"And touched by her fair tendance gladlier grew."
Adams, John, quoted, 71, 160; Sunday dinner of, 159-160; cider-drinking of, 161.
Adams, John Quincy, Mrs., straw bonnet of, 261.
Albany, houses at, 9; deer in, 109; beer at, 161; bad boys in, 374-375; first church in, 385; cow-herding in, 399.
Andover, church vote in, 286; bad boy in, 373.
Apples, culture of, 145; plenty in Maryland, 145; modes of cooking, 146; in pies, 146.
Architecture, of churches, 364 _et seq._, 385 _et seq._
Baltimore, dress in, 293; taverns in, 359.
Bayberry, description, 39; candles of, 39; wax of, 40; laws about, 40; soap from, 255.
Beans, as ballots, 141; mode of cooking, 145.
Birch-bark, doors of, 6; plates of, 83; baskets of, cans of, 253, 310.
Birch broom, making of, 301-303; price of, 302.
Bleaching, of flax thread, 175; of linen, 234; of straw bonnets, 261.
Boston, fire-engine in, 19; early houses of, 19, 27; first fork in, 77; pigeons in, 110; fish in, 123; tea in, 164-165; coffee in, 165; chocolate in, 165; spinning schools in, 180; fulling-mill in, 187; dress in, 292-294; coach in, 331; stage-travel from, 350-351; night watch in, 363; meeting-houses in, 364, 366; restrictions of settlement in, 394; cows in, 400.
Bottles, of wood, 82; of pewter, 85; of glass, 92-93; of leather, 95.
Boys, clothing of, 287-288; wigs of, 297; seats in meeting for, 372 _et seq._; misbehavior of, 372-373; in church, 384.
Breaking, of flax, 169-170; of hemp, 170.
Breaking out the winter roads, 412 _et seq._
British spinning and weaving school, 186.
Brooklyn, oysters in, 118-119; salting shad in, 124-125.
Brooms, of broom-corn, 256-257; of birch, 301-304; of hemlock, 304-305.
Brown University, dress of first graduating class, 183.
Bucking, of flax thread, 175; of linen, 234.
Cage, for babies, 372; for bad boys, 385.
Candles, cost of, 34; making of, 35-37; materials for, 38-39, 42.
Carolinas, sweet potatoes in, 145; hand-weaving in, 249-251; gardens in, 438-439.
Carving, terms in, 104-105; of wood, 320; of horn, 321-322.
Charleston, flax manufacture in, 182-183; dress in, 293; gardens in, 438-439.
Chesapeake, turkeys on, 109; wild fowl on, 125.
Children, at table, 101-102; occupations of, 179-180, 182, 188-189, 203-204, 261-262; dress of, 287; in meeting, 372 _et seq._; in noon-house, 376.