th of April, 1775, 164
Central School House, 110, 116, 131, 143, 164, 167, 168
Charlestown line, ancient location, 8
Charlestown neighbors, 21, 22, 38, 39
Chesapeake and Shannon, naval battle, 134, 135
Choice of successor to Rev. Mr. Cooke, 104, 105
Church covenants, 25, 119
Circle Hill (now Arlington Heights), 163
Citizens in Mass. 5th Regt., 1861, 157
Clock in tower of meeting-house, 116, 126
Collector, security required of, 104
Combat between Dr. Downer and a British soldier, April 19, 1776, 66
Commission to Stephen Frost from the Provincial Congress, 68
Committee, of Cambridge, 2; of Safety at Menotomy, April 18 and 19, 1776, 69, 60, 65; to confer with Cambridge relative to a separate town, 113; to inspect behavior of young people in church, 34
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in Cambridge, 110
Arlington, Advocate, newspaper, 164; Heights, 130, 163-165; celebration of change of name, remarks by Hon.
Charles Sumner, 161, 162; Land Company, 163, 164; name of West Cambridge changed to, 4,160; Public Library, 142, 163, 165; Schools, 163, 165; Water Works, 162, 163
Autobiography of Rev. Samuel Cooke, 29, 31, 89-92
Baptists, 49, 86, 104-106, 125,133,176, 176
Baptist Society, 175, 176
Bass viol, 109, 114, 116, 242
Bathing tub, 136
Battle (Capt.) of Dedham, detailed with his company, April 20, 1775, 70, 79
Battle of April 19, 1775, 62-83, 85, 93, 99, 121, 147
Belfry, church, 22, 48, 85, 101, 110, 116
Bell, parish, 34, 48, 101, 108, 114, 116, 122, 131, 136, 138, 142
Beverly men in action, April 19, 1775, 68, 71, 73
Births, abstracts of 101, 102
Black Horse Tavern, at Menotomy, 59
Book of Psalms and Hymns, 127
British Military occupation of Boston, 43, 46, 46, 47, 60, 82, 99; officer's account of the Battle of April 19, 1
109, 110, 113, 116, 139-141, 143, 151, 166, 177
Calls for men for the war, 1861-1866, 167, 158, 169
Cambridge, Commons, reservations and grants from, 19, 22, 41; First Church and Parish, 1, 3, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29, 104, 107, 119, 126, 164; Northwest Inhabitants, messes, 92, 93; Northwest Inhabitants, petitions, 1, 2, 37, 38, 39, 113; Northwest Precinct Book, 21, 29, 43, 92, 93, 94,106, 107, 112, 117; Second Church, 25-29, 73, 90, 101, 103, 106, 106, 107, 117-120, 126; Third Parish (now Brighton), 3, 100, 107
Capture of Burgoyne and army, 100
Card manufactory, 109, 111, 127, 130, 139
Celebrations of change of name to Arlington, 161, 162
Centenarians, 36, 37, 123, 149, 184, 186
Centennial Celebration of the 19th of April, 1775, 164
Central School House, 110, 116, 131, 143, 164, 167, 168
Charlestown line, ancient location, 8
Charlestown neighbors, 21, 22, 38, 39
Chesapeake and Shannon, naval battle, 134, 135
Choice of successor to Rev. Mr. Cooke, 104, 105
hn Marrett, relating to events at Menotomy on April 19, 1776, 74, 75; of Rev. Mr. Cooke, to the Rev. Isaiah Dunster, 39, 40
Lexington, Alarm April 19, 1776, 56; and West Cambridge Railroad, 143-45, 147, 148
Library, 108, 122, 127, 141, 142, 143, 166, 163, 165
Likeness of the Rev. Mr. Cooke, 89
Locke School House, 165
Longevity in former times, 123, 148
Lumber yard, 130
Lynn End men in action at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, 62, 71, 73
Market gardening and fruit farms, 146
Medford men killed at Menotomy, April 19, 1775, 67, 72
Meeting house, 22-24, 29, 32, 34, 36, 41, 48, 62, 66, 67, 73-76, 79, 94, 101, 108-117, 120, 122, 126-128, 130,131, 138,139, 150
Menotomy, Bridge, 1642, 6; Church, see Cambridge Second Church; Field, 8, 9, 10, 16; heavy firing of troops at, in Battle of 19 April, 1776, 56, 65, 66, 72, 78, 80, 81; incorporation as a district of Cambridge and Charlestown, 3, 37-39; injuries inflicted by British troops April 19, 1775, 56, 66-69, 74, 79, 82,128;
