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1847, Feb. 19. " A light and very local shock " was felt a few moments after nine in the evening. An accompanying rumbling noise was so distinct as to canse some persons to go into the street.1
1851, Jan. 3. Shock experienced at about 11} o'clock P.M. It caused a noise resembling the roaring of fire, and was about two seconds in duration.
1855, Feb. 23. At half-past five o'clock in the morning there was a shock sufficient to wake people up. It was like a heavy coach passing over a paved street.
1860, Oct. 17. A shock of an earthquake was felt at six o'clock A. M. A trembling vibration, lasting a few seconds, accompanied by a rumbling sound, was noticed.
1870, Oct. 20. At 11} A. M., a distinct shock of an earthquake took place.
AEROLITES.
1850, Sept. 30. A brilliant meteor was seen at nine o'clock P.M. It passed over the sky from east to west.
1853, Jan. 9. Soon after midnight, the light of a ineteor was seen in this vicinity. For nearly a minute, it illuminated the heavens so brilliantly that many supposed a building had sud- denly burst into flames. A rumbling sound succeeded its passage or fall.2
1856, April 11. At nine o'clock, the light and smoke of an aerolite were noticed. An explosion followed, with a concussion which shook houses and windows.
1 Historical Notes on Earthquakes in New England. 2 Signal.
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HISTORY OF BELFAST.
AURORA BOREALIS.
In the fall of 1811, an unusual phenomenon was witnessed by many of the inhabitants, and attracted great attention. Accord- ing to Mr. Locke, throughout the night the Aurora borealis assumed the appearance of armies marching in platoons, entering into engagements, and then retreating, and going through various military evolutions. Such attention did it attract, that large groups of persons collected on different eminences, and viewed for hours, with interest, the exciting scene. As it was unlike the ordinary appearance of the northern lights, it was considered by many as the certain precursor of war.1
A beautiful display was also witnessed in the evening of Feb. 19, 1852. The whole sky was illuminated by a variety of bril- liant colors, which assumed innumerable shapes. At times, a how of light, from which would dart a fringe of flame, as it were, ex- tended from north-east to south-west. The northern part of the sky was decorated with sheaves of light, varying in color from white to red.
Another marked instance occurred Oct. 14, 1870. Between six and eight o'clock, the whole northern heavens were draped in rosy light, above which lambent flashes of a pale blue darted to and fro to the extreme zenith. Hundreds of people watched this glorious exhibition of Nature's fireworks to a late hour.
LAND SLIDE.
An unusual occurrence happened in 1826, on the premises of George W. Bruce, who lived in the house now occupied by Cap- tain W. O. Alden, and had a manufactory of earthen ware near by. The water from the springs having undermined the soil towards the distillery lot, a half acre of the premises suddenly slid down to the river. His wife was at the time on the spot with a pail of water in her hand, and ran from side to side, seeking exit, but met on every side by a wall of mud. She escaped at the beach after the slide stopped.
1 Locke's Sketches. Such a phenomenon is supposed to be alluded to in 2 Macca- bees, 5th chapter : -
" And then it happened through all the city, for the space of almost forty days, there were seen horsemen running in the air in cloth of gold, and armed with lances like a band of soldiers. And troops of horsemen in army encountering and running against each other, with shaking of shields and multitudes of pikes, and drawing of swords and casting of darts, and glittering of golden ornaments and harness of all sorts."
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STATISTICAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER LIII.
STATISTICAL HISTORY.
Number of Inhabitants in 1779. - First United States Census. - Population from 1790 to 1870, inclusive. - Particulars of Census from 1830 to 1870. - United States Valua- tion of 1860. - Wages at Different Periods. - Polls and Estates. - Proportion of Taxes. - Rates in 1800. - Direct Tax of 1815. - But one Gold Watch assessed. - Valuation from 1820 to 1870, inclusive. - Financial Condition. - Mortuary Statistics. - Imperfect List of Deaths.
A PETITION to the General Court, in 1784, gives the whole number of inhabitants here five years before as one hundred and nine, comprised in eighteen families. This is the first enu- meration made.
The earliest United States census, taken in 1790, gave no other details than the names of the heads of families. It appears by it that Belfast had a population of 245. According to the superin- tendent of the Census, none of the returns up to 1830 made any distinction of age, sex, or color. The census of 1800 gives 674 inhabitants ; of 1810, 1,274 ; and of 1820, 2,026. By an enumera- tion made in December, 1825, the whole number of inhabitants was 2,839, showing an increase of 813 within the preceding five years. There were then 171 dwelling-houses within half a mile of the lower bridge.
From the report of the fifth national census in 1830, taken for Belfast by James McCrillis, the following particulars are gained : -
Under 5.
5 to 10
10 to 15
15 to 20
20 to 30
30 to 40
40 to 50
50 to 60
60 to 70
70 to 80
80 to 90
90 to 100
Blacks. Aliens.
Males. Females.
267
197
170
190
325
170
125
82
36
12
8
2
31
1,582
244
166
178
196
299
183
108
62
39
14
3
1
1,493 3,075
In 1837, a census under Act of the Legislature was taken, to determine the share of each town in the surplus revenue. Isaac
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HISTORY OF BELFAST.
Allard was the person employed for Belfast. He found 456 per- sons under four years of age; 1,657, over four and under twenty- one; and 1,795 over twenty-one, being 3,908 in all. This was exclusive of foreigners not naturalized, who had not resided in Maine four years.
Samuel S. Burd took the census here in 1840. He made the number of inhabitants 4,194, a gain of 1,119 from 1830, as follows : -
Under 10.
10 to 20
20 to 40
40 to 60
60 to 80
80 to 90
90 to 100
Colored Persons.
Males
639
504
654
237
73
9
2
12
Females .
561
507
680
231
76
7
2 2
4,194
The number of persons employed in agriculture was 507; com- merce, 92; manufactures and trades, 323; navigating ocean, 256; learned professions, 36.
Number of horses, 342; neat cattle, 1,350; sheep, 1,887 ; swine, 443; value of poultry, $417; bushels wheat raised, 3,069 ; barley, 700; oats, 4,484; rye, 222; corn, 1,292; potatoes, 60,217 ; tons hay, 3,536; pounds wool, 4,693.
The returns of the census of 1850, which was taken by Robert T. Thomas, were not so comprehensive as those of former years. No distinctions of ages or of sex are given in the summary. The whole number of inhabitants was 5,065; of panpers, 13 ; of farms, 188 ; of dwelling-houses, 778; of manufacturing establishments, 69; of polls, 1,007; of scholars between the ages of 4 and 21, 2,117.
Harrison Hayford was the census-taker in 1860. He made the whole number of inhabitants 5,520, of whom 2,763 were males, and 2,757 females. The valnation was $2,525,926, as follows : lands, $395,400; houses, $660,080 ; stores and shops, $141,220; barns, $85,822 ; mills and shops, $60,060; horses, $27,366; oxen, $8,500; cows, $14,233; neat cattle, $6,783; swine, $783; sheep, $1,198; vessels, $631,332; bank stock, $159,881; stock in trade, $206,125 ; money at interest, $127,143; number of manufacturing establishments annually producing over $500, 32.
Captain Charles H. Wording, the deputy marshal for taking the census of 1870, returned the following enumeration : -
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STATISTICAL HISTORY.
Males.
Females.
Houses.
Familles.
Polls.
Ward 1
663
722
249
286
369
Ward 2
617
650
210
262
359
Ward 3
561
627
209
258
313
Ward 4
321
309
136
141
174
Ward 5
407
402
156
177
221
2,569
2,710
960
1,124
1,436
Making a total population of 5,279. In 1860, the population reached 5,520, or 241 more.
The loss was occasioned by not enumerating persons tempo- rarily absent, which was done in 1860. Notwithstanding the great fire of 1865, the number of houses was sixty-five more, and the polls increased 126 in the same time.
Number of farms, 304; of manufacturing establishments pro- ducing over $500 annually, 71 ; number of paupers, 8.
The following table, taken from the last three census returns, shows the fluctuation in wages here at different periods : -
Average wages to farm hands per month, hired by the year and boarded, 1850, $20; 1860, $14; 1870, $25.
1850.
1860.
1870.
Average wages of day laborer without board
$1.25
$ .67
$1.25
with
1,00
50
1 25
Average weekly wages of female domestic with board .
1.75
1 00
2 50
"
price of board to laboring man
2.25
2,50
4.00
=
payment to a carpenter per day with board
1.75
1.00
2.75*
* Without board.
It would be interesting to give the valuation of Belfast at dif- ferent periods. But the early records afford no details, and it is only from fragmentary papers that the following disconnected facts are gleaned. The State tax for several years shows the small pro- portion of taxable property in town.
In 1793, there were seventy-eight polls; and the proportion of taxes " to £1,000, in future," was determined at 12s. 1}d.
In 1800, the taxes were first voted to be raised in Federal cur- rency, instead of pounds and shillings. Only seven horses and forty-one yoke of oxen were returned as owned here. The fol- lowing rate of valuation is found on the book of the assessors for that year : horse, $15; cow, $15; yoke oxen, $45 ; hog, $5; yearling heifer, $6; two-year old, $9; three-year old, $12; acre mowing, $10; acre tillage, $10.
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HISTORY OF BELFAST.
In 1802, the number of polls had increased to one hundred and seventy-eight, and the tax on $1,000 was seventy-six cents. Ten years after, the polls numbered three hundred and nineteen, and the tax on $1,000 was one dollar and thirty-two cents.
By the records of the assessor of the direct tax imposed in 1815, George Watson was the only person here who owned a gold watch, and Nathan Read the only land-holder to an amount ex- ceeding $4,000, the valuation of his real estate being $4,176. In the county of Hancock, which then embraced the present counties of Waldo, Hancock, Penobscot, and Piscataquis, there were then only twelve gold watches, only ten persons whose house- hold furniture was valued at over $200, and only one, Paul D. Sargent, of Sullivan, whose furniture exceeded $500. Only fifty- one persons in the district owned estates worth $3,000, of whom eighteen resided in Castine.
The following table exhibits the valuation of and number of polls in Belfast, during the different decades of years since Maine became a State : -
1820, Polls, 402
Estate,
$146,046
1830,
"
629
"
286,404
1840,
" 802
658,523
1845,
"
755 1
664,474
1850,
"
932
1,323,979
1860,
1,310
"
1,802,307
1870,
1,363
2,660,879
In 1814, a committee appointed to examine the financial affairs of the town reported the liabilities $2,417.78, of which $1,208.54 were for arrearages of salary due Rev. Alfred Johnson, and the assets $2,110.17. The latter were composed of notes and accounts, and three parcels of land, viz. :-
Lot called the school lot, adjoining land of Samuel W. Miller, containing fifty-three acres, and valued at $530.
Easterly part of lot No. 83, in the third division, acquired by levy against Thomas Whittier, Jr., containing fifty-three acres, and valued at $525.
Lot on Main Street (where the custom-house stands), set off on execution against Robert Miller, valued at $519.75.
The committee also reported that the town had deeds from Rev. E. Price for burying-ground and meeting-house, from Var-
1 This diminution was caused by a division of the town to form Searsport.
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STATISTICAL HISTORY.
num and Badger for Common, and from John Durham and John Huse of land for street.
In 1851, the number of those who paid a tax exceeding one hundred dollars was nineteen. The largest tax, $235, was paid by Ralph C. Johnson. In 1874, the number of those who paid a tax exceeding one hundred dollars was two hundred and seventeen. The largest tax, $2,800, was paid by the estate of the late Alfred W. Johnson.
In 1855, the assets of the city exceeded its liabilities by $2,861.72. In 1874, the funded debt was $733,700, of which $45,200 was for indebtedness incurred during the Rebellion, and the balance, $688,500, for railroad loan. For the latter, the city has stock in the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad, to the amount of $500,000; and loan note, with stock as collateral, for $101,900.
NUMBER OF DEATHS EACH YEAR.
No official record of deaths was required until 1859. The fol- lowing imperfect list up to that year is compiled from church records, sermons, newspapers, and other sources : -
From first settlement, in May, 1770, to 1796, in- clusive, 34
1826
39
1859
52
1827
29
1860
43
1797
5
1829
36
1862
39
1798
4
1830
25
1863
52
1800
19
1832
47
1865
69
1801
11
1835
38
1866
48
1802
42
1836
37
1867
43
1803
9
1837
37
1868
41
1819
28
1838
34
1869
50
1820
23
1839
37
1870
60
1821
26
1840
45
1871
65
1822
28
1850. For year end-
1872
55
1823
18
ing June 1, sixty-
1873
60
1824
57
1825 1.
76
four; eighteen by consumption.
1874
87
1828
27
1861
39
1799
4
1831
1864
58
The whole number of deaths for the year ending June 1, 1860, 50. Of these 35 were males ; and 15, females. The diseases, or causes of death, were as fol- lows : consumption, 22; fever, 8; old age, 3; lost at sea, 2; small-pox, 1; kid- ney complaint, 1; hemorrhage, 1; scrofula, 1; cancer, 1; rupture, 1; diarrhea, 1; hernia, 1; accidental, 1; intemperance, 1; apoplexy, 1; fits, 1; scalded, 1; erysipelas, 1; heart disease, 1. There died in the month of June, 3; in July, 6; August, 2; September, 4; October, 3; November, 6; December, 4; January, 2; February, 5; March, 5; April, 4; May, 6.
1 A great proportion of the deaths during the months of July, August, and Septem- ber, were occasioned by dysentery and other complaints of that nature. About eighty died during the year. - Town records. Forty-five of those who died were children under the age of four years.
APPENDIX.
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APPENDIX.
I.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. 1773 TO 1875.
1773. John Brown. 1774. „, 1775. Jolın Tuft. 1776. 1777. Solon Stephenson.
1778. 1779.
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=
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»
" "
(Municipal organization suspended from 1779 to 1785.)
James Patterson.
" Samuel Houston.
Solon Stephenson
John Cochran.
Jonathan Wilson.
Samuel McKeen.
Jonathan Wilson Robert Steele.
" Nathaniel Patterson. Alexander McMillan. Robert Houston.
"
James Nesmith. Robert Houston.
William Crosby. William Moody.
"
"
" Samuel Houston, Jr. Benjamin Poor. George Watson.
Asa Edmunds. George Watson. John Merriam. „ A
John Cochran.
Solon Stephenson.
John Cochran. Solon Stephenson. Robert Steele.
Jonathan Wilson. Samuel Houston, Jr.
"
Alexander McMillan. Henry True. Robert Houston. Daniel Clary. James Nesmith.
Samuel Houston, Jr. James Miller. Thomas Cunningham. Tolford Durham. Bohan P. Field.
Samuel Houston, Jr. George Watson. John Merriam. George Watson.
Benjamin Whittier. Joseph Houston. Robert Patterson, 2d. Jonathan White. Robert Patterson, 2d. Manasseh Sleeper.
"
Samuel Houston.
John Cochran. Tolford Durham.
John Cochran. Alexander Clark. Samuel Houston, Jr. James Miller, Jr. James Nesmith. James Miller. Robert Houston. Alexander McMillan. Daniel Clary. Ephraim McFarland. James Miller. Thaddeus Spring. John Cochran. =
= Reuben Derby. Samuel Houston, Jr.
Isaac Senter. Henry Goddard.
Samuel Houston, Jr.
" Jonathan White. Nathaniel Eells. Joseph Houston. Jonathan White. Nathaniel Eells.
» "
1785. 1786. 1787. 1788. 1789. 1790. 1791. 1792. 1793. 1794. 1795. 1796. 1797. 1798. 1799. 1800. 1801. 1802. 1803. 1804. 1805. 1806. 1807. 1808. 1809. 1810. 1811. 1812. 1813. 1814. 1815. 1816. 1817. 1818.
SELECTMEN.
Benjamin Nesmith.
"
James Patterson.
" "
"
John Brown. Robert Patterson. Alexander Clark.
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HISTORY OF BELFAST.
1819. Manasseh Sleeper. John Merriam.
Philip Morrill. George Watson. Rufus B. Allyn. Bohan P. Field.
1820. 1821. 1822. " " 1823. 1824. 1825. 1826. 1827. 1828. " 73 1829. 1830. Peter Rowe. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1834. 1835. 1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. " 1841. 1842. 1843. 1844. 1845. = 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. James P. White.
1852.
Daniel Haraden.
William T. Colburn.
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UNDER CITY ORGANIZATION.
MAYORS.
1853.
Ralph C. Johnson.
1865 to 1867.
Nehemiah Abbott.
1854 to 1857.
Sherburn Sleeper.
1867 to 1868. Albert G. Jewett.
1857 to 1860.
William Pitcher.
1868 to 1871. Axel Hayford.
1860. Richard Moody.
1861 to 1863.
James P. White.
1874. John G. Brooks.
1863 to 1865. Albert G. Jewett.
ALDERMEN.
1853.
Ward 1. Rowland Carlton (to April 4).
Hiram O. Alden (fr'm Apr. 4).
"
2. Stephen S. Lewis.
3. Thomas Marshall.
4. William E. Mitchell. "
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5. William Rust.
1854.
Ward 1. Nathaniel H. Bradbury.
2. Andrew T. Palmer.
3. Calvin Hervey.
4. Joshua Towle. ,7 5. William Rust.
1856. Ward 1. James P. White.
"
2. Ephraim Swett.
" 3. James White.
4. William E. Mitchell.
" 5. Cyrus Patterson.
John S. Kimball. Nathan Swan.
Manasseh Sleeper. William Avery. Salathiel Nickerson. Samuel Gordon. John Palmer.
Samuel Gordon. Samuel W. Miller.
Henry Goddard. James Gammans. Peter H. Smith.
Joseph Eayres.
Dennis Emery.
Arvida Hayford, Jr.
James Gammans." 11 "
Nathaniel M. Lowney.
Benj. F. Blackstone.
Samuel Haynes.
" "
Thomas Marshall.
"
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11
"
Daniel Putnam.
Nathaniel M. Lowney.
James Gammans. "
Abram N. Noyes.
"
Prescott Hazeltine.
"
"
"
"
Ansel Lennan.
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=
Joseph Smith. Robert Patterson, 2d.
James McCrillis. »
" 11 Nathaniel M. Lowney. Henry Goddard. James McCrillis. Isaac Allard.
Nathaniel M. Lowney.
James W. Webster.
Nathaniel M. Lowney.
Ralph C. Johnson.
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"
Nathaniel M. Lowney. Nathaniel H. Bradbury.
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Thomas Marshall.
"
"
11
"
1871 to 1874. William C. Marshall.
1855.
Ward 1. Nathaniel H. Bradbury. -
"
2. Andrew T. Palmer.
3. Calvin Hervey.
4. Ephraim K. Maddocks.
6. Elijah Morrill.
Franklin Brier.
James McCrillis.
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APPENDIX.
1857.
Ward 1. James P. White.
2. H. N. Lancaster.
" 3. Charles C. Edmunds.
"
" 5. Joseph H. Kaler.
1858.
Ward 1. James P. White.
2. Sherburn Sleeper.
3. Hiram Chase.
4. George B. Ferguson.
5. George Woods.
1859.
Ward 1. Columbia P. Carter.
2. Robert O. Patterson.
3. Hiram Chase.
4. George Hemenway.
E
" 5. Joseph H. Kaler.
1860.
Ward 1. Columbia P. Carter.
" 2. Henry W. Cunningham.
3. Charles C. Edmunds.
4. George Hemenway.
" 5. George W. Reed.
1861.
Ward 1. William O. Poor.
2. Daniel Lane, Jr.
3. Silas M. Fuller.
"
4. Charles Moore.
5. David M. Patterson.
1862.
Ward 1. Prescott Hazeltine.
2. Daniel Lane, Jr.
3. Cyrus Patterson.
4. Charles Moore.
,, 5. Benjamin Kelley, Jr.
1863. -
Ward 1. William H. Burrill.
2. Horatio H. Johnson.
3. Cyrus Patterson.
4. Benjamin F. Blackstone.
,,
5. William Davis.
1864.
Ward 1. Wakefield G. Frye.
2. Stephen S. Lewis.
3. George McDonald.
4. Benjamin F. Blackstone.
"
5. George D. McCrillis.
1865
Ward 1. Columbia P. Carter.
" 2. Sherburn Sleeper.
3. George McDonald.
„ 4. Benjamin F. Blackstone.
" 5. George D. McCrillis.
1866.
Ward 1. Columbia P. Carter.
" 2. Augustus Perry.
3. George McDonald. .
4. Charles Moore.
» 5. William Cunningham.
1867. Ward 1. William M. Rust.
2. Seth L. Milliken.
3. Silas M. Fuller.
" 4. Ebenezer Newell.
5. George Woods.
1868. Ward 1. Columbia P. Carter.
2. Seth L. Milliken.
3. Silas M. Fuller.
4. Ebenezer Newell.
"
5. Joseph H. Kaler.
1869
Ward 1. Reuben Sibley.
" 2. Seth L. Milliken.
3. Silas M. Fuller.
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4. George B. Ferguson.
5. Timothy C. Ellis.
1870. Ward 1. Henry H. Forbes.
2. Seth L. Milliken.
3. L. D. Woodward.
"
4. George B. Ferguson.
„ 5. George W. Reed.
1871.
Ward 1. Nathan F. Houston.
,, 2. John G. Brooks.
3. William H. Fogler.
4. George B. Ferguson.
5. Joseph H. Kaler.
1872.
Ward 1. Nathan F. Houston.
2. John G. Brooks.
3. William H. Fogler.
4. George B. Ferguson.
5. Joseph H. Kaler.
1873.
Ward 1. Nathan F. Houston.
" 2. John G. Brooks.
" 8. William H. Fogler.
4. Albert Gammans.
" 5. Joseph H. Kaler.
1874. Ward 1. Harrison Mahoney.
" 2. William Pitcher.
„ 3. M. P. Woodcock.
4. Albert Gammans.
A 5. Benjamin Kelley.
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4. Harrison Hayford.
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HISTORY OF BELFAST.
PRESIDENTS COMMON COUNCIL.
1853. Joseph Williamson.
1854. William T. Colburn.
1865. George R. Sleeper.
1855.
Samuel G. Thurlow.
1866. Fred. Barker.
1856.
1857.
"
Oakes Angier.
1870. Lewis W. Pendleton.
1860.
1871. Charles Baker.
1861. J. W. Frederick.
1872. Asa A. Howes.
1862. Noah M. Mathews.
1873.
1874. William M. Woods.
TOWN CLERKS.
1773 to 1775. John Mitchell.
1775 to 1779.
Samuel Houston.
1831 to 1834. James W. Webster.
1784 to 1791.
1791 to 1800.
Alexander Clark.
1838 to 1841. Henry Colburn.
1800 to 1813.
Jonathan Wilson.
1841 to 1845. David W. Lothrop.
1813 to 1814.
William Moody.
1845 to 1846. Henry Colburn.
1814 to 1815.
Benjamin Whittier.
1846. Joseph Wheeler (to July 1).
1815 to 1816. William Moody.
1846. Henry Colburn.
1816 to 1822. Benjamin Whittier.
1822 to 1825.
Herman Abbot.
1850 to 1853. Joseph Wheeler.
1825 to 1830.
Nathaniel H. Bradbury.
CITY CLERKS.
1853 to 1856.
Joseph Wheeler.
1861 to 1864. Otis B. Woods.
1856 to 1860.
John H. Quimby.
1864 to 1873. John H. Quimby.
1860 to 1861. William T. Colburn.
1873 to 1875. Emery Boardman.
TOWN TREASURERS.
1773 to 1779.
John Barnet.
1817.
Asa Edmunds.
1779.
John Cochran.
1818.
John S. Kimball.
1785. John Tuft.
1819
John Merriam.
1786 to 1796. Tolford Durham.
1820 to 1823. John S. Kimball.
1796.
Jonathan Wilson.
1823. Samuel French.
1797.
Solon Stephenson.
1824 to 1830.
Thomas Marshall.
1798 to 1802. Tolford Durham.
Frye Hall.
1802 to 1805.
James Nesmith.
1805.
Bohan P. Field.
1835.
Samuel French. Rufus B. Allyn.
1806. James Nesmith.
1836 to 1838.
James White.
1810 to 1812. John Wilson.
1838 to 1841. John Haraden.
1812. John Huse.
1841 to 1847.
Timothy Chase.
1813. John Angier.
1847.
Samuel S. Hersey.
1814.
John Merriam.
1848 to 1852.
1815 to 1817.
John Cochran.
1852.
Daniel Haraden. Augustus Perry.
CITY TREASURERS.
1853.
Augustus Perry.
1861 to 1867. Thomas Marshall.
1854 to 1857.
John S. Caldwell.
1867 to Sept. 1, 1868. Daniel Haraden,
1857.
Charles Palmer.
1868 to 1871. Timothy Thorndike.
1871 to 1875. Daniel Haraden.
1858 to 1860. Augustus Perry. 1860. James White.
1867.
Marshall Davis.
1868.
1869. Henry H. Forbes.
1858. 1859.
1863. Daniel Putnam.
1864. Isaac M. Boardman.
1830 to 1831. Joel Hills.
1834 to 1838. David W. Lothrop.
1847 to 1850. Nathaniel Patterson.
1830 to 1834. 1834.
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APPENDIX.
II. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES. SENATORS.
(Under Constitution of Maine, Hancock County.)
1821. Andrew Witham, Bluehill.
1822.
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George Ulmer, Ebenezer Poor, Samuel Whitney,
Lincolnville. Belfast. Lincolnville.
1824.
",
1825.
Mark Shephard. Jolın S. Kimball,
Belfast.
Joshua W. Hathaway,
Ellsworth.
1829.
1827. = 1828. Joseph Shaw, Aaron Holbrook,
Thorndike. Frankfort.
Andrew Witham,
Bluehill.
1830.
Joshua Hall,
Charles Hutchings, Jr.,
Penobscot.
1831. "
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(In 1832, under a new apportionment, Waldo County comprised the 5th District.)
1882. Thomas Eastman,
Palermo. Belfast.
Jonathan Thayer, Ebenezer Knowlton,
Camden. Montville.
1834.
1835.
Rufus Burnham,
Joseph Miller, " Lincolnville.
1836.
Josiah Staples,
Unity. Swanville. " Prospect.
Benjamin Carr,
Palermo.
1839.
1840.
John True, " Montville.
Jonathan Merrill,
Frankfort.
(In 1841, Troy, Unity, Freedom, Palermo, Montville, and Liberty were separated from the Waldo District, and annexed to that of Kennebec. This arrangement was superseded the next year by the consolidation of China, Albion, Clinton, Clinton Gore, and territory north of Albion with Waldo County, and a third senator added.)
1841. John True,
1842. Ephraim K. Smart, Ephraim K. Smart,
1843.
1844.
1845.
1846.
Joshua F. Elliot, George Knowlton, Corydon Chadwick, George Knowlton, Corydon Chadwick, John C. Knowlton, James H. Haines, John C. Knowlton, Dexter Farrow, James H. Haines, Adams Treat, Thomas M. Morrow, Adams Treat,
Montville. Camden. Camden. Knox. Northport. China. Northport. China. Liberty. Burnham. Liberty. Islesboro. Burnham. Frankfort. Searsmont. Frankfort. Searsmont. Burnham. Vinalhaven. Burnham. Vinalhaven. Burnham.
Jonathan Merrill, Frankfort. Joshna F. Elliot, . Knox. H. W. Cunningham, Swanville.
Charles Sargent,
Monroe.
Amander Rackliff,
China.
Joab Harriman,
Clinton.
James Lancaster,
Northport.
1851.
1852.
1850. Thomas M. Morrow, William Milliken, David Vinal, William Milliken, David Vinal, William Milliken,
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17
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1837.
1838. Samuel S. Heagan,
Jesse Smart, Troy.
1847.
1848.
1849.
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17
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1823.
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» " Samuel M. Pond,
1826.
" Bucksport.
1833.
Joseph Williamson,
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HISTORY OF BELFAST.
1853. David Vinal,
Vinalhaven. Unity.
John T. Rowe,
Frankfort.
Nelson Dingley,
Christopher Young, Jr., Camden.
1854.
W. P. Harriman, Waldo.
Theophilus Cushing,
Frankfort.
1855.
Nathan G. Hichhorn,
Prospect.
Palermo.
Samuel S. Heagan, Prospect.
1857.
Henry McGilvery, Samuel S. Berry,
Unity.
1858. Henry McGilvery,
Samuel S. Berry,
Unity. Belfast.
Rinaldo Elder,
Freedom.
1860.
Thomas H. Marshall, Allen Davis, Thomas H. Marshall, Allen Davis,
Belfast. Brooks.
1861.
Nathan Pierce,
Montville.
Amos Pitcher,
Northport.
(By the establishment of Knox County in 1860, and by a new district in 1861, Waldo County became entitled to only two senators.)
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