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Masons, Free and Accepted, in Piscataquis County, 23 to 34, 61.
Massachusetts, Commonwealth or State of, 4, 10, 11, 13, 14, 36, 39, 48, 148, 221, 223, 229, 230, 239, 241, 242, 252, 253, 254, 260, 270, 271, 298, 327, 329, 330, 331, 356, 357, 370, 371, 377, 389, 390, 392, 393, 402, 417, 424, 434, 435, 436, 437; agents of, 328, 333, 339, 351, 355; act of separation, 100; archives, 159, 180; colonists kill Sebastian Ralé, 220; colony, 220, 222; general court of, 198; militia, 198; territory of, 231.
Massachusetts Assembly, 100.
Massachusetts Bay, government of, 183.
Massachusetts Line, 163, 166, 177, 183, 190, 195. Massachusetts Records, 435.
Masterman, John, 54. Matawamkeag Point, 316. Mattawamkeag forks, 310, 311, 312.
Mattawamkeag Stream, 335. Maxfield, Dwight, 145.
Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens, great inventor, mentioned, 147.
Mayflower, the, 444, 445. Maynard, Mass., 187. Mayo, Edward J., 109, 110, 111. Eliza Ann, 108, 109. Hon. Josiah B., 108, 109, 110, 111, 115. John G., 110. Walter J., 115. Mayo & Son's, 104.
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McCray, William, 365.
McClanathan, Samuel, 101, 103, 113, 178.
McFadden, T. F., 122.
McIntire, Rev. C. F., 95, 96.
Rufus, land agent who figured prominently in Aroostook War, 273, 274, 276, note 276, 277. McKechnie, E. N., 96.
Mckinney, Wm., 11.
McLanathan, Kesiah (Leland), 178.
McLaughlin, Mr., warden of public lands in' New Brunswick, 274.
McLeod, Donald, 283.
McNeal, Stephen, 421, 422.
McNeil, a constable, 365.
Mcpharson, Charles, 363.
Mechanics Lodge, F. and A. M., 28.
Meder, G. A., 81.
Mercer, Me., 142.
Meriumpticook, stream, 287; river, 288, 289, 290, 294, 403, 406, 413, 414 ; settlers at, 419.
Merrick, John, 88. heirs, 94.
Merrill, Paul S., 120.
Merrymeeting Bay, 6.
Meserve, Charles, 54, 60.
William, son of Charles, drowned at Moosehead Lake, 60.
Methodists, 65, 75, 92, 93; mistake of Methodist sis- ter, 93.
Metis River, 232, 233.
Michaelmas Term, 403.
Middleboro, Mass., 196.
Military force, 313, 323 ; officers, 399; possessions, 322; road, 310.
Militia, 316, 325, 329, 330, 332, 414; of Matawascah, 363; of New Brunswick, 410.
Miller, Edward William, Esq., 294.
J., 93. Rev. Joel, 88. William, 283.
Millet, Stephen D., 28, 30.
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Millett, Rev. Joshua, 68; as an author, 84. Milliken, Elias, 431.
Million Acres, 47. Million Acre Tract, 434.
Mills, Henry, 120. John, 280.
Milo, 21, 23, 78, 79, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99.
Milo Jct., 79, 98.
Milton, Mass., 160.
Milton, Me., now Orneville, 69.
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Hague, note 230.
Minneapolis, Minn., 152.
Minnesota, 214.
Minute-men, 177.
Miramichi, 446.
Misshue, Battis, 408, 409. Joseph, 413, 414.
Missouri, 150.
Mitchell, Colonel Jonathan, 443.
M. Ella, married Mellen Shaw, 433. Mordecai, 89. Rev. H. R., 80, 81.
Mitchell's map, 223, 230, 238.
Mohawk River, 169.
Molton, Jeremiah, 16, 17.
Monmouth Academy, 126.
Monmouth, battle of, 178.
Monmouth, Me., 419.
Monson, Mass., 118.
Monson, Me., 8, 53, 73, 76, 95, 96, 97, 118, 122, 123, 152.
Monson Academy, historical sketch of, pp 118 to 126. Moore, A., 164.
Moorehead, Minn., 152.
Moorstown, now Abbot, Me., 138, 164.
"Moosehead," steamer built for lake of that name, 56, 60.
Moosehead House, hotel built by M. G. Shaw at Greenville, 432.
Moosehead Lake, 2, 5, 52, 57, 63, 64, 134, 142, 308,
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309, 352, 430, 431, 432.
Moose Island, 60; where Eastport, Me., now stands, 225, 300.
Moose River, 56, 308, 309.
Morehouse, Magistrate George, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 287, 289, 292, 293, 303, 351, 365, 392, 414, 415, 416, 421, 422.
Morgan, S. and J., 43. Wm., 27.
Morrill, Caroline Frothingham, 208; married Mr. Brown, 208.
DeWitt, Clinton, 208.
Ephraim T., 207.
George Prentice, 208.
John, 20. Joseph, 21.
Moses, 23.
Oliver Crosby, 207.
Patrick, 11. Peter, 11, 17.
Morris, Robert, 439.
Morrison, Col. Wm., 23, 24. Hon. John, 22. John, 135. Wm., 25.
Morristown, N. J., 161.
Morse, Eunice, second wife of Asa Sturtevant, 197.
Mosaic Lodge, F. & A. M., 25, 447.
Moulton, Capt. Ephraim, 23. Ephraim, 25. Jeremiah, 12.
L. E., 122. Thomas, 116.
Mount Katahdin, 5, 64.
Mount Kineo, 2, 64.
Mount Squaw, 64.
Mower, Rev. I. B., secretary of Maine Baptist Mission- ary Asso., 83.
Mudge, Mr., 241. Mudgett, Simeon, 114. "Mug-wump," 214.
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"Muley" and gang saw, also rotary saw, 431. Mullins, Mr. and Mrs., passengers on Mayflower, 444. Murray, Rev. John, 436. Richard, note 237. Mystick side, 442.
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Napoleon, 210. Nash, James, 54. Nason, Edward, 27. Ephraim, 53.
National debt, 435; disputes can be settled only, 375.
Nedder, Wezaw, 410. Needham, Mark, 296. Nelson, Rev. A. J., 73. Seth, 42, 43.
Neptune, Assony, 4. Nevers, Samuel, 298, 303.
New Boston, N. H., 38.
New Brunswick, mentioned, 221, 230, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 256, note 256, 264, 267, 271, 274, 277, 278, 279, 280, 283, 310, 311, 312, 322, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 334, 335, 337, 339, 351, 352, 356, 357, 358, 360, 361, 362, 365, 371, 372, 378, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 390, 392, 394, 395, 397, 403, 404, 406, 410, 414, 418, 420, 421, 440; referred to by word Province, 286, 287, 291, 293, 294, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 302, 313, 316, 323, 351, 352, 372, 379, 380, 397, 416.
New England, 2, 5, 112, 154, 195, 200, 205, 221, 223; colonies, 424.
New England Historical and Genealogical Recorder, 163. New France, 217, 220.
New Gloucester, Me., 8, 36, 38, 39, 71, 86.
New Hampshire, (line, 169,) 170, 186, 187, 426.
New Rochelle, N. Y., 208.
New Scotland, 219, 221.
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New World, 216.
New York, city or state, 124, 143, 148, 149, 153, 154, 169, 228, 434, 435, 438, 446; harbor, 161; evacuation of, 198.
Newbury, Mass., 193.
Newburyport, Mass., 20, 178, 436.
Newfoundland, 218.
Newichewanoche River, 219.
Newport, R. I., 83, 160.
Newton, Mass., 436.
Nichols' regiment, 201.
Niles, warden, killed by Graves, 58.
Norcross, Clara F., 433. James, 114.
Norridgewock, Me., 172, 181, 190, 191, 220.
Norris, Josiah, 120.
Rev. James F., missionary, 72.
North, Colonel, 160.
North America, 6, 366, 395.
North American coast, 216.
North bay, 56.
North Bend, 144.
"North Cant," 127.
North East, 339.
North Eastern Boundary, 229, note 230, note 236, 254, 257, 258, 260, (documentary history of, pp 282 to 321, ) 333, 335, 337, 347, 364, (North and North Easterly Boundary lines of the U. S., 368, ) 370, (referred to, 371, ) 374, 377.
North Eastern Boundary Controversy, and the Aroos- took War, by John Francis Sprague, pp 216 to 327.
North Guilford, 38.
North Yarmouth, Me., 38, 443, 444.
North Yarmouth Company, 443.
Northeast Carry, 56, 57, 59, 62.
Northeast Frontier, 216, 249.
Northern Department, army of, 155, 178; mentioned, 201.
Norway, Me., 86.
Nova Scotia, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227,
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228, 230, 231, 233, 262, 263, 264, 265, 357. Noyes, Joseph, 11. Nuton, Philip, 4. Nye, Benjamin, 147. Carroll A., 152.
Edgar Wilson, 152; sketch by John F. Sprague, pp 147 to 153. Frank, 148, 149, 153. Franklin, 147.
Hon. Frank Mellen, member of Congress, 152, 153. Nyes, The, 148.
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Oak, Chas. E., land agent, 51. Oakes, Col. William, 115. V. B., 122. William, 68, 69, 77, 114, 115. William P., 114. Oaks, Elecious, 364.
Odell, William F., 314, 359, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 388.
Ogden, Colonel H., 160. Ohio, 76.
Oklahoma, state of, 2. "Old Crosby House," 204. Old Town, Me., 4, 98, 168.
Olin, Wm. M., 48. O'Neil, surveyor, 49. Orland, Me., 170. Orne, Judge Henry H., 228. Orneville, Me., 8, 228. Oromocto, 384. Orono, Me., 22, 117, 124, 274. Orr, Mr., note 229. Osgood, Fred B., 122. Rev. Hiram P., 88, 94. Otis, John, 280. Owen, W. H., 30.
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Packard, Rachel Cole, wife of Jacob Blanchard, 445. Page, Elder J. F., 74, 114. Jonathan, 69. Moses, 11. Palmer, J. M., 30. Rev. A. D. F., 80.
Paris, Albion K., 19, (Gov., 253). Virgil D., 271.
Paris, Contume de, note 237.
Paris, Me., 166, 167, 184, 196, 197.
Parker, Woster, 114.
Parkman, 8, 44, 73, 74, 75, 76, (church, 83,) 84, 91, 213.
Parks, Gorham, 271.
Parris, Gov. Albion Keith, 328, 332, 380, 396.
Parsons, Henry, first lawyer in Sebec, 23. Solomon, 21, 24, 25, 26, 114.
Levi, 107. W. E., 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 448.
Parsonsfield, Me., 273.
Partridge, Capt. Calvin, 198.
Passamaquoddy Bay, 225, 228.
Passimaquody Indians, 327.
Patten, A. S., 93. Sumner A., 122.
Patten's store, 88.
Payson, Rev. F. L., 96.
Peabody, Capt. Benjamin, 192.
Peaks, J. B., 111, 114.
Pemaquin or Pemaquid, Me., 221.
Pember, Rev. E. F., 97.
Pembroke, Mass., 166.
Pendleton, Rev. A. B., 80. Rev. S. P., 80.
Pennsylvania Assembly, 438.
Penobscot Association, 84.
Penobscot Bay, 5.
Penobscot County. 7, 83, 101, 168, 207, 214, 242, 273, 277, 279, 298, 389, 402, 435.
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Penobscot, expedition to the, 443.
Penobscot Lodge, F. & A. M., 24.
Penobscot, Me., 170.
Penobscot River, 3, 4, 5, 18, 35, 47, 49, 53, 57, 58, 62, 235, 311, 352, 436.
Pensacola, 420.
Pension Act, first granting pension to Revolutionary soldiers, 182.
Pension Examining Board, 447.
People's Baptist Church of Dover, 80.
Pepper, G. D. B., (D. D.), (L. L. D.), president of Colby University, 81.
Pepperell, Mass., 190.
Perham, Judge David, 90.
Perham's survey, 192.
Perkins, Lieut. Joshua, 195.
Perry, Luke, 13, 17.
Peters, Thomas W., 283. Witham, 419.
Petition to Governor, 360,
Philadelphia, Pa., 161, 435, 437, 438, 439, 440.
Philbrick, J. S., his hall, 88.
Phillips, Abigail, married John Blanchard, 443.
Isaac, 120, 121.
Samuel, Jr., 434, 435, 436, 437. Wm., 14.
Phipps, Sarah, married Henry Leland, 178.
Pierce, Charles, 361.
Pier de Monts, 218.
Pike, Richard, 20.
Piles, William, 420, 422.
Pillsbury, Evans S., 110, 124. Samuel, 121. Samuel, Jr., 120.
Pillsbury house, Foxcroft, 90.
Pine Tree State, 279.
Piscataquis Association of churches, articles of faith, etc. adopted, 80, 81, 84 ; of Universalists, 98.
Piscataquis County, mentioned, 7, 8, 20, 23, 42, 67, 81, (bill establishing, 89, ) 95, 96, 128, 133, 138, 147, 154, 155, 158, 167, 169, 175, 178, 179,
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181, 184, 194, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, (bar, 211, ) 228, 235, 278, 435, 449.
Piscataquis County Historical Society, 10, 449.
Piscataquis Farmer, 121.
Piscataquis Lodge, F. & A. M., mentioned, 23; its organ- ization, 23; charter received, 24; other facts, 25 to 34.
Piscataquis Observer, advertisement in it for Sebec Lake boats, 129; advertisement for Rippling Wave, 134 ; drowning of Daniel W. Hayes, 135; fish story of Hunter Ellis, 144; article concerning settlement of Blanchard, 163; story of how E. Dean became first settler of Blanchard, 164; obituary notice of Enoch Leathers, 175; obituary of Jeremiah Rolfe, 185.
Piscataquis River, mentioned 4, 13, 41, 42, 44, 46, 49, 146, 150, 156, 162 ; bridge, 43 ; first dam across, 191 ; salmon plentiful, 207.
Piscataquis Royal Arch Chapter, 447.
Piscataquis volunteers, 319.
Piscataway Harbor, 219.
Pitman, Mark, 116.
Pleasant River Lodge, F. & A. M., 30.
Plummer, Isaac, 89.
Jonathan S., 87. M. H., 88.
Plymouth County, Mass., 196.
Plymouth, Mass., 242.
Plymouth, Me., 213.
Plympton, Mass., 196.
Poinsett, Hon. J. R., 312.
Polk County, Wis., 152.
Pollard, John, 53, 120. David, 364.
Pope of Rome, 216.
Poplar Hill yard, 139.
Porter, Capt. John, 180.
Col. Joseph W., editor of Bangor Historical Maga- zine, 3.
Portland, Me., 158, note 226, note 229, 249, 328, 354, 355, 368, 374, 377, 379, 399.
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Portsmouth, N. H., 186, 187, 204, 210. Portugal, 216, 217. Potter, Henry, 56. Warren, 56. Potter's Store, 88.
Powell, Rev. Hannah Jewett, 96.
Powers, Walter, 363, 403, 407, 408, 409.
Pratt, Abigail, married Jacob Blanchard, 445. Dr. John F., of Chelsea, Mass., 4. Rev. F. H., 80.
Preble, Wm. Pitt, 229, note 229, 238, 239, 280. John, 4.
Prentis, William, 368.
Prentiss, Caleb, 114, 115, 197.
Prescott, Colonel William, 190. President of U. S., 257, 258, 259, 260, 264, 278, 333, 337, 338, 340, 341, 347, 354, 369, 374, 375, 376, 377, 384, 391, 438.
Priest, changed name Chateaugay to Sainte Emilie, 291.
Prince William, 420.
Proclamation, a, 312.
Proctor, Mrs. Mary L., 187.
Protestant, 217.
Provinces, 319. Provincial Surveyor, 303.
Public Lands in Maine, 402.
Public Securities, 436.
Pullen, Horace, 120, 121, 122. J. Henry, 121. Stanley T., 114, 116. Thomas S., 114.
Puritans, 118. Putnam, Col. Rufus, 195. Rufus, 436. (Signed), 419. (Signed), 362.
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Quaker City, 439.
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Quakers, mentioned, 198, 200.
Quartier Jacques, known as "Cartier," 217.
Quebec, 3, 5, 220, 223, 224, 228, 230, 236, note 237, 275, 308, 309, (paper, 393,) 430; Prevotal court of, note 237.
Queen of England, 220.
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Railroad, built from Penobscot River to Northeast Carry, 56, 57; lack of, 67.
Ralé, Father Sebastian, was killed, 220.
Read, John, 434, 435, 437.
Record, Owen, 88.
Redington, Justice Asa, 90.
Register of St. Peters, Cornhill, London, 424.
Registry of deeds, Hancock County, 170.
Reid, Colonel George, 169, 174.
Religion in early days of Greenville, 64, 65.
Republican National Convention in Cincinnati, 444.
Republican Party, 213, 445.
Resolutions, 257, 258, 259.
Resolutions, on death of Wm. Buck, 446; of Columbus Ellis, 449.
Revolution, The, 160, 176, 177, 186, 188, 198, 204. Revolutionary, army, 163, 164, 443; pensioners, 163; services, 159, 163, 174 ; soldier, 182, 194 ; war, 4, 154, 158, 159, 195, 434, 435, 438.
Revolutionary Soldiers, of Piscataquis County and others, mentioned, pp 154 to 215; land granted to them, 177.
Rex vs. Hunt case cited, 292.
Rhode Island, 172, 180, 193, 198.
Rice, an Irishman, 407, 408.
Francis, 273, 288, 291. John H., 120, 121.
Peabody H., 120, 121. Richard R., 114.
Rices, The, of Monson, 124.
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Richards, Col. Jonathan, 443.
E., 164. John, Esq., 437. Rev. A. A., 88, 89; first minister in Milo, 92, 93. Richardson, Esther, 427.
Ezekiel, 426.
Mr., a preceptor of Foxcroft Academy, 115. Susannah, 426.
Rideout, Reuben A., 122.
Riley, James Whitcomb, a saying of his, 148.
Rines, Captain Stover, 274; mentioned, 277.
Ripley, Col., 175. E. W., 14.
"Ripley," formerly "No 5," 82, 167, 213.
Rising Virtue Lodge, F. & A. M., 24.
Ristigouche River, 232, 233, 234, 235.
River Falls, Wis., 152.
River of Canada, 221.
Rix, William S., 116.
Roach River, Me., 53.
Roberts, James T., 81. Jonathan, 175. Thomas, 13. Robie, Frederick, 214.
Robinson, A. M., 21, 23, 114, 115, 116, 313.
Capt. John, 193. Capt. Thomas, 56.
Elder Nathaniel, 73, 74.
Jonathan, 23, 25.
Nathaniel, 113, 115. Rachel, 79. Rochester, N. H., 183. Rogers, Capt., 443.
Jonathan P., Esq., 315.
Rolf, Jeremiah, 183.
Rolfe, Jeremiah, of Abbot, Revolutionary soldier, sketch of, pp 183 to 186. John, 183. Samuel, 183. Rollins, Frank, 116. Irene, married Samuel Stickney, 193.
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Roosevelt, President, 2.
Rose, Thomas, 87.
Rouillard, Rev. Harry Enos, 96.
Round-Heads, 118.
Rousick Island, 158.
Rowell, James S., 116.
Rowley, Mass., 192, 193.
Roxbury, Mass., 160. Royal, Dorcas, 190. Ephraim, 190. Esther, 190.
Eunice, 190.
Isaac, of Dover, Revolutionary soldier, sketch of, pp 186 to 190; his son Isaac, 190.
Jacob, 190.
John, 188, 189, 190.
Lucy, 190.
Mitchell, 190.
Oliver, first child of Isaac and Tabitha, 189.
Richard, 190. Tabitha, wife of Isaac Royal, 189.
Ruggles, John, 251.
Rumford Falls, Me., 432.
Russell, Joseph, 361. W. H., 122.
Rutland, Mass., 154, 155.
Ryder, Lot, 119.
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Saco, Me., note 229. Safford, Dr. O. F., 95, 97.
Sagadahock, eastern part of Massachusetts so called, 223; (river, 219, 220, 222,) Sagadahock or Kennebec River, 221. Saint Mary's College, 215. Saint Paul, Minn., 215. Sainte Emilie, 291, 292. Sakabis, Indian guide, 4. Salary of minister in Guilford, 75.
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Salem, Mass., 171, 200. Sampson, Edwin P., 116. Eugene L., 116. J. S., 28. Sanborn, Abram, 114, 115. Randall A., 115. Sandbar, 53. Sanders, D. T., 53, 98. Harry, 98. Mrs. D. T., 98.
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Sands, Lambert, 30.
Sandwich, Mass., 148.
Sanfason, Joseph, 293.
Sanger, Col., 156, 157, 178.
Sangerville, 8, 41, 42, 43, 46, 67, 71, 73, 86, 91, 94, 97, 98, 99, 115, 147, 154, 156, 157, 175, 178, 179; Maine Universalist Convention met there, 92. Saratoga, 169; battle of, 178, 180; field of, 183; re- serves hurried to, 155.
Sargent, K. P., 97.
Saunders, Hon. Chief Justice, 247, 283, 362, 418.
Savage, referred to in connection with John Baker, 289. Daniel, 364, 412, 419. Nelson, 120.
Sawfacon, Joseph, 416.
Sawyer, Joel, 54, 98. John E., 120.
Isaac, 54.
Moses, 88. Mrs. Joel, 98.
Scales, Zenas, 120, 121.
Scammon, Ed, 54.
Schoodic, The, note 226.
Schoolhouse, little red in Greenville, 62; in Dover, 88, 94 ; at Sangerville, 93, 94; in Monson, 119. Schuyler, General, 178.
Scoodiac River, probably true St. Croix, 225. Scotland, 233.
Scott, Captain, 160.
Major General Winfield, 278, 280, 324, 325.
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Scribner, Benjamin R., 120.
Scudder, John, 407, 409.
Seat of War, 275.
Seavey, W. H., 122.
Sebec, 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 29, 36, (church, 78,) 127, 130, 133, 158, 159, 161, 162, 178, 194, 207, 446.
Sebec dam, charter granted, 136.
Sebec Lake, 20, 127, 128, 130, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139.
Sebec Lake Steamboat Co., 130.
Sebec Pond, 128, 141.
Sebec Pond Boat Co., 128.
Second Cumberland Regiment, 443.
Secretary of Province, 288, 378, 384, 388; letter of, 336 ; of State, 240, 339, 347; letter from Secre- tary of Province, 358.
Secretary of State of the United States, 388.
Secretary of War, 306, 312.
Senate, 239, 240, 258.
Senators and Representatives, 259, 260, 336, 348.
Separatists, 118.
Sewall, Capt. Henry, 195.
Shakespeare, 215.
Shaw, History of the family with a sketch of Milton G. Shaw of Greenville, pp 424 to 433; "Shaw notes, " 424 ; "Records, " 427 ; mill at Bath, 430. Shaw, Abigail, 426. Adeline, 430. Advardis, 23, 26.
Albert, 429, 430. Albert H., 431, 433.
Alice (Lewis) Fernald, 429. Ann, 425. B. F., (D. D.,) 77.
Benjamin, 425, 427.
Benjamin Gilman, 429. Charles D., 431, 433. Clara F. (Norcross), 433.
Daniel, 428, 429, 430. Deliverance, 425.
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Shaw, Edward, 426, 427. Elizabeth, 428. Elizabeth Staples, 428. Ellen, 433. Emily Newall, 429.
Esther, 425, 426. Eunice (Spinney), married Milton G. Shaw, 433. Frank, 433. Fred, 433. Freeman, drowned at Moosehead Lake, 60.
George, 428. George M., 433. Hannah, 427, 428; married Nathaniel Blanchard, 443.
Ida J. (Mansell), 433. James, 428. John, 427, 428. Joseph, 425, 427.
M. Ella (Mitchell), 433.
M. G. & Sons, 433.
Margaret, 425. Mary, 425, 426, 428.
Mary Emma, married Frederick H. Kimball, 433. Martha E. (Mansell), 433.
Mehitable, 430.
Mellen, 433. Mercy (Vernet), 428. Milton G., 52.
Milton Gilman, 429, 430, 431, 432.
Mrs. C. D., 98.
Noah, 428. Olive, 428.
Ralph, 424. Roger, 424, 425, 427.
Ruth, 427. Sarah, 426, 429. William, 53. William M., 431, 433.
Shaw Lumber Co., 53. Shelden, Nathan W., 114. Shelley, referred to in connection with John Baker, 293.
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Shepherd, Colonel, 166. David, 23, 25, 27, 28. Dr. David, 26. Shepley, Ether, 271. Sherburne, Capt. Jacob, 169, 170. Colonel, 160.
Sherburne, Mass., 177, 178, 179.
Sherburne's Minute Men, 177.
Ship, Bon Homme Richard, 187; British Renown, 161; Drake, 188; English Merchant Ship, 188; English Ship of War, 188; Jersey Prison, 161; Ranger, 187 and 188; Serapis, 187. Shirley, Me., 53, 54, 69, 147, 149, 151, 434, 435.
Shore, Lieut. Colonel George, 332.
Shrewsbury, Mass., 171.
Sidney, Me., 198, 199.
Sileste, Peter, 293.
Simpson, George, 54.
Sims, William F., 116.
Sinclair, C. P., 68.
Sisson, James, 420.
Sixth Maine Regiment, 446.
Skadder, John, 364.
Skowhegan, 56, 163, 172.
Sleeper, John, 16, 17, 18, 19.
Smart, Charles, 411, 419, 420. John, 11. Smith, Ansel, 53. F. O. J., 271. Governor, 254, 256, 257. Isaac, 45. J. M. H., 93, 98.
Miss Clara T., wife of Bill Nye, 149.
Rev. Gibson, 88. Seba, his "Way Down East Stories," 139. Smithfield, Me., 142. Snake River, 32. Snow, Dr. J. C., 95. Edwin P., 114. Eleazer W., 8. Henry, 28.
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Society of Mayflower Descendants, 443.
Soffysaw, mentioned as constable in John Baker affairs, 410. Soldiers Song, The, 320.
Somerset County, 7, 40, 82, 365, 367, 435, 446.
Somerset Journal, moose story of Hunter Ellis, 144.
Sons or Daughters of the Revolution, 444.
Souci, J., 293. Soule, Barnabas, 443. George, 444. J. G., 116. Jane (Bradbury), 443. Mercy, married Ozias Blanchard, 443, 444. Souriquois, 218. South, The, 208.
South Carolina, 183.
South Dover, Me., 73, 74, 79, 157.
South Dover Cemetery, 157.
Sovereign Lord the King, 397, 403.
Sovereign of England, 243.
Soverign Arbitrator, 375, (Sovereign, 391.) Spain, 216, 217. Spanish Armada, 217. Sparhawk, Colonel Nathan, 155.
Sparrow, Capt. Edward, 195.
Spaulding, Artemus, 87.
Benjamin, 88.
Eleazer, of Foxcroft-Dover, Revolutionary Soldier, sketch of, 190 to 192; his father, 190. John, 87, 190, 191.
Joseph, son of subject of sketch, 192.
Josiah, 190. Lemuel, 191. Rev. R. C., 71. Sarah, wife of Eleazer, daughter of Lemuel Spauld- ing, 191. Seth, 87, 190, 191. Spaulding Place in Dover, 138. Spauldings, sold out interests in Foxcroft, settled in Dover, 192. Spauldingtown, now Foxcroft, 191.
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
Speed, Rev. H. C., 77.
Spencer, Major Gen., 172.
Spencer Bay, 56, 57, 146.
Spencer's Hall, Monson, 123.
Spinney, Eunice, 433.
Spiritualism came into Piscataquis County, 94.
Spiritualists, 94.
Sprague, Asa, 87. Mr. J. F., 152. Peleg, 271.
Springfield, Me., 105, 168.
Sproat, Col. Ebeneazer, 195.
Squaw Bay, 60.
Squaw Mountain, 435.
St. Andrews, 327.
St. Clair, Rev. C. P., 80.
St. Croix River, 218, 219, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, note 226, 227, 231, 232, 241, 264, 265, 326, 340, 436.
St. Francis, 412, 414.
St. Francis River, 353, 397, 419.
St. James, Court of, 371.
St. John, N. B., 275, 310, 311.
St. John River, 223, 224, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 244, 245, 256, 271, 273, 275, 280, 289, 301, 329, 331, 339, 340, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 377, 392, 398, 402, 403, 413, 414, 421, 423.
St. Lawrence River, 218, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 231, (gulf and river, 232, ) 233, 235, 237, 264, 265, 281, 353.
St. Louis, Castle of, note 237.
St. Mary's Bay, 218.
St. Pierre, Myzene, in the West Indies, 438.
Stadtholder, 255.
Stanchfield, Wm. H., 27, 28.
Staples, Elizabeth, 428; married Daniel Shaw, 429. J. W., 122.
Stark, General, 201.
Starkie's Evidence, 298.
State Papers, relating to John Baker's trial, 282;
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relative to North Eastern Boundary Controversy, pp 328 to 423.
Steamboats, Amphitrite, 55; charter for first on Sebec Lake, 130; Fairy of the Lake, a Moosehead Lake steamer, 134; Favorite, first steamboat on Sebec Lake, 131, 132; Fulton's, 127; Moose- head, 56, 60; Rippling Wave, Sebec Lake steamer, 132, 133, 134, 135.
Stearns' (place), 141. Stetson, Captain, 158.
Charles, 412, 415, 417.
Edward, 36. Simeon, 19.
Stevens, Col., 326. D. T., preacher, 93.
David, 44.
Dr., a preceptor of Foxcroft Academy, 115.
Mrs. L. M. N., president of National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, educated at Fox- croft Academy, 116. Stewart, Anthony, 283. Stickney, Clinton, 193, Irene, 193.
Irene (Rollins), first wife of Samuel, 193.
Mary (Sawyer), 192.
Patty (Atwood), second wife of Samuel, 193.
Samuel, of Brownville, Revolutionary soldier, sketch of, pp 192 to 194 ; his son, 193. Simeon, son of subject of sketch, 194. William, 192. Stickney Hill, 194.
Stockholders of Monson Academy, 120.
Stony Point, 195.
Story, Joseph W., 11.
Stoughton, Mass., 417.
Stover, Abraham, 170.
Elizabeth, married John Hart of Penobscot, 170. Jeremiah, 170. Jonathan, 170. Strafford County, N. H., 429.
Stratton, Charles, drowned in Moosehead Lake, 60.
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
Straw, David R., 114. David R., Jr., 114.
Straw & Martin, 43.
Strickland, Major Hastings of Bangor, Sheriff of Penob- scot County at time of Aroostook War, 273, 276, note 276, 277, 279.
Strong, Andrew, 170. Caleb, 14.
Stubbs, W. T., 111, 114.
Studson, Charles, 247, 248, 282, 284, 285, 286, 289, 291, 292.
Sturtevant, Asa, of Dover, Revolutionary soldier, sketch of, pp 194 to 197; son Asa, 194, 197.
Azubah, 197.
Dorcas, third wife of Asa, 197.
Eunice, 197.
Eunice (Morse), second wife of Asa, 197.
Jonah, 197.
Mary A., 197.
Mercy, 197.
Sally (Washburn), first wife of Asa, 196. William, 197.
Stutson, a blacksmith, 411, 417, 419, 420.
Suffolk County, 177.
Sullivan, James, 326, 327.
Mr., one of agents to determine true St. Croix, 348, 349.
Summons, of Jacob Goldthrite before Court at Frederic- ton, 418.
Sumner, Me., 67.
Sunday School Helper, 95.
Sunday-schools, largest in county, 79; Universalist or- ganized in Guilford, 94.
Supreme Court, 247, 261, 282, 437; of New Bruns- wick, 362, 403.
Supreme Executive, 394.
Sutherland, Joseph, 283.
Sweetser, Martha, married Ozias Blanchard, 444.
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T
Tamworth, N. H., 428. Tarr, James, built public hall, 123. Tarrio, Bellony, 415. Tarr's Hall, Monson, 95. Tash, Thomas, 116. Tasker, Rev. B., 88, 89. Taunton, Mass., 437. Taylor, Capt. Benjamin, 201. Roland, 120, 121, 122. Temisquata Lake, 237. Temperance Hall in Milo, 28.
Temple, N. H., 200, 201, 202.
Tenney, William, 120, 121.
Terrill, Isaac, 22. Thanksgiving days, 179.
Thayer, Isaac A., 88. Wm., 87. The Hague, 238. Thibedaus, Captain Firman, 332. Thomas, Eleanor, 198. H. L., 96.
Ichabod, 19; sketch of Revolutionary soldier of that name of Brownville, pp 198 to 200. Joseph, 198. Mehitable (Crosby), wife of subject of sketch, 198. Stephen A., 199. Thomas's Hill, 326. Thompson, Alex, 11. Alexander, 16. E. A., 111, 114, 115, 448. F. H., 133. George, 17. John W., 23, 25. Justin S., 122. Nelson, 136. William N., 130. Thompson, Conn., 200. Thompson Free Library, Dover, 88. Thoreau, Henry D., 3.
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Tibbetts, Capt., 274. Elder A. G., 78. Mr., 410.
Ticonderoga, 158, 178.
Tilden, Rev. H. B., 80.
Tilley, Rev. C. C., 80.
Tilly, James Alexander, Compte de, 439.
Tilton, Susanna, 425. William, 425.
"Times," The, 441.
Timisconatee Lake, 293.
Tobique, 242, 274, 414, 420, 422.
Tolman, Caleb, 29.
Tomah, Sock, 4.
Topsfield, Mass., 200.
Topsham, Me., note 229.
Toring, Wyoming, 148.
Towle, Josiah, 23, 24, 25. Mr., 21.
Towne, Eli, first settler of Dover, 182, 201, 202. Elisha, 200.
Elizabeth (Towne), first wife of Thomas, 200.
Ezra, 114.
Henry S., 111, 115.
Mercy (Foster), 200.
Moses, 201, 202.
Sarah, 200.
Sarah (Burton), second wife of Thomas, 200.
Thomas, of Dover, Revolutionary soldier, sketch of, 200 to 203. William, 200.
Town Hall, Foxcroft, 97.
Townsend, Rev. M. B., 97. Richard, 13.
Township No. 6, 168.
Trafton, Mark, 20.
Treasury, 250.
Treaties, of Breda, 222; of Ghent, 225, 226, note 226, 229, 238, 253, 329, 332, 333, 334, 337, 340, (list of books relating to, 342, ) 348, 349, 357, 359, 369, 370, 372, 375, 390, 391; of Peace,
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(1783, ) 216, 219, 224, 227, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 246, 253, 254, 260, 265, 300, 314, 335, 371, 389; of Ryswick, 222; of Utrecht, 220; Webster-Ashburton, 216.
Troy, N. Y., 307.
Trustees of Foxcroft Academy, 101, 104.
Tuck, Jacob, 122.
Tucker, Almira, 79.
Tufts, Rev. George E., 80.
Tufts Divinity School, 95. Tupper, Col. Benjamin, 183.
Turner, Col. William, 193, Rev. B. F., 83. Z. L., 96. Turner, Me., 86, 88. Turtle or Marcumpticook River, 398. Tyler, John, 54.
U
"Uncle Peter and the Bear," 139. Uncle Sam, 210.
Union, The, 176, 230, 249, 258, 266, 269, 338, 340. Union of States, Maine admitted, 118, 252.
Unitarians, 94, 124.
United States, mentioned, 137, 183, 216, 219, 224, 228, 232, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 247, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255, 257, 258, 259, 265, 266, 278, 280, 284, 286, 298, 299, 300, 301, 306, 308, 311, 322, 323, 324, 326, 327, 328, 329, 333, 335, 340, 347, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 368, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 382, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 405, 420, 435, 438, 439, 440. United States Senators, 437. U. S. Army, 324. District Attorney, note 230. Pension Office, 445. Sec'y of State, note 244. Senate, 306, 438, 444.
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
Universalism, History of in Piscataquis County, pp 86 to 99.
Universalists, 75, 124; Eastern Association of, 86; State Convention of, 86 ; first Universalist Society of Dover, Foxcroft and Sangerville, rules, etc., 86, 87.
University, Colby, 81.
University of Maine, 124.
Upper Canada, 230.
Upper Madawasca, note 256.
V
Valley Forge, hardships mentioned, 178.
Van Buren, Pres., 240, 242, 252, 254, 270.
Van Kleek, Rev. E. A., 80.
Van Ness, Cornelius, 228.
Varney, Bowman, 120. Capt. George, 55. Jerry, 54. Mr. and Mrs. George O., 98.
Varnum, General, 160.
Vassalborough, 67.
Vaughan, B. B., 79, 80. Charles, 88.
Charles R., 330, 331, 333, 334, 335, 355, 356, 358, 359, 360, 392, 393.
Sarah C., 110.
Vermont, 228.
Vernet, Mercy, married John Shaw, 428.
Vice Admiralty, 300.
Vice President of U. S., 258.
"Vintnor," Ralph Shaw, vintner and keeper of the ordi- nary, 424; Roger Shaw also a vintner, 424, 425.
Vinton, Hiram, 120. Virginia, 444, 445. Vose, Captain, 175.
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Wade, Colonel Nathan, 192. Walden, Mrs. Marshall, 98. Waldo County, 319; volunteers, 319.
Waldo patent, 10, 11, 13, 14, 36. Walker, Rev. O. B., 69, 72, 80. Wallace, William, 158. Walsh, Mrs. A. A., 81. Rev. A. A., 81.
War Department, 307.
War of 1812, mentioned 174, 175, 176, 225, 228.
Ward, Benjamin, 120. Principal Fred U., 112, 116.
Ware, N. H., 193.
Warner, Brig. Gen. Jonathan, 160.
Warren, A. M., 97.
Washburn, Israel, 22. Israel, Jr., note 226. Sally, married Asa Sturtevant, 196. Washington, (Geo.), 5. Mrs., 438.
Washington County, 418, 420, 423, 435, 436.
Washington, D. C., 149, 152, 239, 241, 258, 280, 307, 322, 328, 329, 332, 335, 336, 340, 347, 354, 368, 369, 373, 374, 439, 445.
Washingtonian Society, mentioned, 107.
Waterville College, 72. Watson, Capt., 180. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, 440.
Wayne, Mad Anthony, 195. Webber, S., 96. Webber Farm, Guilford, 184. Webster, Daniel, 280. Ebenezer, 274. George, 122. John, 13. Webster-Ashburton treaty, 216, note 226, note 230, 280. Webster's Works, note 239. Weed, Dr., 213.
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Wellington, Duke of, 277.
Wellington, Me., 81, 435. "Wellington Stores," 81. Wentworth, John, 11.
West, a deputy surveyor general, 420. George, 297, 303.
person mentioned in John Baker's arrest, 408. West, the, 430.
West Branch, 57, 58, 59, 62.
West Boylston, Mass., 171.
West Cove, 54.
West Dover, Me., 157.
West Indies, 438, 440, 441.
West Point, 161, 193, 195, 196.
Westbrook, Me., 175.
Western Piscataquis, 434.
Weston, Eben, Esq., 23. Isaac, 45,
Nathan, chief justice, first that presided in Piscata- quis County, 90.
Samuel, surveyor of eastern lands, 35; letter of instructions concerning sale of lands, 46, 47; his letter to land committee, 48, 49, 51.
Wetmore, Thomas, Esq., 243, 362, 397, 399, 403, 406, 419.
Weymouth, Mass., 442, 443.
Wharff, Isaac B., 45, 46.
Wheeler, Rev. F. E., 97.
Whig or Whigs, mentioned, 213, 260, 277, 317, 318; correspondence, 318, 319; governor, 273; papers, 276.
Whitcomb, Rev. C. F., 77. White, Capt., 180. Rev. H. K., 97.
Whiting, James K., 120.
Whitney, Col. Joseph, 172. James H., 120. John, 16. Samuel, 114. Whittemore's Landing, 129.
Whittier, John D., 122.
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Wigglesworth, Colonel Edward, 159, 177. Wilder, Major Jonas, 155. Wilderness, 361. Wiley, James S., 114, 115. Wilkins, Daniel, 101, 103, 113, 115. David, Esq., 103. Isaac, 114. Rev. Thomas, 104.
William and Mary, king and queen, 222. Williams, Norman S., 120. Reuel, 257, 271. Rev. Thomas, 101, 103, 105, 106, 113, 115. Williamsburg, 8, 199.
Williamson's History of Maine, 435. Willimantic, Me., 136. Willing, Ann, married William Bingham, 438. Wilson, Capt. Francis, 172. Jonathan, 364, 367, 369. Leonard, 367. Mary, married William Chase Crosby, 208. Mr., of Greenville, 53. Rev. Adam, 74. Rev. W. W., 88. Rev. William W., minister of Dover Universalist church, 90; interesting extracts from his diary, pp 90, 91. Wilson, Me., 435. Wilson Stream, 137, 139. Wilton, N. H., 200, 201. Wing, Capt., 325. Wingate, Gen. Joshua, 19. Winslow, Me., 197. Winter Hill, near Boston, 201. Winthrop, Capt. John, 443. Winthrop, Me., 72. Wiscasset, Me., 429. Wisconsin, 147, 148, 152, 430. Withee, Rev. James, 54 ; leader in religious matters in Greenville, 65. Woburn, Mass., 163. Wolfe, 220.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 116.
Woodbury, James, 182.
Woodbury Hill, Dover, 181.
Woodstock, N. B., 274, note 274, 310, 311, 313, 367, 392.
Wool, Gen. John E., 306, 307, 312.
Woolen Mill, Mayo & Son's, 104.
Worcester, Mass., 370.
Worshipful Master of Mosaic Lodge, 447.
Writ, a, Province of New Brunswick vs. John Baker, 397.
Wyman, Jesse, 92. Robert, 116. Theodore, 22, 114. Theodore H., 22.
Y
Yankee settlers of "Aroostic," 365.
Yankees, 277.
York County, mentioned, 178, 183, 247, 282, 283, 287, (militia, 291, ) 294, 303, 305, 330, 397, 403, 404.
York, Duke of, 222. York, Me., note 229. Young, Elijah, 54. Ichabod, 21. Oliver, 53. Thomas, 54.
William, 56. Wm. P., 30, 31.
Z
Zion's Hill, 211.
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