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For encouragement and aid in tlie work, thanks are due to friends more nuraei'ous than I can mention. Many, not named, are not forgotten, if I refer to a few, whom it Avere unpardonable to omit. The kindness and cooperation of each member of the Historical Committee have been constant and unstinted, and I record it here most gratefully ; while to Mr. Foster and his good wife (whose recent death makes their pleasant home desolate) , I am specially indebted for the lists of town officers, and for the useful alphabetical copy, made by thein, of the Baptisms found in the records of the First Church. Mr. Franklin .Taquith copied the inscriptions in the South BurjMng Ground, and those in the Old Corner Burj'ing Ground were as kindly copied by Mrs. Holt. Mr. Jaquith also prepared with great care the list of soldiers from Billerlca in the late war. Dr. C. E. Hosmer rendered important aid in preparing the Map of Ancient Billerica. The use of valuable surveys and papers has been generously granted by Mrs. Samuel Sage, Mr. Leander Crosbj% Mr. Merton Simonds, of Bedford, Peter E. Vose, Esq., of Dennysville, Me., and the Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D. D., of New Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cutler, of Bedford, have most kindly given me every opportunity to use the invaluable Lane Papers in their possession. The Hon. Samuel A. Green, M. D., Mayor of Boston, has not only given free access to the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society, but, by constant and valuable suggestions, aided me very materiallj'^ ; and Mr. John Ward Dean, of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, has been not less helpful. The Congregational Library, rich in local history and genealogy, has been always at mj^ service, while to IMiss Mary E. Stone, its assistant lil)rarian, especial thanks are due, for invaluable aid, most cheerfully rendered, in reading proof of nian^y of these pages. In n)y researches among the Massachusetts Archives in the Secretarj' of State's office, the aid of Dr. Edward Strong has been of great service ; and thanks are due to Mr. David Pulsifer, of the same office. Others, who should be named in the same spirit, are, Mrs. Bennett and Mr. W. W. AVarren, Dr. Augustus Whiting, of Charlestown, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Faulkner, Mr. C. H. Hill, Mr. E. J. Hill and Dr. F. V. Noj^es ; and the volume might have an appropriate dedication to the memory of Cai)t. Charles A. Kanlett, to whose historic interest much was due in the inception of the enterjti-ise.

Passage source: History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, published 1883.

Indian deeds, 123; sale, of Wamesit, 124; the Winthrops seek lo recover, 125; military company, 125; Canada expedition; Dunstable assailed; Lt. Wilson at Cocheco, 126; Billerica's first massacre, 127; second massacre, 129 ; Mrs. Toothaker, 130 ; militai-y life and trials, 132 ; Hunt's garrison, 134 ; Col. John Lane, 135 ; Queen Anne's war, 136 ; soldiers from Billerica, 137 ; Dunstable attacked, 140 ; Lovewell's expedition, 141 ; Louisburg, 142 ; service on Connecticut river, 143 ; sad day for Billerica, 143 ; Josiah Crosby, 144 ; French and Indian war, 145 ; soldiers from Billerica, 147 ; the French neutrals, 151.

Passage source: History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, published 1883.

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