Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. 5

Download or read book Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. 5 written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. 5: May, June, July, 1917 From depositions preserved in the (kennebec) Company's records it appears that in 1728 there was only one family at Long Reach (now Bath) and all the country from Damariscotta Mills to the ocean was a wilderness. The difficulty of obtaining settlers when the expectation of sudden wealth had subsided and no inducement existed but the grant of a fruitful soil requiring patient lab-or and promising slow returns was very great - Europe had no surplus population, since the wars had decimated the people. On the other hand, the fisheries which had been actively and successfully developed by the Plymouth colonists hastened the occupation of the Muscongus grant. And Eaton? Writes: In 1730-1 there were 150 families and from 900 to 1000 inhabitants between the Muscongus and the Kennebec. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.