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APPENDIX.
LIST OF SUBSTITUTES AND REPRESENTATIVE RECRUITS FURNISHED BY DRAFTED MEN, ENROLLED MEN, AND MEN NOT LIABLE TO DRAFT, FROM BELFAST, AND MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES SERVICE IN THE ARMY AND NAVY, FROM JULY, 1863, TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
Name of Principal.
Name of Substitute.
Army OF Navy.
Date of Muster.
No. of
Years.
Abbott, Nehemiah. Bean, William F.
Thomas May.
Army.
Sept. 5, 1864.
Ang. 19,
Banks, Jolın Frank. Barker, Frederick.
William Quilty.
Navy. Army. Navy. Army Navy.
Sept. 29, 1863. 3
Feb. 27, 1865.
3
Carter, Henry A. Carter, Horatio H. Carter, Milton F.
Otis M. Whitmore. William Thompson. Cornelius W. Meade. George A. Gallagher. George F. Cary. Thomas Cannon. Jobn Lewis.
Army.
14, Aug. 30, 1864. "
3
" 17, "
3
Clark, Albert E.
Nicholas Dennis.
" Army. Navy. Army.
Sept. 2, Aug. 13, 1865.
3
Day, Samuel Q.
Engene M. Ryder. Luther C. Bateman. B. Sprague.
"
Feb. 15, April 7, 1864.
1
Dickerson, J. G.
George Williams. George B. Holmes. Frank Sever.
" Navy. Army. " Navy. Army. Navy. " Army.
Aug 12, 1864.
29,
Frye, Wakefield G. Gay, Ford.
Anson S. Benner. Edward Brown.
Navy.
Dec. 20, „
Gilmore, Abner G.
Edward H. Bunker.
Army. Navy.
Dec. 2, 1864.
Hall, William H.
Charles M. Dover. Andrew J. Gardiner. Joseph McDonnell. John Hardigan.
Army Navy.
Aug. 24, March 2, 1865.
3
Harriman, Edwin H. Hart, Gilbert M.
Ira J. Newell.
Army.
Aug. 5, 1864. March 3, 1865.
1
Hart, William. Hassell, John, Jr.
Charles G. Wheeler. James Hobbs.
"
Oct. 18,
3
Aug. 25, „,
3
Patrick Norris.
"
9, Sept. B, ",
3
William Wilkinson. John Deller.
Army. " Navy.
March 20, 1865.
3
Isaac Laferty.
Army.
21,
3
Daniel E. Burgess. Robert Lee.
Navy.
Feb. 28, 1865.
2
Howes, Samuel A.
George A. Murch. Albert S. Blanchard. Mark O'Brien.
Ang. 16, 1864.
Jan. 12, 1865.
Frederick, Frank B. Frye, Eben E.
Samuel Holmes.
"
6, Feb. 11, 1865.
Hall, Cyrus J.
Alonzo S. Hart.
" Navy.
Feb. 13, Dec. 6, 1864.
3
Hayford, Axel. Hayford, Harrison. Hazeltine, Charles B. Hazeltine, Paul R. Hazeltine, Prescott. Hoag, Langley J. Houston, Natlian F. Howes, Asa A.
Abiel C. Albee.
3
3
Augustus Bohn.
Dec. 20, 1864.
1
Durham, Fredk. A. Ellis, T. C.
William Goggin.
March 25, 1865.
3
Emery, John H.
William Webster.
Sept. 26, 1863.
Faunce, William A. Follett, F. A.
„ Navy. " March 14, 1865.
13,
1
3
Conant, Benj. A.
Hollis M. A. Poor. Frank J. Gabriel.
Aug. 19, 1864.
3 1
Condon, Rufus B. Crosby, William.
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Feb. 7, 1865. 15, Oct. 26, 1864.
1
3
Dunbar, Henry, Jr.
Durham, Anson E.
J. D. Lindsay. John Welch.
13, Feb. 28, 1865.
3
Brier, George F. Burgess, Albert C. Burgess, Thomas.
Cooper, Marcellus R.
23, 1863.
Hall, William N.
3
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HISTORY OF BELFAST.
LIST OF SUBSTITUTES AND REPRESENTATIVE RECRUITS. - Continued.
Name of Principal.
Name of Substitute.
Army
or
Navy.
Date of Muster.
No. of
Years.
Johnson, H. H., Jr. Jolinson, R. C., Jr.
Michael Whalley. Samuel E. Gray. John L. Brown.
Navy.
Jan. 11, 1865. Aug. 23, 1864.
Keen, N. E.
Learey, Thomas.
Daniel Lelielian. John Ferguson. James Evans.
Navy.
March 7,
Ang. 23, 1864.
3
McDonald, H. H.
Josiah Pinkham.
Army. Navy. = Army.
Sept. 26, 1863.
3 3
MeLellan, W. H.
Thomas Dolan.
March 24, 1865. Ang. 23, 1864.
3
Mitchell, Charles H.
William H. Smith. George Patrick. Lorenzo Tripp.
Feb. 11, 1865.
1
Eugene Manley.
Sept. 7. 1864.
2
Patterson, Frank W.
Alonzo J. Stewart, William W. Fogg. John Williams.
"> Navy. 77
March 1, "
Pendleton, G. E.
Henry Pern.
" Army. "
Feb. 13, Sept. 5, 1864.
3 3 3 3
Perry, Augustus. Perry, E. A.
Edward Stokes. Joseph Enos.
Navy.
March 14, 1865.
Pierce, Robert F.
Francis Corning. S. T. Woodman. S. H. Higgins.
Army. "
Oct. 8, 1863.
3 3 2 1
Poor, William O. Quimby, George A. Ross, Andrew J.
Andrew J. Ross. Roscoe B. Smith. Andrew Spein. Weymouth, J. K. Henry Staples. John Swinson.
Navy.
Aug. 13, „ 18,
1 1
Ryder, Ephraim D. Shute, John M.
George Soto.
"
March 11, 1865. 24, Aug. 12, 1864. Sept. 5,
1
Southworth, D. B.
Joseph W. Webber.
Jan. 26, 1865.
1
Stetson, Martin V.
George Hodder. Henry Ogden.
Army. "
March 3, 1865.
1
Michael Butler.
Feb. 27,
1 3
Wadlin, Jolın B.
B. R. Hutchinson.
Army.
Sept. 13, Marclı 3, 1865.
3 1
White, George U. White, James P. Wight, George E. Woodcock, M. P.
Navy. Army.
Oct. 26, 1864.
3
1
Woods, William M.
" Navy.
Aug. 17, 1864.
1
Woodward, L. D. Wooster, W. M.
Army. "
Aug. 15, 1864.
3
.
Pitcher, Thomas W.
Sept. 22, " Sept. 8, 1864.
March 1, 1865.
Sept. 5, 1864.
Russ, James A.
Ryan, George F.
G. L. Patterson.
" Army. "
Navy. "
March 13,
3
Sept. 13, 1864.
3
Swan, William B. Swift, W. A., Jr. Thompson, H. P. Toothaker, John. Trask, James E. Tucker, Jacob D.
Charles Peterson.
" Navy. Army. Navy.
March 9, " Oct. 27, 1863.
3
Dec. 6, 1864.
Feb. 21, 1865. March 1, "
1
March 3, 1865.
3
1
Oct. 15, 1863.
3 3
Morrill, William P. Murphey, Howard. Nickerson, Salathiel. Parker, Israel W.
"
March 1, 1865.
1
Peavey, Louis H. Peirce, George G.
Robert D. Cutten.
„ Feb. 10, "
Jan. 17,
20, ,,
Perkins, Horace S.
Solomon Bolier.
3 3
Piper, Charles A.
"
"
"
Simpson, W. H. Small, Albert.
Henry Stokes.
George L. Fogg.
Fred Foster.
William Moore. Henry Antoni.
G. E. Hennessey. Winfield S. Jones. Hiram F. Smith. Strout, Daniel H. Frank Williams. Peter Barreigh.
"
" Army.
March 21, 1865. Feb. 13, "
3
Littlefield, C. M.
3
3
Mace, Charles W. Mathews, Noah M. Mathews, S. H.
John Smith.
James Brady.
16,
Feb. 28,
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APPENDIX.
Among the natives of Belfast who served from other towns and States were the following : -
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Anderson, John F. Lieut .- Colonel on Staff of Major-General Foster, Massachusetts.
Cottrill, Justin W.
Cottrill, T. Jefferson
Doyle, James B.
Doyle, Frank U. .
Doyle, William H.
Captain, l'oth Illinois"Infantry." Private, " " "
Emerson, Moses W. . Forbes, George S.
„
" Co. B. 3d California Infantry.
Co. I. 2d Louisiana
Osborn, John W. .
Officer in Surgeon-General's Dept., Washington.
Patterson, Frank Lieut .- Colonel, 29th Iowa Regiment.
Quimby, Charles T. .
Private, 35th Massachusetts Regiment.
Webster, William M. 4th California Regiment. Afterwards de- tailed on Staff of Adjutant-General.
.
Private, 35tlı Massachusetts Infantry.
Heath, Francis E.
Colonel, 19th Maine Infantry.
GENERAL INDEX.
A.
ACADEMY, incorporated, and building erected, 329. Land granted to, 329. Dedication, 330. Preceptors, 330. Ed- ifice occupied by British, 331. Burned and rebuilt, 332. Hall, 772.
Accidents, 802. Act of Incorporation, 125.
Adjutant-General's report in prose and verse, 451.
Adams and Jefferson, Judge Johnson's eulogy on, 393, 785. Admiral, steamboat, 662. Admission to the bar, 381.
Admission of inhabitants, 140. Advertisements in 1820, 349. In 1830, 352. Aerolites, 841. Affray during Revolution, 185. Agamenticns, iron-clad, 498. Agent to Continental Congress chosen, 161. Agricultural Societies, 745.
Aldermen, first, men of large size, 154. Alewives, 827. Alliance, steamboat, 660.
Allyn Street, 625.
American Advocate, 357. American House, 216, 591. Hall, 772. Ammunition, granted by General Court, 165.
Amusements, 761. Anecdotes, legal, 390.
Angier's Hall, 772. Anti-Profane Swearing Society, 747.
Application of town for powder, 163. Aqueduct, 625.
Ardent spirits, excessive use of, 749, 750. Area, 2.
Arrival of first settlers, 114.
Aroostook Land Bill, vote on, 156. Aroostook war, 446. Artillery Company, 424, 451.
Assassination of Lincoln, 496.
Associations and societies, 742. Aurora Borealis, 842.
Axe factories, 682, 690.
B.
BABEL, 212. Bakers, 684. Ball-playing, 764. Balls, subscription, 763. Banks, 702. Offer loan in Rebellion, 465.
Bank of Commerce, 703. Bankrupt laws, 381, 383. Bangor Railroad Company, 669. Bangor, steamer, 657. Lines on her de- parture, 658.
Baptist Church organized, 292. Society- incorporated, 293. Meeting-house built, 296. Renovated, 300. Engravings, 297, 300. Bell, 296. Branch Church, 298.
Baptists, Free-will, 316.
Bar, fees of, 364.
Barbers, 684.
Barley hroth, 118.
Base-ball clubs, 764.
Basking shark, 769.
Bass, 827.
Bass-viol used in church, 268.
Bathing-houses, 422.
Batteries, location of, 14. Erected, 486. Dismantled, 497.
Bay View Street, 626.
Beacons, 8.
Beach, 14.
Beach, Sandy, 7.
Bears, 824.
Beasts, 824.
Beauchamp's Point, 40.
Beaver Street, 626.
Beaver Tail, 7.
Beavers, 826.
Beaver's Tail, 14.
Belfast, dimensions, 1. Situation, 1. Latitude and longitude, 1. Divided, 3. Plan, 10. Surveyed, 65. Purchase, 65. Deed of, 87. Named, 105, 126. Settled, 113. Incorporated. 125. Early stand for independence, 160.
Belfast, Ireland, description of, 127.
Belfast Advertiser, 360. Belfast Artillery, 451. Belfast Bank, 702.
Belfast Bay, 7. Early voyages to, 21. Visited by Pownall, 53. By John Mitchell; 63. Map of, 120.
Belfast Foundery Company, 690.
Belfast Gazette, 350.
Belfast harhor, 7.
Belfast. Intelligencer, 357.
Belfast Light Infantry, 444. Belfast Lodge, 742.
Belfast Paper Company, 689.
Belfast Rifle Company, 450. Belfast River, 7. Belfast Savings Bank, 703. Belfast Signal, 358.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Belfast, White's History of, 360. Belknap's American Biography, 29. Bell, first, rang by town, 145. Tolled at funerals, 524. Bell Street, 626. Belmont Avenue, 626. Bible societies, 745. Billiards, 765.
Birds, 824.
Blacksmiths, 685. Blockhouses at Georges, attacked, 41. Blockmakers, 685. Blue-fish, 828.
Bluff, 14.
Boards, exportation of, 681.
Board Landing, 14.
Bond for settlement, 121.
Book-binding, 321. Stores, 321.
Books, catalogue of, in Social Library, 319. Published, 360.
Boston, refinement of, 42.
Boston regiment, 437.
Boston, steamboat, 662. Boundaries, 2. Of wards, 157. Bowling alleys, 764. Bradbury Street, 626.
Brickmakers, 685. Brick stores, first, 215.
Bridges, 646. Bridge Street, 626. Brigade muster, 454.
Brigadier's Island, 9, 15, 48. Squatters on, 48.
British, prisoners pass through Belfast, 161. Fleet enters Penobscot Bay, 166, 169. Sloops for wood captured, 169. Fort at Bagaduce (Castine), 170. Proclamation to inhabitants, 171. Oc- cupy Belfast, 436. Brown's Corner, 7. Brown's Mills, 15.
Buildings, city, projected, 156.
Buildings in 1800, 205. Destroyed in great fire of 1865, 728. Of 1873, 738. Bull Run battle, 470.
Buoys, 8, 9. By-laws, town, 375.
C.
CABINET-MAKERS, 685. California emigration, 705. Calderwood Hill, 4. Calkers, 685. Cambridge, steamer, 665. Camp of Davidson and Morrison, 115. Camp-meeting at Northport, 304. Capital trials, 375. Carding-machine, first on Penobscot, 118. Carriage-makers, 685.
Caravans, 768. Cars, first train of, 588.
Castine, during court week, 336. In- vested by British in war 1812, 435. Castine Journal, 347. Castin's fort, remains of, 169. Catamounts, 826. Catholic chapel at Bagaduce, 169. Catholic mission, 316. Cavalry, 425.
Cedar Street, 627. Celebration, Centennial, at Fort Point, 57. Of surrender of Lee, 495. Censor, chosen by town, 165. Census, 843.
Centenary meeting of Methodists, 304.
Centennial celebration at Fort Point, 57. Centennial celebration at Belfast, 790. Chadwick's Plan, 11, 66.
Chaise, first, 583.
Charities, public, 737. Charles Street, 628.
Chart of harbor, 11.
Charter election, first, 152.
Charter for New England, 36.
Charter Oak, steamboat, 660.
Charter Street, 628.
Chief of police, 156, 159.
Christian Visitant, 350.
Christmas, first observance of, 316.
Church, First, 238. Second, 268 ..
Church Street, 215, 628.
Circulating libraries, 321.
Circuses, 768.
Citizens' watch, 157.
Citizens at different periods, 202, 203, 204. City Block, 219.
City building proposed, 156.
City charter, application for, voted, 49. Granted and accepted, 149. Revoca- tion refused, 150. Published, 156.
City government, inaugurated, 152. First officers, 152. Rooms, 155. Seal, 155. Resolves concerning Rebellion, 465.
City Greys, 451. City Hall, 772.
City marshal, 158. City Point, 4, 15. Bridge at, 653.
Clams, 53, 831. Clark's Plan, 10.
Clary's Point, 15.
Clay, 13.
Clothing, 118.
Club of Thirty, 748. Coast Guards, 486-489.
Coast Survey, 7. Cobbett's Lane, 629.
Cobble Hill, 15. Cochran's bridge, 15.
Cod, 829.
Codde of the river, 27. Cold Friday, 833. Cold Water Army, 756. Cold weather, 833. Collection, district, 698.
Collectors of customs, 698. College graduates, 303. Commercial history, 693. Commercial regulations, 701. Committee of safety, 160, 165. Common, 15. At Sandy Beach, 139, 140. On Church Street, 140. Common Street, 629.
Commons, reserved, 65. Last town meet- ing held on, 138. Leased, 138. Common School Advocate, 359. -
Communion service presented to town, 280. Surrendered to First Parish, 280. Concerts, 765. Condon Street, 629.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Conference-house, 141, 284. Congregational, meaning of term, 276. Congress Street, 630. Connecticut, steamer, 657. Conscription law, 475. Constitution of Massachusetts approved, 116.
Convention, educational, 332. Coopers, 685. Cordwood, 115, 677. Corinthian Chapter, 744. Corporations, 697.
Courts, first here, 373. Of common pleas, 364, 380. District, 380. Police, 383. Of sessions, 365. Supreme judi- cial, 381. Town, 382.
Court-house, first, 372. Converted into school-house, 345. New, 373, 374.
Court-martial, 490. Court Street, 630. Cremer's Hill, 15. Creole, steamer, 663. Crimes, 378. Crosby's Block, 217. Crosby's Hill, 15. Cross Street, 630. Crows, 827. Cunners, 830. Cunningbam's hotel, 591. Custom-house, 697. Customs, officers of, 698.
D.
DAGUERREOTYPES, first, 692. Dancing, 762.
Daniel Webster, steamer, 663. Dangers in approaching harbor, 8. Davistown road, 15, 208, 598. Deacons of First Church, 238.
Dead-house, 524.
Deaths, first, 518. From first settlement to 1797, 525. Record of, 524. Deaths, 847. Debating Society, 321-327. Declaration of Independence, 164. Deed of Belfast, 87.
Deer, 825. Democratic Hall, 772. Deposition of Stimson, 110. Des Barres, map, 120. Deserters, shot during Rebellion, 486. Dimensions, 1. Directories, 12. Dirigo Hall, 772. Disasters at sea, 810. Distillery, 683. Distribution of surplus revenne, 147. Division lots confirmed, 112. Division of town, 3. Proposed, 138. To form Searsport, 148. Dogs, taxation of, voted, 156.
Dolliff's poem, 430. Donation party to minister, first, 304. Drafting in Rebellion, 476. Drouth, 836.
E.
EAGLE HOTEL, 216, 591, 772. Eagles, 837. Earthquakes, 840.
East bridge, 649.
East Maine Methodist Conference, 304. Sessions here, 306.
Eastern City, steamer, 664.
Eastern State, steamer, 663.
Eastern Express Company, 595.
Educational Convention, 332.
Eels, 829.
Eldorado Street, 630.
Elephant, 826. Elm Street, 681.
Embargo, 695.
Embezzlement by tax-collector, 12.
Engine-houses, 711, 719.
Engravings of Belfast, 12. Enrolment of militia, 472. Lists, 477.
Epidemics, 421.
Episcopal chapel at Fort Point, 57.
Episcopalian services, 316. Error in survey, 106.
Escape of Wadsworth and Burton, 186.
Evening Bulletin, 360.
Excelsior Encampment, 744.
Express, steamer, 660.
Expresses, 594.
F.
FAIRS, 770. Families in 1779, 121.
Farm for poor, 156.
Farmer's club, 746.
Farmer's Inn, 594.
Feather beds, 118.
Federal Street, 631.
Female Benevolent Society, 747.
Ferries, 645.
Field Drivers' Association, 747.
Field-pieces, 424. Field Street, 631. Field's Hill, 15.
Fire club, 710. Fire department, 709.
Fire engine, first, 711.
Fire, first, 709. Fire, great, of 1865, 726. Of 1873, 734.
Fire limits, 730. Fire Proof Block, 217.
Fire regulations, 710. First division lots, 65.
First Parish organized, 258. Church (Unitarian) built, 260. Description and engraving, 260. Remodelled, 273. First settlement, 114.
Fish, 118. Fish Cove, 16.
Fish privilege, conveyed, 39. Fish Street, 631. Fisheries on coast, 39. Fishes, 824. Fishing-places, 827.
Fish-weirs, 828. Flax, 118. Flint and steel, 118. Flounders, 829.
924
GENERAL INDEX.
Foot-bridge, 16, 646. Fort George, 170, 182. Fort Point, 43, 54.
Fort Pownall, 43. Erected, 55 Remains of, 55. Description, 55. Named, 57. Garrison and truck-house at, 57. Com- manders of, 57. Dismantled and burned, 57, 161. Centennial celebra- tion of its completion, 57.
Fossils, 13.
Fourth division lots drawn, 106-112.
Fourth Maine Regiment, 469.
Fourth of July celebrations, 775. Foxes, 828.
Frankfort plantation, 128.
Franklin Street, 632.
Free bridges, 648, 652.
Freemasonry, 742.
Free-will Baptists, 316.
French voyagers to Penobscot Bay, 20, 21. Freshets, 837.
Frocking, 118.
Front Street, 632. Fulling mills, 682. Fulton Street, 633. Funeral customs, 522. Furniture, 119.
G.
GALES, 838. Game, 118.
Garrison Hill, 16. Garrisoned house, 166.
Gas Companies, 688.
Geese, wild, 826.
Geology, 12, 13.
Georges River discovered, 32, 33. Georges road, 110, 589, 597.
Georges Valley Railroad Company, 676. Good Templars, 759.
Goose Pond, 5. Goose River, 5, 16. Bridge over, 646.
Governor, steamer, 661.
Graduates college, 333.
Granite Block, built, 219.
Graveyard reservation, 65.
Graveyard, first, 518. At head of the tide, 522. At City Point,, 522. At South Belfast, 522. Near Ephraim A. Pitcher's, 522. West, 521.
Great Falls, 16.
Great Farm, 49.
Great fire of 1865, 726. Of 1873, 734.
Green Street, 633.
Greene Indian War, 428.
Grist-mills, 682, 690.
Grosbeaks, 827.
Grove Cemetery, 522. Grove Street, 634. Guide-posts, 625. Gun-boat Penobscot, 470.
Gun-house, 424, 445.
H.
HADDOCK, 829. Halibut, 829. Halfway Creek, 16. Hampden battle, 436. Hancock Agricultural Society, 745.
Hancock County established, 364. First officers of, 364. Divided, 371. Hancock Gazette, 348.
Harbor, chart of, 11. Dangers in ap- proaching, 8. Description of, 7. Sail- ing directions for, 9.
Harbor lots, 65. Drawn, 66. Description of, 66.
Harness-makers, 685.
Harvest Moon, steamer, 665.
Hatters, 686.
Hay, exportation of, 695.
Hayford Block, 220.
Hayford Hall, 772.
Head of the Tide, 4, 16.
Heads of families in 1779, 121.
Hearses, 524. Hemlock Hill, 16.
High School, public, 345.
High Street, buildings on, 205, 206. Named, 208. View of, 217. Location of, 634.
High water, rise of, 8.
Highway taxes, raised in labor, 156.
Highways, reservations for, 66.
Hills, 4
Hiram Dale Falls, 16.
Hog-reeve Festival, 747.
Hook and Ladder Company. 733.
Horse, first, 583.
Horse, mackerel, 829.
Horse race, 770.
Hotels, 590.
House-raisings, 761.
Housewrights, 686.
Houses, oldest, 206.
Household furniture, 119.
Hubbard's Hall, 772.
Huntress, steamer, 660.
Huse's Hall, 772.
Hydrant Engine Company, 718. New engine for, 734.
Hymns, deaconed out, 229.
Hymn-books used by First Parish, 268.
I.
ICE, 695.
Incorporation, petition for, 123. Act of, 125.
Independence, steamer, 659.
Indians, relics of, 13, 14. Rosier's ac- count of, 24. Governor Pownall's inter- view with, 54. Number of Penobscot tribe in 1759, 54. Friendly to Ameri- cans in Revolution, 161. Apprehensions concerning, 166.
Inhabitants, return of during Revolution, 186. List of in 1790, 191. Ino, sloop of war, 489. Insurance companies, 703.
Intemperance, 750. Inventories, 119. Islands, 7. Isle au Haut named, 34.
J. JAIL, old, 217, 374. New, 375. James Street, 636.
925
GENERAL INDEX.
Johnson Block, 219. Johnson s Hall, 772. Jurors, first, 363. Justice of the Peace, first, 375. Juvenile Magazine, 350. .
K.
'KALER's Mills, 16. Katahdin, steamer, 665. · Kennebec purchase, 47. Kennebec, steamer, 662. King Philip's War, 39. King Solomon's Council, 744. Knox County established, 371.
L.
LADY LANG, steamer, 665. Ladies' Aid Society, 492. Ladies' Aid Temperance Society, 756.
Land acquired by levy given to First Parish, 140.
Land slide, 842. Land speculations, 677.
Landing, steamboat, 17.
Landing, town, 653. Landlords of hotels, 593.
Latitude, 1.
Law and the courts, 363.
Lawyers, character of, 366. 384. Sketches of,
Lawrence, steamer, 662.
Leaden plate buried by Pownall, 54.
Lectures, public, 329, 332.
Lee, surrender of, 495.
Legal anecdotes, 390.
Leggings, worn in early times, 118.
Letters of General Knox about land in dispute, 108, 109. About troubles, 108.
squatter Levees, 770.
Lexington, battle of, 386.
Liabilities of city, 155.
Libraries, circulating, 321.
Library, Social Society, 319.
Licenses, to sell liquor, refused, 752.
Lightning, 839.
Lime, manufacture of, 683.
Lincoln County, Belfast a town in, 363. Lincolnshire Patent, 37.
Lines, perambulation of, 4.
Lines identified by Stimson, 110.
Little Meadow Brook, 6, 16.
Little River, 6, 16.
Livery stables, 589. Lobsters, 832.
Localities mentioned, 14. Lockhart Society, 747. Locomotive, the, 360. Log cabin, first, 114. town meetings, 129. Londonderry, settled, 60. Longitude, 1.
One voted for
Lot No. 26, voted to first minister, 232. Vote confirmed, 239.
Lots, first division drawn, 65. Second division drawn, 105. Third division drawn, 106. Fourth division drawn 106-112.
Louisburg, capture of, 42. Loup-cervier, 826. Lyceum, Belfast, 321. Lumber, surveyors of, 681. Lumbering, 677. Luxuries unknown to early settlers, 118.
M.
MACKEREL, 829. Magnetic needle, variation of, 65. Mail routes, 585-587.
Main Street, named, 208. Buildings on, 207, 208, 210, 211. Location of, 636.
Maine Farmer, 356. Maine Free Press, 359.
Maine Historical Society, 20.
Maine Hotel, 590, 593.
Maine law, resistance to, 379.
Maine Medical Association, 419.
Maine, steamboat, 655.
Maine Telegraph Company, 595.
Maja-Bagaduce, Revolutionary invest- ment of, 169. Described, 170.
Manufacturing corporations, 684.
Map of bay, 120. Of city, 11. Of county, 11. Mitchell's, .63.
Marine Railway, 702.
Market Street, named, 208. Location of, 639.
Masters, 826.
Marriage, first, 132.
Marsh Creek, 5.
Masonic Hall, 772.
Masons, 686.
Mason's Mills, 17.
Mathews Brothers' Factory, 689.
Mayor, first, 152.
Meadow Brook, 16.
Meadow hay, 117.
Mechanics' Associations, 746-748.
Mechanics' Row built, 216.
Menageries, 768.
Menhaden, 829.
Men in Aroostook War, 447.
Meeting-houses, first, 226-228.
Meeting, town, first, 129.
Methodists, first sermon here, 302. Chapel, 303. Church, 304. Engraving, 305. Bell, 306. Ministers, 306.
Meteorological, 833.
Mexican War, 449.
Middle Street, 639.
Militia, reorganization of, 164, 423. En- rolment of, 472.
Miller Strcet, 640. Millerites, 317.
Mills, 5, 6
Milton Martin, steamer, 665.
Minister, vote concerning, 133. Reserva- tion for, 223. First settled, 236. .
Minister's Point, 16.
Missouri, steam frigate, 448.
Mitchell's map, 63.
Mitchell Street, 640.
Monhegan, 22.
Monument, 17, 701. Moose, 825. Moosehead Lake Railroad, 670. Moose Point, 17.
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Morgan, reputed murder of, 743.
Morison Block, 220. Mormon preachers, 316. Morrill Street, 640. Morrison Brook, 6, 17.
Mount Desert, named by Champlain, 34. Mount Waldo, 44.
Muck-hole, 17.
Municipal organization suspended, 134.
Murder, trials for, 375.
Musical entertainments, 765.
Musical Library Society, 747.
Muscongus Patent, 37.
Musters, military, 448. Brigade, 454. Muster-roll, Capt. Kelsey's Company, 441.
N.
NAIL Factory, 682.
Narrows, 17.
Navy yard, 17. Necrology, 525.
Negro Island, 7, 17.
Nesmith's Corner, 17, 207, 210.
New England House, 543.
New Ireland, province of, 182.
New Planet, 358.
New York, steamer, 655.
Newspaper, first, 348. Advertisements in, 349.
North Church built, 286. Dedicated, 287. Bell, 287, 290. Engraving, 287.
North-eastern boundary, 448.
North meeting-bouse built, 313. Bell, 814. Engraving, 314.
Non-residents, refuse to pay taxes, 122.
North Street, 640.
Northport Avenue, 640.
Northport, first camp-meeting at, 304.
Norumbega, 21, 34.
Nutfield, settlement of, 60.
0.
OAKUM Mill, 683.
Oath of allegiance, term of during Revo- lution, 171. Excuse for taking, 188. Odd Fellows, 744. Hall, 733.
Offences, 378.
Officers, town, first, 129.
Ordinances published, 157.
Ordination, first here, 238.
Organ, church, first, 268.
Organization, municipal, suspended, 134. Petition for renewal, 134.
Osborn's Hall, 773.
Oysters, 833. Ox, exhibited, 769.
P.
PACKETS, 371, 588. Painters, 686. Pampblets, published, 360. Panorama of Belfast, 12. Panoramas, 771. Paper-mills, 689. Paper credits, 499. Park Street, 640.
Parsonage house, 230.
Parsonage proprietaries, 273, 291. Partridges, 827. Pass, British, in war 1812, 442.
Passagassawakeag Lodge, 744. Passagassawakeag River, 4, 7. First mentioned, 52. Etymology of name, 52.
Patent, steamer, 656.
Patent rights, 690.
Panpers, sold at auction, 144.
Peach Street, 641.
Pearl Street, 641.
Peirce Street, 641.
Penobscot (Pentagoet), trading-house at, 34. Captured by D'Aulnay; 34. The residence of Saint-Castin, 35.
Penobscot Bay, 1. Early voyages to, 20. Visited by Champlain, 34.
Penobscot Bay and River Railroad, 675. Penobscot expedition, 168. Undertaken solely by Massachusetts, 173. Eastern militia detached for, 173. Command- ers, 174. Instructions to, 174. Arrival of fleet at Bagaduce, 175. Engagement with British witnessed from Belfast, 175. Battery captured, 176. Landing effected, 176. Council of war, 177. Cowardice of American commander, 177. Arrival of British reinforcements, 179. Destruction of our fleet, 180. Court of inquiry, 181.
Penobscot, gunboat, 470.
Penobscot, steamer, 661.
Penobscot River, land at, offered by Gen- eral Waldo, 43. Only avenue from Canada to Atlantic, 50. Pownall's ex- pedition to, 51. Claimed as eastern boundary United States, 435.
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