Maine, A History - Centennial Edition In Four Volumes

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Maine
A History
Centennial Edition
In Four Volumes
A Descriptive List Drawn From the Records of
The Colonies, Towns, Churches, Courts
And Other Contemporary Sources
Lewis Clinton Hatch, 1919
366 + 370 + 392 + 339 pages,
Indexed, searchable
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Bonus
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The History of Maine
From Its First Discovery, A.D. 1602,
To the Separation, A.D. 1820
In Two Volumes
By William D. Williamson 1832
696 + 729 pages, Illustrated, indexed, searchable
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“It is almost a hundred years since Maine was admitted to the Union,
yet no history of the State with any claim to fullness has been written.
Judge Williamson's history stops at the separation, while the great mass
of new material which has become available since his day has rendered his
work, scholarly and useful in its time, now out of date. But the history
here offered to the public is an attempt to supplement, not to supersede,
that of Judge Williamson. It is a history, primarily a political history, of
the State of Maine. The political history of the period before the separation
from Massachusetts is treated in outline merely, and the chapters dealing with
this subject should be considered as an introduction to the main narrative. The history, however, is not
purely political. Some account will be found of the economic, religious, and social life of Maine, and the editor
regrets that it did not prove feasible to give a fuller discussion of these subjects.
“The chapters on the Indians, the boundary controversies and the non-
political subjects, have been prepared by some of the associate and con-
tributory editors. In every case the name of the writer appears at the
head of the chapter, and for these the editor claims no credit and assumes no responsibility.
The chapter entitled "Some Maine Celebrities" is a composite work. Some of the sketches were written
by the author, these are signed with his initials, L. C. H.; the remainder have been furnished
independently and for them he declines all responsibility. The fourth or biographical volume is an appendix to,
rather than a part of, the history, and is outside the editor's jurisdiction.”
Table of Contents – Maine, A history
CHAPTER I COLONIAL MAINE The Norsemen Columbus, Cabot and Gilbert The Popham Colony De Monts and Champlain The Jesuits at Mount Desert Plymouth Colony and Maine Maine a Province of Massachusetts Acadia Baron de St. Castin County of Cornwall Sir William Phipps Father Rale Sir William Pepperell Capture of Louisbourg Fort Pownal. 3
CHAPTER II THE REVOLUTION Riots Burning of Falmouth Capture of the Margaretta Attacks on Nova Scotia Expedition against Penobscot Sul- livan's Letter Maine at Valley Forge 29
CHAPTER III THE INDIANS OK MAINE Abenaki Tribes Their Language Etchemins Tarratines Indian Wars Life of the Indian Dress Religion Totems Government Penobscot Chiefs Orono 43
CHAPTER IV FEDERALISTS AND DEMOCRATS WAR OF 1812 National Constitution Adopted Characteristics of Federalist and Republican Parties Commodore Preble Political Contests Embargo War of 1812 Boxer and Enterprise Eastport Taken Battle of Hampden Generals Chandler and Ripley 67
CHAPTER V OUR EASTERN BOUNDARY ST. CROIX RIVER CONTROVERSY St. Croix River Boundaries of Nova Scotia Treaties and Surveys Joint Commis- sion Discovery of site of De Monts' Settlement Question as to Source of St. Croix River Award A Reasonable Compromise Title to Passama- quoddy Islands Determined 83
CHAPTER VI SEPARATION FROM MASSACHUSETTS Movements for Separation, and Conventions of 1785 and 1795 'Minor Attempts Sketches of Chandler, Holmes, King, Parris and Preble Separation Movement of 1815 Argu- ments for and Against Separation Convention of 1816 Candidates for the Presidency New Movement for Separation Massachusetts Grants a Refer- endum Separation Carried 107
CHAPTER VII THE STATE CONSTITUTION ADMISSION TO THE UNION The Con- stitutional Convention Naming the State Sketch of First Draft of the Con- stitution State and Church Apportionment and Payment of Members of the Legislature The Council Militia Education Missouri Question Admission of Maine William King the First Governor The State Seal 147
CHAPTER VIII MAINE'S FIRST DECADE Governor King Resigns William D. \ illiamson Acting Governor Sketch of Mr. Williamson Albion Keith Par- ris Elected Governor Presidential Contest in Maine Rufus King Appointed Minister to England Enoch Lincoln Chosen Governor; Sketch of Governor Lincoln West India Trade Tariff Political Proscription Andrew Jack- son Elected President Comments of Maine Newspapers Peleg Sprague Elected Senator; Sketch of Mr. Sprague Nomination of Samuel E. Smith and Jonathan G. Hunton for Governor Sketches of the Candidates Death of Governor Lincoln Question of an Election for Governor by the People Serious Conflict in the Legislature Mr. Hunton Becomes Governor Webster- Hayne Debate Henry Clay and Maine Smith Elected Governor. 175    PAGE
CHAPTER IX THE JACKSONIAN EPOCH Re-elections of Governor Smith Maine and the Nullification Struggle Robert G. Dunlap Nominated and Elected Governor by the Democrats Sketch of Mr. Dunlap President Jackson and the Bank of the United States John Ruggles Elected Senator "Internal Improvements" in Maine -Presidential Campaign of 1836 Whigs Nominate Edward Kent for Governor ; Sketch of Mr. Kent Reuel Williams Appointed Senator; Sketch of Mr. Williams Edward Kent Defeats Gorham L. Parks for the Governorship "Surplus Revenue" in Maine Democrats Nominate and Elect John Fairfield Governor ; Sketch of Mr. Fairfield F. O. J. Smith and the Conservatives Graves-Cilley Duel Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign George Evans Elected Senator; Sketch of Mr. Evans 209
CHAPTER X THE NORTH EASTERN BOUNDARY CONTROVERSY, 1783-1842 Treaty of Pans The Question at Issue The King of the Netherlands Appointed Arbitrator Opposing Theories Proposition that Maine sell her Rights John Baker Ebenezer Greeley Report of a Select Committee of the Maine Legislature Trespassing Arrest of American and British Land Agents Aroostook War The Red-Line Map Ashburton Treaty 247
CHAPTER XI REFORM MOVEMENTS, REAL AND SUPPOSED Anti-Masonry Slavery in Colonial Maine First Anti-Slavery Society in Maine George Thompson Attacks on Abolitionists The Legislature and Slavery Fugitive Slaves The Liberty Party Temperance Movement Early Liquor Laws in Maine Fight Against Intemperance Maine Temperance Union First Prohibitory Law Stringent Enforcement Provisions Movements Against Catholicism Know Nothingism Riot in Bath Outrage on Father Bapst 285
CHAPTER XII WHIGS AND DEMOCRATS Death of President Harrison Reelec- tion of Governor Fairfield Governor Fairfield Elected Senator Edward Kavanagh, Acting Governor Nomination and Election of Hugh J. Anderson as Governor; Sketch of Mr. Anderson Unpopularity of President Tyler Question of Annexation of Texas Nathan Clifford Made Attorney General Mexican War John W. Dana Nominated and Elected Governor Sketch of Governor Dana; his Reelection Hannibal Hamlin Elected United States Senator; Sketch of Mr. Hamlin Presidential Campaign of 1848 Taylor Whigs Successful in Maine Nominations of General Taylor, of Cass and Van Buren Election of General Taylor Appointments and Removals John Hubbard Elected Governor 309
CHAPTER XIII COMPROMISE OF 1850 PROHIBITION Compromise of 1850 Re- election of Senator Hamlin After a Bitter Contest Presidential Campaign of 1852 Anti-Prohibition Democrats Nominate Independent Candidate for Governor Legislature Elects William G. Crosby Fight Over National Offices Campaign of 1853 Senate Elects Crosby Governor and William Pitt Fessenden Senator ; Sketch of Mr. Fessenden 349
CHAPTER XIV THE REPUBLICAN PARTY The Nebraska Bill Campaign of 1854 Election of A. P. Morrill Governor by the Legislature Neal Dow Mayor of Portland Liquor Riot Kansas Outrages Campaign of 1855 Legislature Elects Samuel Wells Governor Removal of Judge Woodbury Davis Pro- hibition Replaced by License Assault on Sumner Presidential Campaign of 1856 Republicans Elect Hannibal Hamlin Governor James Buchanan Elected President Nathan Clifford Appointed a Justice of the United States Supreme Court His Work as Judge Lot M. Morrill Elected Governor- Sketch of Mr. Morrill Prohibitory Law and Referendum "Lecompton" . . . 378    PAGE
CHAPTER XV THE EVE OK THE CIVIL WAR Defalcation of State Treasurer Peck Republican Nomination for President in 1860 Seward and Lincoln the Leading Candidates in Maine Hannibal Hamlin and James G. Blaine Work for Lincoln Hamlin Nominated for Vice-President Democratic Nominations Republicans Nominate Israel Washburn for Governor; Sketch  of Mr. Washbum Israel Washburn Elected Governor Over E. K. Smart Election of Lincoln Secession Threatened Cry for Compromise Personal Liberty Law Slightly Modified Outbreak of the Civil War 417
CHAPTER XVI THE CIVIL WAR POLITICAL HISTORY Maine Supports the Gov- ernmentUnion Meetings in Augusta and Bangor Suppression of the Ban- gor Democrat Democratic State Convention Condemns the War and Nomi- nates ex-Governor Dana The War Democrats Secede and Nominate Colonel Jameson Reelection of Governor Washburn Trent Affair Reso- lutions on Slavery Republicans Nominate and Elect Abner Coburn Gover- nor; Sketch of Governor Coburn In 1863 Republicans Nominate a "War Democrat," Samuel Cony; Sketch of Mr. Cony Democrats Nominate Bion Bradbury Cony Elected Campaign of 1864 Republican National Con- vention Fails to Renominate Hamlin Causes Democratic State and Na- tional Conventions Reelection of Cony and Lincoln William Pitt Fessen- den Defeats Hannibal Hamlin for the Senatorship Johnson's Inauguration as Vice-President Murder of Lincoln 435
CHAPTER XVII THE CIVIL WAR MILITARY HISTORY Distinction Won by Maine Regiments Bull Run Peninsula and Shenandoah Campaigns Chancellors- ville and Gettysburg Rappahannock Station Maine Regiments in Missis- sippi, Louisiana and Texas Donaldsonville Grant's Campaign in Virginia Generals Howard, Chamberlain, Williams and Ingalls Confederate "Pri- vateers" off Maine Coast Capture of the Caleb Gushing Drafts, Bounties, Paper Credits 473
CHAPTER XVIII HISTORY OF MAINE REGIMENTS Sketches of Infantry, Cavalry  and Artillery Units in Numeral Order 507
CHAPTER XIX RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD I PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRA- TION Campaign of 1865 Taxation of Government Bonds General Cham- berlain Nominated and Elected Governor Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment Constabulary and Jail Sentence Laws Decrease of Republican Majority in Election of 1867 Temperance Convention Constabulary and Jail Sentence Laws Repealed Impeachment of President Johnson Firmness of William Pitt Fessenden Excitement in Maine Presidential Campaign of 1868 Election of Grant Chamberlain Reelected by a Great Majority Hamlin-Mjorrill Senatorial Contest 531
CHAPTER XX RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD II GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION Elihu Washburne as Secretary of State and Minister to France James G. Blaine Elected Speaker; Sketch of Mr. Blaine Renomination of Governor Cham- berlain Against Strong Opposition "Temperance" Men Run Independent Candidate Reelection of Governor Chamberlain; His Inaugural Campaign of 1870 Sidney Perham Defeats General Hersey for the Republican Nomi- nation for Governor Discord in the Democratic Party Election and Reflec- tions of Perham as Governor National Election of 1872 Grant Defeats Greeley Salary Grab Nelson Dingley Nominated for Governor in 1873 After a Vigorous Contest; Sketch of Mr. Dingley Election and Reelection of Mr. Dingley Reelection of Senator Hamlin Selden Connor Elected Governor National Campaign of 1876 Hayes Defeats Blaine for the Re-    PAGE  publican Nomination Disputed Election for President Electoral Commis- sion Decides in Favor of Hayes Hayes' Cabinet Appointments and Southern Policy Gubernatorial Campaign of 1877 Democrats Nominate a Liberal Republican, J. H. Williams Reelection of Connor 547
CHAPTER XXI GREENBACK MOVEMENT DISPUTED ELECTION Greenbackism in the Nation Solon Chase and "Them Steers" Campaign of 1878 Nominations of Davis, Garcelon and Smith No Election by the People Legislature Chooses Garcelon Campaign of 1879 Candidates of the Previous Year Re- nominated -Again no Election by the People Question of Inspection of Legislative Election Returns The "Count-Out" Arms Brought to Augusta From Bangor Attempts at Accommodation Opinion of the Supreme Court General Chamberlain in Charge at Augusta Rival Legislatures Military Companies Brought to Augusta Democrats Submit Investigation of Alleged Frauds Eugene Hale and William Pierce Frye Elected United States Sen- ators; Sketches of Messrs. Hale and Frye Campaign of 1880 Garfield Defeats Elaine for the Republican Nomination for the Presidency Fusion of Maine Democrats and Greenbackers ; They Nominate General Harris M 1 . Plaisted for Governor; Sketch of General Plaisted Election of General Plaisted Disputes Between Governor and Council Over Appointments Campaign of 1882 Frederick Robie Nominated and Elected by the Repub- licans ; Sketch of Governor Robie 593
CHAPTER XXII REPURLICAN ASCENDANCY ^RECENT YEARS Passage of the Pro- hibitory Amendment to the State Constitution Mr. Elaine Defeated In the Presidential Election of 1884 Elections and Sketches of Governors Bodwell and Burleigh Election of President Benjamin Harrison in 1888 Melville W, Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States ; Sketch of Judge Fuller Mr. Blaine Secretary of State ; His Policies Thomas B. Reed Speaker of the National House; Sketch of Mr. Reed Campaigns of 1890, 1892 and 1894 Campaign of 1896 Reed Loses the Republican Nomination for President Republicans Nominate and Elect Llewellyn Powers Governor Maine and the War With Spain From the Spanish War to the Centennial of the State.... 633
CHAPTER XXIII THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MAINE General Remarks Paper and Pulp Cotton Goods Boots, Shoes and Leather Canning, Pre- serving and Fishing Shipbuilding Brick-Making Lime Ice 661
CHAPTER XXIV LUMBERING IN MAINE General Remarks -Periods of the In- dustry River-Driving Batteaus The Peavey Initiative of Mlaine Lumber- men Sluiceways and Dams Present Conditions 689
CHAPTER XXV TRANSPORTATION IN MAINE Stage-CoachesSteamboats Canals  Railroads Horse and Electric Roads 699  CHAPTER XXVI GOVERNMENTAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF MAINE Amendments to the Constitution Creation of Cities Counties of the State Location of the Capital The State House State Prison Reformatory Institutions Aid for Deaf, Dumb and Blind Insane Asylum Militia- Courts 7l g
CHAPTER XXVII EDUCATION IN MAINE Massachusetts and early Maine Laws  -Board of Education Established County Commissioners Take its Place  Office of Superintendent of Schools Created The Superintendents and Their Work Work in Rural Schools and Unorganized Townships The Colleges of the State : Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, and University of Maine 747    PAGE
CHAPTER XXVIII THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF MAINE Early Days Catholics, Episcopalians, Puritans, Quakers, Baptists Congregationalism Established Presbyterians Methodists Free Baptists Congregationalism Bangor Theological Seminary Unitarianism Success of Baptists and Methodists Growth of Catholicism in Maine Minor Denominations Work of the Women Bible Societies Sunday Schools Educational Institutions Re- ligious Newspapers Christian Civic League Young Men's Christian Asso-ciation Interdenominational Commission The Church in the War 779
CHAPTER XXIX SOCIAL AND HOME LIFE The Indians The English The French Holidays Dancing Weddings Phips and Pepperell Colonial Life Luxuries Frolics Bees Church and Tavern Visits Dress Social Life on the Kennebec Social Leaders General Knox William King Wis- casset and Portland Colonial Times and Our Own 803
CHAPTER XXX SOME MAINE CELEBRITIES Sketches of Maine Men and Women, Arranged in Alphabetical Order Also Sketches of Franklin Pierce, John P. Hale, and Benjamin F. Butler; of Judges Mellen and Ware; of Moses Greenleaf and Phineas P. Quimby Moses Owen and the Returned Maine Battle-Flags 827
CHAPTER XXXI SUMMER RESORTS OF MAINE Isles of Shoals Kittery York Casco Bay Portland Boothbay Penobscot Bay and River Mount Desert Poland Spring Sebago, Rangeley, Belgrade and Washington County Lakes Bangor Moosehead and Katahdin 903
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