The History of the State of Maine: From Its First Discovery, A.D. 1602, to the Separation, A.D. 1820, Inclusive : with an Appendix and General IndexGlazier, Masters & Smith, 1832 |
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... common tides is about 110 , exhibiting all the varieties of black ledges , ragged rocks , verdant elevations , and well cultivated fields . A short description of the Islands apparent above the tide- 34 [ INTRODUC . THE WATERS AND COAST.
... common tides is about 110 , exhibiting all the varieties of black ledges , ragged rocks , verdant elevations , and well cultivated fields . A short description of the Islands apparent above the tide- 34 [ INTRODUC . THE WATERS AND COAST.
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... common and single mouth . Thus united , the river has ten feet tide , and is navigable four miles to Limeburner's ferry , where -it is half a mile in width . er . THE EASTERN COAST . COAST . rie . Spruce- Beech Spectacle , In passing to ...
... common and single mouth . Thus united , the river has ten feet tide , and is navigable four miles to Limeburner's ferry , where -it is half a mile in width . er . THE EASTERN COAST . COAST . rie . Spruce- Beech Spectacle , In passing to ...
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... common in every other State in New- England . The wild Plum - tree ‡ is of one species only , though of two or Plum . three varieties ; it is of small size and scarce . * Quercus . 1st species , Quercus Nigra . - 2d . Quercus Rubra ...
... common in every other State in New- England . The wild Plum - tree ‡ is of one species only , though of two or Plum . three varieties ; it is of small size and scarce . * Quercus . 1st species , Quercus Nigra . - 2d . Quercus Rubra ...
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... common of any growth in our woods . It flowers about the middle of June , when its pollen , which is of a bright yellow , is so exceedingly fine as to ascend with the vapour from the earth to the clouds . It falls with the rain , and is ...
... common of any growth in our woods . It flowers about the middle of June , when its pollen , which is of a bright yellow , is so exceedingly fine as to ascend with the vapour from the earth to the clouds . It falls with the rain , and is ...
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... common parlance , however , that is a shrub , to the top of which when green , a man can reach , provided it be perennial ; if annual , it is a plant . It is observable that no family is so universally fruitful as that which comes under ...
... common parlance , however , that is a shrub , to the top of which when green , a man can reach , provided it be perennial ; if annual , it is a plant . It is observable that no family is so universally fruitful as that which comes under ...
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Acadia acres afterwards Agamenticus Androscoggin appointed Belk branches called Cape Porpoise Capt Casco Casco bay charter civil coast Coll colonists colony colour Commissioners Court d'Aulney east eastern eastward England English falls feet fish French Gorges Governor granted harbour Harpswell head Hist Hubbard's N. E. inches Indian inhabitants Island Isle Isles of Shoals John Joscelyn Kennebec Kennebunk river king Kittery land latter laws leagues length Lygonia Maine Mass Massachusetts ment miles Monhegan mouth natives New-England New-Hampshire Nova Scotia patent Pemaquid Penobscot Penobscot bay Piscataqua plantation Plymouth Council pond Port-Royal proprietor Province Province of Maine Robert Jordan rocks Saco Sagadahock Sagamore settled settlement Sheepscot ships shore side Sir Ferdinando southerly species Swan Island Tarratines territory thence Thomas Topsham Tour town trade treaty trees tribe vessels Vines William wood
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Página x - ... from the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, viz: that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands, which divide those rivers which empty themselves into the River St.
Página ix - to the westward, although our said province hath " anciently extended, and doth of right extend, as " far as the River Pentagoet or Penobscot, it shall "be bounded by a line drawn from Cape Sable " across the entrance of the Bay of Fundy to the " mouth of the River St. Croix, by the said river to " its source, and by a line drawn due north from "thence to the [southern boundary of our Colony
Página 433 - to the last words of your father and friend. The white men are sons of the morning. The Great Spirit is their father. His sun shines bright about them. Never make war with them. Sure as you light the fires, the breath of heaven will turn the flames upon you and destroy you. Listen to my advice. It is the last I shall be allowed to give you. Remember it and live!
Página vii - Part of which is now called Salmon Falls, and through the Middle of the same to the furthest Head thereof ; and from thence North two Degrees Westerly, until One Hundred and Twenty Miles be finished from the Mouth of Piscataqua Harbour aforesaid, or until it meets with our otlier Governments.
Página 11 - We are of the opinion that it will be suitable (il conviendra) to adopt as the boundary of the two States a line drawn due north from the source of the river St. Croix to the point where it intersects the middle of the thalweg of the river St.
Página 379 - Kinebequi and so Upwards by the Shortest course to the River Canada Northward And also all that Island or Islands commonly called by the...
Página vii - Newichwannock, Part of which is now called Salmon Falls, and through the Middle of the same to the furthest Head thereof ; and from thence North two Degrees Westerly...
Página vii - Harbour, and up the middle of the River into the River of Newichawannock (part of which is now called Salmon Falls) and thro' the middle of the same to the furthest Head thereof, and from thence North two Degrees Westerly until one hundred and twenty Miles be finished from the Mouth of Piscataqua Harbour aforesaid, or until it meets with His...
Página x - Britain, bounded on the south by a line from the Bay of Chaleurs, along the Highlands, which divide the Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea...
Página 181 - As for those reasons, the causes of others' discouragements, the first only was given to me, in that I had lost so noble a friend, and my nation so worthy a subject. As for the coldness of the clime, I had had too much experience in the world to be frighted with such a blast, as knowing many great kingdoms and large territories more northerly seated, and by many degrees colder than the clime from whence they came, yet plentifully inhabited, and divers of them stored with no better commodities from...