Philadelphia, early houses in, 15; luxurious dinners in, 160; straw manufacture in, 260; travel from, 347-350; taverns in, 359; cow-herding in, 400-401. Pickling, old-time, 152. Pierce Garrison House, 26. Pierpont, Rev. John, verses of, 306-307. Pies, 146. Pigeons, plenty of, 110; price of, 110. Pilgrims, starvation of, 129. Piling-bee, 406. Pillions, 331-332. Pillory, location of, 367. Pinckney, Mrs., exchange of flowers of, 439. Pinehurst, hand-weaving in, 250-251. Pine-knots, use of, 32-33. Pink, name of vessel, 328. Pinks, varieties of, 427. Pipe shelves, 68. Pipe-tongs, 68-69. Pitch-pipes, in meeting, 378. Plantain, romance of, 435-436. Plate-racks, 68. Plate-warmer, 61. Plymouth, vacant fields at, 130; sampler at, 266. Pokeberry, as dye, 193. Pompion. See Pumpkin. Pones, 134. Pop-corn, 135. Poplar wood, use of, 81-82. Porcelain. See China. Porringers, 85-86. Porter's fluid, 45. Portsmouth, old house at, 21. Portulaca, 429. Posnet, 87. Possing, of linen, 234. Post, first, 332; duties of, 332-333; in Virginia, 333; report about, 333-335. Potatoes, in New England, 144; queer modes of cooking, 144-145. See Sweet potatoes. Potato-boiler, 57. Pot-brakes, 53. Pot-clips, 53. Pot-crooks, 53. Pot-hangers, 53. Pothooks, 53. Pots, cost of, 56; size of, 56. Pound-keepers, 400. Powder-horns, 320-321. Powdering of hair, 297. Powdering tub, 153. Power-loom, 230. Powhatan, teaches corn-planting, 127. Prairie-schooner. See Conestoga wagon. Prayers, length of, 376; with the sick, 419. Preserving, old-time, 152. Printer, dress of, 293. Providence, straw manufacture in, 260; restrictions in, 392. Psalm-singing, 376 _et seq._ Puddings, of corn, 135. Pudding-time, 104, 160. Pue. See Pews. Pulling of flax, 168. Pulpits, 368, 385. Pumpkin, tributes to, 143; modes of cooking, 143; their plenty, 143; shells of, 309. Puncheon floor, 6. Quakers, dress of, 258, 292. Quarels, of glass, 9. Quarnes, 133. Quiddonies, 152. Quills, for weaving, 216; from geese, 259. Quilling-wheel, 216, 229. Quilts, piecing of, 270-275; materials for, 272-274; patterns for, 272-275; quilting of, 273-274. Quince drink, 96. Quincy family, fire-buckets of, 18; samplers of, 266-267. Quincy, Josiah, quoted, 341-342, 346. Raddle, of loom, 219. Rag carpet, 239-240. Rail-fence, 25. Raising, of a house, 408 _et seq._ Rake. See Raddle. Ramsay, quoted, 395-396. Randolph, John, quoted, 205. Raspberry leaves for tea, 158, 165. Rattle-watch, 362. Ravel. See Raddle. Reading, communal privileges in, 391. Recons, 53. Reed. See Sley. Reed-hook. See Sley-hook. Reel, triple, 200. See Clock-reel and Niddy-noddy. Revolution, influences towards success, 166-167, 189. Rhode Island, stage-coach in, 346. Rhode Island College. See Brown University. Ribbon-beds, 445. Ribbon-grass, 430. Ride-and-tie system, 332. Rings, wearing of, 297; at funerals, 298.