[REPRINTED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, JUNE, 1891.] In the year 1883 I prepared a somewhat detailed sketch of the history of the North Precinct of the original town of Braintree, subsequently incorporated as Quincy, which was published and can now be found in the large volume entitled "History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts." In the preparation of that sketch I had at my command a quantity of material of more or less historical value,--including printed and manuscript records, letters, journals, traditions both oral and written, etc.,--bearing on social customs, and political and religious questions or conditions. The study of this material caused me to u…
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