USA > Maine > Penobscot County > History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches > Part 147
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196 | Part 197 | Part 198 | Part 199 | Part 200 | Part 201 | Part 202 | Part 203 | Part 204 | Part 205 | Part 206 | Part 207 | Part 208 | Part 209 | Part 210 | Part 211 | Part 212 | Part 213 | Part 214 | Part 215 | Part 216 | Part 217 | Part 218 | Part 219 | Part 220 | Part 221 | Part 222 | Part 223 | Part 224 | Part 225 | Part 226 | Part 227 | Part 228 | Part 229
On September 20th, the delegates to the Constitution- al Convention were chosen. Those from the county of Penobscot were Joseph Treat, Bangor; John Wilkins, Orrington; George Leonard, Brewer ; Simeon Stetson,
- -
Hampden; Nathaniel Atkins, Exeter; Andrew Strong, Corinth; Moses Hodsdon, Levant; Daniel Wilkins, New Charlestown; Eleazer W. Snow, Atkinson; Samuel Cham- berlain, Foxcroft; Amos Gordon, Garland ; Samuel But man, Dixmont; Jackson Davis, Orono; Benjamin Shaw, Newport; Abel Ruggles, Carmel ; Cornelius Coolidge, Dexter.
The annual meeting of the Hancock and Penobscot Bible Society was held at Belfast, October 5th, sermon by Mr. Nourse, of Ellsworth. The officers were William Abbot, President; Samuel E. Dutton, Vice-President ; Josiah Hook, Jr., Treasurer; Rev. M. Blood, Corres- ponding Secretary; Daniel Pike, Recording Secretary.
October 6. The Young Ladies' Academy was open to youth of both sexes. The Preceptor was Mr. Baldwin.
Mr. Daniel Pike had a great variety of goods on sale this month-dry goods, boots and shoes, fifes and flutes, paper-hangings, combs, cognac brandy, Sketch of Mis- sions to the Heathen, Jamaica, St. Croix, and Windward Island rum, Preacher's Manual, Holland gin, Channing's Sermon and Stuart's Reply, Port, S. M., and Lisbon wine, fish, rice, teas, coffee, sugar, tobacco, etc. Most traders did likewise at that period.
On October II the Convention assembled at Portland to prepare a Constitution for the new State. There was considerable discussion over the style and title. Mr. William Pitt Preble, from the committee on the name, reported as its title the "Commonwealth of Maine." It was voted-119 to 113-to substitute "State" for "Com- monwealth." Judge Cony, of Augusta, moved to substi- tute "Columbus" for "Maine." A "Venetian manufact- urer of maps and charts" had forever defrauded the dis- coverer of America of the glory which was his due, and he desired to render him tardy justice by giving his name to the new community, and as on the IIth of October Columbus discovered signs of land, and on that day the Convention met to form a Constitution for the new State, it would be fitting to commemorate the day of the dis- covery by adopting the name of the discoverer. Judge Thacher, of Saco, said that it would be long before the State could be known as Columbus when it had been so long known as Maine, and the change would occasion much inconvenience to the commercial world. Colum- bus was good; Maine was good; he liked both; but, under the circumstances, there should be no change. The Convention agreed with him. Then Mr. Adams, of Gorham, wanted to reconsider the vote whereby "State " was adopted in preference to "Commonwealth." Judge Dana, of Fryeburg, thought there was "a degree of inef- ficiency in the association of two monosyllables," and that "Commonwealth would add dignity to Maine." General Chandler, of Monmouth, said the term Com- monwealth was "more sonorous and respectable" than State. Judge Thacher did not think it of any great im- portance which was adopted. There was greater facility in writing and pronouncing State than Commonwealth. A slight difference was sufficient to turn the scale. Mr. Emery, of Portland, thought the "lexicographical defini- tions of the word State relieved it of its want of digni- ty; he regarded the terms as nearly synonymous ; saw no
-
590
HISTORY OF PENOBSCOT COUNTY, MAINE.
important advantage Commonwealth possessed in pomp and dignity over the simple and emphatic word State, so as to make him tremble at the alteration." Judge Bridge, of Augusta, thought the "style of Commonwealth best comported with the brevity of Maine, and corresponded to the slenderness of its sound." It was fortunate for the tongues and fingers of the men of this rapid age that the Convention had common sense enough to adopt the style of "State of Maine," rather than "Commonwealth of Columbus." The motion to reconsider was lost by a vote of yeas, 101; nays, 140. The Constitution was completed October 28, and the Convention adjourned to meet at Portland on the first Wednesday in January, 1820.
Mr. Wiggins Hill was appointed a committee to build a powder-house for the use of the town, under the direc- tion of the Selectmen.
On December 6 the Constitution of the State was sub- mitted to the people of the town for their approval or disapproval. The votes for approval were 47 ; against, 4.
Mr. Enoch Eaton opened a "new hatter's shop." He continued in the business many years.
Rev. William Allen, of Hanover, New Hampshire, late President of Dartmouth College, was elected Presi- dent of Bowdoin College, to supply the vacancy occa- sioned by the death of President Appleton.
-
1
CHAPTER XIII.
Professors Smith and Fowler Inaugurated-Annual Meeting-Vote for Governor-History of John Dods Bovee-Jackson Davis Elected Representative-William D. Williamson, Senator-Votes for the Constitution-An Oppressed Poetaster-Address of Representatives on the Maine and Missouri Question-Sunday-schools-Immigration -William Emerson Elected Councillor-Extra Session Court of Common Pleas-Vote for Governor-William King Elected-Wil- liam D. Williamson, President of the Senate-Report on Seal of the State-Excursion in "Boston Packet"-Thompson & Chick's Peas and Beans-Supreme Judicial Court Organized-First Annual Exhibition of the Theological Seminary-State and Penobscot In- dians-Lothrop Lewis Confers with them-County Officers Appoint- ed-Rev. Otis Briggs-Cavalry Company -- Contest for Representative to Congress-John Dods Bovee-John Bovee Dods Explains-Popu- lation of Bangor -- Weather-Republicans (Democrats) Propose to Set- tle their Difficulties-Contributions to the Theological Seminary.
-
1820. Mr. Abraham Allen and Mr. Joseph Mansfield, with their families, who left Bangor-the former in 1817 and the latter in 1818-for the West, came to the con- clusion that Maine was the better country, and returned here on the 16th of January.
.
There wa's some alarm lest Maine would not be ad- mitted into the Union, because Congress had connected Missouri with it, and Southern members would not vote for the admission of Maine unless Missouri was admitted also, and Northern members would not vote for the ad- mission of Missouri without a clause in its Constitution
. :
prohibiting slavery in that State. Northern members enough yielded at last-among whom was John Holmes, one of the Maine Senators-and both States were ad- mitted.
Revs. John Smith and Bancroft Fowler were inaugurat- ed Professors of the Theological Seminary on the 8th of March. Addresses were made by each, with which the hearers were well pleased. The former had under his charge the department of Theology; the latter. that of Classical Literature.
The annual meeting occurred on the 13th of March. The Clerk, Treasurer, Agent, and Superintending School Committee, were the same as those of last year. : The Selectmen and Assessors were Allen Gilman, Thomas Cobb, and Wiggins Hill. For highways, $1,200 were assessed; for Mr. Loomis's salary and collecting, $840; for Bridge Company, $400; for schools, $1,200; for the poor and town charges, $1,200. The Superintending School Committee were authorized to expend $30 in re- wards to the best scholars. The Treasurer was author- ized to borrow $500, to pay certain town orders, and with other moneys in the treasury to pay the $500 bor- rowed the last year.
At a meeting on April 3, William King received 136 of 231 votes for Governor. William D. Williamson re- ceived 109 of 138 votes for Senator. John Wilkins re- ceived 57 votes for County Treasurer. Joseph Treat re- ceived 82 votes for Representative to the Legislature. Jackson Davis, 96. Scattering 6.
The Professors of the Theological Seminary deemed it necessary to oppose the delinquencies of a person who afterwards became quite notorious-John Dods Bovee. They represented that he offered himself as a candidate to the Seminary under the name of John Bovee Dods; that he represented, and produced a certificate from an officer of a Presbyterian church in Amsterdam, New York, that he was a member of that church, and was a suitable person to receive charitable assistance for the ministry. That his appearance of uncommon piety added strength to their representation, and he was received into the in- stitution. That it had since been discovered, and he had confessed, that the certificate was a forgery; that he had practiced a similar imposition at Andover, where he . had been admitted to the academy, and on its discovery he had been dismissed from that institution with disgrace, and that on his examination in regard to this matter by the Trustees of the Bangor Seminary he "discovered such a destitution of moral principle and disregard for truth as was painful to witness." In connection with their statement, the professors published letters from John Adams, of Andover Phillips Academy, and of Halsey A. Wood, pastor of the church at Amsterdam, from which it appears that Bovee was very respectably connected in Amsterdam; that he had been a member of the church, had been suspended for crime, and upon evidence of re- pentance had been restored; that afterwards he obtained from his pastor a writing, saying simply that he was a member of the church in regular standing, as he de- sired it to take with him to New Jersey; that he married a daughter of a gentleman five miles from Albany, where
· 125
,19
2
3
4
5
6
b.b
107
A
. 80
19
1 1 1
( 1 C r I a £1
4'e
86 131
. 87
68
C
78
1142 330
127
12 8
1
0143
112
150
r.
S.
b
Es
15
p
D
1311
3.5.
54
1.3
121
164
47
20
195
98
72 174
176
50
=93
V
T170
115
369/9
24
56
55
147
175
130/~32
1.
116
177
3
K
235
85
164.
13
109
F
m.
58
6
7300
18
151
1100/
.45
14.9
52
160
148
G
178
4-6
14
99
Benne
I. F. Adams,
D. 2.
15. C. C. Billings,
D. 4.
10
2. J. Allen,
E. 6.
16. Toll Bridge,
D. 4.
29
3. B. F. Adams,
D. 8.
17. Bents' Bakehouse, D. 4.
4. N. Boynton,
B. I.
18. J. Budge,
G. 4.
34. J. Ck
5. N. Burrill,
D. A. 2.
19. J. Balch,
A. 5.
6. Burrill & Tilton S.
20. Bean & Ham, S. D. 5.
& T. Yd.
A. 2.
21. J. Bartlett,
E. 5.
36. J. Clk's
7. T. Bradbury,
C. 2.
22. Barker & Crosby,S. E. 5.
. 141
8. J. Burton,
C. 2.
23. T. Bartlett,
S. E. 5.
37. J. Citby 38. Carr G 39. T. C.b,
9. N. Bean,
D. C. 2.
24. Cemetery, Ist,
E. 6.
I
Io. J. Bridges,
H. 2.
25. W. Bruce,
C. 7.
II. J. Barker,
D. E. 3.
26. Polly Boyd,
D. 7.
41. P. Cm
12. Bangor Bank,
E. 3.
27. W. Boyd, Deacon, B. 8.
13. D. J. Bent,
D. F. 3.
28. Buzzell, Ist settler, D. 8.
43. Built te
@ 105
[4. H. G. Balch,
G. 3.
29. T. Colby,
H. 2.
44. E. D.
STREETS-a. Levant Road. b. Hammond. c. High. d. Columbia. c. Cross. f. Middle. g. Wall. . Ja p. Exchange. r. Ash. s. Oak. t. York. v. Hancock. w. Washington. y. Boyd. z. Newbury.
Prc C UKUO C 0 - 1 C li. tł P E di ec
la tle I with and clus here T mitt Miss for t also
miss
KENDISKEAG
6
B
BAN
114.4 0145
113
1
157
132
89
STRET
122
55 -166
108
153
F
13 4
11
163 h
= 140
156
1460
E
10323
103
W
38 14 13
PENOB.
Brewer Shoe
30. J. C. 31. Coupon
32. H. (),
33. J. C dby
+79
H
35. L. Cm,
165
69
94
T
31
1690/A
70
.124
60
151
d C( la de si
1
40. P. Cm
42. P. Com
59
12
6
7
8
9
10
124. J. McGaw, D. E. 6.
125. A. Nye, miller, D. A. 2. 126, S. Noble, Ist minister, C. B. 10
127. J. Perkins, D. C. 2.
I28. Powder-house, C. 3.
I29. A. Patten, D. D. 4.
130. Marshall, E. 3.
13I. R. Parker, D. D. 5.
132. Mrs. Phillips, C. 4.
133. Pickering&Hill, S. D. 4.
134. M.& A. Patten, S. E. 4.
135. Perkins & Parker, S. E.4.
136. Pine Tree, F. 4.
1 20.
27
125
76
77
18
0
y
76. A. Gilman, D. C. 7.
1 2
77. D. Gurney, B. 8.
143. M. Sargeant,
C. 2.
78. S. Harriman, D. C. I.
13739
Z
79. Hollum, H. I.
I45. E. Sargeant,
B. 3.
146. School-house,
E. 3.
81. D. Hill, D. D. 2.
I47. A. Savage,
E. 3.
148. I. Smith,
G. 3.
I49. B. Blodgett,
G. 3.
96 84. T. A. Hill, D. E. 3.
150. Smith,
D. D. 5.
85. W. Hill, D. E. 3.
86. N. Harlow, B. 4.
87. N. Harlow, S. H. C. 4.
97
124
88. N. Harlow, Jr., D. C. 4
89. J. Harlow. C. 4.
90. S. Harriman, S. D. 4.
2
.75
91. N. Harlow, Jr .. S. D. 4.
156. Captain I. Snow, E. 5.
157. School-house, C. 6.
92. Hay Scales, D. 4.
93. Hill & Mclaughlin,
S. E. 4.
94. N. Hadlock, D. 5.
95. J. Ham, D. D. 5.
45. S. E. Dutton, D. G. 2.
96. J. Hutchings, D. 8.
46. Z. Davis, T. Yd, G. 2. 97. B. Inman, D. 7. $47. G. W. Brown, D. D. 3. 98. J. Jordan, D. 2. 48. J. Dennett, D. 3. 99. P. Junin, murdered, 49. Hill and Dole, S. D. 3. S. D. G. 3.
100. S. Kimball, S.&D. E. 5.
51. S. E. Dutton, O. G. 3.
IOI. D. Kimball, S. &D.E. 5.
52. T. Dennett, G. 3.
102. J. Kendrick, S. E. 5.
53. Dr. J. P. Dickin-
103. J. Kendrick, E. 5.
son, O. D. 4.
104. Kinney, D. 7.
105. C. Low, I. I.
55. Distillery, E. 5. 106. J. Lovell, H. I.
56.
E. 2.
107. D. Lambert, D. A. 2.
57. E. 3.
108. G. Logan, D. 3.
58. E. Eaton, F. 3.
109. Rev. H. Loomis, F. 3.
173. B. Watson, D. E. 3. 174. J. Williams, S. D. 4.
59. B. Emerson, G. 3.
IIO. C. V. Lansill, G. 3.
III. D. Lord, C. 4.
175. I. Watson, S. E. 4. 176. E. Weston, Jr., D. 5.
3. J. Crpy, D. C. 4. 34. J. C:'s Hotel, D. 4.
63. Ferryways, F. 4.
114.
C. 4.
179. T. Bartlett, D. A. 3. 46. T. D. Liscomb, G. 2.
6. J. Ch's Hotel, E. 4.
65. Z. French's Block, E. 5.
Hotel, E. 5.
66. Grist-mill, A. 2. 116. N. C. Little, E. 5.
67. Gun-house, D. 2.
117. J. Leavitt's Block, E. 5.
68. B. Garland, C. 4.
118. J. Leavitt,
·D. C. 7.
go P. Conbs, B. 8.
69. J. Garland, C. S. D. 4.
119, J. Leavitt's S. Yd. D. 7.
.P.Cabs, Whf., B. 8.
70. A. Gilman, O. D. 4.
120. G. Mansell, G. 3.
42. P. CInbs, S. H., B. 8.
71. J. Garland, D. D. 5.
121. J. Mason, S. D. 4.
D. 2.
72. E. P. Goodbridge,
122. Mayhew, D. 5.
43. Built er,
D. D. 2.
S. D. 5.
123. J. McGaw, O. E. 5.
i. Water. A. Independent. /. Union. m. Co. R. to Hampden, or Main. n. Fore. o. Co. R. to Orono. Harlow. bb. Six Miles Falls Co. R.
Harbury.
D. B. 3.
31. Courtouse, D. 3.
60. J. & W. Emerson,S.D.4.
6z. Fulling Mill, Holts', A.2.
II2. D. Lord, S. C. 4.
52 H. C. D. E. 3.
62. J. B. Fiske, S. D. 4.
113. R. Lapish, B. 5.
177. J. P. Dickinson, D. E. 3. 178. Pound, G. 2.
S. D. 4-
64. J. B. Fiske, D. D. 5.
115. J. R. Lumbert,
n. J. Croy,
S. E. 5.
165. A. Taylor, D. F. 4, 166. M. Trafton, D. D. 5. 167. Trafton & Bright, S.E. 5.
168. Union Hall, Ist M. H., E. 5.
169. J. Webster, D. 3.
170. J. Williams, E. 3.
54. A. Davis, D. 5.
RIVER
COT
161. Toll House, D. 4. 162. Taylor&Brown, S. D. 4.
163. T. Trafton, S. E. 4.
164. Thomas, S. E. 4.
50. S. Dudley, E. 3.
82. I. Hatch, Hotel, D. 3. 83. Hay Scales, D. 3.
1. 3
4.2.
11.9/10
151. Smith,
S. D. 4.
152. Saw-pit, F. 4.
153. Z. Smith, J. S. D. 5.
154. Miss Sawyer's School, D. 5.
155. W. Seward, D. 5.
158. Saw-pit, D. 7.
159. J. Tilton, A. 2.
160. T. Trafton, D. G. 3.
80. J. Holt, Clothier, D.A.2.
28
73. J. Giddings { Ist brick 74. S. Giddings | house, E5. 75. H. Gould, E. 6.
139. O. Randall, D. 4.
140. Dr. H. Rich, E. 5.
I4I. G. Savage, H. I.
142. Saw-mill, A. 2.
144. Z. Smith, D. B. 3.
137. D. Pike, C. 7.
138. J. Reynolds, E. 3.
126
YGOR
38. Car / Garland, S. E. 3. 8g. T. C ). C. 7.
171. W. D. Williamson, D. E. 3.
172. W. D. Williamson, O. E. 3.
26
1
I
C
1:
d
SI
Pr
1
1 ( (
( 1.
t F E
d
e
la = 1 wit anc clus her 1 mitt Mis for also miss
-
GLENBURN
1
2
3
4
5
6
S.G.Adams
18 0%
521
Jameson
A
+5
1
2
17.
B
. 3
4.6
BANG
18 20.
.+2
C
STREAM
ROAD
.43
36
Bouley Hit
·16
26
FALLS
D
LEVANT
27
Burleigh
.28
TO
53
SIX
29
158
COUNTY
F
+38
59
. 45
Thomas Hill
G
24 .. 2 COL
35
- Buffell
PENOBS
Chamber!
H
·Haliaice
BRF
51 .
Barstow
=31
Crosbys Hill
High"
Head
12
HAMPDEN
Proute
.
sSnow
Hathorne
MYLES
os
ROAD
KEN DUSKEAG
HERMON
Smarts Meadby
I
Hill
Six Mile Falls
. 57
7
8
9
10
1. J. B. Bond, A. I.
2. W. Blaisdell, B. I.
3. T. Brown, B. 3.
4. N. Boynton, B. 4.
5. P. Burgess, A. 4.
6. R. Boyd, E. 3.
| 7. A. Cartland, B. I.
8. D. Campbell, C. 8.
9. Capres, D. 10.
IO. J. T. Clark, E. 9.
II. F. Carr, F. 4.
12. T. Crosby, I. 4.
13. J. Drummond, G. 7.
14. D. Dresser, G. 7.
150 Devil's Rock, G. 8.
16. J. Finson, D. 2.
17. W. Forbes, G. 8. 18. W. Hasey, A. 4.
19. C. Hammond's Dam, F. 4.
20. D. Hathorn, F. 9.
2I. A. Hathorn, F. 9.
22. J. Hathorn, F. 9.
23. R. Hitchborn, G. 6.
24. D. Howard, G. 5.
25. J. Howard, G. 5. 26. Jordan, D. 3.
27. I. Legro, E. 3.
28. I. Legro, Jr., E. 3.
29. J. Lapish, E. 5.
30. W. Lowder, F. 8.
3I. C. Low, H. 4.
32. Mar sell, E. 9.
33. R. McPhetres, D. Io.
34. A. McPhetres, E. 10.
35. S. Noble's Cellar, G. 6. (First Minister.)
36. Osgood, C. 2.
37. Pumpkin Tavern, E. 9.
38. M. Patten, F. 3.
39. B. Parsons, F. 8.
40. First Post Office, G. 8.
41. W. Randall, A. 2.
42. M. Richardson, C. 2.
43. Richardson, C. 2.
44. Reed's Ferry, G. 8.
45. Kendrick's Mill, A. 2.
46. S. Sherburne, B. 3.
e
| 47. W. Sherburne, A. 4- 48. G. Sanborn, G. 4.
3-
49. School-house, E. 9.
50. I. Spencer, E. 10.
51. G. Savage, H. 4.
52. R. Webster, A. 4.
53. Taylor, E. 3.
54. R. Treat, G. 7.
ne
55. W. Thompson, F. 10.
56. Thompson's Ferry, G. 10. 57. Walbridge, B. 3.
in,
58. S. Wiley, E. 3.
r's
59. B. Wyatt, G. 4.
! 60. D. Webster, G. 8.
es
61. Ruins of the Campbell House, C. 8.
14.
vas
ker
of
nes
ors.
0
campbells
Hill
33
9 .
50*
34
32
·10
/4.9
. /37
Ayers Falls
MES
TO OLDTOWN
Bend
:30
.
. THOMPSONS ROADS
60
014
5/6
23
54
STREAM
Reeds
ROAD
House
Falls
Treats
· Burr
Ld
in
L tonard
. " .,
WER
0
OR --
RON
13
.
4.9%
Hope
.
e
n
›li-
591
HISTORY OF PENOBSCOT COUNTY, MAINE.
he resided for some time, and taught a common school in the neighborhood until he was arrested for having connection with a girl there, and was bailed by his father- in-law and sent away; that he had labored at Andover to impress the people that he was eminently pious and a proper object of charity, until there were strong pre- sumptions against him in relation to a pair of white pan- taloons and about $2 in change in one of the pockets; that his relatives were disturbed in relation to his course, and did not "entertain a shadow of a hope that he would ever change his abominable course, but were rather look- ing forward to a time, and that not far distant, when he would close his life in infamy and ruin."
. the present day attributed to spiritual agency. Reports
The statement and letter were published in the Bangor Register of March 23, 1820. Of course Bovee was dis- charged from the institution. He afterward went to Le- vant, in this county, where he intermarried with Miss Mercy Hodsdon, daughter of Moses Hodsdon, Esq. He resided there for some time, and created great ex- citement through certain manifestations akin to those of reached Bangor of these extraordinary demonstrations, and gentlemen-one a military man of high position- visited Levant to test the truth of the reports. Their experience of noises in the night-time of a violent and unaccountable character was such that they had no de- sire to encounter them again. After spiritualism had made some progress, Bovee was in the field as a lec- turer, and published a book in reference to it. He was a man of considerable ability, and possessing much plausibility of manner and sufficient assurance, he kept himself before the public and upon good terms with such as did not know his history.
Under the apportionment of Representatives in the new State of Maine, Bangor was classed with Orono and Sunkhaze, and the class had one Representative. Jack- son Davis was elected Representative. Mr. Williamson was elected Senator of the county, and Mr. King Gov- ernor of the State.
The votes for the Constitution were 10,025; against it, 875.
Some poor fellow who doubtless had experienced incon- venience from the frowns and, perhaps, fangs of his neighbors, sent through the county some lines upon "For- giveness," which might have had reference to the case of the ex-Andover student. It is to be hoped that the re- pentance was equal to the poetry. After putting in the mouth of the Saviour these words: "If you'll not forgive, you shall ne'er be forgiven," and saying that man, " no mercy would show, nor pardon the crimes of his fellows in woe," he proceeds :
While drawing this contrast I can't but exclaim,
What tender dear souls in the new State of Maine! !
To issue their writs and take their last cent,
To open their prisons, to threat'nings give vent.
To dash reputation, more precious than gold, To strip him of home and expose him to cold, To influence friends to turn him away,
Amid the keen dawn of a cold winter dav
Forgiveness and mercy here greatly combined, How noble their actions ! how feeling their mind I
All hands turn him off was the word of command, Or your horses are gone at once from their stand ! !
Then lock up your stable and bolt every door; The thieves are coming; hark, hear the wind roar !! You are in great danger, your farms may be gone !! Or Breeches carried off and you left undone.
A writer in the Register of April 20 thought it would be going a great way in the exercise of the virtue of for- giveness for the people of Maine to pardon the writer for "insulting their ears with such barbarous rhyme and inharmonious measure."
Representatives M. Kinsley, Joshua Cushman, Ezekiel Whitman, and Enoch Lincoln, on March 7 sent forth an address from Washington to the people of Maine, in which they expressed their mortification at the manner in which Maine was linked with Missouri in being admitted into the Union, "without any regulation as to slavery." It behooved " the people of the North not to be inatten- tive to the signs of the times. Although no objection was made, on our part, to the diminution of the power of the old States in the North, by the admission of the slaveholding States in the South-not even at the present session to the admission of Alabama-yet, the moment a State is offered in the North, gentlemen in the slave- holding States instantly cry out : 'Give us a slave-holding State in the West, as a counterpoise to its influence in the Senate, or we will not agree it.' They say to Maine : "You may come into the Union ; but if you do come, you must bring with you Missouri-slaves and all-not only what she now has, but all that she may acquire to the end of time,' and if this was not done they threat- ened that 'a continuation of the Union must not be ex- pected.'" Against such a course of procedure those Representatives protested, "and refused to sanction it with their approbation, and' believed they had fulfilled the reasonable expectations of their fellow-citizens.
In May, the movement in regard to Sunday-schools was renewed. The people were solicited to take an in- terest in them as a means for their moral improvement. Mr. Daniel Pike, Superintendent, gave notice that the Sunday-school for the season would be commenced on the 11th, and would be free to all.
Families continued to arrive from the West, with the intention of settling in the county. The current of em- igration had turned towards Penobscot.
The interest felt in the education of the people had expression among the members of the Grand Jury in May. Instead of taxing the new members for a "treat," all united in a contribution for the aid of schools in the new settlements.
At the session of the Legislature, William Emerson, of Bangor, was elected a member of the Governor's Council for Penobscot. The Government was Republi- can, or Democratic. Governor King delivered his mes- sage on the 2d of June.
The whole vote of the State for Governor was 22,914. William King received 21,083. John Chandler was elected President of the Senate, Benjamin Ames Speaker of the House, Ashur Ware was elected Secretary of State, and Joseph E. Boyd Treasurer. John Holmes and John Chandler were elected United States Senators.
592
HISTORY OF PENOBSCOT COUNTY, MAINE.
William Moody was chosen President of the Senate to supply the place vacated by General Chandler. Mr. Moody shortly afterward resigned, and William D. Wil- liamson was elected President of the Senate.
The Legislature provided for an extra session of the Court of Common Pleas throughout the State, for ad- ministering the oath to establish the pensions of Revolu- tionary soldiers. Fifty cents were allowed to the court and fifty cents to the clerk in each case. The session for Penobscot was held on June 27.
-
A committee was appointed by the Legislature to re- port a seal and device, and on June 9 presented the fol- lowing as the description and explanation of the seal and arms of the State of Maine:
A Shield, argent, charged with a Pine Tree, a Moose Deer at the foot of it recumbent. Supporters: on dexter side an Husbandman rest- ing on scythe; on sinister side: a Seaman resting on an anchor. In the foreground representing land and sea and under the Shield, the name of the State in large Roman capitals, to wit :- MAINE-the whole sur- rounded by a Crest, the North Star. The motto, in a label interposed between the Shield and Crest, in small Roman capitals, viz :- DIRIGO.
Explanation: The Moose Deer (Cervus alces) is a native of the forests of Maine. When full grown it is scarcely inferior to a horse in size. It has a neck short and thick, a large head, horns dilating im- mediately from the base into a broad, palmated form; a thick, broad, heavy upper lip, hanging very much over the lower, very high shoulders and long legs. The color is a dark greyish brown, much paler on the legs and under part of the body. The hair is coarse and strong, and is much longer on the top of the shoulders and edge of the neck, than on other parts. The eyes and ears are large, the hoofs broad, and the tail extremely short. The greatest height of the Moose Deer is about seventeen hands, and the weight about twelve hundred and twenty pounds. In deep snows they collect in numbers in pine forests.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.