The History of Portland, from its First Settlement1833 |
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... James and Josiah Wallis , Joseph Morgan , Thomas Lovitt , Nathaniel White and Joel Madeford ; the latter had been an inhabitant before the first war . All these persons had families , and zealously entered upon the task of reviving the ...
... James and Josiah Wallis , Joseph Morgan , Thomas Lovitt , Nathaniel White and Joel Madeford ; the latter had been an inhabitant before the first war . All these persons had families , and zealously entered upon the task of reviving the ...
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William Willis. farm which had formerly belonged to James Andrews . ' That part of Falmouth since that time has borne the name of New - Casco , to distinguish it from the Neck where fort Loyal stood , which was then called Old - Casco ...
William Willis. farm which had formerly belonged to James Andrews . ' That part of Falmouth since that time has borne the name of New - Casco , to distinguish it from the Neck where fort Loyal stood , which was then called Old - Casco ...
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... James Mills , from Lynn , built the second or third house in town , " and as he had subsequently a grant of an acre house lot , " where his house stood , " which included the land in Middle - street , where the late Judge Freeman's ...
... James Mills , from Lynn , built the second or third house in town , " and as he had subsequently a grant of an acre house lot , " where his house stood , " which included the land in Middle - street , where the late Judge Freeman's ...
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... James Doughty , John Gustin , Mark Rounds , Matthew and Wm . Scales , Eben . Hall , Thomas Thomes , John Wass , James Mills , Joseph Bean and John Barbour , father and son - the father came a year after his son with his family ...
... James Doughty , John Gustin , Mark Rounds , Matthew and Wm . Scales , Eben . Hall , Thomas Thomes , John Wass , James Mills , Joseph Bean and John Barbour , father and son - the father came a year after his son with his family ...
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... James Armstrong , with his sons John , Simeon and Thomas , and Robert Means , who married his daughter ; these became valuable inhabi- tants , and their descendants still remain among us . The first meeting of the inhabitants to ...
... James Armstrong , with his sons John , Simeon and Thomas , and Robert Means , who married his daughter ; these became valuable inhabi- tants , and their descendants still remain among us . The first meeting of the inhabitants to ...
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Seite 128 - Majesty's dominions in America for making a more certain and adequate provision for defraying the charge of the administration of justice and the support of civil government in such provinces where it shall be found necessary...
Seite 128 - The government also established a board of commissioners for the receipt and management of the customs in America, and fixed the salaries of certain officers which Massachusetts had refused to do. The passage of these acts occasioned at first no violent outbreakings like those which followed the stamp act, but rather...
Seite 191 - Portland, to which place he was elected die years. He was also a member of the convention which adopted the constitution of the United States.
Seite 345 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Seite 201 - It has been truly said, that there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Seite 174 - ... fishery. Voted, unanimously, that Stephen Hall, our representative to the General Court, be directed and he hereby is directed to use his utmost endeavors at the approaching session of said court, that an application be made from the whole court to the Honorable Congress, requesting that they would direct their commissioners for negotiating a peace to make the right of the United States to the fishery an indispensable article of treaty...
Seite 136 - For on what principle does it stand ? This famous revenue stands, at this hour, on all the debate, as a description of revenue not as yet known in all the comprehensive (but too comprehensive !) vocabulary of finance — a preambulary tax.
Seite 130 - THAT the sole right of imposing taxes on the inhabitants of this his majesty's colony and dominion of Virginia is now, and ever hath been, legally and constitutionally vested in the house of burgesses...
Seite 136 - The perusal of these documents excited violent indignation ; it was unanimously resolved, " that the tendency of the said letters was to overthrow the constitution of this government, and to introduce arbitrary power into the province...
Seite 286 - Deane was presented by the company with two hundred and thirty-six seven knotted skeins of excellent cotton and linen yarn, the work of the day, excepting about a dozen skeins which some of the company brought in ready spun. Some had spun six, and many not less than five skeins apiece. To conclude and crown the day, a numerous band of the best singers attended in the evening, and performed an agreeable variety of excellent pieces in psalmody."1 Some of the ante-revolutionary customs "more honored...