Maine Pioneer Settlements ..., Volume 2W.B. Clarke Company, 1909 - Maine |
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... Kittery 205 Chauncey's Creek 206 • The Remick House . Rice's Tavern Shapleigh House Parsonage , 1629 207 209 211 215 PAGE Old Church , 1630 . 217 Kittery Cemetery 219 ILLUSTRATIONS 25.
... Kittery 205 Chauncey's Creek 206 • The Remick House . Rice's Tavern Shapleigh House Parsonage , 1629 207 209 211 215 PAGE Old Church , 1630 . 217 Kittery Cemetery 219 ILLUSTRATIONS 25.
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Herbert Milton Sylvester. PAGE Old Church , 1630 . 217 Kittery Cemetery 219 Some Old Stones 221 Lady Pepperrell House 223 The Massive Door 224 The Knocker 226 Lawrence's Cove The Hall The Gerrish House 227 231 232 The Anchorage 240 ...
Herbert Milton Sylvester. PAGE Old Church , 1630 . 217 Kittery Cemetery 219 Some Old Stones 221 Lady Pepperrell House 223 The Massive Door 224 The Knocker 226 Lawrence's Cove The Hall The Gerrish House 227 231 232 The Anchorage 240 ...
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... Kittery shore . And then the speech of Saco Falls - " Down the sharp - horned ledges Plunging in steep cascade , Tossing its white - maned waters Against the hemlock's shade , " with only the sharp cry of the dipping fish - hawk up ...
... Kittery shore . And then the speech of Saco Falls - " Down the sharp - horned ledges Plunging in steep cascade , Tossing its white - maned waters Against the hemlock's shade , " with only the sharp cry of the dipping fish - hawk up ...
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... Kittery as its first settler , and , according to the legend , the date is May , 1588. After Mission- ary John Eliot began to teach the Indians the faith of the Nazarene , Aspinquid came under the spell of 88 OLD YORK.
... Kittery as its first settler , and , according to the legend , the date is May , 1588. After Mission- ary John Eliot began to teach the Indians the faith of the Nazarene , Aspinquid came under the spell of 88 OLD YORK.
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... Kittery not earlier than 1623 , and three years after the com- ing of the Mayflower there were on the Isles of Shoals three hundred inhabitants , whose sole occupation was fishing ; a rough , unlettered constituency , amen- able to no ...
... Kittery not earlier than 1623 , and three years after the com- ing of the Mayflower there were on the Isles of Shoals three hundred inhabitants , whose sole occupation was fishing ; a rough , unlettered constituency , amen- able to no ...
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Agamenticus ancient Annethe Appledore Boon Island Boston Bray built Cabot Cape Cape Ann Capt Casco Bay Champernowne Chauncey's Creek church coast color Court Cove Cutt door doubt early England English father fish gable garrison house Gorgeana Gorges gray Harbor headlands hereabout Hill hither Hontvet Indian Island Light Isles of Shoals John John Bray John Cabot Kittery Point Lady Pepperrell land lived look M'Clary Maine Province manse Mary Massachusetts Bay meeting-house night old houses old Kittery old York once one's parish Pepperrell house person Piscataqua Piscataqua River Plymouth Portsmouth province of Maine quaint rocks romance roofs rude Saco sail sands savage says settlement settlers shadows Shapleigh ships shore skipper Smith Smutty Nose Sparhawk Spruce Creek Star Island stone story suggestive tavern things tide tion to-day town Trickey voyage wall Warehouse Point Wentworth wife William Pepperrell wind window witch woman woods York River
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Page 222 - Here Lies the Body of Mr XEHEMIAH ROY CE Who Departed This Life Feb (?)— AD 1791 In the both Year of His Age Behold and see, as you pass by As you are now, so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 36 - ... to sail to all parts, countries, and seas of the east, of the west, and of the north...
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Page 205 - They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay...
Page 278 - Cotton Mather came galloping down All the way to Newbury town, With his eyes agog and his ears set wide, And his marvellous inkhorn at his side ; Stirring the while in the shallow pool Of his brains for the lore he learned at school...
Page 299 - When the barley-harvest is ripe and shorn, And the dry husks fall from the standing corn; As long as Nature shall not grow old, Nor drop her work from her doting hold...
Page 395 - English Miles to the Southward of the southermost part of the said Bay called Massachusetts alias Mattachusetts alias Mattatusetts Bay ; and also all those Lands, and Hereditaments whatsoever, which lie, and be within the space of three English Miles to the Northward of the said River called Monomack, alias Merrimack or to the Northward of any, and every part thereof...
Page 164 - This court, considering how far Satan doth prevail upon several persons within this jurisdiction to make away themselves, judgeth that God calls them to bear testimony against such wicked and unnatural practices, that others may be deterred therefrom...
Page 170 - If any man or woman be a Witch, (that is) hath, or consulteth with a Familiar spirit, they shall be put to death.