INDEX OF TEXT

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A .Abolition of Grade Crossings 4 0Academy of Music opened 3 3Adoption of new City Charter 3 9Advent Christian Church 12 1Algonquin Printing Company 8 9American Linen Mill 7 2American Print Works 7 2American Print Works established 2 2An Army of 32,500 Men employed i n

the Cotton Mills 7 5Ancient Order of Hibernians 13 7Ancona Mills 8 5Anawan and Massasoit Mills 7 2Arkwright Mills 8 7Assassination of Lincoln Cause of

Universal Grief 3 2

B .Banks and Banking 9 5Barnaby Mills 8 1Barnard Manufacturing Company 8 0Bay State Steamboat Company forme d

in 1847 2 3Beginnings and Development of tw o

Strong Departments 6 7Benjamin Church, in 1714, transferre d

Water Rights to the Borden family 1 0B . M. C. Durfee Safe Deposit & Trus t

Company 9 7Bogle Street Christian Church 11 9Border City Herald . 10 7Boundary Question finally Settled 2 9Bourne Mills 8 3Boys' Club of Fall River 13 4Bradford Durfee Textile School 5 9Brayton M . E . Church 11 4

C .Calico Printing begun in 182G 2 3Capital Invested in the Cotton Industr y

nearly $26,000,000 7 5Catholic Diocese of Fall River 12 3Central Congregational Church 11 2Chace Mills 8 3Charles Pittman First Postmaster 3 4Chace's Thread Mill 7 2Cholera Epidemic in 1854 2 8Church of the Blessed Sacrament 13 1Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day

Saints 12 1Church of the Ascension (P . E .) 117

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Church of the New Jerusalem122Citizens' Savings Bank 9 7City has Forty Cotton Manufacturin g

Corporations 7 4City Hospital 1 06City's Officials (1854-1906) 1 46Cleft Rock as a Boundary Monument 8Clubs, Lodges, Social and other Organi -

zations 13 2Colonel Joseph Durfee's Prominent Par t

in the Action of May 25, 1778 16Colonel Thomas Gilbert's Prominence

in the Revolutionary Struggle 1 7Colonel Thomas Gilbert's Property

Confiscated by the Colonists 1 8Commission appointed in 1740 to

Establish Eastern Boundary, but notdefinitely located until 1844 1 3

Completion of WaterworksConanicut Mills 8 4Convent and Academy of the Hol y

Union of the Sacred Hearts 13 1Cornell Mills 8 4Crescent Mills 8 5Custom House Established in 1782 1 2

D .Davis Mills 8 8Davol Mills 8 2Deaconess Home 1 36Disastrous Fire in 1843 2 2Division of Freemen's Purchase 6"Drafts" of Soldiers 3 1Durfee Mills 8 7

E .Eagle Mill 7 2Early Farmers interested in Ship -

building 1 2Early History of Fall River 1Early History of the Catholic Church 12 9Early Mills, insignificant compared to

present structures 2 3Early Schools in Fall River 1 8Early Town Records of Freetown 1 9Ebenezer T . Learned, M. D 106Educational Facilities 5 6Effort made in 1804 to Change the nam e

of Fall River to that of Troy ,proved Successful 2 2

Election Statistics 14 4Emergency Hospital 106

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Enterprise Brewing Company 9 1Ercetion of Custom House begun in 187 5

and completed in 1880 3 6Espirito Santo (Portuguese) Church 13 1Estes Mills 200Evening News established 10 7Excellent Waterworks System 4 8

F.Fall River Bar Association 10 3Fall River Bleachery 8 9Fall River Co-Operative Bank 10 0Fall River Daily Globe 10 7Fall River Daily Herald 10 9Fall River Electric Light Company 9 1Fall River Five-Cent Savings Bank 9 8Fall River Gas Works 9 3Fall River Hospital 10 6Fall River Incorporated Feb . 26, 1803 2 1Fall River Incorporated as a City in

1854 2 8Fall River Line 9 2Fall River Manufactory 7 2Fall River Medicai Society 1 06Fall River Monitor 10 9Fall River National Bank 9 8Fall River of To-day — Its Attractive

Situation and Advantages 4 6Fall River Savings Bank 9 6Fire and Police 67Fire Department Instituted in 1826

23Firing on Fort Sumter was responded to

by Speedy Enlistments of Defender sof the Union 3 1

First Baptist Church 11 3First Catholic Edifice (St. John the

Baptist) erected in 1837 12 3First Catholic Services held in 1829 12 3First Christian Church 11 9First Congregational Church 11 2First Cotton Mill erected in 1811 2 2First M. E. Church 114First National Bank 9 6First Primitive Methodist Church 11 6First Saw Mill erected in 1691 10First Schoolhouses erected in 1722 an d

1727 1 8First Street Railway 9 3Flint Mills 8 1Foresters of America 13 7Foster Hooper, M. D 10 4Fowler Congregational Church 11 3Free Delivery System Inaugurated Jul y

1, 1863 3 4Freemen's Purchase (Freetown) 6French Congregational Church 11 3Freetown Incorporated in 1683 9

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Friends' Meetings held in 1818 12 0

G.General Court gives £20 for a Church

Building 1 9George Lawton settled in 1687 8Globe Yarn Mills 8 6Globe Presbyterian Church 12 0Grand Army of the Republic 13 8Granite Mills 7 9Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers 1 6Greatest Centre of Cotton Manufacturing 7 2Growth and Efficiency of the Moder n

School System 5 6

H.Happy Girls' Club 13 4Hargraves Mills 8 8Henry Howland, settler in 1683 8Home for Aged People 13 4Hugh Woodberee, settler in 1680 8

1.In 1833 the name Troy was supplante d

by the readoption of Fall River 2 2Independent Order of Odd Fellows 13 7Independent Polish Catholic Church 13 1Indian Reservation Designated in 1704 1 4Indian Schoolhouse erected in 1772 1 4Influx of French-Canadians 3 2Industrial Exchange

13 4Incorporation of Tiverton in 1692 9Importance of Whaling Industry be-

tween 1840 and 1850 2 6Immaculate Conception Church 13 1Its Water Power 4 6

J .James M. Aldrich, M. D 10 6Jerome Dwelly, M. D., Dean of the

Medical Profession 10 4John Read, settler in 1686 8

K .Kerr Thread Company 9 1Kilburn, Lincoln & Company 8 9King Philip 2King Philip Brewing Company 9 1King Philip Mills 7 9Knights of Pythias 13 7

L .Labor "Strikes" among the Mill Hands 13 9Lafayette Co-Operative Bank 10 0Laurel Lake Mills 8 5Law, Medicine and the Press 10 2Liberal Support given the Union Cause 3 2L'Independant (daily) 10 9Luther Manufacturing Company 84

HISTORY OF FALL RIVER 26 1

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M .M. C. D. Borden, a Prominent Factor i n

the city's Industrial Growth 7 5Madonna de Rosario (Italian) Church 13 1Many Divines noted for Long Service 11 1Marked Mercantile ActivityMasonic Societies 13 7Massasoit 1Massasoit Bank 9 8Massasoit Manufacturing Company 9 0Massasoit-Pocasset National Bank 9 8Matthew Boomer, first settler in 1676 8Mayor John T . Coughlin's Administra -

Mechanics' Mills 8 1Merchants' Manufacturing Company

8 3Metacomet Mills 7 2Metacomet National Bank 9 6Mill Industry shows Marked Activity i n

the years 1821 to 1825 2 2"Monitor" newspaper begins publication

in 1826 2 2Mule Spinners' Association 14 0Municipal Indebtedness 14 6Municipal Statistics 14 3

N .N. B . Aldrich, M . D .

10 6Narragansett Mills 8 6National Union Bank 9 6Naval Brigade 13 8New Bedford Railroad Constructed 3 3North Burial Ground 5 4North Christian Church 11 9North M. E. Church 11 6North Park 5 3Noted Financiers 9 5Noted Relics Destroyed by the Great

Fire in 1843 2 5Notre Dame de Lourdes Church 12 9Number of Spindles, 3,300,000, and 83,00 0

Looms busy in Manufacturing Tex -tile Goods 7 5

O .Oak Grove Cemetery instituted 2 8Oak Grove Cemetery

5 4Oak Tree Cemetery 5 4Old Colony Brewing Company 9 1Oldest Living Lawyer 10 4Original Deed of Pocasset Purchase 7Orphanage of St . Joseph 131 .Osborn Mills 86

PParker Mills 8 7Park System of Fall River 53

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People's Co-Operative Bank 100Petition of Thomas Borden and other s

for a Separation from Freetown ,dated January 12, 1902, presentedto the General Court 2 0

Pocasset Manufacturing Company 7 7Pocasset National Bank 9 8Pocasset Purchase 5Population (from 1810-1906) 14 6Population of Fall River in 1803 wa s

about 1,000 inhabitants 2 2Poor Farm Established 2 3Post Office Established in 1811 23Power Weaving Introduced in 1817 2 2Principal Hostelry in 1830 2 4Profit-Sharing Instituted 14 0Prominent Lawyers 10 2Prominent Men in the Mill Industry 2 4Prominent Part taken by the Settlers i n

the Revolutionary Struggles 1 5Prominent Tories noted to Appear fo r

Trial, May 31, 1777 1 8Public Improvements Ordered to Alle-

viate the Stringency in 1857 2 9Public Library, description 6 2Public Library established 2 9

Q -Quakers among the Early Settlers 1 0Quakers Predominated in the Early

Days 11 1Quarry Street M . E. Church 11 4Quequechan Club 13 2Quequechan Mill 7 7Quequechan River as a Water Powe r

early discovered 9

R .Railroad Facilities 4 6Ralph Earle, settler in 1690 8Religious Denominations 11 1Response to First Call for Volunteer s

April 19, 1775 1 5Robert Durfee, settler in 16808Robert T . Davis, M. D 10 4

Robeson's Print Works 7 2Rolling Rock on County street 5 4Ruggles Park 5 3

S .Sacred Heart Academy

4 0Sagamore Mills 8 5Salt Works established July 7, 1777 1 0Salvation Army Citadel 13 6Samuel Gardner, settler in 1687, wa s

an early town clerk 8

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Sanford Spinning Company 8 7Seabury W. Bowen, M. D 10 4Seaconnet Mills 8 1Second Baptist Church 11 4Second National Bank 9 8Second Primitive Methodist Church 1 16Sewer System 5 5Shove Mills 8 2Sisters of St . Joseph 13 1Slade's Ferry Established in 1623 1 3Slade's Ferry Bridge Completed an d

Opened to the Public 3 3South Park 5 3Stafford Mills 7 8Stage Lines Inaugurated 2 3State Militia 13 7Steam Railroad extended to Newport 2 9Steamboats to Local Points, first run

2 3Stephen Borden, Moderator of Meeting

endorsing Declaration of Independ -ence 1 6

Stevens Manufacturing Company 8 0SS. Peter and Pant's Church 13 1Ste . Anne's Hospital 12 9Ste . Anne's R. C. Church 12 9Stocks and Pillory erected in 1690 fo r

Evil-doers 1 2St . James' P . E. Church 11 8St . John's (P . E .) Church 11 7St . Luke's P . E. Church 11 8St . Mark's P . E . Church 11 7St . Mary's Catholic Church corner-stone

laid in 1852 12 3St . Mathieu's Church 13 1St . Paul's M. E . Church 11 4St . Roch's R . C. Church 13 1St . Stanislans Church 13 1St . Stephen's P . E . Church 11 9St . Vincent's Orphanage 12 4Summerfield M . E . Church 11 6Swansea Dye Works 9 1Sykes Primitive Methodist Church 116

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Tax Valuations145Tecumseh Mills 8 2Textile School 4 0Textile Strike of 1904 3 9The Avery Case 2 4The Wampanoags 3The B. M. C. Durfee High School 5 9The Borden Murder Trial

3 9The Catholic Advocate 11 0The City's Executives.

3 7The City's Industries 7 2The Friends (Quakers) erected a

Meeting-house in 1725 1 9The Great Fire of 1843 2 5"The Goose-Nesting Rock" 5 4The Noted Clough Murder Case 2 5Third Baptist Church 11 4Thomas Wilbur, M . D106Tiverton under Provisional Government 9Toll Roads Abolished 3 0Treaty with the Indian s 4Trinity Baptist Church 11 4Troy Co-Operative Bank 9 8Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufactory 7 2

U.Union Hospital106Union Mills 79Union Savings Bank 9 7Unitarian Church 12 1United Presbyterian Church 12 0

W .

Wampanoag Mills 7 8Wamsutta 5Water Communication 46Weetamoe Mills 8 5William Chase, settler in 1684 8William Way, first schoolmaster 1 8Women's Union 13 4Working Girls' Club 13 4

Y.T .

Young Men's Christian Association 13 2Tablet Commemorating the Battle of

Young Men's Irish-American Catholic T .May 25, 1778, erected in 1899 . . . . 17

A. B. Society 13 6

INDEX OF GENERAL ILLUSTRATIONS

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PAG EAmerican Printing Company's Plant 73 Children's Home 13 5Boys' Club House, the gift of M . C . D .

Church of the Ascension 11 4Borden, Esq 110 City Hall 4 1

Central Congregational Church 112 County Court House 94

HISTORY OF FALL RIVER

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David Anthony 9 3Evening News Building 106Everett B, Durfee, Superintendent o f

Schools 5 6Fall River Hospital 3 7Fire of July, 1843 2 5Hudner Building 10 5Interior of St. Mark's P . E . Church 11 8Jesse Eddy 9 3King Philip 2Main Staircase and Entrance to Cit y

Hall 4 7Main street in 1838 2 4Members of the Board of Aldermen

First, Second and Third Wards . . . . 43Members of the Board of Aldermen

Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wards . . . . 44

Members of the Board of AldermenSeventh, Eighth and Ninth Wards . . 45

New Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall 4 7North Park, view across the Wadin g

Pool 5 3

Old Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall 4 9Old Church House, corner of June an d

French streets 2 3Old City Hall 2 7Old Colony Brewery 23 8Old Episcopal Church 11 1Old Freelove House 2 1Old Gun House on Rock street, nea r

Bedford street 2 2Old Matthew Boomer House 21

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Old Residence of Mrs . Mary B. Young,which stood on the present site o fPublic Library 6 4

Plymouth Avenue School 5 9Post Offic ePublic Library Building 62Quill Pen Ledger of Edmund Estes,

Treasurer of Union Factory, found-ed February 10, 1813 20 2

Ruggles Park, from the corner of Pin eand Seabury streets 5 2

South Park, view of the Wading Pool 5 5South Park, view of the Wading Pool 5 7South Park, view showing shrubbery 54

Ste . Anne's Church 12 7St . Mary's Church 12 5

St . Vincent Home 12 6The Armory 12 2The B. M. C. Durfee High School60The Brownell House 2 0The Davenport School 5 8The N. B. Borden School 5 7The Old Buttonwood Tree 3 0The Old David Anthony Flouse 7 1The old excursion steamboats Bradford

Durfee and Canonicus 26The Old Slade House, formerly at south-

west corner of North Main and El mstreets 7

The Thomas Durfee House

2 0William F. Kennedy, editor of Fal l

River Daily Globe108Young Men's Christian Association

Building 13 3

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

(*Indicates that portrait accompanies biography . )

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Aldrich, M . D., J . M 18 4*Almy, Franklin L 19 1*Archambault, M. D., J. Arthur

25 1*Barre, M. D., Joseph A .

24 6Borden, Cook 18 5

*Borden, Charles Frederick 19 5*Borden, Jefferson 20 3*Borden, M. C. D 16 1*Borden, Hon. Nathaniel Briggs 17 5*Borden, Col . Richard 16 3*Bowen, Joseph Abraham 19 3*Brady, James Charles 22 9

*Brayton, Arthur Borden 244*Brayton, David Anthony 167

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*Brayton, Hon . John Summerfield 16 4Buffinton, Hon . Edward Purington 18 4

*Buffinton, Hon . James 18 5*Butler, M. D., William Hodnett 23 4*Chace, Hon . Frank M 22 7*Chace, Hon . Oliver 21 3*Cook, Richard Hartley 23 9*Cornell, Daniel Howland 21 5Coughlin, John T 17 3

*Crosson, James Daniel 23 9*Darling, Leander Rich 23 4*Davis, Hon . Robert Thompson 16 8*Davol . Stephen204*Davol, William C. 229

HISTORY OF FALL RIVER

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*Dubuque, Hugo Adelard 22 4

Dunn, William J 21 9

*Durfee, Captain William 24 0

Durfee, Everett Brownell 24 8

*Durfee, M. D., Nathan 20 7

*Durfee, Nelson Borden 25 2

*Dwelly, Jr ., Jerome 18 1

*Estes, John H 19 9

*Foulds, Reginald Ashton 25 4

*Gray, Franklin 21 1

*Greene, Hon . William Stedman 20 1

*Grime, Hon . George 20 7

Haffenreffer, Jr ., Rudolf F 23 8

Hatheway, Nicholis 19 5

*Holden, James H 25 6

*Holmes, Hon. Charles Jarvis 19 1

*Hughes, Rev . Christopher 23 0

*Isherwood, John 25 4

Jackson, Hon . James Frederick 20 6

*Jennings, William H 19 7

*Kelly, M. D., Michael 23 2

*Landry, M. D., Joseph Napoleon 25 1

*Langford, James 24 3

Leonard, M . D., E183

*Letourneau, Alfred Stanislas 25 3

*Lincoln, Jonathan Thayer

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*Lincoln, Leontine 17 9

*Maloney, V. S ., Thomas Edmund248

*McNally, Michael 24 6

*McWhirr, Robert Armstrong 21 5

*Milne, John C 18 9

*Morrison, David 21 7

Munroe, John D 23 6

*Osborn, Hon . Weaver 18 3

*Quinn, John Francis

24 2

*Reagan, Michael 24 0

Reed, Hon . Milton 22 0

*Remington, Robert Knight 18 7

*Sinclair, Hon . James 24 9

*Small, Jr., Reuben 22 1

Stang, Rt . Rev. Bishop William 23 2

*Sullivan, Daniel D 20 9

*Swift, James Marcus 22 7

*Thurston, Frank Anthony 25 5

*Torphy, John E 24 7

*Trainor, John B 22 5

*Watson, Samuel 22 2

Westall, M. D., John 22 0

*Wetherell . Orin Bradford 21 8

*Whitehead, Edmund 23 5

*Wilson, James H 216