Centennial History of the Town of Sumner, Me: 1798-1898C. E. Handy, jr., 1899 - 202 páginas |
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... settlers came . The French early claimed all these lands by right of discovery and settlement , and the King of France had made a grant of them , under the name of Arca- dia , as early as 1603. But the English also claimed the territory ...
... settlers came . The French early claimed all these lands by right of discovery and settlement , and the King of France had made a grant of them , under the name of Arca- dia , as early as 1603. But the English also claimed the territory ...
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... settlers flocked into the new land . Some found their way up the Androscoggin as far as Livermore on the east , and others up the Saco to Fryeburg on the west . But soon the mutterings of another storm put an end to this tide of ...
... settlers flocked into the new land . Some found their way up the Androscoggin as far as Livermore on the east , and others up the Saco to Fryeburg on the west . But soon the mutterings of another storm put an end to this tide of ...
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... settlers came to this town . Many companies were formed in different parts of the Commonwealth to purchase whole townships and promote emigration , hoping for great profits from the sale of lots . These companies petitioned the Gen ...
... settlers came to this town . Many companies were formed in different parts of the Commonwealth to purchase whole townships and promote emigration , hoping for great profits from the sale of lots . These companies petitioned the Gen ...
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... settlers . Col. Bancroft was in command of a company at Bunker Hill where he was wounded . * * He served through the ... settler of the Plantation ; his grandson long lived at West Sum- ner , and was for nearly twenty years Postmaster in ...
... settlers . Col. Bancroft was in command of a company at Bunker Hill where he was wounded . * * He served through the ... settler of the Plantation ; his grandson long lived at West Sum- ner , and was for nearly twenty years Postmaster in ...
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... settlers to build roads through the new plantation in order to open up their lots for sale , and they usually paid for such labor by grants of land . Before 1804 , it would seem that all the land had either been sold or assigned to the ...
... settlers to build roads through the new plantation in order to open up their lots for sale , and they usually paid for such labor by grants of land . Before 1804 , it would seem that all the land had either been sold or assigned to the ...
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Centennial History of the Town of Sumner, Me. 1798-1898 Sumner (Me.) Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
Centennial History of the Town of Sumner, Me;, 1798-1898 (Classic Reprint) Sumner Me Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Abbott Abel Benjamin Heald Benjamin W born Aug born Dec born Feb born Jan born July born June born Mar born Nov born Oct born Sept Boston Buck Buckfield Calvin Bisbee Capt Chandler Charles child church Coburn Crocket daughter died division line Dunstable East Butterfield Eliphalet Morrill Elisha Bisbee enlisted farm George George W Harriet Hartford Hayford Hebron Academy Hezekiah Stetson Hiram honor hundred incorporation Increase Robinson inhabitants Isaac Bonney Isaac Sturtevant James Hersey John Briggs John Keen Joseph Robinson July 11 June 12 June 21 land Lewis Bisbee lived Maine Infantry married Mary Mass Massachusetts McAlister Noah Bozworth Paris Parlin petition petitioners plantation Proprietors Pulsifer resides S. F. Stetson Samuel Sarah second wife Seth Sturtevant settlers SHARON ROBINSON Simeon Barrett South Paris Stephen Ellis Stetson three children Timothy Cobb town of Sumner Tuell Turner West Sumner Whitney Cummings William
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Página 44 - Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Página 8 - BACKWARD, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Make me a child again, just for to-night! Mother, come back from the echoless shore, Take me again to your heart as of yore; Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care, Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair; Over my slumbers your loving watch keep;— Rock me to sleep, mother, — rock me to sleep!
Página 148 - Tuesday the tenth day of December next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, then and there to be...
Página iii - To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
Página xv - Bounds, with the Inhabitants thereon be and they hereby are incorporated into a Town by the Name of Otisfield.
Página xv - Be it matted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives, in General Court affembled, and by the authority of the fame, as follows : SECTION i.
Página 16 - ... booming cannon and the clashing arms. But most of all, among the innumerable multitudes who peopled the past, we seek our own ancestors, drawn towards them by an irresistible sympathy. Indeed, they were our other selves. With reverent solicitude we examine into their character and actions, and as we find them worthy or unworthy, our hearts swell with pride, or our cheeks glow with shame.
Página 32 - What's talk to them whose faith and truth On War's red touchstone rang true metal, Who ventured life and love and youth For the great prize of death in battle ? To him who, deadly hurt, again Flashed on before the charge's thunder.
Página 130 - He was a lawyer of note, a legislator, judge, and a governor of Delaware. He was also a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States...