Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society
Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society
Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher: Portland, Or. : Maine Historical Society
ISBN: 9781235320729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1892. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... notes concerning ancient augusta at small point. contributed by rev. henry O. thayer. In my note-book of past historical studies of the Sagadahoc region, I find materials which will extend somewhat the history of Small Point and its stone fort. It seems a fitting time to offer them as a supplement to the carefully studied article of Mr. H. W. Wheeler in the July Quarterly. It is worthy of mention, that John Penhallow of Portsmouth, son of Judge Penhallow, the historian, early began a business career in Boston with James Pemberton. Then as early as July, 1716, he is said to have had "a business connection with Captain Oliver Noyes, Esq., Physician, so styled."' This "connection," whatever it was, may be regarded as a main cause for his going to Small Point, where he probably acted as the agent of Mr. Noyes, as well as prosecuted his own aims. We may hesitate to believe it a definite partnership, since at this time he was partner with Mr. John Watts, and engaged in the "down east" trade. Oliver Noyes, Esq., evidently took a leading part in the Pejepscot Company's operations at Small Point, but he also put forward schemes of his own. For in 1718, April 23, the Company granted him three hundred acres in Augusta township, in consideration of his expenses and loss in settling the town.1 Possibly the erection of the stone fort was one large item in the expenditure. Also 1719, November, the Company voted: --"If Mr. Noyes shall gain from the sea by a dam a pond near his house at Harbor Farm on Atkins' Bay, the land shall be his." I am not assured of the location of this farm, but Noyes had a stone house which stood on the westerly margin of Atkins' Bay over against Po...
Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society
Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Collections of the Maine Historical Society
Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society
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Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780469576902
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Vol. 2 of 4 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656564873
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Excerpt from Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Vol. 2 of 4 Section of Martin Behaim's Globe, Map of Antonio and Niobolo Zeon, Part of Mercator's Globe of 1541, The Florentine Columbus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society; Volume VIII
Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017519785
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Maine Historical SocietyPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780530137254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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