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Ames, quoted, 136.
Amherst, sign-board at, 360.
Andirons, 62.
Andover, church vote in, 286; bad boy in, 373.
Annapolis, dress in, 293.
Apostle spoons, 90.
Apples, culture of, 145; plenty in Maryland, 145; modes of cooking, 146; in pies, 146.
Apple-b.u.t.ter, 146-147.
Apple-paring, 146-147.
Apple-sauce, 146-147.
Architecture, of churches, 364 _et seq._, 385 _et seq._
Arkamy, 88.
Axe-helves, 314-315.
Back-bar of fireplace, description, 53.
Bacon, quoted, 431.
Bagging, from coa.r.s.e flax, 172.
Bake-kettle, 66.
Bake-shops, 147.
Ballots, of corn and beans, 141.
Balsam, as dye, 194.
Baltimore, dress in, 293; taverns in, 359.
Banyan, 294.
Barberry, root as dye, 194.
Basins, 106.
Ba.s.s, in New England waters, 120-121.
Ba.s.s-viols, in meeting, 378.
Bates of flax, 169.
Batteau, 329.
Batten, of loom, 220-221.
Baxter, 187.
Bayberry, description, 39; candles of, 39; wax of, 40; laws about, 40; soap from, 255.
Bead bags, 263.
Beam. See Warp-beam.
Beaming, in weaving, 218.
Beans, as ballots, 141; mode of cooking, 145.
Bed coverlet. See Coverlet.
Bedstead, alcove, 55; turn-up, 55-56.
Beer, among Dutch, 161.
Bees, called English flies, 111.
Beehives, 442.
Beetling of flax, 172.
Bell, as summons to meeting, 368.
Belt-loom. See Tape-loom.
Bennet, quoted, 123.
Berkeley, Gov., quoted, 111, 360-361.
Berries, 145.
Betty lamps, 43-44.
Beverages. See Drinks.
Bible, references to flax in, 177.
