Book of Ages (74 page)

London Chronicle
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London Magazine

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,
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“Looking-Glass for the Times, A” (Folger),
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Loring, Caleb,
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Loring, Jane Lathrop,
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loyalists,
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Madison, James

magazines,
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see also specific magazines

Malachi,
2.1
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10.1

Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God
(Algonquian translation of Bible),
3.1
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3.2

Maritime Observations
(B. Franklin),
14.1
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marriage

age at,
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common-law,
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pregnancy and

Martin, David,
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Mary, Queen of Scotland

Mary I, Queen of England

Maryland,
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Massachusetts,
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debtors in,
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35.1

French and Indian War and

legal age for marriage in

poor laws of,
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reading law in,
3.1
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6.1

seal of

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association,
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Massachusetts Council

Massachusetts Gazette

Massachusetts General Assembly,
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Massachusetts Government Act (1774)

Massachusetts Historical Society,
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Massachusetts Magazine
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Massasoit (Wampanoag sachem)

“Materials for American History” (Sparks)

Mather, Cotton,
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BF’s visit with

James Franklin’s encounter with

mocking of,
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8.2

sermons of,
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Mather, Increase,
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Mecom, Abiah (Benny’s daughter),
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Mecom, Abiah (JFM’s daughter),
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Mecom, Ann

Mecom, Benjamin “Benny,”
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apprenticeship of,
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debts of,
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disappearance of,
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JFM’s correspondence with,
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in Philadelphia,
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as printer and publisher,
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soap business of,
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unsettled mind and madness of,
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Mecom, Catherine Oakey,
see
Turner, Catherine Oakey Mecom

Mecom, Deborah (JFM’s granddaughter)

Mecom, Duncan

Mecom, Ebenezer (JFM’s brother-in-law)

Mecom, Ebenezer “Eben” (JFM’s son),
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death of,
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marriage of,
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Mecom, Edward, Jr. “Neddy,”
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birth of,
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death of,
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as saddler,
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sickliness of,
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Mecom, Edward, Sr.,
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background of

birth of,
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death of,
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debts of,
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estate of,
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as father,
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JFM’s relationship with,
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marriage of,
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as saddler,
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singing school plans of,
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tuberculosis of,
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Mecom, Elizabeth (JFM’s granddaughter),
see
Britt, Elizabeth Mecom

Mecom, Elizabeth (JFM’s sister-in-law)

Mecom, Elizabeth Ross (JFM’s daughter-in-law),
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Mecom, Hezekiah

Mecom, James “Jemmy”

Mecom, Jane (Benny’s daughter),
see
Kinsman, Jane Mecom

Mecom, Jane (JFM’s daughter),
see
Collas, Jane Mecom

Mecom, Jane Franklin “Jenny”

baptism of,
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beauty of,
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biographies of,
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birth of,
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boarders of,
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business efforts of,
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Caty Greene’s friendship with,
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childhood of,
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death of,
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despair and distress of,
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domestic life of

eyeglasses of,
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fall of,
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family background of,
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fate of papers of,
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finances of,
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genealogy of,
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as grandmother,
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as great-grandmother,
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health problems of,
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husband’s estate and,
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learning of,
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library of,
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lost letters of,
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marriage of,
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most revolutionary thought of

as mother,
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mourning ring of,
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moves of,
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old age of,
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opinions of,
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parents cared for by,
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personality of,
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pregnancies and childbirths of,
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reading of,
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