, 388 _et seq._, 395 _et seq._

Netting, 263-264.

Nettles, fibre spun, 211.

New Amsterdam, first church in, 385;
laws about fences in, 401-402.

Newman, Rev. Mr., manner of work, 33.

Newburyport, house at, 27;
straw bleaching at, 261;
sumptuary laws in, 283;
fines in, 374.

New England, houses in, 15;
candle-wood in, 32;
lobsters in, 117;
fisheries in, 117-124;
Indian corn in, 127-136;
mills in, 131-133;
pumpkins in, 142-143;
potatoes in, 144;
squashes in, 144;
milk and ministers in, 148;
churns in, 149;
cider in, 161-162;
rum in, 163-164;
slavery in, 164;
wool-raising in, 188-189;
taverns in, 356-357;
watchmen in, 363;
meeting-houses in, 365 _et seq._;
summons to meeting in, 368;
Sunday observance in, 378 _et seq._;
"taste of dinner in," 418;
old-time gardens in, 421 _et seq._

New Hampshire, candle-wood in, 32;
potatoes in, 144;
pioneer mince-pies in, 159;
wheelwrights in, 176;
flax manufacture in, 180, 236;
fine knitting in, 269;
birch brooms in, 304.

New Haven, restrictions in, 392.

New London, mill at, 133.

Newport, box plants at, 430;
garden in, 437-438.

New York, houses in, 8;
candle-wood in, 32;
first fork in, 78;
venison in, 109;
lobsters at, 118;
fish in, 120;
salting shad in, 124-125;
suppawn in, 133;
ale and beer in, 161;
wool-raising in, 191;
dress in, 292;
turnpikes in, 349-350;
coaches in, 354-355;
sleighs in, 355;
street lighting in, 362;
watch in, 363;
Sunday observance in, 384;
cow-herding in, 399;
gardens in, 439-440.

Niddy-noddy, 200-201; carved, 320.

Nightgowns, 294.

Nocake, description of, 137;
use of, 137;
Eliot's use of word, 137-138.

Noggins, 82.

Noil, 196.

Nokick. See Nocake.

Noon-houses, 374-375.

Noon-marks, 299.

Norridgewock, life-work of a citizen of, 407-408.

Northampton, sumptuary laws in, 283-284.

Northboro, spinning match at, 184.

North Saugus, house in, 21.

Norwich, naughty girl in, 373.

Notices, nailed on church doors, 367.

Nott, President, story of boyhood, 202-203.

Occamy, 88.

Occupations, of children, 179, 180, 182, 186, 437;
of women, 187.

Oiled paper for windows, 23, 366.

Old South Church, on sampler, 268.

Old Ship, 365.

Old South, 366.

Opening in land, clearing, 406.

Ordinary, name for tavern, 356.

Osenbrigs, 288.

Otis, Hannah, sampler of, 268.

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