History and Antiquities of New Haven, Conn., from its earliest settlement to the present time with biographical sketches. By John Barber. New Haven, CT: L.S. Punderson and J.W. Barber, 1856.
CONTENTS.
Alarm in New Haven . . 168
Alms House 40
Andross, Gov. visit to N. H. 104
Andross, letter cone. Goff . 101
Arnold, B., advertisement . 118
Arnold, estate confiscated . 139
Anthracite Coal first used . 59
Ashmun's monument . . 145
Ashmun, Funeral of . . 146
Austin, David, notice of 142, 152
Augur's Statue, Jeptha, &c. 161
Attention to Strangers . . 43
Asylum, Orphan .... 42
Bacon, Rev. Dr., Hist. Disc. 23
Baptist Churches ... 31
Banks 55
Beacon at East Haven . . 133
Berkley, Dean, donation of 15
Blue Laws of Connecticut 8^.
Books given to Yale Coll. . 13
British seamen captured . 169
Cabinet, Mineral, and Geolog. 17
Campbell, Adjutant, killed . 122
Campbell's Grave . . . 131
Capture of the Susan, &c. . 170
Catholic Churches ... 31
Canal, Farmington ... 48
Carriages and Wagons . . 60
Cemeteries 33
Centennial Celebration, . 154
Chapel Street, plan of . . 172
Cheever, Ezekiel, notice of . 162
Churches. — Center Ch., 24 — Chapel-st., 27 — College st., 27 — Episcopal, Prot., 28— Howe-st., 27— North Church, 26 — South Cong., 28 — Third Cong., 26 — White Haven, 25 — Wooster Place, 28 — Baptist Churches, 31 — Catholic Churches, 31 — Methodist Episcopal, 29 — Churches in Westville, 32— Do. Fair Haven, Universalist Ch., 32 — Jewish Congregation, 32
Connecticut Hall .... 16
Conn. Academy of Arts and Sciences 50
Columbian Register extracts 168
Chronological Table . . 175
City, growth of ... . 63
Clap, Pres., Insc. on Monument 147
Cornstalk juice distilled . 139
Coal, Anthracite, first intro. 59
Cotton Manufactory . . 58
Criminals, branded, cropped 111
Cutter, U. S., Eagle, captured 170
Common Schools .... 52
County House and Jail . 39
Cornwallis' surrender, rejoicing, &c 138
College [Yale] Founding of,
11 — First Commencement
of. Library of, removed to
New Haven, 13— Name of, George III. proclaimed king 110
15_College Buttery and Government, Civil and Reli-
Butler, 20— Faculty of, 21 gious, formation of . . 70
—Medical College, 21— Goff, Gen., notice of . . 92
Bill of fare, 18. Goff, anecdotes of, 97, 98—
Letter to his wife, 94 — ap-
Davenport, Rev. J. . . . 89 pearance at Hadley, sup-
Davenport, lines on, . . . 163 posed to be an angel, 99 —
Davenport, James, irregulari- jjjg journal, 91— Concealties of 85 j^pjjj at Hartford, 101 —
Deserters, British ... 169 Monument, supposed, 100.
Delaware, lands purchased 73 Governor's Guard march to
Deaths in New Haven, . . 174 Boston 120
Dixwell, Colonel, notice of . 103 Grammar School, Hopkins' 51
Dixwell, ancient monument 106 Greenwich purchased . . 73
Dixwell, view of new do. . 108 Greenwich, misdemeanors at 84
Doolittle, Amos, notice of . 157 Guilford, General Court at . 12
Dutch, trouble with ... 74
Dutch apply for assistance . 75 Hadley, Gen. Goff at . . 99
Dwight, Timothy, notice of 148 Hardy, Commodore, notice of 25
Dyke across W. meadow . 44 Hillhouse, James, notice of . 152
Hopkins, Gov., notice of 51,163
Eagle. U. S. cutter, capture of 170
Eaton, Gov., notice of . , 90 Horticultural Society . . 56
Hospital, State .... 41
Earl, portrait painter . . 157 Houses of Public Worship . 23
Engraving, first, in L. H. . 157 Humphreys. Col. David, no-
Farmington Canal ... 48 tice of, view of monument,
First School House ... 51 inscription, 149
First Newspaper .... 109 , ^ . . . p.
„. _ , PC Indians, Qumnipiacs . . d5
Fire Department .... 55 ^ ,. __.,, __
Indian Hill dd
Fire, destructive. Long Wharf 141 , , _o
Indian executed .... 78
Fort on Prospect Hill . . 1d9 , , . -»
in Indian marks or Signatures W
Freshmen ot i ale College . 19 ^ , , . . __ .^
Inhabitants of New Haven
from 1639 to 1645 . . 76
Fulton Steamboat . . . 171 inhabitants of N. H., 1748 . 88
Gas Company 60 Ingersoll, notice of . . . 118
Gorges, Sir F., lines on Da- Ingersoll, resignation of office
venport 164 of Stamp Master, &o. . 114
Invasion of New Haven
Institute, Young Men's
Judges (Regicides) history of 91
Judges, anecdotes of, 97 — Dexterity of, 98 — Cave oh W. Rock, 96 — Signatures (fac simile), 91.
Jones, Gov., notice of . . 146
Kingsley, Prof , notice of . 173
La Fayette, visit to N. Haven 143
Laws for Freshmen ... 19
Laws, New Haven Code . 82
Lancasterian School ... 52
Lamberton, plot against . 75
Lawrence and Ludlow, bodies of, pass through N. H. . 168
Lexington, action at . . . 158
Lexington, engraving of . 158
Libraries, Public .... 54
Library, Yale Coll., removed 13
Long Wharf 44
Manufactories, &c. ... 57
Map, oldest of, New Havtn 87
Markets, Public .... 41
Mecom,B,, Printer, &c. . 113
Methodist Episcopal Churches 29
Medical College .... 21
Meeting-House, seating of, in
Mineralogical and Geol. Cab, 17
Mulberry Orchards ... 61
Morse, Jedediah, notice of . 151
Names of First Settlers . 76
Names of persons killed in the invasion of New Haven . 125
N. Haven City, 9 — Population 64
New Haven, Ancient Hist, of 65
New Haven, Invasion of . 121
New Haven, Deaths in . . 174
New Township .... 64
Newspaper, first, in N. H. . 109
Newspapers and Periodicals, List of, published in N. H. 166
Newspapers in New Haven 10
Newspaper Extracts previous to the Revolution . . . 109
Newspaper Extracts during the Revolution .... 132
Newspaper Extracts during the War of 1812 ... 168
Orphan Asylum
Paintings in Trumbull Gallery 160
Paper captured by the enemy 171
Paper Mills 58
Paupers (Town) advertised 112
Pavements of side walks . 50
Pavilion 62
Peace Rejoicing in 1783 . 140
Peters' History of Connecticut 82
Peters' Credibility as Historian 83
Powder, manufacture of . 61
Privateer New Broom . . 137
Prospect Hill Fort ... 169
Public Houses 61
Powder, manufacture of . . 61
Public Square 171
Rail Roads 49
Records of N. H., curious . 80
Regicides, History of . . 91
Rocks, West and East . . 62
Seating of first Meeting House Schools, common, 52 — Eaton, 53— Select Boarding, 53— Webster, 53— First Lancasterlan, 52 — Grammar, 51 — Public Schools, Free, location, 53.
State House 36
Steam Boat, first from N. Y. 47
Seamen, British, captured . 169
Sabbath day Houses ... 33
Seven Pillars, constituted, &c. 7 1
Students, number of . . . 22
Stiles, Pres,, inaguration of 135
Stiles, Pres., notice of . . 147
Sherman, Roger, notice of . 151
Stamp Act repealed . . . 120
Ship seen in the air . . . 79
Southold, L. I., purchased 73
Sabbath, first in N. Haven 66
Stoves, when introduced . 60
Signaturess of Generals
Whalleyand Col. Dixwell 91
Slaves advertised for sale . Ill
Settlers in New Haven, list of, from 1639 to 1645 . 76
Strangers, attention to . . 43
Square, Public 37
Town Paupers advertised . 112
Tomlinson's Bridge ... 46
Theatrical Entert'ments, <fec. 136
Treaty with Momaugium . 68
Trumbull, Dr., historian, on Prospect Hill ....
Trumbull Gallery ....
Trumbull Gallery, view of .
Trumbull, John, hist, painter
Tryon's official account of invasion of New Haven
Tryon's Proclamation . .
Turnpikes, &c 45
Union of N. Haven with Con. United Society ....
Volunteers' work on fortifications on Prospect Hill
Webster, Noah, notice of . 150
Webster, Noah, view of his monument 150
Webster, Noah, fac-simile of hand writing .... 151
West Haven, incursion at . 138
Whitney, Eli, notice of . , 153
Wharf, Long 44
Whalley, Gen,, notice of . 93
Whalley,monum'nt (suppos'd) 102
Whitefield, George, visits N. H. 85
Wooster Square .... 39
Yale College 11
Yale, Elihu, notice of . . 14
York Square .... 39
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