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Annapolis (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
incorporated, the first of the towns in the territory of Sagadahoc......June 19, 1753 Fort Halifax, on the Kennebec River below the Teconnet Falls; Fort Western, at Augusta; and Fort Shirley, or Frankfort, in Dresden, all built during the year ......1754 In consequence of French and Indian depredations, war is declared on all the Indian tribes east of Piscataqua, and bounties offered for prisoners and scalps......June 11, 1755 Acadians or French Neutrals dwelling principally about Annapolis, Grand Pre, and vicinity are forcibly removed by order of lieutenant-governor Lawrence and the provisional council, and dispersed among the American colonies from Maine to Georgia......September, 1755 Skirmishes with the Indians at Brunswick, New Gloucester, Windham, where the Indian chief Poland is killed, and at Georgetown and Fort Halifax......1756 Possession is taken of the Penobscot country, and Fort Pownal built and garrisoned with 100 men under Jedediah Preble......July 28, 17
Castine (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
McLane and 900 troops take possession of the Peninsula of Major Biguyduce (now Castine), begin a fort, and station three sloops-of-war under Captain Mowatt......Jan.....Feb. 17, 1781 General Wadsworth captured at Thomaston and imprisoned at Castine, Feb. 18; escapes......June 18, 1781 Land office is opened at the seat of gtnam, surrenders to a British force from Halifax......July 11, 1814 Fort at Castine destroyed by its garrison on the approach of a British fleet from Halifax.....aying surrender, the British threaten vengeance against the place and sail for Castine......Sept. 1-7, 1814 British force under Sherwood and Griffiths land at Bucritish sloop from Halifax, with a cargo invoiced at $40,000, on her passage to Castine is captured and carried into Camden......November, 1814 General court appoie treaty of Ghent, Dec. 24, 1814......Feb. 22, 1815 British troops evacuate Castine......April 25, 1815 Between 10,000 and 15,000 inhabitants emigrate to Ohio.
Kennebec (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
of Harrington, Feb. 20, 1790; changed to Augusta......June 9, 1796 At Providence, the commission appointed to determine and settle, according to the Jay treaty, what river was the St. Croix, made a report that the mouth of the river is in Passamaquoddy Bay, in lat. 45° 5′ 5″ N., and long. 67° 12′ 30″ W. of London, and 3° 54′ 15″ E. of Harvard College, and that the boundary of Maine was up this river and the Cheputnatecook to a marked stake called the Monument ......Oct. 25, 1798 Kennebec county erected from north part of Lincoln......Feb. 20, 1799 Northern parts of York and Cumberland counties erected into the county of Oxford......March 4, 1805 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born in Portland......Feb. 27, 1807 County of Somerset established from the northerly part of Kennebec......March 1, 1809 Three commissioners appointed by governor and council to act on land titles in Lincoln county......Feb. 27, 1811 Boxer, a British brig of eighteen guns and 104 men,
Wells, Me. (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
e, as the latter contended, and the Kennebec River is assigned as the boundary between the two provinces......March, 1646 Court of province of Maine convenes at Wells, at mouth of the Kennebec River, and Edward Godfrey elected governor of the province......1646 Massachusetts, in 1651, laying claim by her charter to all lands 0 Five months truce signed at Sagadahoc by commissioners from Massachusetts and the Indians, who agree to surrender all prisoners and to make a lasting peace at Wells the following May......Nov. 29, 1690 Indians failing to meet President Danforth as agreed at Wells on May 1, he returns to York and sends a reinforcement to WelWells on May 1, he returns to York and sends a reinforcement to Wells. Shortly after their arrival they are attacked by 200 Indians, whom they repulse......June 9, 1691 Charter of William and Mary, or the Provincial charter, passes the seals and receives royal sanction, and the province of Maine is united with the royal province of Massachusetts Bay......Oct. 7, 1691 Two hundred Indians, le
Londonderry, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
mbling, Jan. 3, 1787, finds votes cast on separation 994, 645 being yeas; motion to present the petition to the legislature lost, but was presented the year following.] General Court sets off from Lincoln county the new counties of Hancock, from Penobscot Bay to the head of Gouldsborough River, and Washington, east of Hancock......June 25, 1789 Bangor incorporated......Feb. 25, 1791 Last meeting of the Salem Presbytery, marking the decline of the Presbyterian Church founded at Londonderry, N. H., in 1719, is held at Gray......Sept. 14, 1791 Charter granted by the General Court for Bowdoin College in Brunswick......June 24, 1794 Augusta (the ancient Cushnoc) incorporated under the name of Harrington, Feb. 20, 1790; changed to Augusta......June 9, 1796 At Providence, the commission appointed to determine and settle, according to the Jay treaty, what river was the St. Croix, made a report that the mouth of the river is in Passamaquoddy Bay, in lat. 45° 5′ 5″ N., and long
Norumbega (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
y 66° and 71° W. Its extreme breadth is 210 miles, narrowing in the north to about half that distance. New Brunswick and the St. Croix River form the eastern and northern boundary; the Canadian province of Quebec lies to the northwest, and New Hampshire to the west below lat. 45° 20′. Area, 33,040 square miles in sixteen counties. Population, 1890, 661,086; 1900, 694,466. Capital, Augusta, since 1832. First Englishman known to have conducted an expedition to the shores of Maine, then Norumbega, was John Walker, in the service of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, who reached the Penobscot River......1580 Speedwell and Discoverer, from Bristol, England, commanded by Martin Pring, enter Penobscot Bay and the mouth of a river, probably the Saco......June 7, 1603 Henry IV. of France grants to Pierre de Gast Sieur de Monts all the territory between lat. 40° and 46° N., and appoints him governor of the country, which is called Acadia......Nov. 8, 1603 De Monts, accompanied by M. de Pout
Belfast, Me. (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
stablishes the counties of Cumberland (that part of Maine between the Saco and Androscoggin) and Lincoln (that part east of the Androscoggin)......June 19, 1760 Mount Desert Island granted to Governor Barnard......1762 Town of Bristol, embracing the ancient Pemaquid, incorporated......June 18, 1765 Town of Hallowell, embracing Cushnoc (Augusta) and Winslow, including Waterville, incorporated......April 26, 1771 Pepperellborough, afterwards Saco, incorporated......June 9, 1772 Belfast incorporated; first town on the Penobscot......June 22, 1773 New Gloucester incorporated......March 8, 1774 County convention, thirty-nine delegates from nine towns in Cumberland county, held at Falmouth, at which meeting Sheriff William Tyng declared his avowal to obey the province law and not that of Parliament, and which advises a firm and persevering opposition to every design, dark or open, framed to abridge our English liberties ......Sept. 21, 1774 Captain Mowatt and two com
River St. Croix (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
nd 47° 31′ N., and in longitude by 66° and 71° W. Its extreme breadth is 210 miles, narrowing in the north to about half that distance. New Brunswick and the St. Croix River form the eastern and northern boundary; the Canadian province of Quebec lies to the northwest, and New Hampshire to the west below lat. 45° 20′. Area, 33,040 .....Nov. 8, 1603 De Monts, accompanied by M. de Poutrincourt, and Samuel Champlain, visits his patent, and discovers Passamaquoddy Bay and the Schoodic or St. Croix River......May, 1604 Later in the season De Monts erects a fort on St. Croix Island, and spends the winter there......1604 De Monts enters Penobscot Bay, erecober meeting assembles at Falmouth and draws up a statement of particulars......Jan. 4, 1786 Massachusetts lands, 1,107,396 acres, between Penobscot and St. Croix rivers, disposed of by lottery; a large portion purchased by William Bingham, of Philadelphia......March, 1786 Falmouth divided and the peninsula with several o
Cumberland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
of the Indian tribes in the vicinity of Fort Pownal......April 29, 1760 General court establishes the counties of Cumberland (that part of Maine between the Saco and Androscoggin) and Lincoln (that part east of the Androscoggin)......June 19, 173 New Gloucester incorporated......March 8, 1774 County convention, thirty-nine delegates from nine towns in Cumberland county, held at Falmouth, at which meeting Sheriff William Tyng declared his avowal to obey the province law and not that ......Nov. 7, 1776 Fryeburg, scene of Lovewell's fight in 1725, incorporated......Jan. 11, 1777 Counties of York, Cumberland, and Lincoln, by vote of Congress, erected into the District of Maine ......1778 British General McLane and 900 troo.....Jan. 12, 1829 Governor Lincoln dying, Nathan Cutler, president of the Senate, succeeds him......Oct. 8, 1829 Cumberland and Oxford Canal, from Portland to Sebago Pond, completed......1829 William, King of the Netherlands, recommends as
Penobscot Bay (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-maine
ell and Discoverer, from Bristol, England, commanded by Martin Pring, enter Penobscot Bay and the mouth of a river, probably the Saco......June 7, 1603 Henry IV. St. Croix Island, and spends the winter there......1604 De Monts enters Penobscot Bay, erects a cross at Kennebec, and takes possession in the name of the King. anchors at Monhegan Island, May 17, 1605; St. George's Island, May 19, and Penobscot Bay, June 12. After pleasant intercourse with natives, he seizes and carries aine fixed at lat. 43° 49′ 12″, its eastern terminus on White Head Island in Penobscot Bay, Massachusetts appoints four commissioners, who open a court at Pemaquid an Colonel Church leads an expedition against the enemy in the east, visits Penobscot Bay, and proceeds as far as the Bay of Fundy. He returns, having destroyed alleneral Court sets off from Lincoln county the new counties of Hancock, from Penobscot Bay to the head of Gouldsborough River, and Washington, east of Hancock......Ju
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