The History of the State of Maine; from its first discovery, A.D. 1602, to the separation, A.D. 1820, inclusive

Chapter I

Page 9 to 37. 1691. Oct. 7, Provincial Charter of William and Mary granted; embracing Massachusetts, New-Plymouth, Maine and Sagadahock. 1692-3. The first administration. 1694. Feb. Death of Sir William Phips, first Royal Governor. 1696. Nova Scotia conceded by Massachusetts to the British Crown. Distress of Yorkshire. 1697. Sept. 11. Treaty of Ryswick. Nova Scotia resigned to France. 1698. Villebon, the French Governor, claims westward to Kennebeck. 1699. May 26, Lord Bellamont arrives, Provincial Governor. J. Bridges, first surveyor in the King's woods. 1700. Resettlement of Maine promoted. A Committee of Claims. 1701-2. Deaths of Lord Bellamont, Lieut. Gov. Stoughton, James II. and William III. 1702. Joseph Dudley, Provincial Governor. Population in Maine.

Chapter II

p. 38—70. 1703. Queen Anne's war. The French draw the broken tribes to St. Francois. Several eastern towns attacked by the Indians. 1704. Church's 5th eastern expedition. Colonial sufferers in this war. 1706. The Indians consider the war a burthen. 1707. All the remaining eastern settlements assailed. 1709-10. Expeditions against Port-Royal. Nova Scotia subdued by Col. Nicholson ; — an event important to Maine and Sagadahock. 1711-12. The war. Last skirmish at Wells. 1712. Oct. 27, Hostilities cease. 1713. March 30, Treaty of Utrecht; and July 11, of Portsmouth. Nova Scotia resigned to England and made a British Province. Castine the younger.

Chapter III

p. 80— 110. 1713. The administration and prudentials of Maine. Three towns survive the war. Ecclesiastical affairs. Order for the resettlement of several towns. 1714. Five towns revived. Paper money floods the country. Samuel Shute commissioned Governor. 1715. A road ordered from Berwick to Pejepscot. Three townships projected in the Pejepscot purchase. Georgetown resettled. 1716. Settlement of Kennebeck attempted. Yorkshire extended to St. Croix. 1717. Treaty with the Indians confirmed at Arrowsick. Timber trees protected. 1718. Armstrong's project to settle Sagadahock. 1719. Settlements between Kennebeck and St. Georges revived. Fort Richmond built. The Governor and House differ. 1720. Coram's project to settle Sagadahock. Affairs of Nova Scotia. Rale's character and conduct. Notaries Public. 1721.

P. Dudley's case as a Councillor. Mast trees protected. The Indians denounced as rebels. Castine the younger seized. Rale escapes. 1722. North-Yarmouth resettled.

Chapter IV

p. 111—151. Lovewell's war. The first reprizals and attacks by the Indians. Brunswick burnt. July 25, war proclaimed. Events of the war. Part of Georgetown burnt. 1723. Oldtown destroyed by Col. Westbrook. Attacks of the Indians. 1724. Col. Moulton's attempt to take Rale. Successes of the Indians. Norridgewock taken and Rale killed. Lovewell's excursions. i CONTENTS. A- D. „ _' , 1725. The battle of Pegwacket. The Indian village at Fort Hill destroyed. Dummer's treaty, Dec. 15, at Boston. Its ratification. Sagamores' sentiments.

Chapter V

p. 152—178. Dummer's administration. Three trading houses established. 1727. A mission sent to recover captives. Earthquake. A back tier of towns proposed. 1728. July 13, Governor Burnet arrives. Councillors. His disputes with the House. Death. 1729. Political changes in Sagadahock. David Dunbar, surveyor of the woods, takes possession of that Province ; rebuilds the fort at Pemaquid and surveys lots. 1730. Gov. Belcher's administration commences. Officers in Yorkshire. Complaints against Dunbar. He is appointed Lt. Gov. of New-Hampshire. 1732-3. His removal effected.

Chapter VI

p. 179—193. 1733. Terms on which new townships were granted. Grants made. 1734. Paper money overflows the country. Salary question put to rest. 1735. Falmouth made half-shire with York. County officers. A new valuation finished. Census. Throat-distemper rages. 1736. Trade extended. Right to the woods discussed. Natives complain of encroachments by Mr. Waldo. Dormant claims revived. 1737. Great dearth of provisions.

Chapter VII

p. 194—214. 1737-8. Dispute with New-Hampshire as to dividing lines, referred, discussed, settled. 1739. William Pepperell and Samuel Waldo command the two Yorkshire regiments. 1740. News of the Spanish war received. Specie scarce. Land-bank formed — dissolved. 1741. Governor Belcher removed from office; and appointment of Governor Shirley. George Whitefield. New tenor bills issued. First instance of impressment. 1742. Ship-building, trade and fisheries flourish. Settlements promoted. New valuation. 1743. Fears of war and measures of defence.

Chapter VIII

p. 215—233. 1744. The Spanish war. The French join against England. War declared against the Indians, from Passainaquoddy eastward. Eight eastern scouts. Defensible men in Maine, 2.S55. Louisbourg described. Expedition against it. 1745. The officers, the fleet, and the army. .Assistance of a British squadron. The siege. Louisbourg capitulates. Its great strength. Expenses of the expedition repaid by Great Britain.

Chapter IX

p. 234—259. Fifth Indian war. A defensive force of 450 men raised. Depredations by the savages. 1746. A French fleet of 70 sail, under Duke d'Anville, arrives at Halifax. Its disasters. A force of 470 men from this Province capitulates at Minas. 1747. A naval victory achieved by two English Admirals, Anson and Warren. Defence of the eastern people provided. News of peace arrives. 1748. Oct. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. In this war, the Province lost 3,000 effective men. 1749. Treaty with the eastern tribes at Falmouth.

Chapter X

p. 260—273. 1749-50. Claim of the French westward to KeDnebeck. Governor Shirley goes a Commissioner lo Paris, on the subject of boundaries. Money due received from England, and the paper money all CONTENTS. V A. D. redeemed. The French Neutrals join the troops from Canada at the Isthmus of Nova Scotia. Halifax settled. 1750. Cornwallis attacks the French below the Isthmus. . The homicide of Albee and accomplices, at Wiscasset. The Indians from the north, commit mischief. August, Treaty with the Natives confirmed. 1751.

CHAPTER XL

p. 274—303. The people — conspicuous for their merits, and tolerant in their sentiments. The ministry of the gospel is able and pious. The British American system enforced, by acts of Parliament. Settlement of the eastern country encouraged. New valuation. New Style adopted. Petition for a new County. The Indians disturbed by encroachments, and by fires in the woods. Obstacles to settlement were the fears of savage hostilities and the question as to land-titles. Vassal's project. Governor Shirley's return. The claims of the English and French to the eastern country specified. French line of northern forts, and aggressions. Defensive measures enlarged. General Union of the colonies projected. Fort Halifax at Kennebeck erected. Measures of defence. War inevitable. 1750-2 1752. 1753. 1754.

Chapter XII

p. 304—345 French war and 6th Indian war. The French forts built. The eastern fortifications. 1755. Four expeditions against the French, — three being unsuccessful. The French driven from Nova Scotia, and the French Neutrals removed. War declared against all the eastern tribes, except the Tarratines. The people jealous. Cargill's affair War upon the Tarratines. An Earthquake. Four expeditions against the French. Public burthens great. War declared against France. Governor Shirley leaves the Province. The Indians attack the eastern towns and settle- 1756. ments. The expeditions all unsuccessful. The Indian war. Governor Poivnal arrives. William Pitt put at the head of the British ministry. Three expeditions — all crowned with success — Louisbourg aud other places taken. The last efforts of the Indians against the English, at St. Georges.

A general attack upon the French. General Wolfe proceeds against Quebec. A fortress built at Penobscot, and named Fort Pownal. Death of General Waldo. Sept. 13, Quebec capitulates. Major Rogers destroys the Indian village of St. Francois. Death of Generals Pepperell and Waldo. Peace with the eastern tribes. Canada finally conquered. 1757. 1758. 1759. 1760.

Chapter XIII

p. 346—368. Limits of the Eastern Patents and great Tracts reviewed. Gov. Pownal leaves the Province. Members of the Council for the last 30 years. Cumberland and Lincoln Counties established. Francis Bernard arrives, Provincial Governor. George III. New valuation completed. Political parties noticed. Disputes between the Governor and House. York bridge erected. Twelve townships granted at Union river. Line between Maine and Nova Scotia, considered. Drought, fires and scarcity. Three new towns established. Feb. 10, Treaty of Paris, — Canada, resigned to Great Britain. Quebec Provinoe established. 1761. 1762. 1763

Chapter XIV

p. 369—407. Measures to raise a revenue in America. Governor's view of the eastern tribes. Census of Maine. Jan. 10, Stamp-act passed. The first Continental Congress, Stamp-act repealed. Crown lands and timber, considered. A Hurricane. Parliament lay duties on tea, glass, paper, &c. and regulate salaries. 1763 1764 1765 1766. VI CONTENTS. A. D. 1768. Colonial circulars offend the British ministry. A Provincial Convention. British troops stationed in Boston. 1769. Gov. Bernard leaves the Province. Duties repealed, except onteas. 1770. Boston Massacre. Public lands and mechanical arts, ingreatrepute. 1771. Thomas Hutchinson commissioned Governor. He opposes the settlements in Sagadahock. They increase on the Kennebeck. Governor disputes with the House. Judges' salaries. 1773. About 300 families leave Waldoborough.

Symptoms of revolution noticed. Ministers and lawjers opposed to British taxation. The dispute well understood bjr the parties. 1774. Dec. 16, Teas destroyed in Boston.

Chapter XV

p. 40S— 420. 1774. Acts passed by Parliament, to close the port of Boston, alter the charter of Massachusetts, and make other changes. Gen. Gage appointed Governor. He dissolves the General Court. A Provincial Congress meets. Second Continental Congress convenes. County Conventions. Committees of Safety and Supplies. Affairs of Coulson and Mowett. 1775. April 19. Battle of Lexington. Gen. Gage denounced.

Chapter XVI

p. 421—448. The war of the Revolution commenced. Capt. Mowett seized at Falmouth. First Bills of Continental money issued. George Washington commands the American Army. June 17th, Bunker Hill battle. Eastern affairs. Provincial charter resumed. Members of the Assemblies. Massachusetts issues paper-mone}'. Falmouth burnt by Mowett. Arnold's expedition through Kennebeck to Quebec. Repulse. General Post-offiee established. New appointment of Civil officers. Militia reorganized. 1776. Defence of Maine. Declaration of Independence.

Chapter XVII

p. 449—485. The amity of the eastern Indians confirmed. Measures of defence. Eddy's retreat to Machias. A Continental Army raised. Firearms arrive from France. Battle of Trenton. 1777. A garrison established at Machias. The enemy there repulsed. Capture of Gen. Burgoyne's army. 1778. New Constitution rejected. Estates of Absentees confiscated. Paper-money depreciated, 30 to one. Arrival of a French fleet. Maine and Sagadahock formed into a District. 1779. The British seize upon Penobscot and occupy 'Biguyduce. The American fleet and troops sent to remove the enemy — defeated. The losses. Saltonstall cashiered. 1780. Troubles in Maine : — 600 men raised for the eastern service. Gen. Wadsworth commands the Eastern Department. Arnold'g treason. Constitution of the Commonwealth adopted. Members of the Council for the past 20 years.

Chapter XVIII

p. 486—505. 1781. Administration under the State-constitution. Gen. Wadsworth carried a prisoner to 'Biguyduce. Maj. Burton made prisoner also. They escape. Defence of the eastern inhabitants. Gen. McCobb succeeds to the command of Gen. Wadsworth. Public credit low, and public burdens great. First Commissioners of Eastern Lands. October 27, surrender of Cornwallis and his army. 1782. Cessation of hostilities. Judicial and militia systems new modelled. 1783. Sept. 3. Definitive treaty of Paris. The American army disbanded. Losses.

Chapter XIX

p. 506—520. 1784. Great and immediate increase of settlements and population in Maine. Committees of Eastern Lands appointed. Lumberand other articles of export. Disputes between the borderers on the river St. Croix. CONTENTS. VII A. D. 1785. Body of Statute-law revised. Expenses of the Tenobscot expedition considered. Governor Hancock resigns, and J. Bowdoin elected Governor. Demand for eastern lands. Twelve townships confirmed. Provision made for quieting the Islanders. Treaty with the Tarratines. Towns and plantations revived. Great freshet.

Chapter XX

p. 521—547. Separation of Maine, from Massachusetts, discussed. Falmouth Gazette, first published. Address to the people. Result of measures taken for Separation. Three new towns. Shay's insurrection. Land lottery instituted. Hancock re-elected Gov. Economy and industry encouraged. Federal Constitution adopted. First Representatives to Congress, and Electors. Slavery abolished. A College in Maine projected. Twenty new towns. George Washington, first President of the U. States, inaugurated. 1785-6. 1787. 1788. 1789.

Chapter XXI

p. 548—557. Counties of Hancock and Washington established. Maine a District. A Census taken. Officers of the District Court. Dis- 1790. putes between the eastern borderers and British provincials quieted. A law to preserve game. ISine new towns. Objects of eastern enterprize. Death of Governor Hancock. Two new towns incorporated. 1791-2. 1793.

Chapter XXII

p. 558—586. Political parties — Federalists and Anti-federalists. The French revolution. The Americans take sides. Mr. Jay's treaty. Samuel Adams elected Governor. Three Representatives to Congress elected. Bowdoin College established. Nineteen new towns incorporated. 3,500,00j acres of eastern lands sold since the peace. Emigrant Society formed. Metalic coins regulated — eagles, dollars and cents, adopted in computation. A 3d Militia Division formed. Law as to Shell-fish. By a treaty with the Tarratines, 9 townships relinquished by them. Seven new towns. Academies endowed. 1794. 1794-5. 1795. 1796. 1797. Records of Supreme Judicial Court removed from Boston to their respective counties. I. Sumner elected Governor. Parties. Federalist and Democrat. J. Adams and T. Jefferson, President and Vice-President.

French aggression. Five new towns. The true St. Croix determined. Eight new towns. War measures — Land-tax, sedition law and alien bill. Envoys to France, Truxton's victory. Kennebeck County established. The Plymouth, Waldo and Pejepscot patents limited. Deaths of Gov. Sumner and Gen. Washington. 1798. 1799.

Chapter XXIII

p. 587—604. The Supreme Judiciary revised. Caleb Strong elected Governor. Electors or* President and Vice-President chosen. 1800. Opposition of the Democrats to the measures of the National administration. Treaty negociated with France. The Fed eral Eagle — a badge. C. Bench of 16 Judges established. T. Jefferson and A. Burr, President and Vice-President. A 2d census. A new valuation. Six new towns. 1801. J. Read and P. Coffin, Land-agents. Sales of the eastern Jands considered. The Federalists oppose the new administration. Repeals of Congressional Acts — Other measures adopted. Merino sheep imported. New towns. Banks increased, and the banking system revised. Law against counterfeiting. Judiciary improved — and a Nisi-prius system adopted. Fisheries. Oxford County established. The era of incorporations.

Though Governor Strong was re-elected, each legislative branch 1802. 1803. 1804-5, 1805. 1806. CONTENTS. VIII A. D. was democratical. The British insult our flag. Non-importation Act passed. Berlin and Milan decrees. 1807. British impressments. Embargo laid. Twenty-four new towns incorporated.

Chapter XXIV

p. 605—627. 1807. J. Sullivan elected Governor. His administration — County-Attorneys, Courts of Sessions and Jury act. 1808. Betterment Law. A 4th militia division. Sullivan's death. Sixteen new towns. 1809. C. Gore elected Governor. Somerset County established. Mr. Gore's administration. J. Madison, President of the United States. Erskine's arrangement. Rambouillet Decree. The affair of Chadwick. Vaccination recommended, Maine Bible Society established. 1810. E. Gerry elected Governor. The 3d Census. Exports, tonnage, valuation, and fishery. 1911. Religious freedom-bill. Measures of Mr. Gerry's administration. Skirmish between the Little Belt and the President. Two new militia divisions established. 1812. Mr. Strongre-elected Governor. Tax on banks. Corporeal punishment abolished. Land controversies in Lincoln settled.

Chapter XXV

p. 628—638. 1812. The European belligerents. Embargo, and measures of defence. June 18, war declared against G. Britain. Events of the war. 1813. Politics. New towns and Banks. Washington Benevolent Societies. Direct tax imposed. 1814. March, all restrictive laws repealed. Factories established. American successes in the war.

Chapter XXVI

p. 639—657. 1S14. The war in Maine. The enemy seize upon Eastport, Castine, and Machias. The government instituted there by the British. Their other measures. Trade at Castine and Hampden. Closing events and incidents of the war. Battle of N. Orleans. Measures of the Hartford Convention. Castine and the eastern coast evacuated by the British, as far eastwardly as Eastport.

Chapter XXVII

p. 658—679. 1815. Feb. 11, news of peace arrives. Trade and Commerce. The condition of the cod-fishery. Public morals. 1816. New towns. County of Penobscot incorporated. A land office established. J. Brooks elected Governor. Measures resumed to separate Maine from Massachusetts. Brunswick Convention. Parties. Emigration westward. 1817. Cold Seasons. Emigrations partially checked. Moose Island decided to belong to Maine. Our northern boundary discussed. 1818. Treaty with the Tarratines. Probate Code revised. Sea-Serpent. 1819-20. Maine separated from Massachusetts. Its Constitution framed and adopted. It is admitted into the Union. Its political administration. SUPPLEMENTAL.—

Chapter XXVIII

p. 680—705. 1623 to The periods of our history. The Militia. Expenditure and 1820. revenue. Taxation. Coins. Education, arts, studies and professions. The religious denominations and their ecclesiastical polity. Industry, trade and manufactures. The various institutions, established. Domestic life reviewed.