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1. |
History of
Portland, Part I, with an appendix containing ancient
documents in 2 parts - Part 1 - by
Wm. Willis |
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II. |
An account of
________________. By Charles
Freeman |
245 |
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III. |
An account of
Wells. by Jeremiah Hubbard and
Johnathan Green_____ |
255 |
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IV. |
Extracts from
the early Records of the Province of Maine |
269 |
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V. |
Depositions of
George Cleeves, George Lewis, Henry watts, George Deering,
John Smith and Michael Mitton in 1645, concerning
the mis-carriages of Robert Nash on the cost of Maine |
287 |
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VI. |
The submission
of the inhabitants of Black Point, Blue Point and Falmouth,
to the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, July 1658 |
290 |
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VII. |
Petition of
Edward Godfrey to the Government of Massachusetts in
1654 |
295 |
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VIII. |
A petition from
the inhabitants of York, Kittery, Saco, Wells and Cape
Porpus, to Oliver Cromwell, Aug. 12, 1656 |
296 |
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IX. |
A letter to
John Endicott, Governor of Mass. from Edward
Rishworth, Aug. 15, 1656 |
299 |
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X. |
A letter from
J. Curwin in 1663 from London, about the affairs of
New-England |
301 |
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XI. |
A petition from
the inhabitants of the Province of Maine to King Charles
II, about 1680 |
302 |
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XII. |
The late
governor Lincoln's MSS. papers |
305 |
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1. Remarks
on the Indian Languages |
310 |
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2. Account
of the Catholic Missions in Maine |
323 |
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XIII. |
Letters written
while on an expedition across the State of Maine to attack
Quebec in 1775, by Col. Arnold; with a journal of a
tour from the St. Lawrence to the Kennebec, supposed to have
been made by Col. Montresor, chief of the Engineer
department, about the year 1760. |
341 |
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XIV. |
A Journal of the
expedition to Quebec in 1775 - by
Wm. Allen |
387 |
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CONTENTS
OF THE HISTORY OF PORTLAND.
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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
A brief account of the settlements on the coast of
Maine, previous to 1632.
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- Richmond's Island
- Spurwink
- dispute between Cleeves and Tucker, and John Winter about the title
- trade at Richmond's Island
- the Neck, now Portland, first occupied
- grants in other parts of Falmouth
- Mitton, Macworth
- first Judicial Court for the Province
- settles in Falmouth in 1640 |
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| CHAP. 2 - |
- The Political affairs
of the Province from the great patent in 1620, to the
submission to the jurisdiction of Massachusetts in 1658. |
39 |
| CHAP. 3 - |
1640 - 1660
- Boundaries and name of the town
- inhabitants in 1658, and places of residence
- early conveyances
- first Mills
- Phillips, Ingersoll and Corbin
- settlers at Back Cove
- Jordan's claim and quarrel with Cleeves. |
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| CHAP. 4 - |
1660.
- Inhabitants petition the General Court against
the claims of Cleeves and Jordan
- Petition of the freemen to the Gen. Court
- Islands belonging to Falmouth
- New Settlers, Munjoy, Wakely, Coe, Brackett,
Clarke, Felt, Cloice, &c.
- Mitton's death. |
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| CHAP. 5 - |
1659 - 1665
- First Court under Massachusetts
- state of religion in the town
- Deputies
- Courts
- Pay of Jurymen
- Highways
- Prison
- Abraham Preble
- Opposition to Massachusetts
- King's Commissioners suspend the authority of that Colony
- Memorial from Casco
- return of the Commissioners |
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| CHAP. 6 - |
1554 - 1674
- Proceedings of the new government
- Courts in Casco, persons presented, state of morals
- Cleve's death and character
- Thomas Skilling's death
- Government of Mass. restored
- Jordan, Jocelyn, Neale
- Freemen petition Gen. Court
- Munjoy licensed to retail
- Eastern line run
- Selectmen
- Falmouth presented
- Settlements at Capisic, Stroudwater and Purpooduck
- Death of Martin, Wharff, Bartlett and Mills |
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| CHAP. 7 - |
1675 - 1679
- The first Indian War
- Inhabitants of Falmouth 1675
- Destruction of the town in 1676
- Further attacks of the Indians
- Militia in 1675
- Peace
- Prisoners restored
- Walter Gendall
- Robert Jordan's death
- Brackett
- Names of Inhabitants in Casco Bay |
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| CHAP. 8 - |
1678
- Purchase of Maine by Massachusetts
- Government
- Resettlement of Falmouth
- Danforth's grants, other titles on the Neck
- Grants by the town
- Silvanus Davis
- Munjoy's death and family
- First Tavern, Seacomb, Jones, Cloice
- Death of Mrs. Harvey and George Lewis
- Geo. Burroughs |
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| CHAP. 9 - |
1681 - 1689
- Fort Loyal
- Saw-Mills taxed for its support
- Deed of Falmouth to Trustees
- Government of Andross, new patents for land required
- French emigrants
- Roads and ferries
- business of the town and its internal condition
- quarrel between Lawrence and Davis |
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| CHAP. 10 - |
1688 - 1700 - The Second
Indian War and the destruction of Falmouth.
- Population in 1689
- Commencement of the second Indian War
- Andross visits Maine
- His authority subverted
- Renewal of hostilities
- Attack on Falmouth resisted
- Second attack and destruction of the town. |
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| CHAP. 11 - |
- A notice of some of the
Inhabitants of Falmouth during the second settlement
- Names of the settlers |
207 |
| APPENDIX |
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| No. I. - |
- Record of an action in
1640, Cleeves v. Winter, for disturbing his
possession at Spurwink, with the pleadings and verdict. |
221 |
| No. II. - |
- Petition of Robert
Jordan in 1648 to the Court of Ligonia, for leave to
appropriate Trelawny's property in his hands to the payment
of Winter's claim against Trelawny's estate; proceedings of
the Court thereon, and an inventory of the property.
Also a statement of the account. |
223 |
| No. III. - |
- Action in 1640, Cleeves
v. Winter for disturbing his possession on the Neck, with
the pleadings. |
231 |
| No. IV. - |
- Lease for 2000 years
from Sir Ferdinando Gorges to Cleeves and Tucker of part of
Falmouth, dated Jan. 237th, 1637 |
233 |
| No. V. - |
- Extract from John
Jocelyn's voyages, showing the situation of the several
towns in the province about 1670. |
236 |
| No. VI. - |
- Robert Jordon's
Will 1679 |
238 |
| No. VII. - |
Indian deed to George Munjoy
of land at Ammoncongin, June 4, 1666. |
239 |
| No. VIII. - |
Thomas Danforth's deed
to the Trustees of Falmouth, 1684. |
240 |
| No. IX. - |
- Letters to George
Bramhall 1687 and 88, and receipts from him and
Silvanus Davis.
(No. 1) |
242 |
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SHARON WICK'S NOTE:
All of these above and below here are in the order they were
in the book. |
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| II. - |
An Account of Limerick,
By Charles Freeman |
245 |
| III. - |
An Account of Wells, By
Jeremiah Hubbard and Jonathan Greenleaf -
Prepared July 1825 |
255 |
| IV. - |
Extracts From Records
in the County of York |
269 |
| V. - |
Depositions Of George
Cleeves, George Lewis, and Michael Mitton of
Casco, and Henry Watts, George Dearing and
John Smith of Black Point relating to the doings of
Captain Robert Nash on the cost of Maine in 1645 |
287 |
| VI. - |
The following document contains
the submission of Scarborough and Falmouth, then the eastern
towns in the province of Maine, to the jurisdiction of
Massachusetts in 1658. It is taken from York Records
and has never before been published. The submission of
the towns of Kittery, York, Wells and Saco in 1652, may be
found in Sullivan's history of Maine. |
290 |
| VII. - |
A Petition of Edward
Godfrey to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1654. |
295 |
| VIII. - |
A Petition from the
Inhabitants of Maine to Oliver Cromwell 1656 |
296 |
| IX. - |
Letter from Edward Rishworth
to Gov. Endicott 1656 |
299 |
| X. - |
A letter on the affairs of
New-England, 1663 or 1664 |
301 |
| XI. - |
A petition from the inhabitants
of Maine to Charles II. about 1680. It is
without date, but it must have been prepared in 1680, or the
beginning of 1681 - one at least of the petitioners died in
1681, and the Indian war, to which reference is made, ended
in 1679 |
302 |
| XII. - |
Late Gov. Lincoln's MSS
Papers |
305 |
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Remarks on the Indian
Languages.
of The Abenaquis |
310 |
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The Norridgewock |
312 |
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A Vocabulary of Words of the
Norridgewock tongue |
317 |
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Hieroglyphics |
321 |
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Some Account of the Catholic
Missions in Maine |
323 |
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Dreuillettes |
327 |
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Fathers Vincent and
Jaques Bigot |
328 |
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Thury |
330 |
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Father Sebastian Ralle |
331 |
| XIII. - |
Letters written while on
an expedition across the State of Maine to attack Quebec in
1775, by Col. Arnold; with a journal of a tour from
the St. Lawrence to the Kennebec, supposed to have been made
by Col. Montresor, chief of the Engineer department,
about the year 1760. |
341 |
| XIV. - |
A Journal of the expedition
to Quebec in 1775 by William Allen
- Account of Arnold's Expedition; Compiled by William Allen |
387 |
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