Pepperell, Sir William, order of, 57. Pepys, Samuel, on bathing, 27; friend of Cocker, 142; cited, 206, 313. Perambulating the bounds. See Bounds. Perry, Reverend Joseph, medicine of, 7-8. Petticoats, embroidered, 335. Philadelphia, schools of, 71. Phips, Sir William, family of, 11. Phlox, wreaths of, 394. Pierpont, John, quoted, 390. Pigeons, shooting of, 317 _et seq._ Pike, Nicholas, arithmetic of, 144-145. _Pilgrim's Progress_, 254-255, 265, 312. Pillory, 200. Pin-a-sights, 400. Pinckney, Charles C., education of, 180-183. Pinckney, Eliza L., quoted, 180-183. Pincushion, gift of, 18-19. Pine-needles, playthings of, 394. _Pious Motions and Devout Exercises_, etc., 251. Pitch and hustle, 347. Pitkin, Jerusha, embroidery of, 324-325. Pitman, John, precocity of, 185-186. _Plaine Mans Pathway to Heaven_, 248, 249. Plays, in schools, 115 _et seq._ Plum trees, gum from, 387. Plummets, use of, 79; manufacture of, 79. Points, 313. Poison, 345. Pokeberries, dye from, 398. _Poor Robin's Almanack_, 18, 21. Pope, quoted, 148. Pops, 389. Poppies, playthings of, 384, 386. "Poppy-show," 400. Porter, Dr., cited, 247. Portulaca, as playthings, 388. Post, Cathalina, 47. Potash saved for treat, 77. Potation-penny, 77. Prating, 317. Prayer, "Now I lay me," etc., 130. Present, in address, 157. _Pretty Little Pocket Book_, 346, 354, 374. Primer, defined, 128. Primroses, children's interest in, 402. Prince Library, 156. Prior, quoted, 124. Processioning. See Bounds. Proctor, Master, 153. _Prodigal Daughter_, 256. Profanity, punished, 203. Prophecy of a child, 2-3. Prosperity of settlers, 3. Providence, R. I., education of girls in, 95-96. Provisions on shipboard, 28. Pumpkins, seeds, 386; trombones of, 390; lettering of, 396; lanterns of, 396. Puncheon floors, 75. Punishments of scholars. See Discipline and Schools. Puppets. See Dolls. Quakers, schools of, 71. Quills. See Goosequills. Quilts, 21; piecing of, 339. Quincy, Dorothy, 107-108. Quincy, Elizabeth, 108-109. Quincy, Elizabeth Morton, 115-116, 202. Quincy, John, portrait of, 40-43. Quincy, Josiah, rearing of, 25-26; school life of, 83, 134. Rabelais, on abridgments, 300. Raisins of the sun, 32. Raritan, N. J., schoolhouse at, 76. Rattlesnakes, bounties on, 316. Ravenel, Daniel, portrait, 48. Rawhide, 204. Rawson, Susannah, 113. Rawson, William, family of, 12. Reading-boards, 126. _Reading-made-easies_, 136. _Record's Arithmetic_, 140. Redemptioners, as teachers, 72. _Reformed Virginian Silk Worm_, 310. _Religio Medici_, 176. Ribbon-grass, 390. Richards, Mary, sampler of, 338. Rickets, new disease, 7; treatment of, 7-8. Riddles, in commonplace book, 174; old-time esteem of, 275. Riding for the goose, 352.