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Fires, early methods to protect from ; 

 fines ordered if ladders are not kept in 

 readiness by every householder, ii. 257. 



Fires in Hingham, i. 172; ii. 143, 145, 155, 

 158, 159(2), 160, 161,381. 



Fire Society, the Hingham Mutual, ii. 

 305, 300. 



Fire wards appointed ; their badge of 

 office, ii. 257. 



First corps of cadets ; date of organiza- 

 tion, disbandment, and re-organization ; 

 veteran officers of the corps who served 

 in the Civil War, i. 373, 374. 



First parish in Hingham, ii. 1-37; the 

 two hundredth anniversary of the 

 building and opening of its meeting- 

 house, 211 (2), 219. 



First preceptor of the Derby Academy, ii. 

 129, 138. 



First settlers, monument erected to the, 

 ii. 370. 



First town-meeting of the early settlers, i. 

 203. 



Fishes. See Notes on Animal Life, i. 80, 

 81. 



Fish-flakes for curing cod and hake, loca- 

 tion of, ii. 173. 



Fishing as a local industry from 1750 to 

 1850 (excepting during the Revolution 

 and the War of 1812) a prominent 

 pursuit; persons engaged in the busi- 

 ness, ii. 171-173. 



Fish-kits, manufacturers of, ii. 174. 



Fiske, Robert T. P., t surgeon, i. 337 ; ii. 

 311. 



Fitchburg, sermons preached and address 

 delivered at, ii. 213(2), 215. 



Fitzgerald, James, death of, i. 344. 



Flanders, a negro, i. 265. 



Flax and hemp grown to make the family 

 clothing, ii. 182. 



Flemming, Michael, i. 357. 



Flint, company of Capt., i. 313. 



Flint, Jacob, * ii. 37, 38 ; a discourse de- 

 livered at the interment of Rev. Jacob, 

 ii. 200. 



Flint, a sermon preached at the installa- 

 tion of Rev. James, ii. 202. 



Floating Bridge, the, ii. 246. 



Flour and grain mills at the harbor, and 

 at Weir River, ii. 155, 160. 



Flowers of the field and forest, ii. 225. 



Foley, Thomas, i. 357. 



Folsom's Island, i. 106. 



Ford, Robert, i. 312. 



Forest Sanctuary, i. 191. 



Forrester, Peter, i. 357. 



Fort early erected to defend Hingham 

 Harbor, i. 372. 



Fort Edward reached by Lieut. Jeremiah 

 Lincoln, i. 260. 



Fort Frontenac surrendered to the Eng- 

 lish, i. 266. 



Fort Hill, i. 182. 



Fort Hill Cemetery, organization of the, 

 ii. 361,362. 



Fort Independence, Capt. Humphrey's 



Company stationed at, i. 334. 

 Fortress Monroe, the Lincoln Light In- 

 fantry arrive at, i. 341. 

 Forts of the early settlers, i. 225, 226, 227, 



229. 

 Fort, the old, i. 189. 

 Fort William Henry, dirty condition of, 



and Massacre at, i. 255, 259, 261, 287. 

 Foster, company of Capt., i. 313. 

 Foughel, Jonas, i. 317. 

 Foundry works, iron, ii. 158, 159. 

 Fourth of July orations, ii 214 (2), 215, 



231, 339. 

 Fowle, John, * ii. 39. 

 Fox Lane, i. 183. 

 Frances, Stephen, i. 268. 

 France, threatened difficulties with, i. 326. 

 Francis, Converse, * § ii. 203. 

 Francis, regiment commanded by Colonel, 



i. 299. 

 Francis, Richard, i. 237. 

 Franey, Michael, i. 361. 

 Franklin's views concerning religious 



worship, Benjamin, ii. 341, 342. 

 Free Christian Mission, church and soci- 

 ety of the, ii. 68, 69. 

 Freeman, Fortune, i. 325. 

 Freeman, Jack, i. 324, 325. 

 Freeman, Juba, or Tuba, i. 324. 

 Freeman, Lewes, i. 324. 

 Freemont's exploring expedition, appen- 

 dix A., ii. 209. 

 French and Indian War, i. 262. 

 French, Charles E., died a prisoner, i. 354. 

 French, Daniel, t ii. 312. 

 French, Ezra, i. 263, 265, 291, 298. 

 French fleet under D'Estaing, co-opera- 

 tion of the, i. 304, 317. 

 French fleet under Count De Grasse, the, 



i. 336. 

 French, George, Jr., i. 348. 

 French, Henry C., i. 342 ; murdered while 



a prisoner, i. 354. 

 French, James R , i. 349. 

 French, John J. L., i. 363. 

 French, Jonathan, i. 279, 282 ; Jr., 291. 

 French, Joshua, i. 258. 

 French, Moses, of Weymouth, Capt., i. 



309. 

 French, Nathaniel, Jr., 2d Lieut., Lieut., 



i. 341, 367 ; death of, 347. 

 French Neutrals (Acadians), i. 255, 256, 



257. 

 French, Samuel, * ii. 345. 

 French, Seth, i. 255. 



French Spoliation Claims, speech in the 

 House of Representatives on the, ii. 

 216. 

 French, Theodore, i. 279, 291, 301. 

 French, Thomas L, i. 353, 361. 

 French War, the old, i. 253. 

 French's Bridge, i. 182. 

 Fresh River, i. 182. 



Frisbie, address at the funeral, and me- 

 moir of Levi, ii. 218. 



