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PREFACE |
iii |
| 1. |
DISCOURSE BEFORE THE
SOCIETY, at its Annual Meeting, Sept. 6, 1846, by Hon.
George Folsom of New York
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3-80 |
| 2. |
BRIEF NARRATION of the
Original Undertakings of Plantations in America.
By Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Kt., Lord Proprietor of the
Province of Maine
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| 3. |
A VOYAGE to NEW ENGLAND, in
1823, by Christopher Levett, Esq.
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73 |
| 4. |
ANNALS OF BAKERSTOWN, POLAND
AND MINOT, by William Ladd, Esq.
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111 |
| 5. |
HISTORY OF THE SEVEN
NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIPS, by Charles Coffin, Esq.
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131 |
| 6. |
SOME ACCOUNT OF NEW
GLOUCESTER, by Isaac Parsons, Esq.
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151 |
| 7. |
HISTORY OF NORTH YARMOUTH,
by Edward Russell, Esq.
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165 |
| 8. |
THE HISTORY OF BATH, by
Joseph Sewall, Esq.
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189 |
| 9. |
SOME ACCOUNT OF AN ANCIENT
SETTLEMENT ON SHEEPSCOT RIVER, by Rev. Samuel Johnson,
with Supplementary Remarks, by William Willis, Esq.
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229 |
| 10. |
ACCOUNT OF PEMAQUID, by
Judge Groton
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238 |
| 11. |
EXERTIONS OF THE O'BRIEN
FAMILY at Machias, in the American Revolution by Capt.
John O'Brien, of Brunswick
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242 |
| 12. |
LETTER FROM GEN RUFUS PUTNAM
TO GOV. BOWDOIN, in relation to Shay's rebellion.
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250 |
| 13. |
NOTICE OF WILLIAM LADD,
by William Willis, Esq.
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255 |
| 14. |
DEED from Ferdinando Gorges,
Esq. to John Usher
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257 |
| 15. |
DEED fromm John Usher to the
Colony of Massachusetts Bay
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261 |
| 16. |
OPINION of Richard West,
Esq., Counsel to the Board of Trade, as to the King's right
to the woods in the Province of Maine.
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265 |
| 17. |
HISTORY OF THE KENNEBEC
PURCHASE, by Robert H. Gardiner, Esq.
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269 |
| 18. |
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF
THE SOCIETY, AND LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
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295 |
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