Abington, church vote in
Acrelius, Dr, quoted
Adams, Abigail, garden of
Adams, John, quoted; Sunday dinner of; cider-drinking of
Adams, John Quincy, Mrs, straw bonnet of
Adams family, homes of
Albany, houses at; deer in; beer at; bad boys in; first church in; cowherding in
Alchymy
Alewives, in New England waters
Ambrosia, a flower
Ames, quoted
Amherst, sign-board at
Andirons
Andover, church vote in; bad boy in
Annapolis, dress in
Apostle spoons
Apples, culture of; plenty in Maryland; modes of cook ing; in pies.
Apple-butter
Apple-paring
Apple-sauce
Architecture, of churches, et seq., et seq.
Arkamy
Axe-helves
Back-bar of fireplace, description
Bacon, quoted
Bagging, from coarse flax
Bake-kettle
Bake-shops
Ballots, of corn and beans
Balsam, as dye
Baltimore, dress in; taverns in
Banyan
Barberry, root as dye
Basins
Bass, in New England waters
Bass-viols, in meeting
Bates of flax
Batteau
Batten, of loom
Baxter
Bayberry description; can dles of; wax of; laws about; soap from
Bead bags
Beam. See Warp-beam.
Beaming, in weaving
Beans, as ballots; mode of cooking
Bed coverlet. See Coverlet.
Bedstead, alcove; turn-up
Beer, among Dutch
Bees, called English flies
Beehives
Beetling of flax
Bell, as summons to meeting
Belt-loom. See Tape-loom.
Bennet, quoted
Berkeley, Gov, quoted
Berries
Betty lamps
Beverages. See Drinks.
Bible, references to flax in
Biddeford, communal privileges in
Bier, in weaving
Birch-bark, doors of; plates of; baskets of, cans of
Birch broom, making of; price of
Black jacks
Blazing, of trees
Bleaching, of flax thread; of linen; of straw bonnets
Bleeding-basins
Block-houses
Boards, scarcity of
Board cloth
Boardman Hill House
Bobbins, for weaving. See Quills.
Bobs, of flax
Bombards
Books of etiquette
Bore-staff of loom
Boston, fire-engine in; early houses of; first fork in; pigeons in; fish in; tea in; coffee in; chocolate in; spinning schools in; fulling-mill in; dress in; coach in; stage-travel from; night watch in; meeting houses in; restrictions of settlement in; cows in
Bottles, of wood; of pewter; of glass; of leather
Boucher, Jonathan, quoted
Bouncing-bet
Bounty coats
Bouts, in weaving
Box-borders, a plea for
Boxing, of maple trees
Boylston, Nicholas, banyan of
Boys, clothing of; wigs of; seats in meeting for, et seq.; misbehavior of; in church
Braid-loom. See Tape-loom.
Bradford, Governor, quoted
Bread, white; rye and Indian
Bread-peel
Bread trough
Breakfast, or bread and milk
Breaking, of flax; of hemp
Breaking out the winter roads, et seq.
Breweries, in New York
Brewster, Elder, quoted
Brick, imported
British spinning and weaving school
Broach
Brooklyn, oysters in; salting shad in
Brooms, of broom-corn; of birch; of hemlock
Broom-corn
Brown University, dress of first graduating class
Bucking, of flax thread; of linen
Bull’s-eye lamp
Bun, of flax
Bunch-thread
Bundling-mould. See Shingling-mould.
Burlers, in weaving
Bushnell, Horace, quoted
Busks, carved
Butter, price of
Buttermilk, for bleaching
Caches, for corn
Cage, for babies; fo...
