MAINE A HISTORY CENTENNIAL EDITION Editor-in-Chief LOUIS CLINTON HATCH, Ph.D. Member of Maine Historical Society. Author of "The Administration of the American Revolutionary Army" FOREWORD 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of new material which has become available since his day has rendered his I work, scholarly and useful in its time, now out of date.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 nonpolitical subjects, have been prepared by some of the associate and contributory 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. Acknowledgments are due for assistance furnished by many present or former citizens of Maine who have taken a kindly interest in this attempt to write the history of their State. Aid of various kinds has been given by most of the associate editors: Lucilius Alonzo Emery, LL.D., Clarence Hale, LL.D., John Francis Sprague, George Colby Chase, D.D., LL.D., Charles Allcott Flagg, A.M., B.L.S., Harold Marsh Sewall, A.B., LL.B., Arthur Jeremiah Roberts, M.A., William Farrand Livingston, A.B., Edgar Crosby Smith, Augustus Freedom Moulton, A.M., John Fairfield Lynch. Especial thanks are due for the constant aid received from Mr. Charles A. Flagg, the librarian of the Bangor Public Library. A study room in the library has been at my disposal from the beginning of the work, and special library privileges have been granted me. Moreover, Mr. Flagg's kindness has permitted me to continually draw upon his information and experience for advice and assistance. I must also express my great obligation to Judge Leslie C. Cornish and the other directors of the Lithgow Library of Augusta, for forwarding to the Bangor Library for my use, certain files of the Kennebec Journal, and to Professor G. G. Wilder, the librarian of Bowdoin College, for sending in like manner files of the Portland Argus. Mention, too, should be made of assistance rendered by Miss Evelyn Gilmore, of the library of the Maine Historical Society and of courtesies received from the staff of the Portland City Library. I am much indebted to Mr. E. S. Stanwood of Brookline, Massachusetts, who, upon learning that I was engaged in the work, wrote offering every assistance in his power, and giving permission to make full use of his scholarly article on the separation of Maine and Massachusetts in the "Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society," a liberty of which I have freely availed myself. Finally, I would express my appreciation of the assistance rendered by Miss L. B. Raynes, who carefully typewrote the manuscript; and of the aid received from various young men, chiefly students of the Bangor High School, in the handling of heavy books and newspapers. Thanks are also due to Mr. E. M. Blanding of Bangor for valuable criticisms on the chapter on summer resorts. In preparing this history, the author has had specially in mind the reviving the memory of the half-forgotten leaders of former days; he has been impressed by the fact that even the more recent of them are frequently little more than names to the generation now coming on the stage, and he would hope that their story may serve as an example, or sometimes as a warning, and that it may in a slight degree stimulate and guide the young men into whose hands will soon be given the State of Fessenden and Reed. Bangor, Maine, August 30, 1919. LOUIS C. HATCH. NOTE-The publishers would express their warm appreciation of the kindly cooperation in various ways of Mr. John Francis Sprague, of Dover. From his excellent "Sprague's Journal of Maine History" through his courtesy we are enabled to reproduce in our volumes the following: Portraits of Sir William Pepperell, Governor Fairfield and Stephen Longfellow; the map of the Hampden Battlefield; Forts Pownall, Halifax and William Henry; the Wiscasset Blockhouse; the Orono Monument; the Old Town Indian Scene; the Old York Jail, Burnham Tavern, Old Kitchen Scene; Birthplace of Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens; and some minor plates. NOTE-For convenience of the reader, this History is paged continuously. Volume I contains pages 1-306; Volume II, pages 307-629; Volume III, pages 631 to end, including Index. |