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HISTORY -OF-
CUMBERLAND CO.,
MAINE.
Alllustrations and Biographical Shetcheg
ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS.
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PHILADELPHIA: EVERTS & PECK.
-1880.
PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA,
F27 Caci
PREFACE.
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THE history of Cumberland County comprised in the present volume has been compiled according to the following plan :
I. A General History of the County.
II. A history of the City of Portland.
III. A history of each of the towns of the county.
IV. Biographical Sketches, with portraits, on steel, wood, and stone, of men of more or less prominence in different parts of the county, arranged according to their respective towns, or in connection with the histories of those interests with which the subjects have been most intimately identified in their business or professions.
The advantages of this arrangement, we think, are obvious. While it furnishes to each town its appropriate history, much more economically than could be afforded in separate volumes, it also gives the publisher a larger territory in which to dispose of his work, and in that degree enables him to add to its excellence and value. It also conduces to a more orderly and systematic classification of the materials which make up the volume. It is common to include in town histories a great deal of matter that is of a general character, or common to all the towns, and such matter is usually repeated in each separate history of a town. But in the plan of the present work these repetitions are entirely avoided by placing all the matter of a general character in the general history, and only that which is strictly local in the town histories.
The plan of the work is such as is deemed, upon the whole, best adapted to the orderly classification of the large amount of matter which such a county must necessarily furnish,-a county whose settlement dates baek two hundred and fifty years, and whose varied resources and interests have been developed by a people remarkable for their intelligence, thrift, and enterprise. It would be strange if such a people, during a period of two and a half centuries, in many respects the most eventful of modern times, had not made history enough to fill one volume, however large, to say nothing of the doings of their savage predecessors, or of the voyages of discovery and efforts at colonization which prepared the way for their advent to these shores.
In this preparatory history Maine evidently took the lead, being the first to plant the standard of civilization on the New England coast. This is true, whether we consider the French or the early English settlements. Maine was the beginning, and not the outgrowth of an older colony : the early promoters of settlements on her shores-the Pophams, the Gilberts, and the Gorges-were, in truth, the fathers of New England colonization. Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his associates procured the first New England charter in 1606, and the second in 1620; and Gorges was active in the mean time in promoting settlements upon the coast of Maine, at least a dozen years before the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. He was among the first to persuade the Pilgrims to leave Holland, and procured for them their final charter, upon which all the legal titles of the "Old Colony" are based.
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PREFACE.
But this history belongs to the State rather than to a single county : in the present work the writer has attempted only such an outline of the early discoveries and settlements in Maine as seemed necessary to fairly connect the subject with his local history. This is given in two or three of the preliminary chapters.
It is unnecessary here to enumerate the authors consulted in the present volume, as they are generally referred to in the foot-notes or in the text of the work. Much is due, however, to the labors of our prede- cessors, especially to those of the late Hon. William Willis, LL.D., the historian of Portland, and a large contributor to other historical collections, whose eminent and exhaustive labors have left little to be nnder- taken in the way of original research within the limits of the subjects treated of by him. The most that we have attempted in that direction has been a thorough examination and comparison of the works of this anthor with other sources of evidence and information, with a view to obtaining the most accurate facts of history. To this we have added a large amount of original matter relating to the city of Portland, to the towns, to several important chapters of the general history, and many biographical sketches of citizens.
The history contained in the present volume has been compiled with great care and labor, yet it has been a pleasure to the writer. The citizens of the county, in nearly every locality, have manifested an in- terest in the work, and many have freely and cheerfully aided in the collection of materials. Our thanks, and those of the publishers, are due to Gen. J. Marshall Brown, of Portland, for valuable aid and sugges- tions. Also to Hon. W. W. Thomas, Sr., Hon. Nathan Clifford, Hon. Edward Fox, Hon. Lot Morrill, Ilon. Charles W. Goddard, William E. Gould, Esq., Hon. Israel Washburn, Jr., George E. B. Jackson, E-q., Fabius M. Ray, Esq., Nathan Webb, Esq., Gen. Charles P. Mattocks, and others, of Portland; to Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, of Brunswick ; and to Mr. S. M. Watson, librarian, by whose courtesy we have had access to many books of reference in the city library, and to the valuable collections of the Willis Room in that institution.
In connection with the town histories, our thanks are also due to Hon. Warren HI. Vinton, of Gray ; IIon. N. S. Littlefickl and Professor A. F. Richardson, of Bridgton; Hon. Robert Eads, of Naples; G. Holden, Esq., of Otisfield; Capt. Augustus W. Corlis, of Yarmouth ; James Banks and Seth Bailey, E-q., of Freeport; Col. Samuel Trne, of Cumberland; Capt. II. Hight, of Scarborough; Hon. William Goold and Thomas L. Smith, of Windham; Moses Plummer, of Pownal; Charles P. Haskell, Esq., and Rev. Otis Sawyer, of New Gloucester; Hon. Horatio J. Swasey, of Standish; Hon. Frederick Robie and Hou. John A. Waterman, of Gorham; Samuel Ingalls and Daniel T. Richardson, Esq., of Baldwin; Hon. Jesse P'Inmmer, of Raymond; Samuel S. Brown and Lyman W. Holden, of Caseo.
Besides these many other gentlemen have aided us in procuring matter for our local histories of towns and villages, whose names are too numerous to be mentioned in this connection. We are indebted to the «litors of the city and county press, to the clerk of the courts and his assistants, to many clergymen and members of school boards and town clerks, who have courteously and freely rendered us assistance in various Ways.
De ember 24, 1579.
W. W. C.
CONTENTS.
HISTORICAL.
HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE. PACE
CHAPTER
I .- Early Voyages and Discoveries on the Coast of Maine
9
II .- Explorations and Temporary Settlements by the English
15
III .- Aboriginal Inhabitants 16
HISTORY OF THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
PAGE
Town of Baldwin 214
Bridgton
218
Brunswick
231
VIII .- French and Indian Wars of 1702 and 1722 41
IX .- French and Indian War of 1744
45
X .- Period of the Revolution .
52
XI .- War of the Revolution
56
XII .- Organization of the County
62
Freeport
278
XIII .- Physical Features
65
73
XV .- Cumberland Bench and Bar
81
XVI .- Bench and Bar-( Continued)
84
=
Harrison
314
XVIII .- The Cumberland County Press
104
XIX .- County Press-( Continued)
109 .
XX .- Authors aud Artists . 113
XXI .- The Medical Profession 117
125
XXIII .- Legislatures of Maine
127
XXIV .- County Civil and Judicial List . 134
Sebago .
369
Standish
372
Towns of Westbrook and Deering
378
Town of Windham
393
Yarmouth
. 407
ROSTER OF SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY . . 415
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE
Chief Justice Prentiss Mellen
SS
Moses M. Butler
101
Gen. Samuel Fessenden
89
Sullivan C. Andrews .
. 102
William P. Fessenden
90
Nathan Cleaves .
between 102, 103
Albion K. Parris
90
Marquis D. L. Lane
.€
102, 103
Charles Stewart Daveis
91
Charles E. Clifford
102, 103
William Pitt Preblo .
9]
Henry B. Cleaves
102, 103
Ether Shepley
William II. Clifford
facing 103
Augustine Ilaines
103
Ashur Ware
93
John M. Adams
.
107
George F. Shepley
93
Edward 11. Elwell
facing
109*
Edward Fox .
95
Ilenry W. Longfellow
113
. Samnel A. Bradley 95
Nathaniel P. Willis
113
Joseph Howard . 95
John Neal .
114
Nathan Clifford .
96
William Willis
.
115
Bion Bradbury .
George F. French, M.D.
120
Elbridge Gerry .
John F. Gilman, M.D.
120
Josiah Il. Drummond
Samnel Il. Tewksbury, M.D.
12.
William Wirt Virgin .
between 100, 101
Thomas A. Foster, M.D
facing
123
.
155
XXXIII,-Miscellaneous . . 157
CITY OF PORTLAND
. 160
IV .- Charters and Land-Grants 22 . . V .- Establishment of Civil Government 26 VI .- The First Indian War-1675 34
VII .- French and Indian War-1688
37
Cape Elizabeth
2497
Casco .
259
Cumberland .
264
Falmouth
269
Gorham
286
Gray
298
=
Ilarpswell
303
XVII .- Bench aud Bar-(Continued) .
89
Naples .
320
= New Gloucester
326
€6 North Yarmouth
339
Otisfield
344
66 Pownal
350
Raymond 354
16 Scarborough
359
. XXV .- Early Military Ilistory . 136
XXVI .- Cumberland in the War of the Rebellion . 141
XXVII .- Fifth Regiment 143
XXVIII .- Tenth Regiment 145
XXIX .- Twelfth Regiment 148
XXX .- Seventeenth Regiment 149
XXXI .- Twenty-fifth and Twenty-ninth Regiments
152
CHAPTER PAGE
XXXII .- Thirtieth Regiment .
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.
92
Hon. William Willis 92
.
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. 100
PAGE
XXII .- Cumberland Civil and Judicial Officers .
.
XIV .- Internal Improvements
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CONTENTS.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PACE
PAGE
facing
272
facing 121
Wilham C. Robinson, M.D.
George Bridgham
I rael Washburn, dr. .
facing 151
Gen. Charles P. Mattocks .
between 166, 167
277
Asn Clapp .
= 166, 167
278
A-n W. H. Clapp
facing IGS
278
George Walker .
170
facing 280
Sylvanus R. Lyman
172
46
282
George W. Woodman .
= 174
283
Daniel W. True .
170
William Gore
285
Eben Corey
=
183
Henry B. Hart .
Elias S. Goff
288
Nathan Cummings
between 194, 195
303
Davul Moulton .
Rev. John Rice .
.
322
lewi 1. Smith .
facing 196
We ton F. Milliken
198
324
George Burnham, Jr. .
David HI. Cole .
325
George S. Hant .
202
Horatio N. Juge .
L. L. Crockett .
D. W. Clark
205
William Moulton
Joseph B. Hammond .
335
Charles Me Laughlin .
207
George P. Wescott
207
R -well M. Richardson
208
Capt. Jacob S. Winslow
209
Mark P. Emery .
209
Charles Il. Haskell
210
Neal R. Maralaster
William Buxton .
between 342, 343
George Burnham
William Osgood, M.D.
349
Jonathan Ingalls
367
%. K. Harmon
Asa M. Sylvester
368
Darwin Ingalls .
44
225
Jordan L., John, and Benjamin Larrabee .
372
George Taylor
227
Tobias Lord and Tobias Lord, Jr.
377
Col. John P. Perley
229
1-rnel P. Perbody
230
Luke Brown
William L. l'ennell
382
R. A Barnard
Ilon. George Warren .
382, 383
Albert F. Richardson
Hon. Samuel Jordan .
.¢ 388, 389
James M. Buzzell, M.D.
390
The Trickey l'anuly .
216
Charles Roberts .
392
James Pennell .
392
William Gilmore
392
James M. Webb .
393
George Johnson .
402
258
llon. William Gookl
404
Thomas L. Smith
405
Richard Mayberry
-105
Dell Fran
263
George T. P'ratt .
405
John M. White
406
Alley Hawkes
106
Hope Bra Ban hard
facing 266
Charles Rogers .
407
Benjamin M. Baker
facing 408
1. A.H. Thon
.4 266. 267
410
Capt. William Bucknam
414
Beazer Burbank, M.D.
.114
Augustus H. Burbank, M.D.
\r /rw 1 tob
.
facing
286
193
194, 195
Washington Bray
324
Ebenezer Choate
.
325
201
Nicholas Rideout
334
206
John Morgan
335
Joseph E. Foxcroft
336
Otis C. Nelson
336
Charles P. Haskell
337
Major Salomon II. Chandler
338
Winthrop True .
facing 340
Willinin G. Davis
Amos Osgood, M.D. .
342,343
Capt. Inmes Rackleff . Cot. Jame- F. Miller .
213
Johnson Libby .
36S
Renben Brown
facing 223
John and Cyros F. Moulton
. 369
Wiliam F. Perry
225
William Fitch
facing 377
William II. Dresser
377
Albert Goull
229
Col. Lemuel Rich (3d)
378
William Rich
between 380, 3×1
Hon. Leander Valentine
380, 381
P. P. Burnham
Col. Thomas Westbrook
between 382, 383
Rulis G hl-
231
Lewis P. Warren
388, 389
facing 232
forn >kolfield .
218
Henry B. Walker
391
Ehun N Pe ry
257
Hon. W. B. Higgins
257
11- Skillen
258
A W Pr.boles .
259
Klwarll. Ilill .
facing 263
1. 1. B. Pri.le .
405
It hu'l Mayberry
263
between 264, 205
261. 265
B. F. Dunn, M.D.
406
between 266. 267
266, 267
Jolin Noyes
. 276
. 110
277
Maj. Adam Winslow .
277
Adam F. Winslow
Benjamin F. Hall
Greuville Ilall .
Capt. Albert S. Tibbetts
Nathan Nye
Samuel Bliss
Samuel A. Holbrook
John II. Roberts
facing
200
The Perley Family
between 330, 331
facing 210
211
211
212
218
.
Mmes Could, M.D.
230
facing 2:1
231
lcn. Jo hua L. Chamberlain
fucing 252
263
James and James M. Bates, M.D.
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CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Map of Cumberland County (double page)
Portrait of Chief Justice Prentiss Mellen .
Nathan Clifford (stecl)
Bion Bradbury
Elbridge Gerry (stcel)
77 ¥ 99
Portrait of William F. Perry
/225
George Taylor .
225
View of Bridgton Academy
226.
Portraits of Moses and Albert Gould .
V227
Enoch and John P. Perley 16
Residence of John P'. Perley
Portrait of Israel P. Peabody .
229
Luke Brown .
230
Residence of P. P. Burnham facing 230
Albert F. Richardson 230
Portrait of R. A. Barnard .
V231
BRUNSWICK.
Portraits of George and George R. Skolfield facing v232
Portrait of Clement Martin
Gen. Joshna L. Chamberlain (steel) . / 248
CAPE ELIZABETHI.
Residence of Ehen N. Perry (with portraits) facing 250-
Portrait of James Trickey
= V252
IIon. W. B. Higgins 257 .
6 4 Silas Skillen
258
Portraits of Reuben Higgins and Wife facing 258
66 ¥ Jonah Dyer and Wife 258
A. W. Peabbles and Wife 258
Portrait of Edward F. Hill
259
CASCO.
Residence and Carriage-Factory of S. C. Watkins facing 261
Portrait of David Duran . .
262
Residence of Albion Cobb, M.D. (with portraits) facing 263 --
of Hon. A. S. Holden (with portrait) 263
Portrait of Richard Mayberry . 263
CUMBERLAND.
. Residence of Capt. Joseph Blanchard facing 264
Portrait of Capt. Joseph Blanchard .
between 264; 265
Portraits of Capt. Reuben Blanchard and Wife . 264, 265 Portrait of Capt. Ephraim Sturdivant · facing: 266
Residence of Moses Thomes between 266, 267 -
Portraits of Moses, Joseph, and Robert II. Thomes 266,4267
Residence of Oren S. Thomes (with portrait) facing 267-
= Albert Rideout (with portrait)
268-
the late A. R. Baston (with portrait) 269.
FALMOUTHI.
View of West Falmouth
facing 270
Portrait of John Noyes
Residence of Grenville Hall (with portraits) 64 Benjamin F. Ilall (with portrait) .
275
Works of the West Falmouth Manufacturing Co.
276:
Portrait of George Bridgham 276
facing 277
278
FREEPORT.
Portrait of Nathan Nye facing 280
Samuel Bliss 282
William Gore 283
Samuel Holbrook (steel) .
between 284, 285
S. A. Ilolbrook (steel)
281, 285
GORIIAM.
Portrait of Elias S. Goff
facing 286
Residence of Byron Kimball
220-
PAGE
View of Town-llouse 221
Residence of James P. Webb, M.D. (with portrait) faciog 222.
Portraits of Asa and Darwin Ingalls v 223
Residence and Mills of Rufus Gibbs ( with portrait) =
224~
Josiah II. Drommond (steel)
William W. Virgin .
between 100,101
Moses M. Butler (steel)
facing /101
16
Sullivan C. Andrews (steel) Nathan Cleaves
Marquis D. L. Lane
66 102,-103
Charles E. Clifford .
102,/103
66 Henry B. Cleaves
102,/103
William Il. Clifford .
facing ¥103
=
Augustine Haines
.
103
John M. Adams (steel)
facing 107
46 Edward II. Elwell
William Wellis (steel)
V115
John T. Gilman (steel)
= v120
16
Thomas A. Foster, M.D. . ,123
William C. Robinson, M.D.
124
Israel Washburn, Jr.
66
, 140
Gen. C. P. Mattocks .
PORTLAND.
View of the City of Portland and Harbor . facing 160.
Residences of Israel T. Dana, George T. French, Francis K.
Swan, and L. D. M. Sweat .
facing 164~
Residence of Asa W. H. Clapp .
44 166
Portrait of Asa Clapp A. W. IF. Clapp
George Walker .
facing ~168
S. R. Lymau
George W. Woodman y172
Daniel W. True .174
Eben Corey
. 176
llenry B. Hart.
.183
Views of the Cathedral, Episcopal Residence, Kavanaugh
School, St. Dominic's Church and School .
facing 184
Portrait of Nathan Cummings ¥193
David Moulton
between 19-1, 195
" Lewis B. Smith
194/195
Store of Cbas. Mclaughlin & Co. 195
Portrait of Weston F. Milliken . facing /196
George Burnham, Jr.
¥ 198
George S. Ilunt
.200
H. N. Jose
D. W. Clark . 205
William Moulton (steel)
facing / 205 .206
Charles MeLaughlin (steel)
George P. Wescott (steel).
R. M. Richardson (steel) .
Jacob S. Winslow (steel) . facing 208
Mark P. Emery (steel) Charles H. Hlaskell .
210
Neal R. Macalaster .
. 210
William G. Davis
facing : 210
George Burnham
211
Capt. James Rackleff
212
Col. James F. Miller
. 212
16 Z. K. Harmon
. 213
BALDWIN.
Residence of John W. Flint (with portraits)
facing 214-
Portraits of Reuben Brown and Wife
218
BRIDGTON.
View of Forest Mills
facing 218~
John II. Roberts
.€ 288
. between S,
. 88
facing v96
V 98
¥ 100
/102
between 102,-103
V109
S. IT. Tewksbury, M.D. (steel).
¥ 121
151
between 166,/167
166,167
¥170
V 202
between 206, 207 206,207
, 209
Residence of Adam F. Winslow (with portraits) Capt. A. S. Tibbetts
v 272
274 . .
v 234
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CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAOR Portraits of John and Capt. C. F. Moulton - = Jordan L., Cupt. John, and Benj. Larrabee J 368 . facing '368 Portrait of Cyrus Milliken = -368
SEBAGO.
Residence of the late Luther Fitch (with portraits) between 370, 371 William Fitch 370,371
STANDISH.
Residence and Mills of Tobias Lord (with portraits) . facing 372
375
" 323 Portrait of William Il. Dresser . 377
377
Col. Lemuel Rich (3d)
WESTBROOK.
Residence of Charles Roberts (with portraits) . . facing 378
Portrait of Leander Valentine
between 380, 38I
William L. Pennell . 380, 38I
Portraits of George and Lewis P. Warren .
382, 383
. Portrait of Ilenry B. Walker 391
¥ James Pennell .
facing 392
William Gilmore
392
James M. Webb
"
392
DEERING.
Residence of Charles Ramsay facing 384
J. J. Frye
386
L. B. Chapman
387
Portrait of Hon. Samuel Jordan between 388, 389
James M. Buzzell, M.D. .
" 3SS,'389
Residence of Georgo Johnson (with portraits) .
facing 393 -
WINDHAM.
Residence of J. M. White . facing 394
Portrait of Hon. William Goold
. 403
16 Thomas L. Smith . 404
" Richard Mayberry .
facing 405
George T. Pratt
405
D. P. B. Pride .
= . 405
J. M. White
66 405
¥ B. F. Dunn, M.D. 406
Benjamin M. Baker . 406
Alley Ilawkes
406
= Charles Rogers .
"
406
YARMOUTH.
Portraits of James and James M. Bates, M.D. facing .408 Portrait of Capt. William Bueknani . 410
Elenzer Burbank, M.D. (steel) between 414,415
A. 11. Burbank, M.D. (steel) . 411, 15
.
between 330, 331
Charles P. llaskell (with portraits) facing 332
erected by Isaac Parsons, in 1762
332
= of Otis C. Nelson (with portraits)
333
the Faxcroft family (with coat of arms) between 334, 335 -
Portrait of Joseph E. Fuxcroft . 334, 335
John Morgan
. 336
Solomon Il. Chandler (steel)
facing 337
Winthrop True . . 338
Residence of Jabez True, in 1840
facing
338
The True Ilomestead, residence of D. W. True, in 1880
NORTIL YARMOUTHI.
Portrait of William Buxton
· facing Y 340
Portraits of Amos and William Osgood, M.D. .
between 342,343
OTISFIELD.
Portraits of Jonatban Ingalls and Wife 350
RAYMOND.
Portraits of Moses and Gideon Plummer . .
. facing, / 354
Ilenry (deceased) and Henry Jordan . 354
SCARBOROUGH.
Residence of Benjamin Larrabee
facing 360
Portraits of Joseph Larrabee and Wife
360
Iliggins' Beach and Itesidenco of Hiram Iliggins (with por- traits) .
fncing 364
Portrait of Johnson Libby .
. 368
Aan M. Sylvester
PAGE
303
HARRISON.
Residence of Edward K. Whitney
facing 314
314
P. Tolman
NAPLES.
Residenco of llon. S. F. Perley .
facing 320
Portrait of Washington Bray .
Itesidenco of the Inte Benj. Goodridge (with portraits)
Portrait of David II. Cole .
Portraits of Ebenezer, Eliza, and Charles Cboate
fneing J321
Residence of L. L. Crockett (with portraits)
325
NEW GLOUCESTER.
Residence of Joseph B. Ilammond facing 326 -
The Shaker Villngo
328 -
Residence of Nicholas Rideout (with portrait) .
1
338)
368
J322 Residence of William Rich (with portraits)
. . 32-4 „¢ Tobins Lord, Jr.
377
GRAY.
Portrait of Rev. John Rico
WATERFORD
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE.
BY W. W. CLAYTON.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES ON THE COAST OF MAINE.
Discovery of Verrazano-Charts of New France-Norumbega- French Fort on the Penobscot-Expedition of De Monts-Voyages and Charts of the Coast, by Champlain-French Settlement at St. Croix.
OUR local history may be properly introduced by some general remarks respecting the early voyages and discoveries on this coast. It was only six years after Columbus had discovered the West India Islands that the Cabots (John and Sebastian) sailed from England, and, making a voyage to North America, passed along this coast, though nothing definite is learned from threw respecting it. Twenty-six years later, in 1524, the coast of Maine was discovered by Giovani da Verrazano, an Italian navigator, who had been scut on an exploring expedition by Francis I., king of France. The name Norumbega, by which it was called by the natives, was taken to France, and probably to Italy. by this explorer, and soon found its way into the maps and charts of those countries as a designation of the coast from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the semi-tropical regions towards Florida. Thus, in the charts of Ramusio, the Italian geogra- pher, prepared, as he says, for students in Italy, in 1556, there is a chart of New France, in which the coast south- westward from Nova Scotia appears under this ancient abo- riginal name. The remarks accompanying this chart were made by Crignon, the French geographer, who had accom- panied the famous French captain, Parmentier, in his voyage to America in 1529. Hle says, " Going beyond the Cape of the Bretons, there is a country contiguous thereto, the coast of which trends to the west a quarter southwest to the country of Florida, and runs along for a good five hundred leagues, which coast was discovered fifteen years ago by Master Giovani da Verrazano in the name of the king of France and Madame la Regente ; and this country is called by many : La Francaes,' and even by the Portu- guese themselves. Its end is towards Florida under 78º west and 38º north. The inhabitants of this country are a very pleasant, tractable, and peaceful people. The country abounds with all sorts of fruits. There grow oranges, al- monds, wild-grapes, and many other fruits of odoriferous trecs. The country is named by the natives ' Norumbega,'
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