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.
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.
Nocake, description of, 137; use of, 137; Eliot's use of word, 137-138.
Norridgewock, life-work of a citizen of, 407-408.
Nott, President, story of boyhood, 202-203.
Occupations, of children, 179, 180, 182, 186, 437; of women, 187.
Oysters, in Brooklyn, 118-119; in Virginia, 119; vast size of, 119.
Pack-horses, use of, 336-339; pay for, 337; load of, 337-338.
Pastorius, Father, his choice for seal, 181; his encouragement of gardening, 436.
Patent, first to Americans, 138-139, 260.
Paupers, in Narragansett, 313; treatment of, in New England, 324.
Pay, for spinning, 185; for weaving, 230, 250; for cow-herding, 399; of swineherds, 403.
Pennsylvania, cave-dwellers in, 2; stoves in, 69; squirrels in, 110; wool manufacture in, 190; dress in, 292-293; mail in, 333; post-rider, 335; transportation in, 335-344; roads in, 339; turnpikes in, 349; coaching in, 350-351; metzel-soup in, 419; gardens in, 436-437.
Perfumes, in cooking, 152; of old garden flowers, 424; of sweet-scented leaves, 449 _et seq._
Pewter, for lamps, 44-45; for utensils, 84-85; on dresser, 68; lids of, 100.
Philadelphia, early houses in, 15; luxurious dinners in, 160; straw manufacture in, 260; travel from, 347-350; taverns in, 359; cow-herding in, 400-401.