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Introduction, 1
   

    I. HISTORY OF FALMOUTH FROM 1600 TO 1700,

  
               CIVIL HISTORY.  
                   Bartholomew Gosnold, 4
                   Indian Tribes in the Region, 5

                   Acquiring title to land and treatment of Indians by the settlers,

 8

                   Origin of the Settlers and first landing at Falmouth,               

10

                   Original Division of lands at Falmouth Village and Woods Hole,

15
                   Division of lands at West Falmouth, 19
                   Incorporation in 1689, 25
                   Taking up of land at East End of Town, 25
                   Levy for the Expedition against Quebec, 28
               ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.  
                   Relations with Quakers, 30
                   First Provision for Public Worship, 32
   
   II. HISTORY OF FALMOUTH FROM 1700 TO 1774, 35
               CIVIL HISTORY.  
   
                   "Town's Book," 35
                   Town House, 37
                   The Retrenchment Party, 37
                   Laying out of "New Purchase," 41
                   Clay bank for Proprietors' use, 43
                   Disputes as to Boundaries, 45
                   The Town's School, 48
                   The First Grist Mill, 49
                   Fixing the Marshpee Line, 49
                   A Town Surplus, 50
                   " The Meeting‑house Lot," 54
                   School Districts and the Grammar School, 55
                   Trouble with Millers, 56
                ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.  
                    Labors of Mr. Shiverick, 59
                    Calling and Settlement of Mr. Metcalf, 60
                    Organization of a Church, 64
                    Services of Rev. Josiah Marshall, 67
                    Calling and Settlement of Rev. Samuel Palmer, 68
                    A New Meeting‑house, 74
   
  III. HISTORY OF FALMOUTH FROM 1774 TO 1812. 76
                CIVIL HISTORY.  
   
                    Arming of the Citizens, 78
                    Procuring Food by the Town, 79-83
                    Call from the Committee of Safety, 80
                    Visit of the British Fleet, 84
                    Fights with Privateers, 90
                    Draft for the Continental Army, 93
                    The Great Herring Controversy, 96
                    Falmouth Wharf 98
                    The Artillery Co., 98
                ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.  
                    Settlement of Rev. Z. Butler, 99
                    Settlement of Rev. Isaiah Mann, 100
                                        Friends' Meeting House, 100
                    Settlement of Rev. Henry Lincoln, 101
                    The New Meeting House, 103
                    Discharge of Friends or Quakers from church taxes, 105
                    Establishment of the Methodist Church, 105
   
   
   


 

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