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THE MAINE BOOK
Rosier's relation of Waymouth's voyage to the coast of Maine, 1605. Edited by H. S. Burrage. Gorges Society, 1887.
Ancient dominions of Maine. Bath, 1859.
History of the District of Maine. Boston, 1795. Brief history of Maine. Portland, 1888.
Young people's history of Maine. Portland, 1877.
Maine in the war for the Union. Lewiston, 1865. History of Maine. 2 vols. 1602-1820. Boston, 1832.
Collections and Periodicals
Bangor Historical Magazine 1885-92. 7 vols. Bangor.
Maine Genealogist and Biographer 1875-8. 3 vols. Augusta.
Maine Historical and Genealogi- cal Recorder
Maine Historical Magazine
Maine Historical Society
Maine Historical Society
Maine Historical Society
Maine Register, 1871-1920
Maine Wills, 1640-1760
Sprague's Journal of Maine His- tory, 1913 York Deeds, 1630-1760
7 vols.
18 vols. Portland, 1887-1910.
Religious, Civil and Political
Allen, S. & Pilsbury, W. H. Cleaveland, N. & Packard, A. S. Dale, T. N.
Greenleaf, J.
Griffin, J. Hitchcock, C. H.
McDonald, W. Millet, J. Stetson, W. W.
Stone, G. H.
.
Wells, W. Whitehouse, R. T.
Whitin, E. S. Willey, A.
Willis, W.
History of Methodism in Maine. Augusta, 1887. History of Bowdoin College, 1806-79. Boston, 1882. The granites of Maine. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 313. Washington, 1907.
Sketches of ecclesiastical history of Maine. Ports- mouth, 1821.
History of the press of Maine. Brunswick, 1872. General report on the geology of Maine. Augusta, 1861.
The government of Maine. New York, 1902. History of the Baptists in Maine. Portland, 1845. History and civil government of Maine. Boston, 1898.
The glacial gravels of Maine and their associated deposits. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin vol. 34. Washington, 1899.
Water-power of Maine. Augusta, 1869.
Constitutional, judicial and commercial histories of Maine. Boston.
Factory legislation in Maine. N. Y. 1908.
History of the anti-slavery cause in state and nation. Portland, 1886.
History of the law, the courts and the lawyers of Maine. Portland, 1863.
Sewall, R. K. Sullivan, J. Varney, G. J.
Whitman and True
Williamson, W. D.
1884-98. 9 vols. Portland.
vols. 8 9. 1894-5.
Collections, 1831-90. 10 vols. Portland.
Collections, 2d ser., 24 vols. 1869-1916. Portland.
Collections, 3d ser., 1904- Portland.
Portland.
Edited by W. M. Sargent. Portland, 1887 .-
INDEX
Abbott, Jacob, 163, 164 Abenakis, 110, 112 Acadia, 244
Adjutant General, 317-19
Admission of Maine, 61
Advent Christian Church, 198
Advocate of Freedom, 152
Agamenticus, patent of, 65
Agriculture, 201-5, 249
Agriculture, Commissioner of, 178, 201, 204 Alabama, 234
Alamoosook, lake, Indian excavations at, IIO
Aldworth, Robert, land grant, 42, 77
Algonquins, 110, 113
Alexander, DeAlva S., 166
Aliens, naturalization of, 74-75 Allen, Elizabeth Akers, 167
Along Came Ruth, 174
Amaranth, first collected poems, 147, 158 Ambrose, Alice, of early Friends society, I95 Amelia, 143 America, 234
Andover, sanatorium, 294
Andros, Sir Edmond, 44, 66, 82. See also Chronological record of events.
Androscoggin county, 83; early newspapers, 151. See also Chronological record of events.
Animal Industry, Division of, 202 Animals, 256
Annals of the Times, 150
Apples, inspection of, 204
Appointment, governor's power of, 178 Area of state, 37
Army, 6, 20, 54, 55
Arnold, Benedict, 4; expedition to Quebec, 52-57
Aroostook county, established, 83; early newspapers, 152; minerals, 227
Aroostook Pioneer, 152
Aroostook War, 4
Arrowsic, Puritan mission at, 195
Asbury, Francis, Bishop, 196
Ashburton treaty, see Webster-Ashburton treaty
Assessors, Board of State, 310
Assessors, local, 75-76, 310
Attorney General, 178, 320-21 Auburn, 225
Auditor, state, 178, 314
Augusta, 55, 169; capital, 83
Augusta State Hospital, 271-72, 274, 313
Austria, in European war, 9-II
Austria, Archduke of, assassination, 9
Authors, 140-46, 147, 154, 158-74, 322-23
Automobiles, registration of, 308; valua- tion, 312 Averill, Anna Boynton, 167 Avery, Robert, 49
Badger, William, shipbuilder, 233
Bailey School of Industries, 290
Bainbridge, June Wheeler, 322; Maine, 116 Balkans, 9
Bangor, 4; early library at, 190; sanato- rium at, 294
Bangor Gazetteer, 152
Bangor State Hospital, 272-74
Bangor Theological Seminary, 188-89, 195
Bangor Weekly Register, 150
Bangs, John Kendrick, 165, 322; The Pine, I22
Bank Commissioner, 264
Banks, 264-65
Baptist Church, 195, 198. Baptist Church
See also Free
Barker, David, 165
Barnes, Rev. Thomas, 196
Barrell, Nathaniel, 62, 63, 140
Bates, Arlo, 165
Bates College, 187-88, 196
Bath, 28; early church at, 196
Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum, 266, 269, 289-90
Baxter, James Phinney, 43, 166
Beale, Harriet Blaine, 10I
Beale, Walker Blaine, memorial, 101-2
Beard, Father, first mass celebrated by, 194 Beauchamp, John, land grant, 42
Belfast, 4; early library at, 190
Belfast Gazette, 15I
Belgium, in European war, 10
Berwick, early churches, 195
Bibliography, 112-13, 324-26
Bigelow, Major Timothy, 55, 61
Bigelow, mountain, 55
Billings, Josh, see Shaw, Henry Wheeler
Biography, brief bibliography, 324
Birds, 256, 258-61
Black Point, 42, 43; militia at, 315
Blaine, James G., 101-2, 148
Blaine mansion, see Executive mansion
Blind, care of, 266, 269-70
Blind, institution for, 300
Blow the Man Down, 174
Blue Hill, copper at, 227 Blue Point, 43
Bonighton, Richard, land grant, 42 Books, early, 147
Boothbay, early preaching at, 195 Bosnia, 9
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Boston, siege of, 4; number engaged in, 54 Boston Port Bill, 47
Boundaries, 37 ; colonial, 43
Bowdoin College, 161, 164, 184-85, 195; oldest library at, 190 Bowdoin Poets, 166
Bowdoinham, early churches, 195
Boxer, battle with the Enterprise, 4, 234
Boyd, Joseph C., first treasurer of state, 313
Boys Working Reserve, 19-20
Bradshaw, Richard, land grant, 42
Bray, John, shipbuilder, 233 Brick making, 231
Bridge, James, 61
Bridges, 247
Bristol, early preaching at, 195
Broad Bay, alluded to, 54
Brooks, Noah, 164 Brown, Benjamin, 271
Browne, Charles Farrar, 163, 165 Brunswick, 168
Bucksport, Indian excavations, II0; early library, 190; academy at, 196 Budget, 180
Bulfinch, Charles, architect of State House, 98 Bunker Hill, battle of, alluded to, 3, 47
Burgoyne, General John, alluded to, 4 Burleigh, Clarence B., 164 Burr, Aaron, 55
Burrage, Henry S., 166, 322
Butler, Ellen Hamlin, 167, 322; The Voice of Maine, 127
Caleb Cushing, 234 Camden, early library, 190
Cammock, Thomas, land grant, 42
Campbell, Maj .- Gen. Alexander, 316
Canaan, early preaching at, 195 Canada, invasion of, see Quebec
Canning industry, 215, 217
Cape Porpoise, 43; militia at, 315
Capital, 98-99
Capitol, see State House
Captain Craig, 170 Casco, 43 Casco Bay, 42; militia at, 315
Castine, 4, 164; early library, 190 Castine, 236
Castine Journal and Universal Advertiser, 150
Catherine Hill, minerals at, 230 Catholic church, 196, 198, 199 Cattle, valuation, 3II Central Maine Sanatorium, 293 Champlain, Samuel de, 157 Charities and Corrections, Board of, 266- 67, 269
Charles I, 77 Charles II, 43, 44. 78
Charters, see Patents; Land Grants ; Chronological record of events
Chase Island Convalescent Hospital, 272
Chase Memorial Sanatorium, 293
Chaudiere, river, Arnold's expedition, 55, 56 Children, dependent and delinquent, 266, 269, 270, 283-90
Children of the Night, 170
Choate, Isaac Bassett, 165
Christian Church, 198
Christian Civic League, 198 Christian Endeavor Society, 198
Christian Intelligencer, 152
Christian Mirror, 148, 152
Christian Pilot, 152
Chronological record of events, 80-84 Church of God, 199
Churches, see Religious history, also names of particular churches
Circus Man, 174 Cities, 70, 71
City government, see Government, local
Civil war, 6; naval engagements, 234 Clark, Rev. Francis E., 198
Clarke, MacDonald, 162
Clark, Rebecca Sophia, 164
Cleeve, George, 315; lease of Machegonne, 43 Climate, 37-39
Coast Artillery, 317
Coast patrol boats, 236
Cobb, Sylvanus, 196
Coburn, Abner, governor, 31-33
Coburn, Louise Helen, 322; A Song to Maine, 125
Coburn Classical Institute, 195
Colburn's shipyard, Pittston, 54
Colby College, 153, 169, 185-86
Colcord, Lincoln, 169, 171-72
Coleman, Ann, of early Friends society, 195 Colleges, see Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Uni- versity of Maine, Bangor Theological Seminary Colonization, 42-44, 80-81
Columbian Primer, first copyrighted book, 147
Committee on Public Safety, 15-17
Congregational Church, 195, 198
Constitution, Federal, ratification of, 62-63
Constitutional Convention, 60
Continental navy, 4
Cony, Samuel, governor, 33; first Adjutant General, 317
Cony Female Academy, 137
Cooper, minerals at, 230
Corporations, organization 308, 320 and returns,
Cotton industry, 207-9, 249
Council, Executive, 178-81
Council of New England, 65
Counties, 70. See also Chronological record of events County government, 70 County palatine, 65, 77 Courier, first daily newspaper, 148 Courts, 65, 77-79
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INDEX
Crop Statistics, 205 Crowne, John, poet and dramatist, 158 Cumberland county, 4, 59, 64, 67, 82; early newspapers, 148, 150 Cumberland Gazette, 148
Daily Courier, 148 Dairy Inspection, Bureau of, 203 Dana, Olive E., 167
Danforth, Thomas, president of Province, 44, 66 Davis, James, 158
Day, Holman F., 169, 172-74, 322; It's Home Up Here, 115
Deaf, school for, 29I
Dearborn, Henry, 55; major-general, 316
De Monts, Sieur Pierre de Guast, expedi- tion, 42, 80, 157; alluded to, 194, 244. See also Chronological record of events.
Description and travel, brief bibliography, 325 Dirigo, (poem), 118 . Disciples, church of, 198
District of Maine, 67. See also Chronolog- ical record of events. Dole, Caroline Fletcher, 166
Dole, Nathan Haskell, 165
Donnell, Annie Hamilton, 167 Dorval, 141-42
"Downing, Major Jack," see Smith, Seba Draft, induction, in European war, 20, 318 Drifting Diamond, 172
Druillettes, Father, missionary, 194
Dudley, Joseph, president of Massachu- setts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, 78
Dummer, Almira C., 286
Dummer family, massacre of, 140 Dummer's war, 112 Dunn, Martha Baker, 166
Eagle Badge, 174 Eastern Argus, 148 Eastern Herald, 148 Eastern Star, first newspaper on Kennebec, 149
Eastport, alluded to, 4 Eastport Sentinel, 150
Eckstorm, Fannie H., II0, 322
Eddington, destroyed, 112 Edes, Peter, 149-50, 154
Editors, 154-55 Education, 182-89 Education, State Department of, 20, 71
Edwards, George Thornton, State of Maine, My State of Maine, 119
Elbridge, Gyles, land grant, 42, 77 Elections, 72-74, 179 Electric light companies, number of, 254 Ellsworth, Indian excavations, IIO Emery, Lucilius A., quoted, 62
Employees, compensation, see Workmen's compensation
Employers' liability, see Workmen's com- pensation
England, in European war, IO, II Enos, Lieut .- Col. Roger, 55, 56
Enterprise, battle with the Boxer, 4, 234 Episcopal Church, 195, 198 Etchemins, 110, II2
European war, 9-25; events leading to, 9- II; America enters, II-13; chronology, 21-25; Maine's activities in: 14-20; emer- gency legislation, 15; contributions, mon- ey, 19, men, 20; food conservation, 20; Second Regiment history, 27; first ship destroyed, 236; coast patrol, 236 Evangelist, 152
Executive Department, powers and duties of, 178-81
Executive mansion, 101-6
Explorations, 42-44, 158 Express companies, number of, 254
Factory Inspector, see Labor and Indus- try, Department of
Fairfield, sanatorium, 293 Fairs, 204
Falmouth, 4, 58, 148; destruction of, 3; early library at, 190; early preaching at, 195, 196; massacre at, 315; military company, 315
Falmouth Gazette, first newspaper, 58, 148 Family Instructor, 152
Family Reader, 148
Fanshawe, 16I
Farm Lands Loan Commission, 314
Federal Constitution, see Constitution
Feeble-minded, school for, 266, 267, 270, 280-81 Feldspar, 228-29
Female Friendship, first book published in Hallowell, 147, 158
Ferdinand and Elmira, 143-44
Fern, Fanny, see Willis, Sarah Payson
Fessenden, William Pitt, 61
Fiction, see Literature; Novelists
Finances, state, 179-81, 313-14
First Artillery Company, 317
First Regiment Maine Heavy Field Artil- lery, 317
Fish, 256, 258; protection of, 216; hatch- eries, 216
Fisheries, Inland, Commissioner of, 216
Fisheries, Sea and Shore, Department of, 215-16 Fishing, 242, 244
Fishing industry, 214-16
Flag, American, first naval salute to, 234 Flag, state, 85
Flagg, Mary H., 286
Flags, Civil War, 94-95
Flags, laws relating to, 85-87
Flagstaff Plantation, Arnold at, 56
Floral emblem, 91-92
Flower, state, 91-92
Food administration, 20
Food inspection, 203 Forestry, 220-24 Fort Loyal, 315
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Fort Western, 55 Forts, 46
Foster, Benjamin, 48
Fox, John, 62
Frankfort, granites at, 228
Franklin, county, 83; early newspapers, 151 Franz Joseph, see Austria, Archduke of
Free Baptist Church, 196
Freeman, Samuel, holder of first copy- right, 147
French and Indian wars, see Indian wars Friends, Society of, 195, 198
Frye, William P., 236
Fryeburg, 137, 160; famous men of, 136; Lovewell's fight, 112
Fur industry, 258
Game, 256
Game of Life and Death, 172
Gardiner, Church of England at, 195
Gardinerstown, alluded to, 54
Gas companies, number of, 254
Gazette and Inquirer, 151
Gazette of Maine, 148
Genealogy, brief bibliography, 324 Geography, 37-40
Geology, survey, 251-52
Georgetown, alluded to, 54 Germany, in European war, 9-13 '
Godfrey, Edward, 66
Goodale, Ezekiel, printer, 153-54
Goodyear, Moses, land grant, 42
Gorgeana, 43, 81. See also Chronological record of events.
Gorges, Ferdinando, land grant, 42; claim sold to Massachusetts, 44. See also Chronological record of events.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 42, 43, 64, 65, 67, 77, 78. See also Chronological record of events.
Gorges, Captain William, 65, 77. See also Chronological record of events.
Gorham, early library at, 190
Gospel Banner, 152, 196
Government, 58; colonial, 44, 64-67; pres- ent, 68-69; local, 70-76. See also Chrono- logical record of events.
Governor, powers and duties of, 72, 73, 178-81
Governor, residence of, see Executive man- sion
Governors, 107-9; war, 28-35 Granite, 227-28
Gray, early preaching at, 196
Great Britain, treaties with, 4
Greeley, Brig .- Gen. A. W., quoted, 6
Greene, Lieut .- Col. Christopher, 55
Greene, Clara Marcelle, 167
Griffith, George Bancroft, 166
Hallowell, publishing center, 147, 149, 153; early preaching at, 196; granite, 228 Hamlin, Elijah L., 61 Hampden, alluded to, 4
Hancock, John, alluded to, 62 Hancock county, 60, 82; early newspapers, 150; militia, 316 Hancock Gazette, 15I
Harpswell, 164 Harris, E. E., 322; Maine, 117
Hart, Lester M., 322; Maine, 116
Hatch, Louis Clinton, 166
Health, State Department of, 301-2
Hebron, academy, 195; sanatorium, 293
Hemenway, Rev. Moses, 62
Hendricks, William, 54, 55
Herald of Liberty, 150
Higgins Classical Institute, 195
High schools, see Schools
Highway Commission, 245, 247
Highways, 245-47
Historical sources, 43, 44, 58, 324-26
History, brief bibliography, 325-26
Hitchcock, C. H., geologist, 251
Holman, C. Vey, state geologist, 227
Holman, Silas, 61
Holmes, Ezekiel, naturalist, 251
Horses, valuation, 31I
Horticulture, Bureau of, 202
Horton, Captain, 47
Hospitals, insane, 266, 267, 271-79
Howe, Caroline Dana, 167
Hunting, 242
Hurricane Isle, granites, 228
Hyde, William DeWitt, 165
Ice, 218
Indian wars, 3, 112, 315. See also Chrono- logical record of events. .
Indians, 110-113; government, 64; bibli- ography, 112-13; religion, 194
Industrial Accident Commission, 178, 305-7
Industrial accidents, 248
Industrial School for Girls, see State School for Girls
Industries, 207-38, 221-24, 228-31, 235, 236, 249-50, 258
Inebriates' Home, Windham, 296
Ingersoll, Lieutenant George, 315
Inheritance taxes, 321
Initiative law, 71-72, 83
Insane, 266, 270, 271-79
Inspection, Division of, 203-4
Institutions, 266-300; finances, 314; juve- nile, 283-91 Insurance, 303-4; Commissioner of, 303, 305, 306 Islands, 39 It's Home Up Here, (poem), 115
Jackson, Dr. Charles T., geologist, 251 Jails, 266, 270
James I, 64, 65, 77
James II, 44, 78
Jesuits, 42 Jewett, Sarah Orne, 166
Johnson, Henry, 166 Jones, Captain Ichabod, 47 Jones, John Paul, 4, 234
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INDEX
Judd, Rev. Sylvester, 169 Judges, see Courts Judiciary, 77-79 Julia, first novel by Madam Wood, 14I
Junior Volunteers, see Boys Working Re- serve Justices of the peace, 79
Juvenile institutions, see Institutions, ju- venile
Kaiser Wilhelm, see Wilhelm II Kaler, James Otis, 164 Kames, 37
Katahdin, mountain, minerals, 227
Kearsarge, 234 Keating, Sally S. B., see Wood, Madam Kellogg, Elijah, 163-64
Kennebec county, 82; early newspapers,
149-50
Kennebee Gazette, 150
Kennebec patent, 65, 78, 81
Kennebec Purchase, 42
Kennebec river, 43, 55, 233
Kennebec settlements, condition in 1775, 53-54
Kennebeek Intelligencer, 149-50, 154
Kennebunk, river, 77
Kennebunk Gazette, 150 Kennebunkport, 169
Kent's Hill, 196
Kin O'Ktaadn, 173
King, William, first governor, 28-30, 135; land purchased from, 298
King Philip's War, 3, 81, 112, 315 King Spruce, 174
Kittery, 43, 233, 234; early library, 190; early churches, 195; militia, 315
Knights of Columbus, contributions to, 19, 20 Knox, Henry, 62
Knox county, 83; early newspapers, 151 ; lime quarries, 230 Koopman, Harry L., 166
Labor and Industry, Commissioner of, 305, 307
Labor and Industry, Department of, 248-50 Lafayette National Park, 244
Lake George, alluded to, 3
Lakes, 39
Land grants, 42-44, 64-65. See also Chron- ological record of events. Landloper, 174
Lead On, Maine, (poem), 126
Leather industry, 225
Lee, Jesse, founder of M. E. Church, 196 Legislature, colonial, 60, 67; present, 68, 71-72, 73-74, 178, 180
Legislature of 1917, war measures enacted, 14, 15 Leverett, Thomas, land grant, 42
Levett, Christopher, 42 Lewis, Lathrop, 61 Lewis; Thomas, land grant, 42 Lewiston, sanatorium at, 294 Lewiston Journal, 151
Lewiston Light Infantry, 6 Lexington, battle of, alluded to, 47
"Lexington of the seas," see Machias, first naval battle Liberty loans, 19
Liberty Pole, 48
Liberty Standard, 152
Libraries, 190-92
Library, see Maine State Library
Library Commission, see Maine Library Commission
Lime industry, 230
Lincoln, Enoch, governor, 98; first Maine poet, 135-38
Lincoln, Levi, 61, 135
Lincoln county, 60, 67, 82; early newspa- pers, 150; militia, 316
Literature, 157-74
Lithgow, Maj .- Gen. William, 316
Live stock, statistics, 205; valuation, 31I
Live Stock Sanitary Commissioner, 178
London Company, 64
Long, John D., 164, 322
Long Island, alluded to, 4
Longfellow, Henry W., 159-60, 168
Longfellow, Stephen, jr., 62
Lothrop, Dr. Daniel, 53
Lothrop, Dr. Joshua, 53
Loud, Jacob H., 61
Louisburg, siege of, 3, 82
Lovejoy, Rev. Elijah P., 152
Lovell's fight, see Lovewell's fight
Lovewell's fight, 112, 160
Lubec, minerals at, 227
Lumber industry, 221, 224, 249
Lusitania, sinking of, II
Lutheran Church, Evangelical, 199 Lygonia, patent, 42, 43, 65, 77; province, 43
McClanethan, Rev. William, founder of Presbyterian Church, 195 Mace, Frances Laughton, 167 Machegonne, 43
. Machias, first naval battle of revolution, 3-4, 47; early library at, 190 Machias, 236
Mclellan, Isaac, 161, 322; Maine, 123
Madawaska, alluded to, 4
Maine, name of, 39-40, 60
Maine, (poem), 116
Maine, (poem), 116
Maine, (poem), 117
Maine, (poem), 118
Maine, (poem), 123
Maine Baptist Herald, 152
Maine Bible Society, 198
Maine Central Institute, 196
Maine Farmer's Almanac, 153
Maine Floral Emblem Society, 91
Maine Forestry District, 220
Maine Gazette, 15I
Maine Historical Society, 43
Maine Inquirer, 15I
Maine Institution for the Blind, 300 Maine Library Association, 19I
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Maine Library Commission, 191-92 Maine School for Deaf, 291
Maine State Library, 191, 192
Maine Sunday School Society, 198 Maine Washingtonian Journal, 148 Maine Wesleyan Journal, 152 Man Against the Sky, 171 Manufactures, 249-50 Maps, topographic, 254
Margaret, 170
Margaretta, 48-50 Margranetto, see Margaretta
Markets, Division of, 203
Mary, Queen of England, 44, 67, 78
Mason, Captain John, 42
Massachusetts, territory claimed by, 43, 58, 81 ; title confirmed, 44, 58; purchases Gorges' claim, 44; first charter, 81 ; charter revoked, 44; second charter, 67, 82; colonial charter revoked, 78. See also Chronological record of events Massachusetts Bay, Province of, 44
Master William, first American periodical, 157
May, Julia Harris, 167, 323; O! Wanderers of Maine, 13I
May, Sophie, see Clark, Rebecca Sophia Mayor of the Woods, 174
Megantic, lake, 56
Meigs, Major Return Jonathan, 55
Merlin, 171
Merrill, Elizabeth Powers, 323; Lead On, Maine, 126
Merrimac river, 43
Metcalf, Lorettus S., 155
Methodist Episcopal Church, 196, 198 Mica, 229
Military, 315-19 Militia, 3, 4, 315-17, 318, 319
Milliken, Carl E., governor, 14, 15, 34-35, 323; war proclamation, 18-19 Millinocket, paper industry, 222-24
Mills, 208, 210, 222-24, 229
Mineral springs, 231
Minerals, 227-32
Mining, 228-30
Missouri Compromise, alluded to, 61 Mitchell, Edward P., 155, 166
Molybdenum, 230-31
Monhegan, 42, 214
Monmouth, battle of, alluded to, 4
Monroe, Barnard, Dirigo, 118
Monroe, James, President, 61 Moore, Ella Maude Smith, 167
Moore, Midshipman, commander of Mar- garetta, 48
Moorehead, Warren K., archeologist, IIO Morgan, Daniel, 54, 55 Motherland, (poem), 119 Mother's aid, 266, 267, 269 Motto, State, 89
Mount Desert, 42; first religious service in Maine at, 194; Catholic missions at, 196 Mountains, 37
Municipal courts, 79 Municipalities, 70-71 Munsey, Frank A., 155, 166 Muscongus Patent, 42, 65 Museum, 256 My Maine, (poem), 128
Name of Old Glory, quotation, xiii
Name of state, 39-40, 60
Nason, Arthur Huntington, 166
Nason, Emma Huntington, I66, 323;
Verses from the Old Homestead, 117
Nasson, Samuel, 63
National Council of Defense, 15
National Guard, 317, 318, 319
Native Poets of Maine, 166
Natural resources, 39, 227-32, 251, 252, 254- 55
Naturalization laws, 74-75
Naval battles, 3, 4, 47, 48-50, 234
Naval militia, 318
Navy, 4, 6, 20, 179; ships built in Maine, 234, 236
New Brunswick, 4, 6
New England, Great Council of, 42, 43, 65; government, 44. See also Chrono- logical record of events
New Gloucester, early preaching at, 196
New Jerusalem, church of, 198
New Somersetshire, 65, 77
New Sweden, colony established, 83
Newspapers, early, 148-53
Noble, W. Clark, sculptor, 99
Norridgewock, Arnold at, 55; massacre, 112; Catholic mission at, 196
North Jay, granites at, 228
North Yarmouth Academy, early library at, 190 Northeast Frontier, see Northeastern
Boundary
Northeastern Boundary, 4, 6, 83, 136
Northern Maine Sanatorium, 294
Norton, Walter, land grant, 42
Norway, early preaching at, 196
Nothing but Flags, see Returned Maine Battle Flags
Nova Scotia, 58; separated from Massa- chusetts Bay, 44
Novelists, 140-46
Nurses, in European War, 20
Nye, Bill, see Nye, Edgar Wilson
Nye, Edgar Wilson, 163, 165
O! Wanderers of Maine, (poem), 31 O'Brien, Jeremiah, 49, 50 O'Brien, John, 49 O'Brien, Morris, 48
Old Man's Story, 143
Old Town, destroyed, 112 Oldham, John, land grant, 42 On Misery Gore, 174
103d Infantry, 26th Division, A. E. F., 27 Oriental Trumpet, 150
Orphan Asylum, see Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
335
INDEX
Osgood, Kate Putnam, 167 Otis, James, see Kaler, James Otis Owen, Moses, 94, 165, 323 Oxford county, 82; early newspapers, 150; minerals, 229
Paper industry, 222-24, 249 Paris, mica and tourmaline deposits, 229 Parker, John, 53 Parris, Albion K., governor, 135, 136 Parsonsfield, sanatorium at, 294
Passamaquoddy Bay, 4 Passamaquoddy Indians, II2 Patent for New England, 43
Patents, 65, 77, 78. See also Chronological record of events; Kennebec Patent ; Land grants; Lygonia Patent Pearl of Orr's Island, 169
Pejepscot River, land grants, 42
Pemaquid, 77, 81; land grants, 42; patent, 65. See also Chronological record of events.
Penobscot county, 83; early newspapers, 150 Penobscot Indians, 112
Penobscot Journal, 150
Penobscot Patriot, 15I Pensions, 180
Pepperell, William, 3, 82, 140, 233
Periodical, first American, 157. See also Newspapers.
Personal estate, 31I, 312 Peru, feldspar and mica at, 229 Philo, 170 Phips, Sir William, 3, 233
Pike, Manley H., 323; Seguin, 130 Pilgrims, 42
Pine, 91-92 Pine, The, (poem), 122 Pine Tree Ballads, 173 Piscataqua river, 43, 44, 65
Piscataquis county, 83; early newspapers, 151; minerals, 227 Piscataquis Herald, 15I Piscataquis Observer, 15I Pittston, alluded to, 54 Plains of Abraham, alluded to, 3 Plant Industry, Division of, 201
Plantations, 7I Plymouth, colony of, 44 Plymouth company, 64, 65, 77. See also Chronological record of events.
Poems, 115-133; early volumes, 147 Poets, 135-38, 158, 162, 165 Poets of Maine, 166 Polly, 47 Poor, support of, 266, 267-69 Popham, George, 64, 65, 77 Popham, colony, 42, 80, 157-58, 233 Popham, (poem), 133 Porcupine, 17I Port Royal, alluded to, 3 Porter, Benjamin, 61
Portland, 43, 234, 315; naval engagement, 4; capital, 83; early library at, 190; early preaching at, 196; institution for blind, 300; militia at, 316; first uni- formed military company at, 317. See
also Newspapers. Portland Advertiser, 148
Portland Athenaeum, 190 Portland Gazette, 148
Portland Magazine, 148
Powers, Llewellyn, governor, 33-34
Pownalborough, alluded to, 54
Prentiss, Elizabeth Payson, 167
Presbyterian Church, 195-96, 199
President, United States, II, 12, 14, 15
Presidents of Province, 43, 44
Primary election law, 72-74
Pring, Martin, 42
Printers, early, 153-54
Printing, early, 147; public, 262-63
Prison, 266, 267, 270, 298-99
Probate Auxiliary, 147
Probate courts, 79
Prohibition, 83
Proprietary government, see Government, colonial
Province of Maine, 77
Public health, 302
Public Health Council, 301
Public lands, 61
Public Utilities, 251-55
Publishers, 154-55
Pulp industry, 222, 249
Purchase, Thomas, land grant, 43
Puritans, missionary activities, 195
Quakers, see Friends, society of Quarries, 228-30 Quebec, alluded to, 4; Arnold's expedition, 52-57; number engaged in, 55
Railroads, number of, 254. See also Pub- lic Utilities. Rainfall, 38, 255
Rainy Day Railroad War, 174
Rale, Sebastian, 194; massacre of, II2
Ramrodders, 174
Randall, Benjamin, founder Free Baptist Church, 196 Ranger, 234 Readfield, first M. E. church at, 196
Real estate, 31I, 312
Red Beach, granites at, 228
Red Cross, American, contributions to, 19, 20 Red Lane, 174 Red Paint Indians, IIO Referendum law, 72, 83
Reform School, see State School for Boys Reform societies, 198 Reformatories, 266, 267, 270, 283-88, 296-97 Registration of voters, 75-76 Religious history, 194-99 Religious newspapers, see Newspapers
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Returned Maine Battle Flags, 94
Revolution, war of, 3-4, 47; number en-
gaged in, 3-4; first naval battle, 3, 47 Rexdale, Robert, 323; Motherland, 119 Richard Edney, 170
Richards, Laura E., 169
Ricker Classical Institute, 195
Rigby, Colonel Alexander, 43, 65, 77
Riggs, Mrs. George C., see Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Riley, James Whitcomb, 323; quotation, Xii1
Rivers, 39; flow of, 255
Roads, see Highways
Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 169-71, 172
Rockland, lime quarries, 230
Rollo books, 164
Ross, Daniel, first land agent, 220
Rumford, paper industry, 222
Russel's Echo, 150
Russia, in European war, 9-10
Sabbath School Instructor, 152
Saco, 43, 81; land grant, 42; court estab- lished at, 77; early library at, 190; early preaching at, 195, 196; militia at, 315. See also Chronological record of events. Saco Indians, II2
Saco patent, 65 Sagadahoc, militia at, 315
Sagadahoc, county, 83; early newspapers, 151. See also Chronological record of events.
Sagadahoc, patent, 65; province, 58
Sagadahoc, river, 65, 233
Sailors, see Navy
Sailors, dependent, 270
St. Croix, island, 42
St. Croix, river, 37, 39
St. George's Island, 42 St. George's River, 42 St. John, river, 37 St. Mary's College, 198
Salvation Army, 199; contributions to. 19 Sampson, Sara A., 289
Sanatoriums, 266, 267, 270, 293-94
Sandy River Yeoman, 151 Santiago, Cuba, surrender, 6 Saratoga, alluded to, 4 Sayward family, 140 Scarborough, 28
Schools, public, 182-84; number pupils en- rolled, 182; financial support of, 183; ru- ral, 183; sanitary conditions, 183; sec- ondary, 183; Catholic, 198; charitable and correctional, 267, 269, 283-88 Scott, General Winfield, 6 "Scrap of paper," IO, II Screven, William, 195 Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission, 215 Seal, state, 88-89 Second Regiment, N. G. S. M., 27, 317 Secretary of State, 71-74, 178, 192, 201, 308-9
Seed Improvement, Bureau of, 202 Seguin, (poem), 130 Separation from Massachusetts, 58-61 ; commissioners appointed, 61
Serbia, in European War, 9-II
Settlements, 42, 53-54. See also Chrono- logical record of events; Colonization
Seventh Day Adventists, 198
Sewall, Dummer, 62
Sewall, Frank, Maine, 118
Sewall, Stephen, 158
Seymour, Rev. Richard, first Protestant service conducted by, 194
Shaw, Henry Wheeler, 165
Shedd, Lydia Lord, That's Where Maine Comes In, 129
Sheep, valuation, 3II
Shipbuilding, 233-38, 249
Ships, 233-38
Shoe industry, 225
Sieur de Monts National Monument, see Lafayette National Park
Signal Corps, 6-7
Sigourney, L. H., Popham, 133
Skipper and the Skipped, 174
Skowhegan, reformatory for women, 297
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes, 164-65
Smith, Hezekiah, founder of first Baptist church, 195 Smith, Captain John, 42, 80, 214. See also Chronological record of events.
Smith, Matthew, 54, 55
Smith, Rev. Samuel F., 169
Smith, Seba, 148, 163, 164
Social service, 266-70
Sokokis, IIO
Sokwakiaks, see Sokokis
Soldiers, see Army
Soldiers, dependent, 270
Somers, Frederick M., 155
Somerset county, 82; early newspapers, 151. See also Chronological record of events. Somerset Journal, 15I
Song to Maine, A, (poem), 125
Spanish-American War, 6
Spofford, Harriet Prescott, 166
Spurwink, 43
Squire Phin, 174 Stackpole, Everett S., 166
Stanwood, Edward, 155, 162
State Board of Health, see Health, State Department of
State House, 98-99, 136
State Library, see Maine State Library
State of Maine, My State of (poem), 120
Maine,
State officials, 68-69, 178-81
State School for Boys, 283-85 State School for Girls, 286-88 "State Steal," 83
Steamboat companies, number of, 254 Stephens, Charles A., 162 Stevens, Edmund, 49 Stevens, John Calvin, architect, 104
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Stevens, Will O., 164 Stillwater, alluded to, 4 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 168 Stratton, John, land grant, 42 Submarine warfare, II, 12 Sullivan, James, alluded to, 135 Summer resorts, 240-44 Summer visitors, 216, 240, 242 Superior courts, 79
Supreme Judicial Court, 69, 79 Surveys, 37, 251-52
Swift, J. Otis, My Maine, 128 Sylvester, David, 62
Tales of the Night, 144-45 Teachers, certification of, 182
Telegraph companies, number of, 254
Telephone companies, 254 That's Where Maine Comes In, (poem), 129
Thomaston, minerals at, 227; prison, 298 Thomaston Register, 15I
Thompson, Samuel, 63 Thoreau, Henry D., alluded to, 168
Ticonderoga, alluded to, 4
Titcomb, Benjamin, jr., 147, 148, 153 Tocsin, 149
Tompkins, Mary, of early Friends society, 195
Topography, 37, 39, 252, 254 Topsham, feldspar at, 229 Tourmaline, 229 Town Down the River, 170 Town government, 7I
Town Officer, 147
Towns, number, 71 Townships, 7I
Traveling libraries, see Maine Commission
Library
Treasurer of State, 178, 179, 313-14
Treaties, 4, 82. See also Chronological record of events.
Trees, 220-2I Trelawny, Robert, land grant, 42
Trial justices, 79
True, Eliza S., author first volume poems, 147, 158
Tuberculosis sanatoriums, see Sanatoriums Tucker, Richard, lease of Machegonne, 43
U-boats, see Submarine warfare Uncle Tom's Cabin, 168 Union, early library at, 190 Unitarian Church, 196, 198
United War Work, contributions to, 19 Unity, 47, 49
Universal Spelling Book, first book pub- lished in Maine, 147 Universalist Banner, 152 Universalist Church, 196, 198 Universalist Leader, 152 Universalist Palladium, 152
University of Maine, 186-87, 313; agricul- tural extension service, 20
Up in Maine, 173
Valley Forge, alluded to, 4 Valuation of state, 310-12 Van Buren, St. Mary's College at, 178
Van Zorn, 17I
Vannah, Kate, 167
Vassalborough, alluded to, 54; name of, 102 Vaughan, William T., first clerk of courts of Cumberland, 144
Verses From the Old Homestead, 117 Vicksburg, 234
Village, The, first volume poems, 136, 137- 38, 147, 159 Vinalhaven, granites at, 228
Vines, Richard, 42, 81. See also Chrono- logical record of events.
Virginia, colony, charter of, 64
Virginia of Sagadahock, 233
Vision of War, 172
Vital statistics, 302
Vocational education, 184
Voice of Maine, The, (poem), 127
Voters, qualifications of, 75-76, 83
Wait, Thomas, 147, 148, 149, 153
Waldo county, 83; early newspapers, 15I. See also Chronological record of events. Waldo Patent, 42, 65
War governors, 28-35
War libraries, 19
War of 1812, 4, 59; number engaged in, 4 War organizations, contributions to, 19, 20 War savings, 19
Ward, Artemas, see Browne, Charles Farrar
Ware, Ashur, first Secretary of State, 309 Warehousemen, number of, 254
Warren, early library at, 190; dolomites at, 227
Wars, see Aroostook War; Civil War; Eu- ropean War; Indian Wars; Revolution, War of; War of 1812
Washburn, Israel, jr., governor, 30-3I
Washington, George, 3, 52, 54, 62
Washington county, 60, 82; early news- papers, 150; militia, 316
Water companies, number of, 254
Water powers, 251, 252, 254-55
Water storage, see Public Utilities
Waterville, early churches, 196
Way, George, land grant, 43
Waymouth, George, 42, 80
Webster-Ashburton treaty, 4, 83
Weights and measures, 203-4 Wells, 43; militia at, 315
Westbrook, early library at, 190
Westbrook, seminary, 196
Western Maine Sanatorium, 293 Weston, Hannah, 49 Weston, Rebecca, 49
Wharfingers, number of, 254
Whittier, John G., alluded to, 168
Widgery, William, 63
Widow's Island, hospital, 272
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Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 169 Wild lands, 221 Wilder, David, 61 Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, 10
William, King of England, 44, 67, 78
Williams, Reuel, 33, 61, 271
Williamson, Joseph, 165
Williamson, Julia May, 167
Williamson, William D., governor, 107, 135 Willis, Nathaniel P., 148-49, 154, 161, 162 Willis, Sarah Payson, 161
Wilson, Woodrow, 11, 12, 14, 15
Windham, reformatory for men, 296 Winslow, Edward, at Monhegan, 214 Winslow, alluded to, 54
Winter, John, shipbuilder, 233 Winter Harbor, militia at, 315 Winter resorts, 244
Winthrop, early library at, 190
Wiscasset, early library at, 190
Wiscasset Argus, 150 Wiscasset Telegraph, 150
Wolfe, James, alluded to, 3
Women authors, 140-46, 147, 158, 161, 164, 166-68, 169, 322-23
Wood, General Abiel, 143 Wood, Madam, 140-46 Woolen industry, 210-12, 249
Woolwich, alluded to, 54
Workmen's compensation, 303, 305-7
World war, see European War Wright, E. M., 61
York, county, 4, 43, 67; early newspapers, 150. See also Yorkshire.
York, town, first Revolutionary volunteers from, 3; early library at, 190; first Puri- tan church at, 195; militia at, 315
York Harbor, 169
Yorkshire, 43, 66, 77, 81. See also Chrono- logical record of events.
Yorktown, alluded to, 4
Y. M. C. A., contributions to, 19, 20; first local, 198
Y. W. C. A., contributions to, 19, 20
Youth's Companion, 161-62
Zion's Advocate, 152
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