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INDEX. 



Gibbet Hill, 117, 118. 



GibbetHill, mountains seen from, 66-69. 



Glacial striation, 105. 



Governors born in 18 iS, 201. 



Green, Henry Atkinson, 199, 200. 



Green, Joshua, 196, 197. 



Green, William Lawrence, 198. 



Groton, name of, 152-154. 



Groton Water Company, 98. 



H 



Hallbeck, Axel C, moat, 73. 

 Hartwell, Edward Mussey, moat, 70-73. 

 Hazen, Benjamin, a naval hero, 151. 

 Hill, Elizabeth Sewall, flora and fauna 



of Groton, 1-45. 

 Hills, 53-55; height of some Groton, 



99. 

 Hollis, N. H., old deed of 1674, 129, 



130. 

 Hops, cultivation of, 65, 66. 

 Housen, 74. 

 Howe, Lucinda, 147. 

 Huse, Mrs. Rebecca, 166-168. 



Incorporated institutions of learning, 



200. 

 Independence Day celebrations, 1807, 



1808, 172-177. 

 Indian words, list of, 17S-1S1. 

 Insects, 27-28. 



Inscriptions, historical, 157, 158. 

 Iron, bog-ore, 92-94. 



James's Brook, 130, 131 



Lakin, Josiah, 194. 



Lakin Farm, Commodore Bainbridge 



and the, 149, 150. 

 Lawrence Academy, established 1792, 



1S2-184. 

 Lawrence School, Boston, 121. 

 Leach-tubs, 82. 

 Light, reflection of, 184, 185. 



Longevity, instances of, 16 ",-170. 

 Longley, William, inscription on mon- 

 ument, 157. 



M 



Mail-stage, Lowell and Worcester, 191, 



192. 

 Mammals, 43-45. 

 Meadows, 55-57. 

 Meeting-house, inscription on tablet, 



1899, 158; on monument, 157. 

 Mile-stones, Groton, 159-164. 

 Mill-sites, old, 121-124. 

 Minerals, by Dr. William Avery, 83-86- 

 Ministers of Groton, after Mr. Dana's 



dismissal, 186-189. 

 Mistake, odd, 147. 

 Moat, by E. M. Hartwell, 70-73. 

 Mocking-birds, 81, 82. 

 Mountains seen from Gibbet Hill, 66- 



69. 



N 



Names, fashion in given, 158, 159. 

 Natural History of Groton, 1-45. 

 Neck, the, 108, 109. 



Oxen, 120. 



O 



Palindromes, curious words and, 195, 



196. 

 Pillion, use of a, 75. 

 Plants, 6-20. 

 Plates, wooden, 76. 

 Ponds. 47-53- 



Prescott, Ezra, estate of, 193. 

 Prescott, Col. William, inscription on 



monument, 157. 



Quarry, soapstone, 114-116. 



R 



Railroad meetings, 170, 171. 

 Raising, a, 154. 

 Reptiles, 30, 31. 

 Residents, prominent, 147. 

 Rivers, 46-47. 



